In what appears to be an amazing turn of events in the software industry it has been announced that the award winning Open Source Content Management System called Joomla! has an unexpected end.

It is still unclear where the announcement came from but we are able to show you images that clearly demonstrate the unusual but certainly absolute end of Joomla!

Actually it’s the bit right on the end that we refer to as an ‘exclamation mark’.

According to Wikipedia; An exclamation mark or exclamation point is a punctuation mark: ! It is usually used after an interjection or exclamation to indicate strong feelings or high volume, and often marks the end.

The exclamation mark is known informally as a bang or a screamer.

Very few people actually know whether or not to use the ‘bang’ at the end of Joomla! when writing sentences that don’t actually end with Joomla! Confused? I am. Anyway, I digress.

Let’s take an even closer look at the exclamation mark at the end of Joomla! I don’t mean the long stand-up thingy but the actual round blob at the bottom that looks like a Danish cheese.

If we look very closely (to this end we have magnified the cheese several thousand times) we can quite clearly see that the end of Joomla! is actually the beginning of something new and exciting. Wow!

To summarize let me reiterate what we have all witnessed in this article:

• Don’t use an exclamation mark unless it’s absolutely necessary.

• Use an exclamation mark after an exclamation, especially after one beginning with what or how or ending in Joomla!

• The end of Joomla! is actually the beginning of Open Source CMS.

To find out more about the award winning Joomla! Open Source solution that is freely available to everyone, visit www.joomla.org

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Article by Navega Bem - Web Design. The Joomla! Professionals

Proprietors of the Madeira Property Specialists website were happy to be chosen as the ‘Site of the Day’ by the renowned ‘Best of Joomla‘ team.

The-Property-Agency.com 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.

David Albon, MD of the Clearview-homes Group said “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”.

The site has been developed by Joomla specialists Navega Bem - Web Design.

‘Best of Joomla‘ award sites are chosen on the following criteria:
1. Design 40%
2. Navigation 20%
3. Content 20%
4. Graphics 15%
5. Personality 5%

In the last 6 weeks this is the 5th site developed by Navega Bem - Web Design to be chosen for the ‘Site of the Day‘ award.

Madeira Story Centre

If you are visiting the island of Madeira, don’t miss the opportunity to visit a fascinating museum that is like no other.

The Madeira Story Centre is a spectacular modern museum about Madeira’s History and culture.

It is like a story teller, designed to make your visit a unique experience, the exhibition draws on interactive displays that will allow you to learn about the History of the Island while feeling the environment of the different periods through smells, sounds, interactive games and challenges which will capture your attention and trigger all your senses.

It is the perfect place to start your visit to Madeira Island. It will give you a panoramic view over the archipelago History.

The Madeira Story Centre also offers a shop, with the best souvenirs and art & crafts in town, and a themed café explored by Penha D’Águia, a centenary pastry shop in Funchal.

The site was chosen by the Joomla resource and extension web site ‘Best of Joomla‘ as site of the day. For the Madeira Story Centre this a welcome award as the site has been chosen on an international level and can obviously compete with the best sites on the world wide web.

Any programmer who develops sites with CMS’s has to admit how facilitated his task is thanks to the emergence and popularization of Content Management Systems.

Even though the evolution of the CMS’s is completely transparent to you, the visitor, the same can not be said for your business. After years of “struggle” and evolution… the visual presentation of your website is finally separated from it’s content.

Some companies that already have websites tend avoid changing the contents in their websites because they fear having to pay an extra amount of money for it. Due to that, most company websites end up having outdated information and thus they start losing, little by little, their importance in the most important search engines.

Google, Yahoo and Live.com always give more importance to the websites that keep their content updated, and those that don’t update become harder to find in the search results.

If your customers can’t find you in the search engines what’s the point of having a website?

Thankfully, with Joomla it’s possible to change, and control, the content of your website without any extra costs. Any content can be added or edited in a matter of minutes, in a very easy way.

If you site was developed with a modern and evolved CMS, like Joomla or Wordpress (as examples), it’s also possible to give it a visual uplift, and completely change the way it looks, without having to sacrifice all the content that is already in it.

So… not only can you change the content without additional costs, but you can also change the entire look of your company without having to invest several thousand euros into it.

Many companies take the first step and purchase a CMS-developed website, but very rarely do they ever take advantage of all that it can offer.

If your website doesn’t use a CMS, it’s never too late to start! Think of the first step as an investment, and all the consequential ones as an evolution, that won’t cost as much as the starting point.

Now for the first time ever you can get Digital Delivery of your favourite Sportfishing DVDs at www.fishingdvds.tv

The idea of the website portal came about for a number of reasons, most significant of which were the desires to buy fishing DVDs online from the convenience of home, not having to wait for the physical delivery of the product, no matter in which format they were (NTSC or PAL) they could still be played from a disc on any computer, and above all else not having to pay excessive courier or postal costs.

The concept raised several issues; 1) how to deliver huge file sizes across the internet (most DVDs are about 4.2 GB in size) 2) how to convince the film producers that their work would be safe from copying by ‘pirates’ 3) where would the DVDs be sourced from, and 4) how the DVD digital products should be presented to the public on the internet.

Fortunately there was significant interest in the project from an international content delivery network (one of the largest in the world), an innovative Norwegian company that had developed a combined payment platform and DRM (Digital Rights Management) clearing house, the creators of a compression utility developed in a Danish university that are based in Germany, and a ‘cutting-edge’ website development company based in Madeira, Portugal.

Visit the site here and see video and DVD productions from leading film producers in the sportfishing film industry.

The site has been carefully crafted around Joomla 1.5 and VMart. Navega Bem - Web Design were responsible for the project design, programming and development. You can read the case study about this project at ‘Fishing DVDs Case Study‘

Having closed the company for 2 weeks to allow everyone to enjoy the summer holidays - it’s now back to work with a precise to-do list that ensures the smooth continuance of both design work and clients sites.

The most pressing issue for us is the upgrade of all our sites from 1.5.x to 1.5.6
This security release was put out on the 12th of August and one of our sites was attacked and went down screaming exactly one day later. Fortunately, with a support strategy designed to combat such eventualities and a bod on standby - we were back up and running within 90 minutes. But many tales of woe are creeping across developer blogs - explaining a not so swift return to normal service.

If you didn’t upgrade yet - get the security update at the Joomla site

SECURITY [HIGH] Fixed security hole in reset logic to check for proper token length.

We back up our sites daily - this should be common practice for any Joomla professionals running sites for their clients or offering ISP services.

Keeping a web site up to date has become a simple task for Joomla based projects. Today it is easier than ever before to manage your content quickly and efficiently. But what about when a company closes for the weekend or recess or block vacations… how can you enjoy your time away from the company and be assured that your website is being updated and managed for you by Joomla?

Surprisingly, there appears to be many Joomla based site owners who are unaware about ‘time triggers’. This is something we explain when we school clients taking over a new and completed site. But probably because of the ‘jaw dropping’ experience of coming face to face with Joomla for the first time (hey -it is awesome!)- this important feature often gets swallowed and forgotten.

So what is a time-trigger? When you create a new article in Joomla 1.5 or new static content in Joomla 1.0.x you have the option specify  a ‘Start Publishing’ date and also a ‘Finish Publishing’ date.

This is a really cool and useful feature. You can prepare news, promotions, special offers etc… and when you leave your website behind at the office to enjoy your freetime - Joomla will publish the ‘time triggered’ information automatically. Your website stays totally up to date and your customers continue to receive the professional service you provide.

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Learn more about Joomla from the design specialists ‘Navega Bem -Web Design‘

One year after a meeting between Peter Russell and Chris Szabo to produce a podcast about Joomla, they meet again as Peter records a videocast in London and talks with Chris about his adoption of Joomla! 1.5, e-commerce and real estate implementations of Joomla! 1.5.

Joomla’s PR man, Peter Russell, is an Australian who resides in Yorkshire, UK. Peter works in media strategy, PR, media liaison and infomatics. See the videocast in full here.

Our Real Estate Agent CMS solution includes full design, multilingual
capability and search engine optimization. Just add your properties!
No license fees, no monthly fees, no maintenance fees or set-up fees.
Learn more about our award winning Joomla websites at Navega Bem - Web Design.

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.