We’re pleased to release the second episode in our podcast series. In this episode Sam and Amanda talk about web Content Management Systems, specifically Joomla. This podcast gives a brief introduction to what a CMS is, what the popular ones are, and how Joomla can help you and your organisation.
Click here to go to the Podcast page to listen in!
Yesterday I flew down to Melbourne (managing to make my day trip for the city’s hottest day, ever!) for Joomla Day ’09, hosted by the Melbourne Joomla User’s Group, at Melbourne University.
The day was well balanced and very valuable. The audience of around sixty comprised of people who had never used Joomla before, to seasoned gurus, and everyone in between. For the uninitiated, the first hour was used to show how quickly and easily Joomla can be set up in a variety of environments. A very thoughtful suggestion from Raoul Callaghan for people who don’t have their own web hosting account was to use JumpBox, a virtualisation package that allows for a nearly instant install of Joomla for you to play with! Being told about JoomlaPack, a Joomla backup and migration tool, probably made my day! CASE is always looking for handy tools to make things easier, and JoomlaPack looks to be one of them.
The day moved onto discussions about templating, general design and then security….
Joomla, a free open source content managment system, has been of interest to CASE for quite some time. We’ve been developing a service that allows members to upgrade their existing, old, webpages to Joomla in order to reap the benefits of this platform. Joomla 1.5 has a significant developer presence in Melbourne and that’s where this year’s Joomla! Day is to be held. The day is only $75 to attend and covers things like installation, templating, administration and tips and tricks for users, designers and administrators. I’ll be going along and will report my findings on this blog. If you’re in the area or sufficiently interested, make sure to come along to Melbourne Joomla Day running on Febuary the 7th 2009, followed up by a smaller second day of workshops. Registrations are open now, so get in quick!
The Making Links Conference 2008 will be held in Melbourne from 12th-14th November.
CASE President Darrell Burkey will give two presentations, Tail, Dog, Wag (1Mb pdf file) and Joomla! Web Based Content Management (310k pdf file). Darrell will also speak about domain name issues (65k pdf file) at the conference ‘web day’.
Making Links is a conference that seeks to engage interested people, organisations and groups working at the intersection of social action and IT – including community workers, educators, trainers, not-for-profit organisations, school teachers, environmental campaigners and activists.
The Conference seeks to:
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