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Archive >> September 2007

East Coast Joomla Day in NYC

Posted on Sep 20, 2007
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Finally, Joomla! Day has arrived on the eastern shores of the United States.  On Saturday, October 13, Joomla! users from across the western US will come to Google in New York City to share knowledge, meet other Joomla! users, and participate in the Joomlasphere at the free Joomla!Day USA East.


Sample Chapter - Creating a Pure CSS Joomla 1.5 Template

Posted on Sep 20, 2007
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A couple of weeks ago, I completed the manuscript of Joomla 1.5: A User's Guide to Building a Joomla! Powered Website and had sent it to the publishers!

I asked subscribers to the Joomla 1.5 Book News what chapter they would like to see available as a sample. After a short poll, the winner was clear:


A 30 minute video introduction to Joomla 1.5

Posted on Sep 12, 2007
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If you are curious about the new version of Joomla (1.5), then you should nip over to itidiots.com and check out the training video they have just published. It walks you through some basic steps in getting a site up and running. 


Joomla Confirmation emails to hotmail and aol

Posted on Sep 10, 2007
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I have noticed that alot of confirmation emails to aol and hotmail accounts are getting blocking in spam filters. I suspect there has been a change in the spam filtering with these global providers. To try and offset the direct email I have been getting to activate people's accounts, I added some extra language to the "registration success" text. 


Template Names, Paths and Base URL for 1.5 Joomla Templates

Posted on Sep 06, 2007
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I was playing around with 1.5 templates after the release of the 2nd release candidate for Joomla 1.5. I thought I might share some basic PHP/Joomla references for  common template outputs like template names, paths and base URL.



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