Blog Entries tagged 'useful tips'

Smooth the way for buyers

munaiba — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:00:00 +0100

I am still amazed at the number of sites that make it difficult ( some really, really difficult) for you to buy something from them.

Are your buyers falling at the first hurdle?

If so, the answer's simple. Remove the hurdle! There are all sorts of barriers to buying, outside of price and availability. Here are a few that you can easily fix on your site:

Shipping and delivery information - make it easy to find from every page on your site. Even if it needs to be calculated at [...]

Ario gets updated to make it play better with Joomla 1.5 in legacy mode

Andy — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:00:00 +0100

Some people reported problems with Ario not working in Joomla 1.5 when the legacy mambot is published. Most reports were of a blank white screen (although this is probably only because error reporting in php is turned off) If error reporting is turned on an error will show refering to the legacy mambot. This has now been fixed and a new version of the template can be downloaded from the club that will work as intended.

Other small adjustments were made to the menu css to [...]

Help spread the word of the Junkie.

Matt — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:00:00 +0100

We feel it is important for real people and real customers to spread the word about JoomlaJunkie. If you have had a good experience or just enjoy our templates, please say a few words about us at BestofJoomla.com.

Here is a direct link, http://joomlajunkie.com/review-us.

It will only take a few seconds, and we really appreciate it. Rememeber, the more people that know about us, the faster we can churn out more quality templates. If we start doing 2 templates a month, you club [...]

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 [...]

How to M.Y.Blog...

munaiba — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:00:00 +0100

You 've all heard about MyBlog - the great blogging software used in conjunction with the JoomlaJunkie site and their templates, but that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about...

How to Manage Your Blog - M.Y.Blog

So you've set up the software and you're itching to write your first post. You write it, spell check it and then PUBLISH IT! Yay, you're up and running. But what next? Well maybe the next few posts aren't too hard, after all it' [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]