What is Joomla? Well there’s a question I’ve been asked a few times and I’m ashamed to say I never even thought to post about it before as I had always assumed anyone visiting this blog would be would be looking for more in depth information about the CMS. So what is Joomla? Joomla is a “web content management system” – we’ll refer to that as a CMS from now on. A CMS gives you [...]

So you’ve finished working on your local wordpress install and want to upload it to your domain. It’s quite simple but you do need to make a couple of changes in the database once the website has been moved. Steps below: Take a backup of your database using phpmyadmin (save as a .sql.gz) Create a MYSQL5 database and user on your host (note the connection settings) Go into phpmyadmin Open the table wp_options for editing [...]

Here are my picks for the most useful Joomla Extensions as of June 2011. Some of these are old but up to date extensions that I have been using for years, some are new kids on the block that are just too good to overlook. Akeeba Backup This gets installed on all of my websites bar none. Keep a regular backup of your website with Akeeba. One can make an archive of the website in [...]

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People are often scared of this but there is no need to be. Below I will show you just how easy it is. These are the basic steps that we will follow: Download Akeeba Quickstart Upload Akeeba Kickstart to your hosting package Download the latest WordPress installation from WordPress.org Upload the zip file to your hosting package (in the same folder as Kickstart) Create a database for your website on your hosting package Run Akeeba Quickstart [...]

Installing Joomla can often be a subject that scares beginners. Below I will show you just how easy it is. Hopefully the post will show relative newcomers how to install joomla on their web servers These are the basic steps that we will follow Download the latest Joomla installation in zip format Create a database for your website on your hosting package Run Akeeba Kickstart Run the Joomla Installer Delete Installation Folder Delete the Joomla [...]

So you want to build a CMS powered website but are confused as to what to use? Here are some pointers. There are a large variety of content management systems (CMSs) out there including: CMS Made Simple Joomla WordPress Drupal Here are some rules of thumb for me: