Blog Entries for Jason Mayfield

Joomla 1.0 vs. Joomla 1.5

daynger — Sun, 04 May 2008 20:00:00 +0100

Joomla 1.5, or Joomla 1.0? That's the question many people are asking... There's really no right or wrong version, but there's certainly some pros and cons to each.

1.5 has some killer backend ui upgrades. At first glance, 1.0 users find the 1.5 admin area to be a bit difficult to navigate, but become quickly acclimated. As well, the code structure of 1.5 give designers and developers a better environment to practice their trade.

1.0 has 1.5 beaten when it comes to on [...]

Joomla and Magento. To integrate or not.

daynger — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:00:00 +0100

There's been a lot of talk of the new ecommerce platform, Magento. I must say, it's one sexy platform. Without doubt, Magento will be the leader in open source commerce, if it isn't already. Packaged with all the bells and whistles, this SEO-ready platform has released it's first stable version with force.

Magento already has a substantial following. Without doubt, we'll start seeing the Magento template shops start popping onto the seen. Many Magento-Junkies come f [...]

Build your Joomla site locally and faster... Extended.

daynger — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:00:00 +0100

Matt wrote an excellent post on time-saving tools for designing and developing your Joomla!. He’s right, you can save substantial time by installing a local server environment. As well, these tools provide a great platform for learning. Since he’s the Mac pro, I thought it would be of use to include some handy Windows tools…

JSAS is a light-weight, reliable, and quick way to install all your necessary servers, databases, and Joomla! files. This do [...]