Week 1 update of Morph second beta

It’s been another super productive week of bug-fixing, general refinements and even a couple new features added to Morph.

We have received some awesome feedback and have already covered most of the points that have been raised on the beta testing forum. (more…)

Tags: configurator, css, development, framework, Joomla, Morph, themelet

Joomla 1.5.14 Released

The Joomla Project announces the immediate availability of Joomla 1.5.14.

This release contains fixes for two material bugs that were introduced in version 1.5.13 and one low level security issue. Read the full release announcement here.

Tags: Joomla, news, open source

Morph, my first impressions and general thoughts.

It’s been a long journey from late last year when Chris and Andrew mentioned to me they where looking to create a framework for developing our future templates.  What started off as a large internal project to help develop templates faster and more effectively has morphed, (yes, pun intended), into a much larger project that is touted to revolutionize how we handle templates inside of Joomla. Unfortunately I am more of a negative person than a positive person in some regards, and I had a lot of reservations about how much Morph could actually do, and if it would live up to the hype.

Boy was I underestimating Chris and Andrew. (more…)

Tags: configurator, framework, Joomla, Morph, staff, themelets

The Morph framework for Joomla now available for round two of beta testing

What a way to start the week! Monday night we pressed the button and made the Morph framework for Joomla available in beta for all our members.

To say it’s been a couple of crazy months of development would be an understatement and we are absolutely thrilled that we can finally share Morph with all of you.

The feedback we received from our Platinum members during the first round of beta has taken Morph to where it is today – but hold on, Morph is not at its peak and the ball is now in your court so keep on reading! (more…)

Tags: Design, development, Extensions, framework, Joomla, Morph, themelets

Pssst, I can see your unmentionables.

phpinfo is a valuable command that can allow you to find errors and learn more about your server.  Don’t share it with everybody on the internet.

"Mummy I see your phpinfo"

So last month you wanted to install this fancy new java-flippy-moo-fools-slider-transparency-bookmarklet-tab thingy on your website.

You installed it and it didn’t work as expected, so you asked the bookmarklet-flippy-moo developer what to do.

He asked you if you were using php4 or php5, and if you had GD libraries installed.  You said: (more…)

Tags: development, hosting, security, useful tips