Ô Hotels & Resorts has launched a new portal promoting the Portuguese regions of Vimeiro and Monfortinho. Four character hotels in these regions have come together under a unique, single standard of excellence.

Hotel Golf Mar, Hotel das Termas, Hotel Astoria and Hotel Fonte Santa are now offering a perfect balance between adventure, discovery and well-being, lying at the heart of a rich heritage of protected landscapes.

The Ô Hotels & Resorts portal has been developed by Navega Bem – Web Design, which is a full service digital marketing, development and web design agency based on Madeira island, Portugal.

Chris Szabo, MD of Navega Bem explained “We are very pleased that we were chosen to develop this project. The design was created by one of Portugal’s leading brand and communication company’s ‘Brandia Central’ and our brief was to bring the portal to life. We were able to add our own innovations and the project has come together in a very structured and transparent way. Our software engineer Diego has been responsible for the project and has demonstrated a very high level of professionalism in bringing this project to fruition.”

“We have developed the site with Joomla! 1.5 and K2.
Joomla! is a dynamic portal engine and content management system.
K2 is a powerful content component for Joomla! with CCK-like features developed by JoomlaWorks.
The way K2 integrates into Joomla has given us a powerful hotels portal that is very user friendly and will be simple to maintain by the hotels.”

“The Ô Hotels & Resorts portal is available in 4 languages. This is not ordinarily an easy task in any CMS framework, but we use Joom!Fish. This is a sophisticated extension for Joomla! and it allows us to present a website in multiple languages easily.”

“Any web project using Joomla! that requires content in different languages and processes which help to keep track of the translations will find that the Joom!Fish extension does exactly this.”

Visit the new Ô Hotels & Resorts portal here.

Joomla 1.6 Tutorial issue 5 is now available at shops and Kiosks within Portugal. Exame Informática, Portugal´s leading IT Magazine is featuring a monthly tutorial which has been authored by Navega Bem – Web Design, based on Madeira island.

The magazine issues so far have covered installing Joomla! 1.6 and local server software as well as how to create a template and add navigatation, images and other content. Site authentication, user management, adding search, adding news articles and breadcrumbs as well as the functionality of the Access Control List (ACL).

This current issue covers the main differences between Joomla! 1.5 and Joomla! 1.6.

The long awaited Joomla! version 1.6 is now available in Beta 8 and packs some digital punches in terms of all round improvements to what has become one of the most powerful CMS frameworks on the planet.

Since the Joomla 1.6 beta 7 release on August 9, Joomla has fixed approximately 90 issues in the tracker. This progress is directly related to the continued efforts of the Joomla! Bug Squad.

Learn more about how Joomla! can help your web presence here.

If you are a web developer, you will find all the info you require at http://www.joomla.org

Joomla 1.6 Tutorial issue 4 is now available at shops and Kiosks within Portugal. Exame Informática, Portugal´s leading IT Magazine is featuring a monthly tutorial which has been authored by Navega Bem – Web Design, based on Madeira island.

The magazine issues so far have covered installing Joomla! 1.6 and local server software as well as how to create a template and add navigate, images and other content. Site authentication, user management, adding search, adding news articles and breadcrumbs.

This current issue covers the functionality of the Access Control List (ACL). This specifies which users or system processes are granted access to objects, as well as what operations are allowed to be performed on given objects.

The long awaited Joomla! version 1.6 is now available in Beta 6 and packs some digital punches in terms of all round improvements to what has become one of the most powerful CMS frameworks on the planet.

Since the Joomla 1.6 beta 5 release on Jun 12, the Joomla Project has fixed approximately 98 issues in the tracker.

Team Navega Bem wishes all its friends and partners a happy holiday!

Learn more about how Joomla! can help your web presence here. If you are a web developer, you will find all the info you require at http://www.joomla.org

This charming Madeira Quinta that was built in the 18th century has become Madeira islands most sought after luxury botanical garden hotel.

During the Napoleonic wars General Beresford, Commander of the British forces on the island chose it as his residence. His magnificent sideboard, a reminder of his stay, still adorns the majestic dining room.

Today the Quinta, with 31 double rooms, 4 historical Junior Suites and 5 Premier Suites, all facing south to the gardens and the blue Atlantic ocean, have been lovingly designed to offer the best accommodation in modern functionality and traditional comfort and style, for a luxury holiday in Madeira Island.

The exclusive property is the favoured location for many celebrities and heads of state. A long list of prominent guests include Mr. Helmut Schmidt, ex-Chancellor of Germany. Sir. Peter O’Toole (a legend in the world of cinema). President of the European Parliament Dr. Durão Barroso and Dr. Alberto João Jardim, President of the Madeira Government. Local rumours also tell of many visits by Madonna, but discretion on the part of the hotel leaves us unable to confirm this.

This elegant Madeira Hotel has now launched its new website and invites the curious and potential guests alike to visit the site and see in great detail what it is that makes Quinta Jardins do Lago such a special and beautiful choice for a holiday retreat. This is without exception one of, if not the top ‘Quintas da Madeira’.

The new web presence has been carefully crafted by Navega Bem – Web Design, a full service digital marketing, development and web design agency which is also based on Madeira island, Portugal.

Navega Bem’s MD and Creative Director Chris Szabo explained “we have always admired Quinta Jardins do Lago since it was first opened. We were very honoured to be asked to develop the new website and we hope we have done this amazing botanical garden hotel justice with our efforts. We have spent many a day on the property – officially for research motives – but in all honesty it is just a wonderful and calming place to be.”

“The website has been developed around the Open Source framework and content management system Joomla! Now that the initial phase is complete and the site has been published online, we will add additional languages and focus on achieving the best possible ranking in the search engines.”

To visit the new website of Quinta Jardins do Lago and enter an elegant world of Comfort, Charm and Beauty – go to www.jardinsdolago.com

Joomla 1.6 Tutorial issue 3 is now available at shops and Kiosks within Portugal. Exame Informática, Portugal´s leading IT Magazine is featuring a monthly tutorial which has been authored by Navega Bem – Web Design, based on Madeira island. The magazine issues so far have covered installing Joomla! 1.6 and local server software as well as how to create a template and add navigate, images and other content.

This current issue covers themes such as site authentication, user management, adding search, adding news articles and breadcrumbs.

The long awaited Joomla! version 1.6 is now available in Beta 4 and packs some digital punches in terms of all round improvements to what has become one of the most powerful CMS frameworks on the planet.

Team Navega Bem is currently visiting various corporate groups to make a presentation about Social Media and Networking.

Learn more about how Joomla! can help your web presence here. If you are a web developer, you will find all the info you require at http://www.joomla.org

On Madeira Island, in the verdant parish of Camacha you can find some of the most charming self catering cottages, true jewels of rural tourism, located in an ancient agricultural property in Vale Paraíso.

Casas Valleparaízo is the perfect choice for the family to experience the authenticity of country life in an environment surrounded by orchards, gardens, birds and farm animals.

Visitors to Madeira island can now book these self catering cottages online in the new website which was recently launched.

These rural tourism gemstones promise a pleasant experience of privacy and quietness, an escape from labour turmoil and everyday life to all nature lovers.

The site has been carefully crafted by Navega Bem – Web Design using the Open Source CMF Framework Joomla!
The website designer Sara Lomelino explained “Casa Valleparaízo is a very unique estate of self catering properties and we have tried to reflect this in the design of the site.”

Visit Casas Valleparaízo – Madeira Island here.

The Madeira Botanical Garden Cable Car has launched its new multilingual website.

The Botanical Garden Cable Car, is situated in the Inn Quinta do Bom Sucesso – Madeira Island – seven minutes from the centre of Funchal city.

The site was developed by Navega Bem – Web Design and is crafted around the Open Source CMS Framework Joomla!
The site contains rich information about the island of Madeira and the locations between which the cable car runs. An interesting image gallery will entice any potential visitors to the island.

Visit the site of the Madeira Botanical Cable Car here.

Founded in September 1992 in Madeira Island – Portugal -  Inocentro was born from the desire to create and innovate.

Quickly, the company began to develop a packaging department with design and development.

Since the company began, it has been introducing new products and packaging, featuring a wide range of options in various sectors: retail, restaurants, hotels, office, industrial and signage.

In 2003, Inocentro opened its first store, with 3000m ² capacity in the city of Funchal, specializing in packaging and accessories for various industries.

Due to market demand and ambition for the company’s development came in 2007, the first delegation outside the Autonomous Region of Madeira with the opening of the factory in Matosinhos – Porto, where he was mobilized for production of packaging and accessories.

Inocentro’s ambitious market strategy and the demand for its products led to the opening of a factory in Matosinhos – Porto. This factory is the focal point for the production of packaging and accessories.

The new website has been developed by ‘Navega Bem – Web Design‘.

‘Navega Bem’ is a full service digital marketing, development and web design agency based on Madeira island, Portugal.

The site was developed around the Joomla CMS framework and Nooku – the innovative open source platform for Joomla.

Visit the new Inocentro online store here.

Joomla 1.6 Tutorial issue 2 is now available at shops and Kiosks within Portugal. Exame Informática, Portugal´s leading IT Magazine is featuring a monthly tutorial which has been authored by Navega Bem – Web Design, based on Madeira island. The magazine issues so far have covered installing Joomla! 1.6 and local server software as well as how to create a template and add navigate, images and other content.

The long awaited Joomla! version 1.6 is now available in Beta and packs some digital punches in terms of all round improvements to what has become one of the most powerful CMS frameworks on the planet.

Team Navega Bem is currently in Wiesbaden, Germany – participating in the 1st International Joomla! Conference “JandBeyond” which is taking place between May 30th and June 2nd.

Learn more about how Joomla! can help your web presence here. If you are a web developer, you will find all the info you require at http://www.joomla.org

Saturday the 29th of May was the 1st International khusan conference and was held in Wiesbaden ahead of the much anticipated JandBeyond conference.
The international property classified ads portal will launch mid june and this meeting was to cover the pre-final agenda and strategy.

Taking part in the conference was Jan Schouten, Roland Vanleusden, Eddie Elzer, Marco Teixeira and Chris Szabo.

The khusan portal is developed around the Drupal CMS framework and the meeting took place close by the friends and colleagues from the 1st International Joomla conference. As advocates of both the Joomla and Drupal CMS, Navega Bem is encouraging an uptake of both frameworks.