Steve
Joomla Training Across the United States
Almost a year ago now we launched the Joomla SEO Club. It was a completely new concept at the time and for the last 11 months, I’ve been focused on making it flourish. I believe we’ve succeeded. Almost no-one was…
Happy Third Birthday Joomla!
Happy Birthday Joomla! September 1st is the project’s 3rd birthday. You can read the original announcement from 2005 here. Only 10 days previously the domain name had been registered alongside several other alternatives that the team were considering. How far…
Artio, SEF Advance and SEF Patch Guides
We’re delighted to announce three new areas in Extension Guides, our freshly-added 6th section to the SEO Club. These are easy-to-understand articles explaining how to use the most popular Joomla SEO extensions: Artio SEF SEF Advance SEF Patch for Joomla…
Serious IDevAffiliate Security Hole
This is an worrying security update that affects the Joomla world. Up until now iDevAffiliate – the system used by almost every Joomla affiliate program – has stored passwords and Social Security numbers UNENCRYPTED in the database. That means if…
Automatic Updates for Joomla
If you subscribe to the Joomla Extensions Directory RSS feed, you can see the future of Joomla pass before your eyes. Sure, there are a lot of "me-too" listings but at least once a week there’s something new and exciting.…
An Early Warning System for Hacked Sites
After Joomla’s recent security issues, people have been double-checking their sites. In some cases it’s easy to tell if your site has been hacked (the large Turkish flag and blaring music are strong hints) and on other occasions, the hackers…
Big Discounts on Joomla Training
UPDATED: We have a few tickets sold out our Joomla Training in Atlanta, next weekend, Saturday August 23rd. However, we’ve opened registration for the next class on October 25th. Click here to sign up , and use the coupon "allediablog"…
Change Joomla Can Believe In
Joomla.org has a new template today. The design looks a little similar to the website of another emerging new force in the United States. It’s also interesting to note that the ! has been dropped from most uses on the…
Joomla ECommerce Solutions Compared
I’ve made this chart after getting several requests in the last few days, all asking which Joomla E-Commerce they should use. There’s no right answer as the two main shopping carts, Virtuemart and iJoomla Digistore, are both very different. There…