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Ohanah - Event & Ticketing made really easy!

Ohanah - Event & Ticketing made really easy!

Event manager extensions consist of a calendar of events page, and an added ticketing feature, which enables visitors to view, book, pay for, and receive tickets, via email or as a downloadable PDF.

These are great extensions for you to recommend to clients. They add value to a site, cost very little, and add a user-interaction element your clients had perhaps not considered.

In this article I shall be reviewing Ohanah.

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How Many of These Joomla Websites Have You Visited?

How Many of These Joomla Websites Have You Visited?

As Joomla site designers, it is easy to forget that the tool we all love so much, is itself a labour of love. Unlike other large Open Source projects, Joomla is an all-volunteer organization. Without the international community of diverse expertise, passion and commitment, the project would not be a fraction of what it is today.

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What's new in Joomla 3.5?

What's new in Joomla 3.5?

Joomla 3.5 has now been released and can be downloaded from Joomla.org. Along with the usual bug fixes, there are several new features of interest, including plugins to alert you to future updates, to help you provide system information for support and an easier method of customising the Protostar template. All of which make this a very useful upgrade.

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Richard Pearce
As with any update, I recommend you wait a week in case anything unforeseen crops up. Then: 1. Backup your site (and know how to ... Read More
Wednesday, 23 March 2016 08:24
Mike Martin
Richard Thank you this well documented blog, it is a great help and I agree it does need testing before major use. Regards Mike... Read More
Wednesday, 23 March 2016 18:41
Michael Doege
I wonder whether updating to 3.5 is worthwhile considering the trouble this may produce. However, did I miss statement regarding p... Read More
Wednesday, 23 March 2016 18:48
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Whether You Love or Hate Web Design, I Want to interview You

I am in the process of creating a new course on how to start a web design business. To help students decide if a web design business is right for them, I am including interviews from current and past developers. If that's you, would you like to be interviewed? I am looking for a few people who started their own web design business and love it. However in the interest of balance, I am also looking for those who started and decided it is not for them. Note that this is NOT directly related to Joomla. It is about your experience with web design as a whole.

I am offering a small payment in return for your time.

To be considered, please write to info@buildajoomlawebsite.com with one of the following subject lines:

If you are or have been the owner of a web design business and you love(d) it, then make the subject "Web Design is Awesome"

If you tried starting a web design business or if you're in one now and you don't like it, make the subject "Web design Sucks"

Then tell me a bit about your web design business background and if I think this will work out, I will be in touch in a couple of days.
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White Label Joomla Tutorials

White Label Joomla Tutorials

Section 3 of Joomla 3 Webmaster is now online and this completes the main part of this course. If you’re a web host, trainer or developer, you now have the unique opportunity to provide a non-branded version of this course to your customers.

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JoomlaDay Brisbane 2015

JoomlaDay Brisbane 2015

The baton for this year's Australian JoomlaDay has been passed to sunny Brisbane. 

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Joomla 3 - The Basics - is number one at Udemy!

Joomla 3 - The Basics - is number one at Udemy!

Thanks for helping our free course - The Basics for Joomla 3 - become the most popular Joomla course at Udemy!

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Alexis
Hello, Have you the same tutorials on this page http://www.buildajoomlawebsite.com/joomla-tutorials/the-basics but in French ?! I ... Read More
Friday, 27 June 2014 00:20
Richard Pearce
Sorry - no. We have had requests over the years to produce a multi-lingual version, but I can't see this happening. It is an enorm... Read More
Friday, 27 June 2014 07:37
June Darling
Hi Richard, I think I'm probably a crazy 68yr female attempting to build a website with little knowledge, however I am rather plea... Read More
Thursday, 13 November 2014 21:21
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Fourteen Fabulous February Freebies

Fourteen Fabulous February Freebies

Didn't get what you hoped for this Valentine's Day? Roses are red; violets are blue; look at these goodies I found for you.

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Joomla Beat #47 - Passwords

Joomla Beat #47 - Passwords

In the latest episode of Joomla Beat, I join host Peter Bui to discuss some rules to consider when creating passwords.

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Happy 18th Birthday to us (save 50%)

Happy 18th Birthday to us (save 50%)

Help me celebrate my company's birthday with 50% off Beyond the Basics - but only until the end of this weekend.

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Mike Martin
Hi Congratulations Richard, it take a lot of courage to job out of a secure employment and create your own business, very well don... Read More
Tuesday, 10 December 2013 21:01
Richard Pearce
Well I would ... except that it's now full of work stuff and so there's no room for a bed. Besides, you're not going to want to sh... Read More
Wednesday, 11 December 2013 13:57
Darryl Brick
The headquarters of a global conglomerate - love it! Great job with your business too Richard. As someone who aspires to build the... Read More
Wednesday, 11 December 2013 14:35
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