Blog Entries tagged 'tools of the trade'

Making the most of your web presence

stoker — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:00:00 +0100

We know you all appreciate the benefits of cool and funky templates, after all that's why you're part of our Joomla Junkie community, but do you know just how important the words on your site are?

I didn't really appreciate this myself until we teamed up with The Copywriter Online and got Munaiba to professionally write our site. Great copywriting and great templates go hand-in-hand to deliver a professional web presence and we're stoked! It really is money well-spent. [...]

Flock. Get ready to meet your new favorite browser!

Matt — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:00:00 +0100

http://flock.com/

Want a browser that is stable, functional, and incredibly useful? I think we all do. I have been using Camino for some time due to how fast it is but I have been using Firefox more and more due to me needing to do a lot more debugging and diagnosing of Web sites. The most recent versions have let me down a bit due to the betas being much crashier then I am accustomed to by Firefox.

Of course this isn't a post bashing Firefo [...]

Fireboard 1.1.0 alpha

Matt — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:00:00 +0100

A little under one year ago Joomlaboard announced it would merge with a new crew of developers and rebrand their popular forum component into Fireboard. Fireboard has dominated the category of self contained forum components ever since. Now, on it's one year anniversary they have announced a new version of Fireboard being developed to better cope with Joomla 1.5 and it's new structure.The new version will initially be built to adjust to changes to the Joomla core while still keeping [...]

Killer copy! What is it and does it really work?

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

We've all heard of killer copy. But what actually constitutes killer copy? To my way of thinking it should mean any copy that is succesful in its aim. But it's come to mean the sort of manipulative, emotive, NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) copy that we see on those narrow, letter-like pages.

Does it work and if so, will it work for you?

It undoubtedly does work but it really depends on your audience. When I see that sort of copy, while I might be enticed into reading it I rar [...]

Fonts, where can I find more?

Matt — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:00:00 +0100

Have you ever struggled to find a font for a project? Tired of all your default fonts? Does your client want something really obscure?

We have all been to a website with a font we really liked, or really disliked. Sometimes it is really hard to find the one you want in a simple and effective way. I have found a site that makes it all easy.

Neatfonts.com [...]

Build your Joomla site locally and faster.

Matt — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:00:00 +0100

Develop your Joomla site on your own network. You will be amazed how much faster you will get things done.

I am pretty stubborn sometimes. When I am creating a new Joomla site I will typically upload it to my webspace and edit things around to my liking. &nbs [...]

If you're a DOOSy don't show your friends!

munaiba — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:00:00 +0100

OK, we all love JoomlaJunkie templates because they're cool and inexpensive and easy-to-use. Which means we're probably going to "DOOS" - Do Our Own Sites. That's fine and many small businesses can't afford to do otherwise but a word of caution - don't show your friends.

Why not? Because their opinion means nothing. Most times, friends and family do not match part of your target audience. How they react to it is meaningless. Show your customers; in fact if [...]

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 [...]