JenTekk Blog

With the very recent release of Joomla 2.5, many of you may be wondering whether or not to upgrade your existing Joomla 1.0 or 1.5 website.

ThemePartner has created an easy to understand flow-chart to help you decide. Work your way down by answering a series of questions, and you will have your answer!

- click on image to access larger image -

Thanks to ThemePartner for this great flow-chart!

Don’t hesitate to contact JenTekk Web Solutions if you are thinking about upgrading your existing Joomla website, or have any questions.

That was the title of a facebook message I’d received this morning from a friend and respectable professional businessman.

While the details were different, the story was sadly TOO familiar… people who claim to be professional website developers fall unimpressively and sometimes horribly short.

You get what you pay for.

Out of respect to this gentleman as a friend and local businessman I took some time to share some thoughts on this prevalent experience.

As I concluded the message I stated that professional website development companies need to educate consumers… thus the reason for this blog post.

Note: while I’ve not included all the details of my response, this is the crux of the message…

(more…)

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 ™.

(more…)

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

~

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

On March 29th, 2008 WordPress announced the release of their newest baby: WordPress version 2.5

OLD DESIGN

NEW DESIGN

WordPress 2.5 is not a required upgrade like the recent 2.3.3 urgent security release.

It is a newly designed, newly functioning WordPress CMS – redesigned from the ground-up. Features include a cool new admin interface, multi-file uploading, one-click plugin upgrades, built-in galleries, customizable dashboard, media library.

(more…)

A while back, I was hired by a company to assist them with their website. We sat down over a great cuppa java and hashed out a game plan for what was to be a relatively small job.

As per usual, I outlined all the project’s details in a Proposed Scope of Work, along with a quote and payment time-line. Company approved the details, appreciated the timely manner in which I would submit the deliverables, and cut me a cheque for the deposit.

As the project neared completion, the client began submitting requests to also “just add this” and “quickly do that”… all of which were not ‘quick/simple’ tasks, nor included in the agreed upon Scope of Work.

This scenario – commonly known as Scope Creep – is absolutely frustrating for all, and can be the death of a potentially great business relationship if not addressed early on.

(more…)

So… what did you do this weekend? Take a walk by the ocean? Eat at Pajo’s Fish and Chips? Maybe catch some rays at the top of your favorite ski hill? Before I tell you what I did, let me tell you why I did it…

Last week, I’d been notified that this very blog (running on WordPress Version 2.2.2) was being exploited, and that I needed to upgrade to the latest version.

Now you can guess what I did this weekend. I not only upgraded JenTekk Blog, but also 5 other WordPress websites to the newly released WordPress v. 2.3.3 ! Oh yeah, and then I made a bee-line to my favorite tanning salon!

(more…)