Browsing the web all day some trends really start to stand out. Designers seem to be under the misapprehension that white space is bad and that they need to fill it.
Of course in the Joomla world we have all those wonderfuly useless eye-candy gadgets (oops I meant to say modules) to chose from to fill that white space.
But do they add to the site or does the site become so busy that your visitor misses your important content?
I bet you are amongst the majority of internet users who use one password for everything.
A password is only as strong as the weakest link and if you use the same password on multiple sites it is only as strong as the security on the weakest site.
And if you recently had an account at typo3.org you just found the weakest site as their site was compromised over the weekend.
Despite claims to the contrary Joomla 1.5 does have an ACL system. It may be rudimentary but when fully understood can be very useful.
To help you I've created a simple table with an overview of who can do what.
It should be obvious but it seems that people need a reminder.
You should only ever download files from their original source!! If you don't how will you ever be certain that what you are downloading is the real deal and doesnt have some hidden backdoor.
Not long ago a new version of wordpress was released at www.wordpresz.org which wasn't actually the real deal.
Don't fall into the same trap!.
Where is joomla based? Where is the top secret bunker that holds all the joomla secrets? Is it on Tracy Island, Isla Nubar, Gilligan's Island or perhaps the mystery island of Lost.
In recent months there has been alot of talk in the Joomla world about the use of the word "joomla" in a domain name. I'm not going to rehash the argument here regarding the trademark of the word joomla and the usage of that trademark in a domain name, I'm fairly clear on my views on this.
But today I read the report of a World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) arbitration panel regarding the use of a third parties trademark in a domain name that I thought would be of interest.
I logged into my gmail account today to see that I can now chose templates.
Along with the usual colour variants and subtle style changes there are some funkier templates for Ninjas, Kids, graffiti artists etc.
I wonder how long it will be before gmail template clubs open up?
In this small leather bag, that is approximately 25cm x 25cm or 10" x 10" in old money, I carry my portable Joomla training suite.
It's my own TARDIS
It may be small on the outside but its enormous on the inside. In the bag I carry:
- laptop for the presentation
- projector
- spare laptop
- usb stick
- mobile broadband
- keyboard
- Joomla and web design reference books
- a few bits and pieces
- an interactive white board (see video)
This week I was approached by a book publisher, to review their books on this site. After pointing them to my blog honesty post they agreed to send me two of their latest books for review.
Unfortunately it is not possible to review them because the publisher, Packt, doesn't trust me or you.
