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Over the last week weeks I have be preparing for my graduate class (starts Saturday!) on Web 2.0 Marketing with Joomla. I was on the lookout for a simple plugin that could provide a Tweet this link to twitter and show it in blog posts and articles.

I was surprised that I couldn't find one, apart from the Javascript "tweetmeme" script. This works well, but inserts *their* twitter name into the tweet.

So, I pinged Fotis at Joomlaworks and we collaborated on an easy solution. The AutoFooter Tweet This Joomla plugin that will allow you to put HTML code as well as a tweet this link in all articles.

Looking for a Professional Grade Free Joomla Joomla! 1.5 Template?

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One of the most important things for a successful website is traffic. That might sound like an obvious point, but alot of people get lost in the technology and don't see the forest for the trees. Just traffic isn't good enough, it has to be defensible traffic. Something that doesn't dry up overnight just because you lost your top ten spot in Google.

There are four basic strategies to defensible traffic.

After posting the news about the stable version of Joomla Joomla 1.5, I have had some emails that people can't get it as the main joomla.org site is pretty busy right now!

If you haven't been able to get the files, you can download them right here.

Hot on the heels RC4, and a series of bug fixing events, the stable release of Joomla Joomla 1.5 is now available for download.

You can also find information about how to upgrade to the stable version from a RC version at docs.joomla.org/Upgrading_to_1.5_Stable.