Meet Morph – the Joomla template development framework

The time has finally come for me to publish the first official blog post of a series about our new rapid template development framework for Joomla… code named Morph. Not to be confused with our once favorite plasticine character from the 1970’s by Tony Hart, well.. not in looks at least but in flexibility and character, you can bet on it.

Some days ago, first news of Morph broke to the public via our newsletter and on twitter and we are very pleased with the response so far.

It’s easy to see that the Joomla community is hungry for something different and something new. (more…)

Tags: development, framework, Joomla, Morph

Morph and 20% platinum membership discount

I’m sitting on the edge of my chair, because Morph beta release is now just around the corner (and it’s a very small corner).

It’s been late nights, lots of pizzas, many discussions and most of all uncountable hours of design and development. But it’s all worth it – for you AND for us.

If you’re a Platinum member, keep your eyes glued to the screen – extra goodies for you included! (if you’re not a Platinum member, don’t worry, find the coupon code below and you’re safe). (more…)

Tags: Joomla, Morph, news

RTL (Right to Left) Support in Morph

Something we’ve been discussing internally for some time, is making Morph (our much anticipated new template framework) 100% RTL compatible.

RTL stands for Right to Left and refers to the direction of a websites contents – this is generally used for websites that are written in Arabic, Hebrew, etc.

Here is a brief description of RTL on Wikipedia.org:

“Bi-directional text is used as some writing systems of the world, notably the Arabic (including variants such as Nasta’liq),

Persian and Hebrew scripts, are written in a form known as right-to-left (RTL), in which writing begins at the right-hand side of a page and concludes at the left-hand side. This is different from the left-to-right (LTR) direction used by most languages in the world. (more…)

Tags: customer feedback, development, Joomla

CMS Expo Learning & Business Conference

We attended CMS Expo in Denver last year and it was a blast! :) Unfortunately we won’t be present in Chicago, but thanks to John from CMS Association we’ve worked out a bonus for all of you instead!

The CMS Association invites you to come for two high-energy days of training on top CMS solutions Joomla, Drupal and Alfresco.

When is CMS Expo in Chicago?
April 30th – May 1st, 2009

Where is it exactly?
Chicago: Hotel Orrington, Evanston, Illinois USA

Who should attend CMS expo?

CMS Expo is an event for Content Management Professionals at all skill levels: (more…)

Tags: CMS, Drupal, events, Joomla, open source