Currently people building websites with Joomla are in an odd situation. There’s no upgrade path from Joomla 1.0.12 to Joomla 1.5, so we need to make a choice. Do we recommend the current stable version or do we ask customers…
The web still has lots of carry-overs from the real-world. Think of the way the names given to so many online items, such as folders, bookmarks, pages and tabs. They comfort people by reminding them of a real-world office. As…
There’s been a lot of talk recently about how Wikipedia dominates almost every search result delivered by Google: Search for Joomla, and Wikipedia is there at #3. Search for Drupal and Wikipedia is there at #3. Search for Moodle…
There really are only two business models in the world and one of them is soon going to die.
In previous blog posts, I’ve talked about how Joomla can create lots of duplicate content pages and wreak havoc with your Search Engine rankings. Today, we’ll deal with a major culprit.
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve started to notice a new branding trend: companies with famous logos are leveraging their brand recognition to promote their websites. I first saw this watching a TV show on NBC (for those of…
This month’s Extension of the Month has caused more excitement about a component release than almost anything else I can remember in the short history of Joomla. Fireboard has caused people to sit up and pay attention because it is…
My friend Scott over at FishSEO, has pointed out that a new WordPress theme generator is available. The script gives you remarkable control over everything from the position and color of the sidebar to the color of almost every kind…
If I could sum up Joomla SEO in the shortest possible way, it would be "control your URLs". Over the course of analyzing many Joomla sites, I’ve seen all sorts of wierd URLs. Sometimes it will be a third part…
For those of you that haven’t read it yet, there’s a fascinating post over on the Joomla forums, that touches on many crucial questions for the project. The thread started innocuously when one member posted a “Things I don’t like…