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Archive >> July 2007

Joomlashack's Latest Template - JS Vintage

Posted on Jul 26, 2007
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Joomlashack has released our latest Joomla template - JS Vintage! 

Vintage might be a good match for a coffee shop, cafe, wine shop, antique shop, bookstore,  record store, a writer's community, or maybe even a personal blog. At first glance, Vintage looks a little basic, but this 15 module position, pure CSS template is deceptively simple.


The Open Source Web Design Toolbox

Posted on Jul 26, 2007
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I recently came across an excellent resource that would be worth your bookmark - a great collection of open source resources from Design Vitality. 


Joomla 1.5 Release Candidate Arrives

Posted on Jul 24, 2007
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The next generation of open source content management, Joomla 1.5 is now available as a Release Candidate. This takes it one step closer to being a stable release.


Just another Blog Post by Louis Landry

Posted on Jul 16, 2007
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Louis Landry

Over the weekend I was surprised to see a very public blog post about me at Joomla.org by Louis Landry regarding an email I sent to somebody.


Fighting the Stupids-Joomla SMF bridge no longer available

Posted on Jul 11, 2007
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Last week Louis Landry of the Joomla project made an interesting post on the dev blog called Fighting the Stupids.

I thought I would pick up on his theme and highlight a recent discussion that has been developing with regards to the core team/s recent stricter interpretation of the GPL and the hugely popular forum used in Joomla websites, the Simple Machines Forum (SMF)


15% off Joomla's Best Blog Components MyBlog and JomComment!

Posted on Jul 04, 2007
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Fifteen percent off 
Celebrate your independence and freedom of speech with Joomla's best blogging components!

For a limited time, you can buy MyBlog and JomComment for 15% off their regular retail price. Hurry- offer ends July 11th. 





Joomla GPL Issue Continues

Posted on Jul 03, 2007
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Here at Compass, I have been doing my best to keep up to date with the decision of the Joomla core team to make a strict interpretation of Joomla's license under the GPL.

There have been a few interesting developments over the last few weeks that I thought might be worth sharing. 



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