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Top 5 Essential Extensions for Joomla!
If you are planning to install Joomla! or already have, there is a lot of functionality that comes with the core installation. However, there are thousands of great extensions that are available to download for free and for a fee. Today we are going to take a look at the top 5 must have extensions that are not installed with Joomla!, but can greatly improve your website. All of these extensions are compatible with Joomla! 1.5 & 1.6. Continue reading
Google +1 – What it will do for you
The Google +1 button is Google’s answer to the Facebook “Like” button. People who have a Google account will now be able to promote their favorite Websites by clicking the +1 button, thereby saying to their friends and family that they should “check it out”.
If you are wondering where you can find one, the button will be seen in the Android Market, Blogger blogs, Product Search, and YouTube, in addition to any other sites that add them.
What will the Google +1 button do for you?
There are two sides to that story. The Google +1 button supposedly will benefit everyone, but for this article we will look at two specific groups: The Developer and the End-User. Continue reading
Adding the Google +1 Button to your Website
If you haven’t investigated this before, you are in for a treat. It only takes 2 steps to integrate the Google +1 button into you website.
Place this tag in your head or just before your close body tag.
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js”></script>
Place this tag where you want the +1 button to render.
<g:plusone></g:plusone>
It really is that simple! Now you can add this to your website, which will allow your viewers tell the world that your site is the great, and that their friends should check it out!
Joomla vs WordPress – The Decision
The Decision
All of the cards now lay on the table. All of the pros and cons for both pieces of CMS software have been exposed and now it comes time for the decision. Ultimately, the question is: “Which one do I use for my website?” Just like real life, the answer depends. Let’s review the judge’s scorecard: Continue reading
Joomla vs WordPress Round 3 – WordPress
WordPress – The Pros & Cons
The North American based CMS/Blogging software is growing rapidly in popularity due to the easy install and easy use qualities. Worpress is truly the best software out there for out of the box, up in minutes, website capability.
WordPress was first released on May 27, 2003, by Matt Mullenweg as a fork of b2/cafelog. As of February 2011, version 3.0 had been downloaded over 32,500,000 times, which is considerably more than Joomla!
WordPress is written in PHP, and uses object-oriented programming (OOP) techniques which is stored in a MySQL database, and is an open source blogging tool, which can also be used as a content management system. Continue reading
