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Announcing the Joomla User Group of South Florida
Posted on 11. Mar, 2009 by Rick.
Great news for us South Floridians (or Floridiots as I have heard some “northerners” say)! I, with some locals, are launching the Joomla User Group of South Florida. I can’t wait to get this rolling as I love this type of thing. Some goals include:
- Provide a friendly place for all types of users to meet-up and collaborate
- Create a community in South Florida and beyond that can offer opportunities, help, training, and more.
- A central place for people to catch up on news regarding Joomla, web design, development, SEO, and more, in the South Florida region.
- A place to get students (high-school and college) involved in web design and development.
- A place to cultivate business opportunity and business enhancement.
- To have a great time with fellow Joomla-ers…
Also, featured on the site is a community for others to join (yes, using the new JomSocial component…review article coming too). So come on and join up!
Don’t forget to register for the Joomla template classes I’m teaching in Miami and Atlanta this year!
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Joomla 1.5 Textmate Bundle – ALPHA release
Posted on 19. Feb, 2009 by Rick.
Textmate is one of the best text editors for Mac, no question about it. I have used it for several months now and can’t imagine my geek life without it. Today I am releasing the ALPHA version of the Joomla Textmate Bundle (also compatible with e-texteditor for windows). It features quick snippets for template building and extension building (watch the video to see some of the shortcuts in action).
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LIVE Joomla Template Training in Miami & Atlanta
Posted on 12. Feb, 2009 by Rick.
Great news from BiD! I will be teaching a Joomla template building class, in conjunction with JoomlaTraining.com, April 24th in Miami and June 18th in Atlanta. The 7 hour class will cover everything you need to know from template tags to advanced techniques with template parameters and overrides. To ensure good classroom interaction, the module has limited occupancy so jump on board soon!
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JOOMLA! Word Association and Semantics
Posted on 24. Jan, 2009 by Rick.
I posted this on the JOOMLA forums but thought it pertinent for the site at well:
After doing so many sites for clients over the years, I’ve noticed a trend when going to train them in cms and blogging systems like WordPress and Joomla.
Both systems, I feel, have fairly good naming conventions, as related to the core features. i.e. “plugins, modules, templates, menus” etc. I was glad to see Joomla change terminology from “mambots” to “plugins”. Every time I would use that word “mambot” to a client their eyes would glaze over and wander into infinity. The point: Semantics and word association is very important in this business. It’s the difference between relating a complicated system and a simple system.
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BiD Relaunched. Diving into a New Year!
Posted on 26. Dec, 2008 by Rick.
I have some exciting news! Beautyindesign.com is changing it’s face, it’s business model, and it’s content. A long time has passed since there has been activity on BiD but that’s all changing now! 2009 has some exciting news in store…
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