JoomlaJunkie.com - March 2008

Production release of Magento officially launched!

stoker — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:00:00 +0100

I am absolutely thrilled to say that Magento production release is officially available for download!!! Whoopeeee!!! I have been waiting for this day for a long time, now we just need to find some excuse to use it for something ;0)

In case you don't already know, Magento is an enterprise open source ecommerce platform. I hav [...]

Wordpress 2.5 Stable Released

stoker — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:00:00 +0100

Going through my feeds this morning, i noticed that Wordpress 2.5 stable is official available! Not only that. but Wordpress.org has also received a much needed facelift. I think they have done a great job and i find the new site to be a lot more inviting than its predescessor. I guess at the end of the day it comes down to a matter of opinion [...]

JoomlaJunkie showcased on CSS Vault!

stoker — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:00:00 +0100

I've just got a google alert saying that JoomlaJunkie has just been added to yet another CSS Showcase sites, CSSVault! We have received so many kind words and really positive feedback since the site went live and its great to see this kind of recognition! If you have a spare minute, please go and show your support by voti [...]

Zimbabwe's presidential elections - What will the history books say about today?

stoker — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:00:00 +0100

Today marks a very important day for the African continent. The long awaited, long overdue and much anticipated presidential elections of Zimbabwe.

Being our neighboring country many of us are wondering whether we will see a free and fair election? Based on the track record of previous elections, many woul [...]

Moourl - The web's cutest URL shortening service

stoker — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:00:00 +0100

Who's got a tiny what??

I'm talking about TINY URL's (universal resource locator). I am sure that many of you are familiar with the various url shortening services out there (such as the original tinyurl.com), but for those who don't here is a quick summary:

"TinyU [...]

MarkItUp - A lightweight, powerful and flexible editor engine

stoker — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:00:00 +0100

Whilst doing my usual rounds on the web this morning, I stumbled across a real gem. This particular gem is a simple (yet incredibly powerful) Markup Editor. You may be thinking that this is another WYSIWYG Editor (What You See Is What You Get), but it is a bit different. With a true W [...]

Joomla 1.5.2 Released

stoker — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:00:00 +0100

For those of you have aren't already aware, Joomla! 1.5.2 was released on Sunday. Its nice to see the dev team are set on releasing frequent updates to address outstanding issues. Though it is only a maintenance release, it still takes us one step closer to 1.6!

From Joomla.org:

"The Joomla! community is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla! 1.5.2 [Woi]. This is a normal maintenance update. It has been eight weeks since Joomla! 1.5.1 was released. The goal [...]

Read me!!!

munaiba — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:00:00 +0100

We've all seen the ReadMe.txt files that come with software. How many of them have you ever read? Probably only a couple and then after the software didn't work as you expected. A case of "when all else fails read the instructions".

The point I'm trying to make here is that commanding someone to read something doesn't work. The same is true of your website content. Just because someone has arrived at your site doesn't guarantee they will read what you [...]

New site architecture explained

stoker — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:00:00 +0100

As the craziness of the holiday season is starting to settle and we are now back in full force, we thought it would be a good time to go over the new site and explain how everything is structured. The feedback we have received thus far has been great, but we would still love to hear your thoughts / comments. What do you like / dislike? Is there anything you feel we could have done better? If so, please post your ideas / feedback on the following forum thread. Please note you will need to be l [...]

Paypal and 2Checkout make friends

stoker — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:00:00 +0100

We've had loads of questions lately about the changes to the payment methods we are accepting. Since our new offices are back home in Sunny Cape Town, South Africa, our only option at this stage is 2Checkout as Paypal has not managed to crack open our Forex laws, which is why we have had to disable paypal as a payment option in the checkout.

That being said, we are glad to announce that 2Checkout now offers the ability to pay with your Paypal account, giving us the best of both wor [...]

Whats new at JoomlaJunkie?

stoker — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:00:00 +0100

The Look…

We have totally redesigned the JoomlaJunkie website from top to bottom to give it a slick and sexy look using a brand new SEO friendly template design.

The Speed…

…and to deliver drastic improvements to the speed of the site for easy, stress-free browsing and downloading.

The Content…

We’ve given special attention to the quality of the content. The whole site has been completely re-written to make it easy and fun to read and we&rsquo [...]