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 are two other shopping carts available that look like they may become contenders:
- Freeway is an enhanced modification of osCommerce and thanks to Damian, the lead developer, I’ve been able to create a column for it also.
- IXXO is a commercial script I haven’t had the chance to fully test-drive yet. It costs nearly $300.
If any major features have been missed and need comparing, drop a note in the comments.
There has been an interesting update to the forum sections on the Joomla Extensions Directory. It has been split into 
There are some third rails in every community … things that people are reluctant to discuss. Joomla’s move to a GPL license was one of those, and I think we did a reasonable job of openly talking about the issues and implications.
You may have noticed that I’ve been blogging less lately. There’s probably a dozen reasons for that (family visiting from England, new projects, running the SEO Club, the hot summer making my brain tired) but theres been one stand-out … I just haven’t come across many things I really, really had to post.
If you read this blog often, you’ll know I love building sites with sh404SEF. However, its such a powerful extension that it can be complex. There are several issues that people keep asking me about. So instead of giving the same answer every time, I’ve written up the answers in a single document.
Are you looking to learn Joomla 1.5? There are Joomla training sessions coming up in Atlanta, Boston (MT), Manchester (NH), Hartford (CT) and Albany (NY).
Google launched their Knol site last week. Despite the slightly silly name and Google’s 
Back at JoomlaExpo in Chicago, one guy stood up during Barrie North’s presentation and very happily announced he’d found Barrie’s tutorials so useful that he’d sent him a box of juicy steaks.
No doubt about it, RSS feeds on 1.5 are better than they were on 1.0. Not perfect, but certainly better.