10+ Joomla, Web Development and Business blog posts of the week

Last week we asked you to recommend your favorite online reading resources for web developers and others in the Joomla industry. Combined with what’s in my RSS reader, here’s the first result. Enjoy!

Click on the headings to read the blog posts (opens in a new window/tab). If there’s a blog post you like, we’ve made it easy for you to spread the word by tweeting the text under each description. (more…)

Tags: blogging, Copywriting, development, Joomla, technology

How to change your php memory_limit

ok, what happened?

If you build websites, at one point or another you will install or run a script and get a blank white screen.  Chances are, you will have this tell-tale look on your face.

Never fear, you have most likely just hit the memory limit on your server.  Memory limits are very important to have.  They help to keep scripts from running out of control or using up all of your free memory.  On the other hand, sometimes you are adding a rather fancy or elaborate feature to your site, that simply requires slightly more memory then the default 8mb that Apache gives you.   Let’s show you how to fix that.

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Tags: hosting, technology

Website hosting – what you need to know

At some point in our lives we all hope our websites get popular enough to generate some traffic and get us some exposure. No matter if you have built a small family website, or a large corporate site you will hope to have a lot of people view your site.

If you are new to website building you might be a bit confused about what type of hosting is best for you. You now have to worry about your sites security, running backups and keeping things running smooth.

For example if your site gets hacked or goes offline and you don’t know about it, or know how to fix it, all your hard work is wasted. Here are some tips anybody who works on websites for a living needs to know. (more…)

Tags: hosting, Hosting and Security, Joomla, technology, useful tips

CCK for Joomla? Say hello to K2!

Our friends over at JoomlaWorks.gr have been sneaky little devils over the past couple of months (either that or we’ve just been to darn busy crafting away on our own secret projects to stay in the loop) working on something which has been much needed in the JoomlaSphere.

For any of you who are familiar with Drupal and the much loved extension, CCK (Content Construction Kit), you will know how incredibly powerful this extension is to literally any website. What it does is allow you to create any type of custom content your heart desires.

Whether its a product page, blog, directory listing, news or customer testimonial – the options are endless! This is something i have personally missed in the Joomla! Community for a long time and one of the initial reasons why i got my hands dirty with Drupal. (more…)

Tags: development, Drupal, Joomla, technology

Get your fork out, Mambo did it again with MiaCMS.

Those of you who have been around a while should remember Mambo, the CMS that our beloved Joomla is based off of. A few years back there was a bunch of bickering and discussion about how Mambo was to evolve and thus Joomla was spawned. Well, another fork of Mambo has popped out again, this time taking a bunch more developers and coders. This group has now created MiaCMS.

From the official MiaCMS website (more…)

Tags: news, technology