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This week I was contacted by a business owner who wanted me to make their Joomla website template responsive. I took one look at the code to realize that it had been made with Artisteer. What gave it away? Code-bloat… and the fact that the original creator had used his name in the CSS tags.

And then today, a question was raised on Linkedin… “Who uses Artisteer to build templates?” The responses have been interesting to say the least, and prompted this post.

“… Web design automation product blah blah blah…”

The Artisteer website boasts the following:

“With Artisteer YOU immediately become a Web design expert, editing and slicing graphics, coding XHTML and CSS, and creating Web Design Templates, Joomla templates, Drupal themes, WordPress themes, DotNetNuke skins, and Blogger templates all in minutes, without Photoshop or Dreamweaver, and no technical skills.”

I couldn’t resist adding my own 2 cents:

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Have you ever wondered what all those Joomla version numbers mean, and how long each version will be supported?

The image below (by joomlacommunity.eu) effectively outlines the development cycles of current and upcoming Joomla versions.

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Thanks to Joomla Community Netherlands for this helpful illustration!

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

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!

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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…

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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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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

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.

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