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Our CNP Team Blog has been moved over to CNPIntegrations.com

Christopher Nielsen — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 19:38:37 +0100

Hey folks, we have retired this blog and moved our ongoing activities over to our new company portal http://www.cnpintegrations.com. There are some great archives here but our new posts will be found at our CNP Team Blog at www.cnpintegrations.com/blog/. Thank you for your interest and hope you will continue to follow our blog and social chatter.

Sincerely, CN

Building Communities With Joomla! CMS - Part 5 - Presentation at Joomla Day Chicago

Christopher Nielsen — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:02:22 +0100

Building Community Websites With Joomla - Case Study: My Puget Sound

Presented by: Christopher Nielsen

http://youtu.be/3-MpXwMimWg

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Working On Your Website Offline

Joe Sonne — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:35:26 +0100

When your website is live online you want it to always be perfect. In order to keep it that way you might consider making changes first on an offline version of your website. This gives you the opportunity to try out new things and not be overly concerned about breaking anything. When you make mistakes or really mess things up on your live website your stress level can go through the roof.

Having a sandbox copy of your website is a great way to work

Having a sandbox copy of your websitRead More...

Drupal to Joomla! Migrations - Part 1

Jon Neubauer — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:30:40 +0100

In case you hadn’t heard, CNP Integrations has developed a new way to give webmasters, site administrators, and developers the ability to choose what CMS they want to use, and help sites easily migrate from Drupal to Joomla!. In this blog series, we’ll look at several aspects of migrating a Drupal; site to Joomla!, including looking at Read More...

Joomla Web Security: True Stories to scare you in the right direction.

Christopher Nielsen — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Web Security Stories to scare you in the right direction.

Recently, I presented a session on web security at Joomla Day Chicago and to prepare for this our PM team and I had the pleasure to meet with the mastermind developer of the SecureLive software and security specialist Jeff BRead More...

Building Communities With Joomla! CMS - Part 4

Christopher Nielsen — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Part Four: Building Revenue Streams

For any community to be self-sustaining it will need to have some type of revenue stream(s). Even volunteer based communities require funding to keep relevance and growth. There are always tradeoffs with how to approach this since visitors do not want to beRead More...

Building Communities With Joomla! CMS - Part 3

Christopher Nielsen — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Part Three: Marketing, Audience and Incentives

Connecting with the right people or networks

When you consider building a community site with Joomla CMS or any other technology for that matter, you have to make sure you understand what social or professional need you are filling and whereRead More...

Five Ways To Display Image Galleries On Your Joomla Website

Nicole Ouellette — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:42:28 +0100

Photos add visual interest to your website. Most visitors will look at the pictures to determine the content before they read even one word. Sites like Pinterest and Flickr have made images even more important since they are increasingly easy to share.

If you have multiple images, a photo gallery presents your photos in a user friendly manner, allowing your visitor to browse through at their leisure. It's also easier on the website administrator's side, as uploading and resizing are bRead More...

Your Professional Joomla! Reputation

Joe Sonne — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:50:33 +0100

Joomla! is hugely popular full-featured Content Management System (CMS). It powers approximately 2.7% of the largest 1,000,000 Web sites in the world. Consequently there are a lot of people looking for professional Joomla! help to build their sites, intranets, blogs, etc. The goRead More...

Joomla!Day Chicago Sneak Peek Webinar

Jon Neubauer — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 18:32:13 +0100

CNP Integrations will be hosting a FREE webinar on Thursday July 26th at 1:00 P.M. EST. This interactive webinar is aimed to give Joomla enthusiasts a preview of activities and topics for the Joomla Day Chicago event. In addition, CNP Integrations also announced about being the proud Bronze sponsor of Joomla Day Chicago event.

This webinar will be moderated by ChrRead More...

Building Communities With Joomla! CMS - Part 2

Christopher Nielsen — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0100

Part Two: The right tools and user experience

Community Building Extensions and Customer Experience Using Joomla CMS

When building out your technology platform for a community site using Joomla! CMS you have several options for extensions that you can use. The two most popular are: www.jomsoRead More...

Welcome to Joomla! 3.0

Jon Neubauer — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 05:00:00 +0100

With a release set for some time in September, Joomla! 3.0 is right around the corner! We’ve been anxiously watching the development of Joomla! 3.0 for some time now, and there’s some exciting things in store for Joomla! users across the board. For those who haven’t seen it already, here’s a sneak peek at the awesomeness being planned for Joomla! Read More...

Building Communities With Joomla! CMS - Part 1

Christopher Nielsen — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:57:35 +0100

Part One: Starting with a plan

Joomla is one of the very best platforms for building meaningful communities and sharing content on the web today. With over 9500 extensions, 1000’s of world class template designs, the largest open source development cRead More...

Beyond JandBeyond

Jon Neubauer — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:03:57 +0100

Last month hundreds of Joomla! developers, designers, and users gathered for the largest Joomla! international conference at JandBeyond in Bad Nauheim Germany. For three days everything focused on the Joomla! community, and building a better Joomla! software. A month later, we’re alrRead More...

Joomla! 4-H Workshop

Jon Neubauer — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:36:30 +0100

In the spirit of Open Source, CNP Integrations is constantly looking for ways to give back to the community, and build value for the next generation. Recently, we were invited to present a 4 hour workshop for students at Missouri’s 4-H Congress. This was a first for us, being able to share the excitiRead More...

Mobile Makes Reaching Customers Easier Than Ever...with Joomla CMS

Nicole Ouellette — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:57:59 +0100

The latest evolution in internet marketing tools is here: Joomla Content Management System (CMS). With Joomla CMS, it’s easy to reach out and advertise to the 50% (and counting) of Americans who own smartphones while maintaining a consistently attractive website no matter what device the customer uses to access the site. There are a few ways Joomla CMS can help you maximize your website’s potential, depending on your preferences and your company’s requirements.

Apps Versus MobilRead More...

Four Great Joomla Video Extensions

Nicole Ouellette — Thu, 03 May 2012 18:44:22 +0100

There are many advantages to putting video on your website. A video will keep a viewer on your site longer, and statistically this leads to more purchases from a consumer. Including video also increases your website's ability to be found by search engines. If you are running a Joomla site, here are four Video Extensions that our clients often use that will make your website more dynamic.

Note all the reviewed extensions are compatible with Joomla 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, and 2.5.

AllVRead More...

Joomla! CMS Development - Tools and tips for Building a Software Management and Back up strategy

Christopher Nielsen — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100

Managing custom programming and integrations for Joomla! CMS

At CNP Integrations the Joomla! CMS is our company’s core focus and key area of expertise. The central power of this open source platform for content management and client solutions is the diverse collection of over 9000 extensions and the vibrant support from a Read More...

CNP Integrations is now accredited with the Better Business Bureau

Christopher Nielsen — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:12:03 +0100

CNP Integrations has joined the ranks as a business accredited by the better business bureau. Our goal was to align our standards with those of other business that have shown the highest level of professionalism and reliability. CNP has always been committed to improving our customerRead More...

New CNP Client Launch: Truthout.org

Jon Neubauer — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:39:51 +0100

CNP is proud to announce the recent re-launch of a new website for one of our clients, Truthout.org, a large online news organization. This is the first project CNP has undertaken involving a major migration from Drupal to Joomla!, and it’s been a very exciting process for us! When we first started this migration, we looked long and hard for any technology or process that we could follow to help us accomplish this, but found none. So we had to develop this technology aRead More...