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However, today thought I'd hightlight some nice usability improvements. Several common frustrations that beginners had with 1.5 seem to have been resolved:

1) The "Menu Manager" Has a Purpose

In 1.5, beginners always]]> about joomla Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:52:00 +0000 http://www.joomlafeed.com/about-joomla/joomlashack-university-full-in-12-hours-of-launch.html The much anticipated launch of our online Joomla training course for Beginner Joomla-ites, Joomlashack University, did not disappoint last week. In less than 24 hours we sold out all 100 seats in the inaugural Shack U class of October 2009- and then some!

Joomlashack University is our attempt to make learning Joomla online a fun, interactive, affordable, and "at your own pace" experience. Instructors Forest Linden and]]> about joomla Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:37:00 +0000 http://www.joomlafeed.com/about-joomla/how-to-change-the-layout-on-the-frontpage.html A question that comes up often of new users is "How do I change the layout of the content on my frontpage?". To be more specific, the question is often about how to change the content layout from Joomla!'s default 1 column leading / 2 column intro / links layout. Fortunately, Joomla! makes this really easy to do.

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Last month we announced that the class in Atlanta would be free completely free to non-profit or charity organizations.

We received many more applications than we had places, so this week we've been digging through the entries to find the winners. It was]]> about joomla Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:58:00 +0000 http://www.joomlafeed.com/about-joomla/find-it-hard-to-explain-web-standards.html This has to be one of the best ways I have seen yet to explain web standards and usability to clients.

Next time you find your self in that situation, show this handy video.

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So it is with great pride that we can announce that DOCman 1.5 RC1 is released to our tester's group. The new DOCman is fully compatible with Joomla 1.5 in native mode. Our main focus for this Release Candidate -- apart]]> joomla advocates Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:13:00 +0000 http://www.joomlafeed.com/about-joomla/thoughts-on-drupal-and-the-white-house-website.html Saturday was the biggest event for Open Source CMS systems since 2005.

Back in February 2005 we had the launch of Wordpress.com with super-easy installs and also Wordpress 1.5 with changeable themes. Later in the year, Joomla split from Mambo.

On Saturday, Drupal started powering Whitehouse.gov. It's such a big catch that it brings hugely increased credibility, not]]> about joomla Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:01:00 +0000 http://www.joomlafeed.com/about-joomla/local-joomla-installations-are-not-worth-the-effort.html Am I alone in thinking that we're doing Joomla beginners a big disservice by recommending that they start with a local installation?

Almost every Joomla tutorial starts with a description of how to install Joomla on your computer and it nearly always causes complete befuddlement amongst learners.

Last year I had the interesting experience of agreeing to be the technical editor for a Joomla beginner book. After a brief introduction, the]]> about joomla Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:04:00 +0000 http://www.joomlafeed.com/about-joomla/joomlashack-university-has-11-spots-left.html We are very excited to have launched our new Joomlashack University, a brand new online class for Joomla. You can learn from our expert team from the comfort of your own home.

We launched late yesterday afternoon with spots limited to only 100 students, but in a few hours we have had over 80 sign up to be part of the quickest and easiest way to learn Joomla.

If you want to grab one of those last few remaining places, you can about joomla Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:22:00 +0000 http://www.joomlafeed.com/about-joomla/wordpress-tops-joomla-in-domain-importance.html One site I visit a lot is SEOmoz.org, a great resource for SEO and marketing. I noticed today that that have a great top 500 list of "most important domains".

I was interested to see that Joomla, Wordpress and Drupal all make it into the top 500, with Wordpress taking the lead, and Drupal bringing up the rear.

The corresponding top 500 pages list saw Wordpress.org and Joomla.org in the top 15!

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Today we are changing the landscape of how template clubs are offered. We are combining the lifetime updates of our regular templates with the unlimited domains of our developer club.

Our Professional Joomla Developer Club now is lifetime]]> about joomla Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:50:00 +0000 http://www.joomlafeed.com/about-joomla/get-ready-for-joomlashack-university.html One of my passions is teaching. Before I became involved in Joomla, I was a teacher. I know how people learn, and I love teaching them. As I have been involved in all of this over the last few years, different ways to teach Joomla across the world, one thing people have kept asking me.