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Kevin Morrison
on Thursday, 30 August 2012 12:16
Good interview Robert, it sounds like we indeed have a great deal in common. I lead a very similar beginning in the world of web design. I did not build a CMS but was very active building little programs and was a huge fan of FrontPage and working with Dreamweaver is still my favorite platform for much of what I do.
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Guest - John Kirkham
on Thursday, 30 August 2012 14:20
Hi Richard, not sure if you remember me, I had a bad experience with a web developer using Joomla on the Gold Coast a few year ago (no support and got ripped off). Since then I have learned to build my own sites using a CMS program called "Affilistore" and doing affiliate marketing but with little success. Affilistore is no longer supported so I am looking for an alternative (enter Joomla). Not sure if you can help with Joomla and affiliate marketing? I had a look at Drupal but couldn't get my gead around it.
Anyway, great interview and look forward to hearing more.
Regards
John Kirkham
Gold Coast
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Richard Pearce
on Thursday, 30 August 2012 17:01
Without knowing what you want to achieve, it's a bit hard to comment. If you want to include an affiliate link to another site then that's easy enough. But if you want other affiliates to promote products on your website, you need an ecommerce solution with affiliate features (e.g. AceShop). In the case of this site we use a third party solution rather than a dedicated Joomla extension. It's called idevAffiliate and it integrates into our membership extension.
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Pierre Cornelissen
on Thursday, 30 August 2012 16:49
Quite interesting to hear how you have progressed through the years - to learn more of Richard Pearce . Some of the words used was "digressing" and "focus", very important words in the world of developers. It is so easy to digress, split the focus and end up nowhere slowly. I have been a subscriber to this website from very early and have followed your work quite closely and somehow even mimicked what you have done and taught us. You are an excellent trainer, your videos and articles very infomative, and you are always helpfull. Thanks for a great site which brought me to the world of web development, although only CMS at this stage, but still. As I am close to the end of my working life, I have found something new (welding as well) and enjoy every moment of it. Your forum is one of the most informative and alive I have come accross - well done. Currently I am on the forum for info on a "pure" web development "curriculum" and this forum has such a diverse readership; the answers are just flooding in - just to show what you have brought us. Thanks.
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Guest - Shufflejog
on Thursday, 30 August 2012 22:33
I liked the interview Robert and what appears to be a very honest bio. Your future plans to develop Joomla training are encouraging. Updating Joomla Basics to deal with version 2.5 is definately a good move. A few months ago I started to learn how to use Joomla (I have no previous experience building web sites and I do not have any development, scripting, or coding skills of any kind, no HTML...), and I found it tough slogging.
I'm going to give Joomla another try using the updated Basis 2.5.
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Ian Hayward
on Friday, 31 August 2012 03:55
Hi Richard - I'd second everything Pierre has to say having been around BAJW for a while too! I went to a similar sort of school in the UK and left with no idea where I was headed - apart from a trip overland to your homeland, a spell as a deckhand on a sailing yacht, which saw me at sea for quite a while and led to a job with a German equipment manufacturer, which took me to Canada for a spell and... so my 'career' progressed as a happy series of accidents!
It's interesting to put some flesh on your bones and I look forward to learning more about the others.
Just on a nuts and bolts point - I clicked on the 'Start' button and nothing seemed to be happening. I was clicking away and not hearing your dulcet tones - until I got back with the tea I went to make! I had no idea how long the interview was, how big the file, or how long it would need to load (here in very rural France). A little whirling disc would help dummies like me - just so I can see a) the click worked and b) something is coming down the pipe. 'Course it starts immediately now it's cached.
And well done with the 2.5 updates!
Ian
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Guest - Trish Thompson
on Saturday, 01 September 2012 09:42
I have just decided to try and give Joomla a go - I am one of those 'hard-core' folks who have always written my own code in creating websites. I started way back in the late 90s, when ZD-Net had a program that one could subscribe to for around $5 a month, and I took courses from the folks who wrote the programming books - it was exciting and fascinating, and I was hooked! I used Dreamweaver once....but dropped it because I liked having total control. You are right that Joomla's structure is a bit odd to me....but I just keep going over your videos, and am beginning to understand how it works.
Your interview was interesting, and I am looking forward to more of them, and hoping that one day I can afford to get your pro program, but meantime, I'm making the most of your wonderful free content (and I so thank you for doing that!)
My web clents are becoming more interested in doing updates themselves - and so it seemed prudent for me to learn a CMS to possibly move their sites to.....you have been a great help to me in beginning this process.
And that's probably more than you ever wanted to know.... :-)
Trish
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