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Joomla 1.7.3 and 1.5.25 Released

jen@4webinc.com (Jen Kramer) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:33:29 +0000

Joomla 1.7.3 and Joomla 1.5.25 were released today, as a result of a zero-day security issue. Because of the security issue, it's recommended that you update your sites immediately.

Joomla 1.7.3 fixed 77 CMS bugs as well as the two security issues.

One of the big new features in Joomla 1.7.3 has to do with multi-language improvements, which are summarized in this blog post.

Joomla's Leadership Sets 2012 Goals

jen@4webinc.com (Jen Kramer) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:24:27 +0000

In the last week, Joomla's PLT, CLT, and OSM have posted information about their goals for 2012. Please go read these and comment on them, as their goals impact your business.

Proposed PLT 2012 Goals | Discussion

Proposed 2012 CLT Goals | Discussion

Community feedback requested on OSM's top 2012 goal ideas | Discussion

Google Doc describing the planning process

Teaching Sells Re-Opening

barrie@simplweb.com (Barrie North) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 02:43:30 +0000

One of the best online business models for these tough times is about to open again for membership - Teaching Sells.

We all know how much information is out there about starting an online-based business. Systems. Tricks. Gimmicks. Teaching Sells from Brian Clark is definitely not one of those.

They believe that creating a thriving business is a technique you can learn, not some kind of "gift" you have to be born with.

World Usability Day, November 10

jen@4webinc.com (Jen Kramer) — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:12:39 +0000

World Usability Day is coming up on November 10, 2011. There's likely to be an event near you, or you could participate in an online event.

If you're in New England, be sure to check out World Usability Day New England. There are great speakers attending, including Tom McCan, the director of retail usability research at Staples. For $30, you get a full day of great networking, interesting speakers, and new ideas you can apply to your own sites.

Hope to see you there!

New Search Features in Joomla 1.7

jen@4webinc.com (Jen Kramer) — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:45:56 +0000

Joomla 1.6 and 1.7 introduced some new features regarding search, which may be helpful to you when building websites.

How can Joomla ensure that quality support is available to clients?

jen@4webinc.com (Jen Kramer) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:26:42 +0000

Yesterday, Heidi and I met with a wonderful group of women running a startup. They have a Joomla website, but they have had a nightmare dealing with their Joomla developer. Time after time, they have requested something to be done on their site, their developer says no problem, and the developer fails to deliver. Furthermore, the developer would send them invoices, charging hours and hours of time for "research", which never materialized into a solution for their problems. The client was funding this developer's learning curve, to no benefit of their own website!

Joomla Roadmap Meeting

jen@4webinc.com (Jen Kramer) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:24:48 +0000

Joomla held a big meeting concerning its direction and road map in New York City on October 21. The sessions were streamed and recorded. You can access the video and catch up on anything you missed.

A Closer Look at Joomla 1.7's Redirect Component

jen@4webinc.com (Jen Kramer) — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:39:15 +0000

Joomla 1.7 now features a terrific redirect component, which will make preventing 404 page not found errors in your site redesigns and migrations much easier. This component is particularly important now that many are starting to migrate their sites from Joomla 1.5 to 1.7.

Joomla News, Mid-October Edition

jen@4webinc.com (Jen Kramer) — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:32:18 +0000

Have you heard this latest news in and around the world of Joomla? New releases, cool events, World Usability Day, and much more in this edition!

Joomla 1.7 stripping out code? Here's the fix

jen@4webinc.com (Jen Kramer) — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:43:52 +0000

Increasingly, websites are offering a bit of HTML you can paste into your site to show some cool feature: Facebook or Twitter feeds, YouTube videos, badges from site or another. You try copying and pasting the HTML into a Joomla article or a custom HTML module, and you find that the code gets stripped, removing critical tags like script or iframe, so it doesn't work correctly. Then you try to go find a Joomla extension that will allow you to post the information. It's frustrating!