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Installing VirtueMart – Video Tutorial

There is no doubt that you’ve heard about VirtueMart and we have published few posts about this superb extension. But we still want to remind that VirtueMart can be run in Store- and Catalog-Mode. With its powerful Administration Tool you can handle an unlimited Number of Categories, Products, Orders, Discounts, Shopper Groups and Customers. But before using this Joomla extension we think that it might be very useful for rookies to check out this tutorial – maybe this info will help you a lot.

Joomla Day Spain 2009 – Great experience for the Community

It’s needles to say that any Joomla! Day is a great event for community but this time we want to mark that Joomla Day Spain was really something remarkable. The whole team of Joomla Spanish Association, especially Javier, Jordi, Pedro, Laura, Franck, Juan, Jonathan, Pilar and all those I don’t remember the name anymore, made this event really outstanding. It is very important that Joomla community in Spain finds new solutions and presents really great organization. You may know that Joomla Day Spain 08 was in Madrid and this time that decided to choose Barcelona. And next year Joomla Day will be in Mallorca. So we are waiting for new Joomla events from this great community.

Windows Web Application for Joomla is Released by Mycrosoft

The Microsoft Web Platform Installer 2.0 (Web PI) is a free tool that makes getting the latest components of the Microsoft Web Platform, including Internet Information Services (IIS), SQL Server Express, .NET Framework and Visual Web Developer easy. The Web PI also makes it easy to install and run the most popular free web applications for blogging, content management and more with the built-in Windows Web Application Gallery.This type of web app has been available for Drupal, WordPress and other platforms for a while. Finally, you are also able to use the Joomla Windows Web Application.

Advanced Module Manager v1.3.0 released

A new version of Advanced Module Manager has been released.

Changes in Advanced Module Manager v1.3.0

^ Changed name from Advanced Modules to Advanced Module Manager
^ Changed size of modal window to maximum
^ Changed order of filter options
^ Changed titles and descriptions of filters (publish on instead of limit by)
^ Improved User Group Level selection
^ Improved some code

More info you can find here.

Holy Trinity – WordPress beats Drupal and Joomla

It’s not a secret that Joomla was nominated to Best Open Source CMS for 2009 as same as Drupal and WordPress. Well you know this year lucky beggar is WordPress. We even don’t know how that in hell happened but it is cruel reality and we can’t do nothing except than to congratulate all WP fans, users and community members (at least it was not Drupal .
One thing I can tell you for sure – this victory is very important for WordPress because it actually means that this software is seeing like valid CMS platform and it means that in 2010 struggle will be more interesting than in 2009.

Joomla! Developer Conference

The first ever Joomla! event specifically for third party developers will be in New York City on December 5 and 6.Focused on the transition to Joomla! 1.6, the Joomla! Developer conference will feature all four development coordinators (Louis Landry, Sam Moffatt, Ian MacLennan, Mark Dexter), master Joomla! developer Andrew Eddie, Hannes Papenberg from the 1.6 release team and MooTools team member Aaron Newton. Joomla! 1.6 is currently at alpha 2 status, so this is the time for extension and custom developers to begin working with its new features such as Access Control Lists, JForm, nested sets and other enhancements. The conference is appropriate for developers who have experience working with Joomla! as extension developers, custom developers, and in house staff.

Migrate from Joomla 1.0 to 1.5 in Few Steps

Hey, guys, we thought that it might be interesting and useful for you to know how to migrate from Joomla 1.0 to newer 1.5 version. There few steps that will help you to do that. These are:
Downloading the Migrator component and installing it into your 1.0 instance.

The latest version of the migrator component exists at the Pasamio Project’s FRS site (http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/pasamioprojects/frs/).

Installing Third Party Migrator plugins

The Migration system only handles the core system in its migration which means that if you want to include third party extension data from other tables you will have to install migrator plugins to handle the migration of this data.

Creating the Migration SQL File

Once you have installed any third party migrator plugins, you can select the “Create Migration SQL file” to begin the creation process. The system is designed to build an SQL file without causing a timeout on the server, so you may notice that the page automatically refreshes and displays status information.

Installing Joomla! 1.5

The last phase of the migration is the installation of a new Joomla! 1.5 site. Complete the initial steps of the installation as per a normal installation. In the final step where you are prompted for the site name you are given the opportunity to initiate the migration process.

More detailed info you’ll find here. Thanks for your attention and take care.

7 Joomla Blogs you shoud read

Hi guys! Well Today we have little bit unusual post but we hope that it will be very useful for you . Actually it doesn’t matter who you are because if you love Joomla – it means that we are in one team. So here is a list of some really useful and popular blogs about Joomla. Enjoy!

• OFFICIAL JOOMLA.ORG
  – Word official means that you’ll find best information about Joomla news and updates there
• Joomla Training – You get some very useful knowledge about Joomla by reading their blog.
• Alledia – SEO tips, training classes and SEO optimized Joomla templates
• Compass Designs – Read about Joomla templates, tutorials, news and tips.
• Open Source Support Desk – Your #1 Joomla friend!
• CMS Expo Blog CMS Expo brings everybody involved in content management together and it’s growing bigger for each time.
• Brian Teeman – This is really interesting blog that you may find little bit controversial but it’s worth of your attention.

Joomla, WordPress or Drupal?

Is this another epic opposition? I dare to say that it is so. Even if you are not a great developer I’m sure that you have something to say concerning these three CMS platforms. There is no doubt that this is a very tricky question and it is not so easy to give an exact answer. I have read few nice posts about these three “monsters” and I can tell you for sure that most of comments were very controversial. Anyway let’s get to the  point. Frankly I’m not a developer and I don’t have any experience in this sphere and my opinion is very objective.

Ok, our Mr. Best Blogging platform aka WP is very simple and extremely SEO and user-friendly guy that has a lot of devoted fans all over the world. But if you want to create a really nice website with superb functionality I think that WP will be no enough for you… Maybe I’m wrong but I think that their fame is the reason that many of professional developers just get use to their “blogging” reputation and just can’t accept as really valuable CMS platform.

Our water guy from Netherlands aka Drupal is really prompt boy because from all those comments I can assume that it is his main advantage. Nevertheless that it is older than Mrs. Joomla it shows really good results (according his age). Drupal has really great stamina and we can tell you that this is will be really great software for a long run. But it is unwise to claim that Mr. Water Drop hasn’t any problems.

Our last hero has interesting origin but it is not so important because I think that we all know that Joomla attracts us not only because it has really original name. There is no doubt that is very flexible and superb software with one of the biggest communities nowadays.

The key-point is that you must make a choice by yourself and that’s why this post is performed in so obscure style without any strict arguments and statistics data. Good luck and take care

Joomla Needs You!

Joomla! is a finalist in the “Hall of Fame” and “Best Open Source PHP CMS” Awards sponsored by Packt Publishing. We’d encourage all Joomla! fans to vote for Joomla for both awards. With the exciting news about the implementation of Access Control Lists (ACL) in Joomla 1.6 and the incredible growth of all parts of the Joomla Project, now is a time to celebrate the great successes of this community.

Remember that you can also vote for best extension and best template and nominate someone who you think is a Joomla MVP. There are so many great contributors who could be nominated.