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Joomla 1.5.11 has been released, and it includes security patches, so its important to update. But getting your Joomla Joomla site upgraded to the new version can be tricky, especially if you are using FTP.

Fortunately, there is an easier way, check out Joomlashack's tutorial How to Update Joomla 1.5 Versions.

Google Goals. Love 'em, use 'em, make business decisions based on them.

If you didn't know what a "Google goal" is, its a feature of Google Analytics. It allows you to set up a specific and discrete goal for something on your website. Examples might be:

• Making a purchase
• Downloading a white paper
• Filling out a contact form
• Downloading a file

I'd thought I'd share some help I passed onto students from the Web 2.0 Marketing with Joomla Graduate Course. The class are developing goals for their case study websites and pondering how best to set them up.

One of the more exciting new releases for Joomla Joomla 1.5 recently has been K2 from Joomlaworks.

K2 is a content construction component, which lets you create custom content types (items) for your Joomla Joomla! website. With K2, build all sorts of different types of page: news, blogs, product catalogs, work portfolio, knowledge base, download/document manager, directory listing, event listing etc.

I thought I wold take k2 for a spin in a "raw" Joomla video review. I installed K2 and put it through its paces without ever having used it before. Raw look, no reading documentation, just install it and play!

Our first Joomla Joomla Joomla training class is fast approaching, May 28th in Manchester, NH!

I am excited to announce that all students will be getting a copy of my new Joomla Fundamentals Video Training DVD. Over 10 hours of over-the-shoulder tricks and tips on Joomla.

When we speak at events, or do Joomla Joomla Joomla training, one of the questions we get asked again and again is:

"What are your favorite Joomla extensions?"

There have been lots of people that have tried to answer this question, and its a hard one. One thing that I think makes it hard is the question isn't "what is the best extension?" That sort of question is really focusing on a particular scenario. The questioner perhaps means something like "what is the best comment extension?". The Joomla extension directory has lots of good information about this sort of question at the following pages:

• Most Favoured
• Editors' Picks
• Popular Extensions
• Most Rated
• Top Rated
• Most Reviewed

I think what people are really asking are "what are the best extensions that you find yourself using again and again on many sites?"

OK, so lets try and answer that question!

A few weeks ago we announced our New 2009 Joomla Training Dates. The first session is in Manchester, NH on May 28th

I am extending the early bird discount to this Friday 8th May. Get $50 off by booking your place now!

Beginner Joomla Training May 28th Manchester, NH