The Joomla Podcast

Episode 19 - Search

contact@thejoomlapodcast.com (Mike Brogan) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:42:19 +0000

The first episode in over 3 months focuses on Joomla and search. Mike takes a look at:

Joomla 1.6 Alpha 2 released
Joomla 1.5x Customization: Make Your Site Adapt to Your Needs released
Joomla and search: Mike looks at the built in search, Finder, and Google Custom Search Engines

Episode 18 - Interview with Andrew Eddie Part 2

contact@thejoomlapodcast.com (Mike Brogan) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:52:46 +0000

Today is (hopefully) the day where we can sink our teeth into trying Joomla 1.6 Alpha. Andrew Eddie was so kind to finish out the interview that we started in Part 1. In this episode, Andrew and I talk about:

The free extension that Andrew gives away at The Art of Joomla, including the cleverly named Content Manager and Advanced Administrator Menu.
What are Andrew's favorite and least favorite features of Joomla?
What's in store for the future of Joomla? What will Joomla 2.0 look like?
How can people get more involved in the Joomla project.

It's a good talk and spans about 30 minutes. Enjoy!

Download Episode 18

Episode 17 - Interview with Andrew Eddie, Part 1

contact@thejoomlapodcast.com (Mike Brogan) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:01:42 +0000

Want to learn more about the history of Joomla, the top features of Joomla 1.6, and more? Then listen in as Mike interviews Andrew Eddie, long time contributor to the Joomla project. Mike and Andrew discuss:

The origins of Joomla, including its origins from Mambo.
The top features in Joomla 1.6, including comments, ACL (access control lists), nested categories, and more. Lots of cool things I didn't know about!
Things to look out for in Joomla 1.6—take note that there won't be any backwards compatibility with Joomla 1.0 or 1.5.
How will migration to 1.6 work?
Then we briefly say goodbye to Joomla 1.0, which won't be supported past July.

This interview will span two episodes, so be sure to check for the conclusion where we talk about the future of Joomla, and his favorite and least favorite feature of Joomla.

Episode 17

Episode 16 - Quick Fire Update

contact@thejoomlapodcast.com (Mike Brogan) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:02:01 +0000

Been way too long since the last episode, but here it is! Episode 16 is out. In this episode Mike goes through a bunch of updates, including:

Doggy Dish launches a Joomla Podcast. Mike disagrees with them about the best editor—JCE is superior to JoomlaFCK.
JCE 1.5.3 comes out with new Word Paste feature. Sounds great.
Mike's working on a photo comparision feature—do you have a favorite?
Admin Praise2 is out—if you've been frustrated by the admin interface of Joomla, check it out
Joomla Admin Mobile—If you have an iPhone, get this app. Let's you administer your sections, categories, articles, users, and menus. Hopefully they can build in support for other Components.
New ways to create content for Joomla: ZOO and K2. Use one component to create content, make a download section, events, and more. Right now, K2 is more feature-complete and is free.
Looking forward to the additions created by the Google Summer of Code: Front-end editing looks especially great.

Thanks for listening to Episode 16!

Episode 15 - CMS Showdown

contact@thejoomlapodcast.com (Mike Brogan) — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:56:44 +0000

Mike's first ever guest interview with Stephen Fisher, lead designer of the Joomla team at the CMS Showdown at South by Southwest (SxSW). Steve shares how he became involved with the showdown, how well Joomla did in the competition, and how the whole thing was a win for open source. I of course declare Joomla the winner by far. Steve also shares his insight into Tamka, the hot new set of blogging tools about to hit Joomla. And of course I can't let him off the hook without giving his one big complaint about Joomla.

I also talk about Joomla Day UK, and about some big news in the Joomla world: CCK (Custom Content Kit) has arrived in two forms with Zoo and K2. In a future episode I'll dive into these two really interesting components. Download Episode 15 today.

Episode 14 - Advertising & Joomla - February 21, 2009

contact@thejoomlapodcast.com (Mike Brogan) — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:56:43 +0000

Mike's back with a fresh new episode. This week he looks at:

JXtended contributing ACL & comments to Joomla 1.6! Now when's the release date?
Joomla Services Directory
Advertising with Joomla: Mike looks at the different types of advertisng (flat rate, CPM, CPC) and three top tools to get the job done, including using the built-in Banner component, OpenX, and iJoomla Ad Agency.
Mike's Extension Pick: JoomlaPack

Download Episode 14 now.

Episode 13 - January 13th, 2009

contact@thejoomlapodcast.com (Mike Brogan) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:30:35 +0000

Sorry for the delay, but episode 13 is out! In this episode, Mike takes a look at:

Joomla 1.5.9 released—fixes security issues and a bad bug where "Finish Publishing Date" was set the same as "Start Publishing" for articles created from the front end.

Big changes to the Joomla Extensions Directory:

New look.
This summer, will only be listing extensions for 1.5.
Also this summer, will only be listing extensions that are non-encrypted and licensed under the GPL. What does this mean for users? For developers? Mike takes a look.

New Joomla Developers site is coming

Question of the month: How do you reset a Joomla password? Use phpMyAdmin. Would be nice if this tool was built into Joomla.

Episode 13 Top Extensions:

These both grant additional controls and features to modules that you already use, such as start and end dates, etc.

Metamod
Mod on any page

Download Episode 13 today.

Episode 12 - December 2nd, 2008

contact@thejoomlapodcast.com (Mike Brogan) — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:45:46 +0000

Mike's back from a little hiatus, doing some catchup with Joomla and focusing on:

Joomla wins second place in the Packt Publishing "Overall Open Source CMS Award" and "Best Content Management System based on PHP/mySQL"
Anyone going to CMSexpo? It's on Thursday and Friday.
Read Jfoobar. Good blog about Joomla with posts about the upcoming ACL and Installer features in 1.6.
Uploading & Flash 10 causing problems.

4 extensions to discuss:

Jomsocial-New Joomla social networking king?
jPress-Looks to be an exciting new set of blogging extensions for Joomla.
J!Position-Great way to see modules on a page.
Joomla Magic Updater-A great new way to update Joomla.

Rant of the week: why are there only two levels to organize content in Joomla?

Download episode 12 now.

Episode 11 - October 20th, 2008

contact@thejoomlapodcast.com (Mike Brogan) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:26:50 +0000

After a one week hiatus, Mike is back, and this week he looks at:

Download Episode 11 now.

Episode 10 - Forms - October 4th, 2008

contact@thejoomlapodcast.com (Mike Brogan) — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:29:37 +0000

This week Mike takes a look at:

The Joomla Extensions Directory exploding with new additions
Creating forms with Joomla, including a showdown between:
Joomla's core Contact component-good only for basic contact forms
Chronoforms-good for advanced users or those looking for something free. There's a gotcha though.
Forms for Joomla 1.5-best UI, yet most expensive
RSForm-probably the best for being inexpensive, powerful, and somewhat easy to use

Download Episode 10 today.

Episode 9 - AdminPraise Reviewed and Google Gears Support - September 26th, 2008

contact@thejoomlapodcast.com (Mike Brogan) — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:29:37 +0000

This week Mike takes a look at:

The Joomla Extensions Directory having some trouble with scrapers
Joomla! Shop has new clothing in stock and a new look--too bad they don't use Joomla for the ecommerce
Mike reviews AdminPraise, a new template for the Joomla Control Panels
and looks at Turbo Gears for Joomla 1.5, which adds Google Gears support
The rant of the week is back: Mike takes the Module Manager to task

Download Episode 9 today.

Episode 8 - September 21, 2008

contact@thejoomlapodcast.com (Mike Brogan) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:38:36 +0000

Mike takes a look at:

Some site news: Thanks to all who have found the site with StumbleUpon and who have reviewed the podcast on iTunes!
Looking forward to impressions from Joomla Day! in Mountain View
Joomla Day in Hungary - October 11th, 2008
Wondering how much traffic the Joomla forums get? Try 100,000 page views a month
Mike then answers two questions: What's the advantage of using Podcast Suite and what audio streamer do I use?
Which leads us to the Extension of the Week: 1 PixelOut Audio Player v1.5.2 for Joomla 1.5.x (what an awful title)
And finally, a new segment on The Joomla Podcast: Template Club reviews. First up: YouJoomla.

Leave a comment and let me know what you think!

Download Episode 8.

Episode 7 - Creating Mobile Websites with Joomla 1.5 - September 15th, 2008

contact@thejoomlapodcast.com (Mike Brogan) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:18:37 +0000

Mike looks at creating Mobile-optimized websites for Joomla 1.5. Full show notes:

Joomla 1.5.7 out now--get it while it's hot
Joomla Day on September 20th--I want to see reports!
Mike teaching Intro to Joomla classes in the Bay Area
Follow the Joomla Podcast on Twitter
Creating Mobile Websites--Why do it?
How to do it with Joomla? PDA Plugin and Auto Switcher Template for iPhone
Which is better? Listen and find out!
Don't forget to vote for Joomla in the Packt Publishing Best CMS category
Rant-of-the-week: Joomla search needs to be much improved. Read this post at Alledia.com

Download Episode 7 now.

Episode 6 - September 9th, 2008

contact@thejoomlapodcast.com (Mike Brogan) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:07:34 +0000

This week, Mike takes a look at:

Joomla 1.5.7 released
1.5.8 including TinyMCE 3--does anyone care?
Packt Publishing Open Source CMS Awards--have you voted yet?
Google Chrome released--Joomla users weep
Quick Tip: Use Install From URL to save time installing extensions
Extensions of the week: The big guns in Joomla: JCE, VirtueMart, and Community Builder
Mike's famed rant-of-the-week: Why don't developers bundle their components and modules together?

Download Episode 6.

Episode 5 - September 2nd, 2008

contact@thejoomlapodcast.com (Mike Brogan) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:59:03 +0000

Episode 5 is out. This week, Mike takes a look at:

First review in iTunes. Why don't you review The Joomla Podcast?
Happy 3rd Birthday, Joomla!
Joomla Security Strike Team announced. Because this time, the word "strike" will get it done.
Joomla Events in San Francsico, Netherlands, and Belgium
Packt Publishing Open Source CMS finalists announced-vote today!
Exciting unreleased extensions: JomSocial, Nooku, and Fireboard 2.0
The Joomla Podcast Extension of the Week: Joomla Updater
Mike's rant of the week: Updates should be built into the core.

Download Episode 5.

Episode 4 - August 21st, 2008

contact@thejoomlapodcast.com (Mike Brogan) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:20:46 +0000

This week, Mike takes on:

Reminder: Update to Joomla 1.5.6
Joomla forming security team-Bravo!
Joomla Day San Francisco
The first few things to do after installing Joomla
Split Menus-A real time saver
Extension of the week-Linkr

Download Episode 4 now.

Episode 3 - August 15th, 2008

contact@thejoomlapodcast.com (Mike Brogan) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Episode 3 of The Joomla Podcast is out. This week Mike takes a look at:

Site News: New comments system, reorganized tutorials under blog. Make sure to update your RSS feeds to get the freshest content anywhere.
Joomla 1.5.6 released. This update fixes a critical security bug and it's recommended to update immediately.
New joomla.org look released. Mike likes it but has some questions about the rest of the site.
Extension of the week: 2 this week! Anycode and Google Translation Module.
Template of the week: ja_purity.
Mike then updates us on a past mini-rant, and then starts a new one about the lack of a Template section in the Extensions directory.

Download Episode 3

Episode 2 - August 8th, 2008

contact@thejoomlapodcast.com (Mike Brogan) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:21:08 +0000

Thanks for all the great feedback about Episode 1! The Joomla Podcast is back with Episode 2. This week Mike takes a look at:

Various impressions from Joomla Day Malaysia
Joomla Day Brazil on August 16th
Open Source CMS Usage Reports Released
JoomlaConnect: Better than JoomlaFeed?
Extension of the Week :Website name
Template of the Week: HiveMind
Mike's Mini-Rant: Why is the performance on the Joomla forums so terrible lately?

Download Episode 2 of the Joomla Podcast

*If you got a pdf in your podcast, my apologies. That'll teach me. I'll do a post about how to avoid that in the future.*

Episode 1 - Welcome to The Joomla Podcast

contact@thejoomlapodcast.com (Mike Brogan) — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:10:00 +0000

The debut episode of the Joomla Podcast. Discussing:

What is the Joomla Podcast?
Who's Mike Brogan?
What is Joomla?
Joomla 1.0 or Joomla 1.5?
Joomla 1.5.5 Released
LinuxWorld—Who's going?
Joomla Day in Brazil—August 16th
Extension of the week: MassContent
How-to create a Podcast with Joomla 1.5
Theme of the week: Wheat

Don't miss Mike's mini-rant about how it's a pain to scroll when inserting an image into an article, how the Joomla Extensions Directory could be better, and why is it so hard to create a podcast with Joomla?

Listen to Episode 1