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Re: [256] Buying and Selling Domain Names | Opinion | Sound Off

JoeJoomla — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 09:21:36 -0000

Hi Tony,

Have you seen:

domains.joomla.org

When you purchase your domains there you are helping the Joomla project. Joomla receives an affiliate fee for domains purchased at domains.joomla.org

Best regards,

Joe

Re: Joomla 4 Is Launched and This Is My Favourite Feature

JoeJoomla — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 16:51:15 -0000

Excellent!

I'm looking forward to it and for anyone else reading this be sure you check this out. It will fast track your knowledge of Joomla 4 and you'll be learning from someone that really knows his stuff.

Re: Joomla 4 Is Launched and This Is My Favourite Feature

JoeJoomla — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 16:30:26 -0000

Hey Brian,

You are absolutely right.

You also have some terrific videos about Joomla 4 secrets. How about you post a link here to one of them so anyone reading this blog entry gets the benefit of your Joomla 4 insight?

Re: Joomla 4 Is Launched and This Is My Favourite Feature

JoeJoomla — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 12:46:23 -0000

Thank you Alison! Also thank you for everything you do for the Joomla project. People like you help make Joomla better.

Re: Bug Reports & Feedback: Comments Appear In Disqus Admin But Not On Website

JoeJoomla — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:59:40 -0000

Are you familiar with Joomla? If I use the non sef (non search engine friendly) URL from the Joomla database instead of the sef URL would that be a bad move for the URL mapper?

Re: [125] Hey Joomla! | Opinion | Sound Off

JoeJoomla — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 22:22:08 -0000

I'm not too happy with Disqus these days. I can see all the comments for this article in my Disqus admin. the URL is correct according to Disqus URL mapper yet none of the original comments are appearing anymore. This is happening on many articles.

Re: [117] Is Blogging With Joomla! A Good Or Bad Choice? | Opinion | Sound Off

JoeJoomla — Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:51:15 -0000

Thanks for your reply Eddie,

There's a Joomla commenting system called CComment by Compojoom at compojoom.com that is very good. I am using it on one of my sites now. I know the developers and they are good people with good products and support. You should check it out.

Re: [253] Joomla! vs Wordpress for Security | Opinion | Sound Off

JoeJoomla — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 14:34:38 -0000

Thanks Eoin, I can't take credit for the technical stuff. It was knowledgable developers who deal with these issues every day that I gathered the information from. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I don't have anything against WordPress. I'd use it in a heartbeat if it was as easy as Joomla is and the right thing to use.

Re: How Do You Communicate Your Business Culture?

JoeJoomla — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 10:42:49 -0000

Hey Nicole,

Great blog post and timely too! I'm doing some work for a new client that includes defining what their company culture is.

I chuckled at the line, "...most companies make their employees go in a location and sit on their butts in a chair for X hours a day..."

I think some companies get to a certain size before they feel they need to define or even discover what their culture is. It's probably not a bad idea to define the culture early on and keep going back to it like a road map and adjusting it over time as needed.

Defining the culture helps to keep a company focussed. I'd bet if a lot more companies took the time to define their culture they might discover they are all over the place and confusing to outsiders.

Thanks again and all the best for your success in your second business location!

Re: http://joejoomla.com/sound-off/167-what-to-do-when-your-disqus-comments-link-to-the-wrong-url.html

JoeJoomla — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 08:41:26 -0000

Thank you very much for reporting the update and providing a link. It's been a long time since this blog post was originally published. I'm not surprised that the process is improved. I've stuck with Disqus. It's been a very good commenting system.

Re: [253] Joomla! vs Wordpress for Security | Opinion | Sound Off

JoeJoomla — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 15:42:43 -0000

Hello Aaron,

I am honoured to have you weigh in on this conversation.

Your comments are the best insight into the world of WordPress security that I've heard and they are much appreciated.

I especially like your bottom line:

"Every platform can be made insecure through poor security practices. It's far more likely that you'll be compromised because of poor password practices than whether you chose WordPress, Joomla, or Drupal."

Re: [253] Joomla! vs Wordpress for Security | Opinion | Sound Off

JoeJoomla — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 14:31:50 -0000

Alison, this is an excellent comment:

"Typical build and run developer with no plans to support or service the site".

Website owners should avoid "build and run" developers unless they are qualified themselves or have staff to maintain and service their website. To be a responsible website owner you must keep your CMS updated with the latest security patches and be on top of any suspicious activity on your site.

Developer's are missing a great opportunity for extra revenue if they don't offer this service to their clients. Even if they do not want to do it themselves they can partner with a company that specializes in website maintenance and service.

Re: The Intranet Should Be Your Most Productive Website

JoeJoomla — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 13:46:02 -0000

Hi Eoin,

When I get some time I'll put an example of it online with some generic articles and menu items.

Re: The Intranet Should Be Your Most Productive Website

JoeJoomla — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 12:13:51 -0000

Hi Mark,

Thank you for commenting on this blog post!

Your intranet project is one of the nicest looking among those that I have been involved in. It's not only good looking, which is really important, but you are empowering your employees with useful content and tools they are actually using on a regular basis. A lot of thought went into how provide this kind of functionality in an engaging fashion.

You made the following comment in your articles which are linked above:

A corporate intranet is the number one avenue for sharing information to all staff. Doesn’t it make sense to ensure that the experience they have on this vital platform is a positive one?

I urge everyone to head over to your articles on the project and check them out. They offer terrific insight from someone who has been through the process on the client side.

Re: The Intranet Should Be Your Most Productive Website

JoeJoomla — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 10:09:49 -0000

I do have links to iCal in my articles, as well as links to emails and also paths to directories on the LAN. I would have preferred to have iCal embedded into the site but it's not happening right now. It is possible to embed Google calendars into a website and it is also one of the better calendar systems for this purpose.

Re: The Intranet Should Be Your Most Productive Website

JoeJoomla — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 08:57:24 -0000

Are you asking what I used before or are you offering extensions for Joomla that you think would be good for productivity?

I tend to keep Joomla extensions to a minimum in order to make future migrations as simple as possible.

For my intranet the only Joomla extensions that I have outside of the stock install are:

Akeeba Backup
JCE Editor
JCE Mediabox
LOGman

Akeeba Backup is a no brainer. I backup my Intranet offline to Amazon S3 server. You would be crazy not to do backups of your most important data.

JCE Editor and Mediabox - Although I usually work with the editor turned off in my Joomla websites, there’s functionality that JCE Editor and Mediabox gives me that I really like. I used JCE functionality for getting properly non sef URLs as links and for photo pop up modals.

LOGman - This is an interesting one. I started using this on a lot of my sites and I like the way it displays a handy list of recently used items in the control panel when you login. For client sites I find LOGman very helpful to determine who is doing what on a site.

Joomla can do so much right out of the box. A lot of times an extension will simply be to make a function that is inherent in Joomla simpler to use. When I first started with Joomla I was an extensions junkie as well, I installed everything I thought was cool. Then came the first major migration and it wasn’t fun to migrate all those extensions, some of which were no longer available for the new version.

I believe that if you are a power user of a tool, and you really know how to use it, you’ll be more effective than having something with a lot of capabilities that’s too complex with a steep learning curve to work with. I ran into this a couple of years back when I tried using a fancy Content Construction Kit (CCK) and found out that doing simple changes was no longer simple. Now that Joomla has Fields I’m just using them with layout overrides. Joomla just keeps getting better and better all the time!

The only other thing I did with my intranet site is to make it look really nice. I am looking at this several times a day. I modified the Protostar template to look like the Wired magazine website. :-)

Tell me about your 'must have' extensions Rod.

Re: The Intranet Should Be Your Most Productive Website

JoeJoomla — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 14:09:55 -0000

I'm totally with you on this. I would LOVE to be able to have my iCal embedded into my site, and also view specifically tagged emails from within Joomla. Right now the only reason I am keeping Evernote is to use for tagging specific important emails and bringing them into client folders.

The point that you make, "Although some are not so amazing..." is so true! We really need to review the workflow regularly and do some housekeeping, clear stuff out and keep things simple.

Re: http://joejoomla.com/sound-off/167-what-to-do-when-your-disqus-comments-link-to-the-wrong-url.html

JoeJoomla — Sat, 03 Jun 2017 09:29:41 -0000

Hi Juan,

Make sure that you have the initial set up done properly for subdomains. Here is a link for setting the subdomain up in Disqua: https://help.disqus.com/cus....

Then it should just be a matter of ensuring that the URLs you are using for the migration are accurate.

Re: http://joejoomla.com/sound-off/167-what-to-do-when-your-disqus-comments-link-to-the-wrong-url.html

JoeJoomla — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 10:15:15 -0000

Perhaps there was a cache issue with the browser you were using to view the discussions after you remapped the URLs?

That wouldn't account for new threads having the localmachine URLs. Did you turn off Disqus on your localmachine before creating new articles on your site?

Re: http://joejoomla.com/sound-off/167-what-to-do-when-your-disqus-comments-link-to-the-wrong-url.html

JoeJoomla — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 10:47:06 -0000

Hi there,

It's likely because the Disqus links for those items were created for the first time when you were working on your localmachine.

In order for this not to happen, when you are working on your localmachine, unpublish the Disqus plugin.

For the URLs to be correct, the first time they are created they need to be created on your production site.

To fix this you need to go to Disqus and link the comments to the correct URLs.

Re: 5 Reasons why you should attend to the Joomla World Conference - Peat Creative - Nashville, TN Based Joomla, Print, Presentation Services - Peat Creative Blog

JoeJoomla — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 20:17:58 -0000

...and reason #6 The Joomla World Conference is in Canada for the First Time Ever!

I know you mention this in the first paragraph but I wanted to make it an official reason. :-)

They are all good reasons to go.

btw Brian, thank you for your contributions to the Joomla project. People like you help make the project what it is - the best open source Content Management System (CMS) on the planet.

Re: Win a Copy of MySQL Explained and learn MySQL for Free!

JoeJoomla — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 09:16:33 -0000

Joomla! uses MySQL and Joomla is my favourite software. There is no better open source software for building websites than Joomla.

Re: http://joejoomla.com/sound-off/167-what-to-do-when-your-disqus-comments-link-to-the-wrong-url.html

JoeJoomla — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 23:09:05 -0000

Glad you found it and I'm also happy that these instructions still work after all this time. I haven't had to fix my comments in a long time.

Re: 7 expert tips on how to build a wildly successful web development company

JoeJoomla — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 09:22:04 -0000

Excellent advice from Robert Jacobi of Arc Technology Group. They are indeed one of the more successful open source technology businesses stories. Robert is well known in the Joomla Community and it's always a good idea to go and hear what he has to say at the Joomla events he speaks in. A real nugget shared right at the beginning of this interview is his statement, "...find something that will make your business unique". I think a lot of new companies struggle in this area. They get lost in a big pot of 'me toos' which reduce their product offering to a commodity in the eyes of customers. The good clients are looking for great companies to work with. I'm glad that there are open source companies that stand out such as the Arc Technology Group.

Re: Ghost / Blog

JoeJoomla — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 10:32:20 -0000

Up front disclosure: I'm the brother.

First of all congratulations on launching your blog. It looks really nice. I also really like the URL structure. Having the published date of 2016/06/27 along with the blog post title in it is brilliant.

As for the 'stooping to something like Joomla' comment, I personally believe it would have made things a lot easier for you in the long run for a variety of reasons. With a name of 'JoeJoomla' of course of I am biased.

I'm looking forward to reading about your great tech insights and entertaining experiences here on your blog. I will always be your number one fan!