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The latest version of Joomla - version 3.0 - has been released and in this video I take you through the major new features.

Joomla 3.0 has been released. Here is my recap along with community reaction.

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The words, "You can't improve what you don't measure," are almost ubiquitous online when reading about web statistics. It’s clear that everyone should be watching what visitors are doing and where they’re coming from, but when there are so many bits of data, activities and behaviors to track it becomes overwhelming to those who are new to website analytics. However, when you focus on just a few of the most important aspects of user behavior, you can lay down a very good foundation for measuring visitors and acting wisely on their activities.

You've learnt Joomla - now what?

Join me for a free webinar where I teach you the steps to planning a successful website. This has been designed for those who are about to build or rebuild their website. 

One common question we receive is "how do you create a blog using Joomla?" Last week I wrote a post titled The Five Best Blogging Tools for Joomla!. In this video I show you how to create a blog that includes commenting and social sharing using the Joomla core and free extensions. The process is easy and it takes less than ten minutes.

Joomla sometimes comes under fire in regards to its usefulness as a blogging platform. But Joomla actually has some great blogging features "out-of-the-box" and there are great third party extensions that turn it into a full-featured blogging platform. This post discusses the five best ways to create a Joomla blog.

We love what we do here at BuildAJoomlaWebsite. We're passionate about helping people learn and discover what they can do for themselves, even if that's discovering a brand new career!

At times, however, you might have a specific need that's a bit beyond our tutorials, or you might decide that your project really requires some outside help because you'd like to be managing your Joomla website instead of struggling through developing and customizing it.

The first half of our much anticipated revamped Joomla Users series is now available to Joomla Pro members. This function received a massive overhaul when Joomla 1.6 was released and beginners can find this very difficult to understand. Our course breaks this down into simple steps and includes examples.