Joomla! SEF Kickstart for implementing search engine friendly URL’s on your Joomla site.

Start by researching the features of the available Joomla CMS extensions and map their features with the particular needs of your site.

Here are several components you should consider:

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I have watched my son’s fascination with Lego’s grow over the past year and I remember back when I was a kid and how much I loved them too (I confess I still enjoy helping my son). Back then we only had a few types of Lego’s but managed to build many things that let our imaginations wonder. Today they have much more refined building blocks and a much more sophisticated collection of worlds you can explore. They even have digital games and animated films etc. around this whole culture of building blocks. Essentially it has grown into a whole new dimension much like technology has evolved.

When I found Joomla CMS, 5+ years ago they were cutting a new pathway that started a global initiative unmatched in the current webosphere. A collaborative open source culture has emerged with Joomla! CMS now used on over 2.6% of all web sites on the internet. Joomla CMS has evolved as a platform and now has well over 7000 extensions  or what I refer to as “building blocks” for creating just about anything you can imagine for the web.  One of the great things I like about Joomla is that it is actually as fun as Lego’s not only for geeks like me that like to build cool stuff and integrate interactive webs of passing and associating data relationships but it is easy to understand and use for the non technical users as well.

I remember in the Joomla 1.0 days there were fewer components and goodies and they were not as refined but since Joomla 1.5 this has grown to be a powerful collection of tools on top of a stable and secure environment (When you keep up with your upgrades). With Joomla 1.6 this promises to only get better in so many ways. When Joomla CMS is compared to Drupal, Wordpress and other CMS systems you cannot match the depth of the community supporting Joomla! CMS nor the magnitude of building blocks and template designs available for this exciting technology platform.

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One of the first steps in any web development project is design. Since design is more than just the graphics or a functionality spec you must take a well rounded approach if you plan to be successful with your web project. It is also the information architecture and matching the end business goals with the right technology solutions.

It is often that the actual business goals and intended audience are not fully considered upfront with a cohesive strategy. This is usually because of two reasons; one, that the there is no research available and you are going off instinct or experience, or two, that it is simply just overlooked.

Every good strategy needs good tactics for execution if it is going to become successful

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7-Deadly-Press-Release Mistakes PDF

One of our Joomla Project Managers came across a wonderful PDF for avoiding the pitfalls when developing effective press releases. I wanted to share this and some of the experience I pass on when asked. This “7-Deadly-Press-Release Mistakes.pdf” covers some of the top techniques for crafting powerful press releases. While I am not a skilled press release writer myself I have found that almost anyone keeping this check list of techniques in mind and avoiding these pitfalls will fare well in getting their message out and if syndicated in the right places you will see an amazing effect.

Traffic Building for Joomla! CMS

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Check out the RAP on SEO and Code Advise

I found these videos on Youtube extremely entertaining and this guy’s message is right on the money. If you are engaging in SEF/SEO with your strategy for the web you will find this “RAP” interesting and fun. I do not think you have to be a geek to appreciate these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnSJBpB_OKQ&feature=related

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