In October 2009 the new Joomla training course - Joomlashack University opened its door to its first class of 100 students. For the last 4 weeks, these students have been learning how to Joomla with our rich video screencasts and tutorials and asking questions and networking in our forums.
Before launching Shack U, we knew we had a great product to offer. We gave leading Joomla figures a...
Community, our latest theme due later this month, will be Joomlashack's first 1.5 native Joomla template to include matching themes for the JomSocial extension.
With social networking features become standard for many websites, JomSocial has become the must-have extension for Joomla users.
After kicking the tires on the Joomla! 1.6 alpha release this weekend, we've decided to celebrate by rolling out 4 new and free Joomla! 1.5 templates.
These simple templates are quite versatile with several module locations available and a horizontal menu with dropdown submenus.
The Starry Night template for Joomla! 1.5 is a modern, sleek, black on black template. The transparent layers let the background shine through, giving the entire page a look evocative of stacked frosted-glass panes. The almost neon color palettes give you a choice of pink, blue, or green. Or assign different colors to different sections of the site in the template parameters. Our accordion...
The Affinity Joomla 1.5 template has been updated to version 1.5.9 and has compatibility fixes for the latest version of JomSocial and php 5.3
It's early yet, but the early results from the Joomlashack 2009 Joomla User Survey are already sparking conversation about who uses Joomla, and how.
Launched 10 days ago, the Joomla User Survey has already received more than 1,000 responses, yielding a rich pile of data about many important Joomla-related questions, including:
Give us six days, and we'll help you make a plan for a successful, content-rich website.
That's the idea behind our new six day mini-course "Creating a Content-Rich Website."
When you are starting on your path to create a website, you have to understand some key differences between a old-school static/HTML type site and one built with a modern Content Management System (CMS) like...
Joomlashack's annual holiday charitable campaign is back with a new twist: We'll match your donations!
For the fourth year, Joomlashack is rallying our community to support a worthy charity during the holiday season.
This year we're supporting the important humanitarian efforts of Doctors without Borders (aka Médecins Sans Frontières, or MSF.)
For every dollar contributed by our community,...
The Talk•Talk!! template for Joomla! 1.5 is loaded with features and colors. It is designed for the modern blog site. It lends itself very well to a narrow, small page, but because of its three size options (thin, wide, or fluid) it still looks great at any size. The page content is enclosed in a quirky chat bubble in your choice of a rainbow of bright and bold colors: red, purple, blue,...
Everyone needs to do SEO, its a continual point I make when speaking at Joomla events. Even if you are a local school, parents will first use Google to find information, they won't come directly to your site.
Our second Video Raw Review is on a useful SEO extensions called iJoomla SEO. Its a very useful tool to help you organize and manage you SEO efforts.
I installed iJoomla SEO and put it...
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