JenTekk Blog

The stage has been set, and soon Anahita will make her debut appearance on the red carpet along with other prominent stars Joomla and Nooku!

With so much buzz around town about Anahita, its no wonder the whole city is suspended in anticipation of her arrival.

Photographers are checking the batteries of their cameras, businesses shutting down early, fans already lining the carpet to get a glimpse of this new up-and-coming star… the one who has already begun to capture the hearts of the Joomla and Open Source Communities.

So Ladies and Gentlemen, without any further adieu, I introduce to you Anahita…

Her Creators

For the past 18 months rmd Studio (Rastin Mehr – Lead Web Application Architect) and Peerglobe technology (Ash Sanieyan – Lead Web Application Architect) have been working around the clock in collaboration with Johan Janssens and Mathias Verraes (participating as Nooku MVC Framework consultants) from Joomlatools, to develop the ideal Open Source Social Web platform: Anahita Social Engine ™.

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Many clients have been asking me what I’ve been up to this spring, as they’ve not seen a lot of action in JenTekk’s portfolio.

Along with assisting Vancouver Community College Library with a new look for the home page content, and developing Sustainable Cities’ home page and Youth-Led pages, here are 3 projects I am currently working on.

Kids Summer Reading Club 2009

We have had the privilege and pleasure of developing the Kids Summer Reading Club’s website for 4 years in a row. The annual Reading Club is sponsored by the BC Library’s Association, along with BC’s local Libraries and the Royal Bank of Canada.

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RubberDoc is a Joomla v1.5 CMS component built collaboratively by rmdStudio (Development), Peerglobe Technology (Development), and JenTekk Web Solutions (Documentation & Testing).

It is a lightweight, flexible and easy-to-use document manager that lets Joomla users to easily upload, manage and embed documents within their articles.

»» DOWNLOAD RUBBERDOC

RubberDoc summary

• Effortless document management. It’s very easy to create documents. Simply click on the new button and fill out the document details and then attach the document file and save.
• Categorize documents by assigning them to different Joomla categories.
• Protect the documents by assigning different access levels such as public, registered and special.
• Embed documents anywhere within the articles using the special tags {docs} doc-name-1,doc-name-2 {/docs} or embed all the documents belonging to one category by typing {docs category=”category-alias”}
• Create many documents at once by using the multiple file upload features.
• info on the latest release: RubberDoc v.0.9.5

RubberDoc

• Learn more about RubberDoc
• View RubberDoc screen shots
• Download RubberDoc
• Questions or feedback: please post at rmdStudio’s blog or PeerGlobe Technology
• Read previous support page

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Technorati Tags: rubberdoc, joomla, extension, document, asset management, content management, cms

Its Friday afternoon and I’m just chomping at the bit to announce the official launch of the Sterling Fleet Outfitters website.

Joomla! 1.5 CMS

Sterling needed to be able to update the website themselves, and to be able to upload documents (pdf files) in order to showcase the products they offered. They also wanted to be able to post News items that would automatically archive. In addition, they wished to have an online form so their clients could contact them via email without disclosing their address online to would-be spammers… smart.

I couldn’t think of a better solution than Joomla! 1.5 CMS. Joomla provides all the usability features Sterling required and much more! They agreed on the product, and the rest is, as they say – history!

We can see the Joomla themed template design is simple & clean. It is very reflective if their brand (blue, white, grey) with colorful content being the focal point of the page. It is very easy to navigate – as their clients range from the not-so-internet savvy to very savvy.

Thanks to my business associate and friend Rastin Mehr at rmdStudio.com for setting up Joomla! 1.5 CMS on Sterling’s server/hosting account.

Congratulations Sterling on your new internet presence! I’ll see you next week for Joomla training! It was truly a delight to work with you – I wish you much success in all your endeavors!

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Technorati Tags: web design, joomla, template, joomla 1.5, rmdStudio, Rastin Mehr, jentekk

I’m very happy to announce that the Vancouver Joomla! Day event was well attended with over 120 people eager to learn about Joomla! CMS.

Registration started at 9:00am. Attendees were given a raffle ticket, t-shirt (for those who RSVP’d in time) and Joomla! Day name tag. What a friendly bunch! I got to meet each of them as I assisted Wendy (main organizer) with the registration process.

Coffee, tea muffins and cookies were in abundance thanks to Bread Garden, who also catered lunch with yummy wraps and subs.

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Joomla! CMS is one of the most powerful Open Source content management systems (CMS) on the planet. Joomla! is easy to manage, reliable to use, and is very popular with those of my clients using it.

The newest version of Joomla (version 1.5) is an ideal platform for building Corporate websites, Intranets and Social Networks.

So, it is with great pleasure that I make this announcement: Vancouver is officially hosting a Joomla! Day event – one of Joomla’s largest and most popular events!

As a sponsor and event organizer, you can probably imagine how excited I am to spread the word, and even more so… to invite you to join us.

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WordPress users: don’t miss this event!

DETAILS
What: Tazzu WordPress Camp
When: Wed. April the 30th from 5:30 to 8:30pm
Where: The Network Hub – 422 Richards St. Vancouver BC

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