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Top 7 Things to Learn This Summer to Improve Your Joomla Website Skills

info@buildajoomlawebsite.com (Robert Wilson) — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:49:33 +1000

The start of summer signifies lots of things for people around the world. For many of us it means hot weather, maybe some time off and of course kids running around everywhere being noisy and generally being kids. It also means that with some of this time off, many people look for a good summer project. In this post I'll list seven ideas for you to research and discover that will really boost your productivity when working with Joomla, and I'll even throw in a bonus idea for free if you read through to the end. So, whether you plan on lounging on the beach with your laptop this summer or not, there's something here for you to discover.

Optimizing Joomla Websites with GTmetrix

info@buildajoomlawebsite.com (Robert Wilson) — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:42:51 +1000

We all want our Joomla websites to perform well. How to get there is sometimes a mystery. The quote, "You can't improve what you don't measure," has been used often in almost every field, from management to sports. If you want to make something better, you better know where you're starting from. There are plenty of website tools out there, and many of them are free. In this article, we'll be taking a look at one that we've already referenced in previous articles. GTmetrix.com is a site that you should know about if you don't already, but be careful, it can be addicting.

Website Review: Daniel Kaminsky Attorney

info@buildajoomlawebsite.com (Richard Pearce) — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:36:53 +1000

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?

CloudFlare Brings Joomla Optimization and Security to the Rest of Us

info@buildajoomlawebsite.com (Robert Wilson) — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:36:47 +1000

We, like many in the web development world, have been slightly obsessed with optimization lately. Joomla is somewhat known for being difficult to optimize well for both speed and security, so it's seen as slow and insecure by some in the web development world. It can even feel that way for Joomla site developers who can't quite get their heads around how to configure things properly. Is Joomla really that difficult to optimize? Is the bad rep it gets deserved? In this article, we discuss a solution that may solve most of the problem for almost everyone...and it's dead simple.

Speed Up Your Joomla Website with JCH Optimize

info@buildajoomlawebsite.com (Robert Wilson) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:59:47 +1000

How to speed up your Joomla website is a topic that's been discussed quite a bit in our forum lately. In this article we will look at just one technique, how to combine and minify your JavaScript and CSS files. The tool we'll use is a freely available Joomla Extension called JCH Optimize, and it can help speed up your Joomla site dramatically.

Webinar: How to get Higher Rankings for your Joomla Site

info@buildajoomlawebsite.com (Richard Pearce) — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:29:52 +1000

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.

Going Old School with Image Maps in Joomla

info@buildajoomlawebsite.com (Robert Wilson) — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 06:17:39 +1000

Image maps were very widely used for web design in the past. Hand coding them was almost impossible for most people, but tools like Dreamweaver made them quite easy to create. A large, prominent image with hot spots linked to various pages of a website were at the edge of creative web design. They improved the look and feel of a website and helped to make branding easier for many businesses. So, what happened to image maps?

Webinar: How to Speed up Your Joomla Site

info@buildajoomlawebsite.com (Richard Pearce) — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 07:37:06 +1000

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!

Administrator

info@buildajoomlawebsite.com (Robert Wilson) — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 21:28:46 +1100

The Administrator back-end of a Joomla website is the area where a user such as a Manager, Administrator or Super Administrator manages all aspects of a Joomla website, including the content, much of the behavior and functionality, and the look and feel of the front-end as well.

Front-end

info@buildajoomlawebsite.com (Robert Wilson) — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 21:11:07 +1100

In a Joomla powered website, the front-end is the area that visitors interact with, as opposed to the Joomla Administrator that is used by developers and site admins to manage and update the site from the back-end. The site Template is used to display the Modules and other content in the front-end of Joomla.