Episode 9 - AdminPraise Reviewed and Google Gears Support - September 26th, 2008

Friday, 26 September 2008 15:29

This week Mike takes a look at:

• The Joomla Extensions Directory having some trouble with scrapers
• Joomla! Shop has new clothing in stock and a new look--too bad they don't use Joomla for the ecommerce
• Mike reviews AdminPraise, a new template for the Joomla Control Panels
  
• and looks at Turbo Gears for Joomla 1.5, which adds Google Gears support
  
• The rant of the week is back: Mike takes the Module Manager to task

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Episode 8 - September 21, 2008

Sunday, 21 September 2008 17:38

Mike takes a look at:

• Some site news: Thanks to all who have found the site with StumbleUpon and who have reviewed the podcast on iTunes!
• Looking forward to impressions from Joomla Day! in Mountain View
• Joomla Day in Hungary - October 11th, 2008
• Wondering how much traffic the Joomla forums get? Try 100,000 page views a month
• Mike then answers two questions: What's the advantage of using Podcast Suite and what audio streamer do I use?
• Which leads us to the Extension of the Week: 1 PixelOut Audio Player v1.5.2 for Joomla 1.5.x (what an awful title)
  
• And finally, a new segment on The Joomla Podcast: Template Club reviews. First up: YouJoomla.

Leave a comment and let me know what you think!

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Episode 7 - Creating Mobile Websites with Joomla 1.5 - September 15th, 2008

Monday, 15 September 2008 17:18

Mike looks at creating Mobile-optimized websites for Joomla 1.5. Full show notes:

• Joomla 1.5.7 out now--get it while it's hot
• Joomla Day on September 20th--I want to see reports!
• Mike teaching Intro to Joomla classes in the Bay Area
• Follow the Joomla Podcast on Twitter
• Creating Mobile Websites--Why do it?
• How to do it with Joomla? PDA Plugin and Auto Switcher Template for iPhone
• Which is better? Listen and find out!
• Don't forget to vote for Joomla in the Packt Publishing Best CMS category
• Rant-of-the-week: Joomla search needs to be much improved. Read this post at Alledia.com

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Episode 6 - September 9th, 2008

Tuesday, 09 September 2008 21:07

This week, Mike takes a look at:

• Joomla 1.5.7 released
• 1.5.8 including TinyMCE 3--does anyone care?
• Packt Publishing Open Source CMS Awards--have you voted yet?
• Google Chrome released--Joomla users weep
• Quick Tip: Use Install From URL to save time installing extensions
• Extensions of the week: The big guns in Joomla: JCE, VirtueMart, and Community Builder
• Mike's famed rant-of-the-week: Why don't developers bundle their components and modules together?

Download Episode 6 today, or stream it below:

Episode 5 - September 2nd, 2008

Tuesday, 02 September 2008 20:59

Episode 5 is out. This week, Mike takes a look at:

• First review in iTunes. Why don't you review The Joomla Podcast?
• Happy 3rd Birthday, Joomla!
• Joomla Security Strike Team announced. Because this time, the word "strike" will get it done.
• Joomla Events in San Francsico, Netherlands, and Belgium
• Packt Publishing Open Source CMS finalists announced-vote today!
• Exciting unreleased extensions: JomSocial, Nooku, and Fireboard 2.0
• The Joomla Podcast Extension of the Week: Joomla Updater
• Mike's rant of the week: Updates should be built into the core.

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Episode 4 - August 21st, 2008

Thursday, 21 August 2008 17:20

This week, Mike takes on:

• Reminder: Update to Joomla 1.5.6
• Joomla forming security team-Bravo!
• Joomla Day San Francisco
• The first few things to do after installing Joomla
• Split Menus-A real time saver
• Extension of the week-Linkr

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Episode 3 - August 15th, 2008

Thursday, 14 August 2008 16:00

Episode 3 of The Joomla Podcast is out. This week Mike takes a look at:

• Site News: New comments system, reorganized tutorials under blog. Make sure to update your RSS feeds to get the freshest content anywhere.
• Joomla 1.5.6 released. This update fixes a critical security bug and it's recommended to update immediately.
• New joomla.org look released. Mike likes it but has some questions about the rest of the site.
• Extension of the week: 2 this week! Anycode and Google Translation Module.
• Template of the week: ja_purity.
• Mike then updates us on a past mini-rant, and then starts a new one about the lack of a Template section in the Extensions directory.

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Episode 2 - August 8th, 2008

Friday, 08 August 2008 15:21

Thanks for all the great feedback about Episode 1! The Joomla Podcast is back with Episode 2. This week Mike takes a look at:

• Various impressions from Joomla Day Malaysia
• Joomla Day Brazil on August 16th
• Open Source CMS Usage Reports Released (links to pdf)
  
• JoomlaConnect: Better than JoomlaFeed?
• Extension of the Week :Website name
• Template of the Week: HiveMind
• Mike's Mini-Rant: Why is the performance on the Joomla forums so terrible lately?

Download Episode 2 of the Joomla Podcast

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If you subscribe via iTunes, you may have received a pdf instead of the episode. This has been corrected and you should now get the proper episode.

Episode 1 - Welcome to The Joomla Podcast

Saturday, 02 August 2008 22:10

The debut episode of the Joomla Podcast. Discussing:

• What is the Joomla Podcast?
• Who's Mike Brogan?
• What is Joomla?
• Joomla 1.0 or Joomla 1.5?
• Joomla 1.5.5 Released
• LinuxWorld—Who's going?
• Joomla Day in Brazil—August 16th
• Extension of the week: MassContent
• How-to create a Podcast with Joomla 1.5
• Theme of the week: Wheat

Don't miss Mike's mini-rant about how it's a pain to scroll when inserting an image into an article, how the Joomla Extensions Directory could be better, and why is it so hard to create a podcast with Joomla?

Download Episode 1, or stream it by clicking the play button below: