Archive for July, 2008

Madeira Property Agency Website – Joomla

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Madeira island Real Estate Agent Website

the-property-agency.com is a brand new website that has been developed by Navega Bem – Web Design.
The Madeira Property Specialists website is a combination of three companies each licensed in their field of work to provide the best possible service to both local and overseas clients. This collaboration is a trouble free way in finding your new home here on the Idyllic Islands of Madeira & Porto Santo whether you are looking for a new build or an old property.

Clearview-homes Group
“The Clearview-Homes group is your number one company to see you through every aspect of buying and personalizing your new dream home, we have many house developments along the south west coast of Madeira to suit every body’s requirements and budgets”. David Albon

Proprifunchal, Mediação Imobiliária – AMI 6265
“My goal is to make the process of buying, selling, or owning a home stress free, enjoyable and rewarding for you and an efficient service from me” Graça Caires

Macnicasa, Construções Lda – Alvará 54969
“We Pride ourselves on the level of construction from start to finish, we give attention to every detail providing the Quality that you would expect of an efficient new home. Most of our clients have been astonished at the standard of finishings and ultimately the sheer value for money.
As from the 1st of July of this year all new properties have to ahere to stringent rules with green issues high on the agenda. All new properties will be graded into four categories from A+ to B-, A+ being the highest specification and build quality.  B- Being the lower specification and build quality.
From a recent appraisal of all the properties we have in construction at the moment, all have been rated within the highest specifications and build quality”.  Fábia Gomes, Civil Engineer.

The site has been developed by Joomla specialists Navega Bem – Web Design. The company have developed their own Real -Estate solution that is competitive with the biggest software solutions available in the realty market.

Managing Director Chris Szabo explains “we have developed a complete real estate agency solution that is crafted around the Joomla framework. We don’t market our component to other developers – our strength lies in creating complete Real Estate Agent websites in a package that includes a unique design, our proprietary real estate component, search engine optimization and submission to all the major search engines and directories.
The only thing our clients need to do is add their properties”.
“The big advantage with our real estate solution is that there are no license fees, no monthly fees, no maintenance fees or set-up fees. Also, we have developed more integrated features than most of the other solutions put together. The properties can be exported or imported and we already have XML exportation to several locations such as Properazzi, Google Base, Imo-Portugal, Habinet, Lardocelar and GiMob. Others are being developed.”
“Utilizing Joomla as the backbone of the site we can offer clients a multilingual CMS Real Estate Agent website that you can manage from anywhere in the world. All you need is an internet connection and a standard browser. The complete site (CMS & Real Estate) is managed through just one back office

Find out more about Professional Real Estate Agent websites here.

Joomla! Juice! A must for Podcasts and Screencasts

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Joomla Juice Videocasts

If you are looking for the latest Joomla! news in audio and video format, this is where you’ll find all of the best juice.  Joomla! Juice! is the original Joomla! podcast

Peter Russell, founder member of Joomla! and founder member of joomlatools regularly interviews key influencers from the Joomlasphere including the energetic, driving forces from the not-for-profit and commercial user communities.

Joomla! Juice! is the original and longest running podcast about all things Joomla.  The podcast explores a range of topics including commercial and non-commercial uses of Joomla for websites.  We regularly host key figures from the Joomla community.

The podcast came about due to an obvious need for a light-hearted approach to help introduce new users to the possibilities of using a content management system as their website.  Joomla! Juice! creator Pete Russell, a founding member of Joomla!, presents the shows regularly via the iTunes podcast distribution network.  Content varies from audio podcasts to, more recently, video.

One of the newest videocasts ‘Living the Joomla Dream‘ re-visits Chris Szabo, an expatriate Brit living on the sub-tropical island of Madeira, who has established a thriving business based around the Joomla! CMS. In this video Pete talks to Chris about his adoption of Joomla! 1.5, e-commerce and real estate implementations of Joomla! 1.5. and his web design company ‘Navega Bem – Web Design‘.

Luxury property on Madeira island – Palheiro Estate

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Palheiro Estate Website

Palheiro Estate have launched their new luxury property website giving potential home owners a wonderful opportunity to procure detailed information about the unique projects available.

 

The beautiful hillside location of Palheiro Estate makes it ideal for discerning property owners: quiet and peaceful with ocean views, yet within easy reach of Funchal city centre and the international airport. All property owners enjoy special concessions at the various facilities around Palheiro Estate, including the Casa Velha do Palheiro hotel, the 18-hole Cabell Robinson golf course and use of the M.Y. Balancal motor yacht.

The choice of real estate includes large, individual villa plots close to the golf course and clubhouse, or Palheiro Village, a small, luxury development of apartments and villas.

The site has been carefully crafted utilizing Joomla 1.5 as the framework by the web design company ‘Navega Bem‘.