Using Firefox to Help Clients
One of the first things we do when working with new clients is ask them to install Firefox. Originally this we did this because we wanted them to get into the habit of viewing their site in both IE and…
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A Very Happy 6th Birthday and Version 5.0 to Drupal
There’s been a very gratifying exchange of support and kinds words between the Drupal and Joomla communities during the last few days. It started with the announcement of the release of Drupal 5.0 on Drupal’s 6th birthday. That news…
January Search Engine Optimization Test Update
After just a month, our Search Engine Optimization test is already producing some really interesting results. Our WordPress test site already has a sizeable lead with Drupal in second place and Joomla quite a way behind. On the most important…
10 Reasons to Love .info Domains
info is a keyword which makes it great for SEO. If you consider people searching for golf, you have a good number of people searching for "golf info" but no-one would ever consider looking for "golf net", "golf org" or…
Interview with Barrie North of Joomlashack.com
In Week 2 of our series of interviews with people in the Joomla world, we’re delighted to welcome Barrie North from JoomlaShack.com and CompassDesigns.net. Barrie was kind enough to take a while out of his busy schedule to talk about…
Europe has Wide Lead in Joomla Development
JoomlaYellowPages.com has been going for 4 months now and in that time we’ve found Joomla developers in 42 countries. It seems like a good time to run down where the commercial Joomla world is today. Which areas of the world…
Where to Get Free Joomla Templates
Template clubs, template clubs, template clubs. There are literally dozens of template vendors jostling for attention in the crowded Joomla market, trying to compete for your $30 / $50 / $80 per year. While free components are still produced…
How Do You Back Up Your Sites?
Ever since Google released its Code Search feature which made it next to impossible to safely create and store backups on a webserver, we’ve been struggling with a security question: Backing up MySQL databases every day is easy, but…
Can Joomla or Drupal Produce a RedHat?
People have already proven that big companies can be built using Open Souce software. 15 years ago Linux started as the hobby of a Finnish university student. Companies such as RedHat have built on his developments and created multi-billion dollar…
Interview with Cory Webb of Joomlaform & HowtoJoomla
We’re delighted to announce a new feature here at Alledia. Every Monday for the next few weeks, we’ll be interviewing people closely involved in developing for Joomla First up is Cory Webb, the talented web designer who is involved in…