This is the first of a series of website video reviews. There are three main points covered - but do you think I covered the most important ones?
Richard Pearce
When I met Joomla, I had no idea how much it would impact my future. The relationship was frosty at first. Hostile in fact. I was happy the way things were, but Joomla insisted that life could be even better, if I was prepared to make some changes. The problem was, the path to our ultimate happiness required a solution that had not yet been built. And it was up to me to produce the solution. Okay - sure, Joomla did provide the materials, but no cohesive way of moulding it all together.
I made a tentative approach, but was sternly rebuked. Something about having inadequate permissions. I tried again but couldn't find a way to have even the most simple of conversations. Sadly we parted and I went back to my long-term partner, Dreamweaver.
But I knew I was missing out on something. It nagged me day and night until I decided to try again. It was easier this time. Things started to look bright and I was optimistic that I had found my lifelong partner. But alas we fell at the final hurdle. We had come so far, surely something seemingly so small as a menu item couldn't come between us. But is was so. And so tragically we separated again.
This time my reunion with my previous HTML editor was not so pleasant. We were never right for each other. So I knuckled down with a new determination to use the few resources I had to build a Joomla website. The details aren't important. All you need to know is that everything finally came together and now Joomla and I are best of friends.
I want you to enjoy this friendship too, so I have produced a methodical step-by-step solution to learning Joomla. Start with our free course The Basics. Then move on to our advanced courses. I also publish hints and tips via this blog. Your first steps might also be tentative, but with my help, you are guaranteed to save a lot of time and frustration.
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Richard Pearce
Owner of Build a Joomla Website. Responsible for 1 wife, 4 kids and 17 fish.
Joomla is sometimes criticised for not being search engine friendly. Is this true? Can a Joomla-powered website rank high in the search engines? How do you create a perfectly optimised Joomla page? Join me for this free webinar where I unravel the mysteries of the search engines.
Join myself and Joomla Performance Guru Daniel Kanchev for this free webinar that will teach you tips and tricks to improve the performance of your Joomla website. Places for this event are strictly limited so register now!
When you look at someone else’s finished website, it doesn’t look like it would be that hard to reproduce. However despite good planning, when you build your own site, you will face a series of hurdles. They’re not insurmountable of course and the whole purpose of this website is to help you smash through any barriers. But once you cross the finish line and your website is live, how do you know if you’ve run a good race? In this post I invite you to find out with a website review.
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The biggest feature to hit Joomla 1.6 was the vast improvement with access control. However this greatness comes with responsibility and it can be a pain to test a development site or troubleshoot issues with a live site. Joomla Administrators would love to be able to login as a particular user, without knowing that user's password. Well ... it turns out that this is indeed possible.
No - that's not a typo. We have just released a series of 20 lessons to our members on How to Build a WordPress Website.
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VIDEO: A common request we receive is how to upload a PDF (or any file) to a Joomla site and then link to it in an article or module. Well, here is a step-by-step video demonstration on how to do just that.
I am running a classroom Joomla training course in Sydney, Australia on Saturday 23rd February.
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Are you looking for a head start to your Joomla website development? Worried that you won't have anyone to turn to if you hit a hurdle? Then take advantage of our new personal Joomla consultation service.
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Our two advanced Joomla Training courses have merged into one complete package.