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We need to capture some of the concepts happening here, and also any examples you find in "the world" that would be useful for promoting Joomla!.
I'm envisioning this topic to be a (very bad) database of ideas that we could hopefully transfer to better forms later.
This material could be used in many ways, for example, to develop a "What is Joomla!" brochure, or for individuals to select detail they find most useful for a presentation they are giving at work to convince decision makers that Joomla! is a solid choice. Many times, people ask "Who is using Joomla!" and having a list of cool sites is useful.
So, random cool Joomla! stuff. Toss it in the comments as you find it. Add a bit of a description, perhaps a contact (if that makes sense). Don't worry about format or wording - just collect and share cool stuff.
Thanks!
I'm envisioning this topic to be a (very bad) database of ideas that we could hopefully transfer to better forms later.
This material could be used in many ways, for example, to develop a "What is Joomla!" brochure, or for individuals to select detail they find most useful for a presentation they are giving at work to convince decision makers that Joomla! is a solid choice. Many times, people ask "Who is using Joomla!" and having a list of cool sites is useful.
So, random cool Joomla! stuff. Toss it in the comments as you find it. Add a bit of a description, perhaps a contact (if that makes sense). Don't worry about format or wording - just collect and share cool stuff.
Thanks!
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Permalink Reply by Amy Stephen on
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Faisal Qureshi has been involved in Healthcare IT for about 10 years. He started with Mambo back in 2003.
Faisal credited the variety of options made available by the Joomla! third party developer community as a primary reason he continue using Joomla!:
Joomla offers the largest breadth of extensions to meet the diverse needs like health content management, forms management, patient communities, messaging, even e-carts for those wanting to get into health supplements.
Source: Joomla! Developer and Site Builder Network Introductions response
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Rene Kreijveld shared an impressive Site Profile about a project recently completed with Paul Delbar.
Brief description: multilingual website Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) developed in only four weeks that offers all kind of information for migrants who want to voluntarily return to their country of origin. Developed for the International Organisation for Migration, part of the European Union.
Source: Joomla! Developer and Site Builder Network Site Profile
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Chris Szabo provided an excellent recap of Joomla! Day Germany 2009.
Source: Joomla! Developer and Site Builder Network Post entitled Joomla! Day Germany 2009 – A sign of great things to come
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Rob McBryde owns a professional Web site development company named IVM Web Solutions where he uses Joomla!.
Joomla's strength? It allows someone who's not a designer nor a true developer (in the programming sense) to create beautiful and extremely powerful websites. Between the huge selection in the JED and amazing template designs available from Shape5, Rocket Theme, etc., I can do all the development myself and deliver a better product than I ever had before.
Source: Joomla! Developer and Site Builder Network Introductions response
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I agree that this is not an appropriate "final format." I don't want to lose some of the good stuff I see people sharing. So, right now, I simply encourage people to focus on substance and collect "sound-bites" that could be used in a number of ways for promoting Joomla!.
A Wiki would be better because it's easier to update (I'd use it if we had one!). If people want to make corrections, for now, we could respond to the comment and redo it. Eventually, I would like to see this information in a database so that it can be queried by anyone who is trying to build material to promote Joomla!. (But, we aren't there yet.)
We've talked about what we are doing here - and how we need to build our voice as professional developers and site builders. I've suggested that voice comes from working together, sharing knowledge, and contributing to the project in useful ways. Certainly, building a collection of resources is a good example.
We would not have to petition the project to offer our help. There is a need for others to help contribute so our assistance will be warmly welcome. As with all areas of the project, one cannot expect to assert their specific demand, but certainly if someone takes great information and proposes change to something specifically at Joomla! org (and others throw in their ideas, as well), those changes will be considered.
But, yes, I think it's a good goal to collect this information, try to get it into a useful format for broad use, and then begin using it in specific ways. Other than that page, there are print quality brochures, getting started guides, posters, intro to J! presentations, the list is virtually endless. -
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Permalink Reply by Rastin Mehr on -
Please don't just focus on the CMS aspect of Joomla. One of the greatest aspects of Joomla is that it is actually a superb MVC web application development framework (especially combined with Nooku Framework), one of the first in the open source world that closes the gap between the software development world and web development world, and that aspect of it has been greatly under-recognized.
I'd even say that CMF or Content Management Framework is a more accurate term. CMS on Joomla is only one of the extensions, and it is quite possible to install other types of CMS on Joomla. K2 has been a good example.
Joomla also has one of the finest Template engines available which is much more organized that what drupal and worldpress do.
I also love the menu manager that provides multiple entry points to the view and layouts in a component and unfortunately many 3pd still don't know how to utilize those features. -
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Rastin - you can add material here yourself and help direct what we focus on. I know this because you commented on my contributions with a comment. Commenting is the process of adding material. hehe!
Get busy! Add some good stuff. Get the stuff you think is best and add it! Rock on, Geeky Dude! -
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There is not any restriction on being a JBS member, if you can help out you can help out, otherwise thanks for what you've provided and the door is always open.
We're not here to make a whole heap of money, we're here to make a great CMS that everyone can contribute too.
Sam Moffatt, Joomla! Geek, Developer, Leadership Team Member, and all around good guy
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I believe Rastin is suggesting we emphasize the framework rather than the less geeky side. Both are good directions. To me, this gets at the need to collect a lot of different little soundbites so that Rastin can make his point with developers about the strength of the framework for developers. And, you can make your point with business managers about using the technology to reach their market.
Right now, I'm not trying to make any specific point. I am just trying to identify interesting points, collect them here, so that we can build our database for these diverse needs.
As people find good material, just post it here. -
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Permalink Reply by Rastin Mehr on
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The reason I suggested the framework aspect of Joomla and other supporting technologies ( Nooku, Anahita, etc. ) is becuase the presence of an actual framework is completely absent from other CMS pacakges in the market such as Drupal or Wordpress. They have APIs but not frameworks. Joomla is indeed much more than a CMS and it is time to give it the recognition that it deserves.
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Here's an idea. Put together a blog post on these items. Share with everyone what you think are important points. Then, we might have material for marketing soundbites. I am pulling from anything people contribute and would certainly look at your posts, too. Appreciate it!
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The Joomla! Bug Squad was created to *lower* the barrier for making a contribution. For many people, this is their first chance to use version control or create a patch that might actually get used. The Bug Squad is a place to learn, grow, and share.
Joseph LeBlanc, Joomla! Bug Squad Member and author of Learning Joomla! 1.5 Extension Development
Source: Bug Squad discussion on keeping the barriers low for participation -
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