As many of you may know, Yannick is the developer of sh404SEF perhaps the most advanced SEO extension available to Joomla. This weekend he went to Joomla! Day Switzerland and gave a very detailed presentation about sh404SEF. He talked about…
This is a guest blog post by by John Coonen from the CMS Association. Silver Lining: Will Recession Sober People Up to the Value of Open Source? Sure, it’s a morbid thought – nobody wants a recession – but it’s…
Here’s a quick rundown of some ways in which Joomla and third-party developers are trying to make managing your Joomla site much easier: Automatic Updates for the Joomla 1.5 Core Joomla Magic Updater installs as a component and then allows…
… or "why Open Source is like WalMart": "The nation has two kinds of retailers these days: those bracing for a grim holiday season, and Wal-Mart … We know that Mom’s not going to cancel Christmas. We’re committed to cutting…
Back in June we made a list of all the major companies that we could find with Joomla websites. We found firms such as Avis, Danone, Mistubishi, Olympus, Porsche, Sprint, Toshiba, Vodafone and Yamaha. Here’s one thats even bigger: Cable…
OK, I’ve got to admit to being pretty nervous when I announced a series of training classes back in September. Fortunately things have gone well and there’s clearly a good number of people out there who want to learn Joomla.…
Congratulations to Drupal which won both of Packt Publishing Open Source CMS awards this year. Drupal also won last year and Joomla won in 2006. What interested me wasn’t really the decison but the explanation: "Comments were also reserved for…
This is a guest blog post from David Towers of GoodWebPractices.com. Today is Breast Cancer Awareness day in the UK. It’s important to be aware of breast cancer because one in nine women develop breast cancer during their lives. To…
Are h1 tags any use? At last as far as SEO experts go, there’s a lot of disagreement: Russ Jones: “In my opinion, the second most important HTML tag available.” Todd Malicoat: “I can’t imagine h1 tags having very much…
Forget all that advice floating about good grammar, declarative sentences, keywords in the title and all the other advice you’ve been giving about blogging. That’s just the icing on the cake. I reckon there’s only one way to write a…