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New Joomla Books Website

We’ve written our own Joomla Book about Search Engine Optimization and thought it would be useful to have one site where people could find every book written about Joomla!  So, today we’ve rolled out Joomla Books. We’ve managed to uncover 13 English language books about everything from the most basic features of Joomla to building your own extensions and templates: Books for Beginners Books for Advanced Users Books about specific topics Have We Missed Any Books? Feel free to leave a comment below or to email us at [email protected].  

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This Extension Had Better Sing, Dance and Juggle

Some new products immediately jump out as a great idea. Others don’t. I have to admit that today I came across something that immediately gave me a sinking feeling. A company called Serr.biz are planning to launch a new Search Engine Friendly URL component called SerrBizSEF. Now, I’m a sucker for Joomla SEO Tools, and I’ve reviewed just about every one available on this site – most of them with great enthusiasm. However, I don’t believe this one will fly. Here’s why:

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Why Your Joomla Site Should Be Full of Champagne

Ever see a real, live champagne tower? They look great, flow smoothly and get the party started in no time. Allow me then, to make a very cheesy analogy: You should build your website like a champagne tower. The tower is your site, the glasses are your pages and the champagne is that lovely link juice (Page Rank) that Google pours down our throats? Stick with me and I’ll show you how to build a great tower:

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Major GPL Series All Next Week

We’re pleased to announce a series of interviews focusing on Joomla and the GPL. Every day next week we’ll be talking with a Joomla developer who works with a commercial GPL business model. Five developers have taken the time to discuss their business and their experience building subscription and support-based projects. Why are we interviewing people working with commercial GPL models? Because only a small number of people currently have experience with selling Joomla extensions under the GPL. Those developers have a wealth of useful experience that has yet to be tapped. Several have remained quiet during the GPL discussions.…

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