Joomla Hosting in the Cloud – Simplweb 2.0 is Live!

Read about our new Simplweb 2.0 platform

Joomla hosted in the cloud, and up to 5 sites for just $24.95 – all with
our  unlimited  support and fully managed code updates.

With Simplweb 2.0 you’ll create a "master" account and then create
up to 5 slave websites. You can create and delete as much as you like as
long as you don’t go over that 5 site limit.

Each site can have the same, or different, administrator emails and login
credentials. For all you web designers out there offering Joomla sites to
your clients, this is an ideal way to consolidate your billing and client
websites!

What Else is in Simplweb 2.0

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Add WordPress Menu Description

So I have been thinking about a blog redesign for a little while. I am not really happy with the current design so I have been keeping my eye on things that I like and how I can incorporate it into my design.

One of the things that has been catching my eye was the descriptive text in the WordPress menus of some sites. Some examples can be see in WooThemes in both the free BlogTheme and the commercial offering f0101 & Busy Bee. I also noticed Grid Focus a free WordPress theme that has the effect that I was looking for. The biggest thing that I noticed was they rewrote the wp_page_menu() function. Some of them rewrote the dynamic classes but missed a few(WooThemes). I knew there had to be a better way so I kept searching. I ran across ThemeShaper and the post WordPress Menu Tricks and it looks like John Kristian took this a giant step further to include options to add categories and drop down menus and more flexibility with his post A Smarter Menu for WordPress BUT these solutions required an additional function to be added to the WordPress template.

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Joomla 1.5.11 Security Release Now Available

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The Joomla Project announces the immediate availability of Joomla 1.5.11 [Vea]. This is a security release and users are strongly encouraged to upgrade immediately.

This release contains 26 bug fixes, two moderate-level security fixes and one low-level security fix. It has been 11 weeks since Joomla 1.5.10 was released on March 28, 2009. The Development Working Group’s goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community.

Popularity: 65% [?]

How to Build a Fully Managed Joomla Website the “Simple” way!

I have built a LOT of Joomla websites over the past few years. I go through the typical steps.

  • Joomla TemplatesRegister Domain Name
  • FTP Joomla files up to Webserver
  • Create new database
  • Run installer
  • Delete \ Rename installation directory
  • Install Joomla Template
  • Add additional Components \ Modules
  • Add Content
  • Keep up with security updates
  • etc… etc…

Rest assured, there is a MUCH better way. [Read more...]

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Joomla 1.5.10 Security Release Now Available

security_releaseThe Joomla Project announces the immediate availability of Joomla 1.5.10 [Wohmamni]. This is a security release and users are strongly encouraged to upgrade immediately.

This release contains 66 bug fixes, one low-level security fix, and one moderate-level security fix. It has been 11 weeks since Joomla 1.5.9 was released on January 10, 2009. The Development Working Group’s goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community.

Popularity: 95% [?]