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5 More Places to Buy Joomla Templates

Barbara Holbrook — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:00:38 +0000

Last week we posted an article about where to find joomla templates. After being roundly smacked about by our readers for leaving out some of the larger (and popular) Joomla template design websites, we’ve decided to try and redeem ourselves with yet another article about finding quality Joomla Templates.

Like we said earlier, a well-made template is the foundation for a good website. If the template doesn’t include the right code for proper SEO, then it’s going to make life difficult later. This is as true for Joomla as it is for Wordpress, or Drupal. That is why we recommend sourcing out premium template companies that you can rely on. (...)
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Choosing a CMS

Spencer Spellman — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:00:46 +0000

If you went to your Twitter or Facebook page right now and typed in the question: What is the best CMS; odds are high that you’ll get 10 different answers.

Depending on what type of content management system you want, Wikipedia provides an extensive list. But, what is the best CMS?

To answer this, we’re going to look at three of the major ones (Joomla, Drupal and WordPress). (...)
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Ecommerce + Magento = Growth!

Jim Creech — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:00:23 +0000

If you’re like me, the task of developing an ecommerce site usually begins with a shot, Tylenol and a new keyboard. However, an open source architecture called Magento is making a few developers turn their heads. And, with 500,000+ downloads, there must be something to the buzz Varien is creating.

This store is everything and the kitchen sink. Its feature list and roadmap are comprehensive, It’s a great CMS, their forums are a good source of support, there is a ton of documentation and the Magento Connect utility makes it easy to do upgrades and install plugins. However, if you are really going to take it to the next level, you’d better understand a few things and realize the learning curve that goes along with its customization.(...)
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Top 10 Wordpress Plugins

Oli — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:15:21 +0000

Wordpress is a great content management system (CMS), I love it so much I chose to use it on tutorialblog. Out of the box it works great but you can add so much functionality to it via the use of plugins. Here we round up the most useful to you …

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