http://www.ijoomla.com/blog iJoomla Blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:35:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Remember when creating a professional logo was a huge production? You had to meet with a graphic designer, explain your concept and describe the look you wanted. It took time and effort and it cost from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars, depending on the designer, the quality and the concept. Then the [...]]]> http://www.ijoomla.com/blog/logo-outsourcing/ The Joomla Project announced on December 22 the newest Beta version for our favorite CMS, Joomla 2.5.  This will be the second release since converting over to their new six month release cycle.  In this article I will outline what you can expect from this new version, how to upgrade to it, and why this [...]]]> http://www.ijoomla.com/blog/joomla-2-5-what-to-expect-how-to-upgrade-from-joomla-1-5-or-1-7/ We get lots of suggestions from our customers for features and Joomla enhancements that they’d like to see. We try to act on those suggestions whenever possible. We’ve now acted on the request that we see most often. We’ve integrated  JomSocial with Ad Agency! This revolutionary version of Ad Agency will help you take your [...]]]> http://www.ijoomla.com/blog/social_targeting/ Ever since the first days of iJoomla, right back when we came out with iJoomla Magazine, people have been asking me if we had a solution to enable paid subscriptions. We didn’t. I’d always hoped that someone else would come up with something and while a few extensions were created over the years to provide [...]]]> http://www.ijoomla.com/blog/mediapass/ Knowing where your module positions are located is one of the most fundamental things you need to know when creating a site with Joomla 1.7, however, for some reason it’s not as easy to find as you would think. It was evident in the Joomla 1.7 usability testing I performed a few weeks ago. The [...]]]> http://www.ijoomla.com/blog/how-to-find-the-module-positions-in-joomla-1-7/ If you use Joomla you are no doubt confused about the direction that the Joomla versions are taking.  I admit, I work with Joomla daily and it has been confusing for even me to follow.  If you Google “Joomla roadmap” the first result is from 2007, and the rest of the results are just as topical. You [...]]]> http://www.ijoomla.com/blog/joomla-versions-roadmap/ iJoomla Ad Agency is always a work in progress and even though we try hard to make it user-friendly, we have received reports that some advertisers have found the front-end confusing. So we decided to do usability testing. As always, it was a very eye-opening experience — even a mortifying one. When you’re doing Web [...]]]> http://www.ijoomla.com/blog/ad-agency-usability-testing/ The Joomla team  recently announced Joomla 1.7 is now stable for live sites.  This new version fixes a variety of issues with Joomla 1.6 as well as introduces the ability to upgrade to future versions from within the Administrator panel. No more uploading via FTP, hooray! This marks the first step towards a upgrade system that is [...]]]> http://www.ijoomla.com/blog/what-is-new-in-joomla-1-7-vs-joomla-1-6/ Giles Fabris of DiehardCustomers.com is a good friend, a business coach and a customer service guru. He’s also a new Joomla 1.5 user who has been working with the CMS for the past three months. He is a typical Joomla end-user: a business owner, not a developer. I had just one task for him: to [...]]]> http://www.ijoomla.com/blog/joomla17-usability-testing/ FREE EasyBlog software with purchase of iJoomla SEO now through Friday night. Optimize your site AND get free software! ]]> http://www.ijoomla.com/blog/buy-seo-get-cool-joomla-extensions-for-free/