NYCPHP Meetup

[Chris French]

I personally feel a lot of what common users thing are features they can't
live without from wordpress we could add to joomla with a new more user
friendly admin template.
On Aug 7, 2011 9:59 AM, "Laura Gordon" <rytech123 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have to agree on Scott with this one...if you see bugs, or room for
> improvement, contact the joomla.org team and make a difference.
>
> Visit, http://www.joomla.org/about-joomla/contribute-to-joomla.html and
see
> what you can do to make it better.
>
>
> -- Laura
>
> On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Donna Marie Vincent <
> donnamarievincent at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> It makes no sense that Joomla is now extremely buggy when we had a stable
>> 1.5. The core team used to be all volunteers. Now they are being paid and
>> Joomla has not gotten much better and in some ways worse. I think it's
time
>> for another fork. There were many good 3rd party admin tools that could
>> have been incorporated and they weren't.
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Scott Wolpow <scott at wolpow.com>
>> *To:* joomla at lists.nyphp.org
>> *Sent:* Sunday, August 7, 2011 9:38 AM
>> *Subject:* [joomla] WP V Joomla
>>
>> One reason for WP rise is with people with zero budget.
>> It is very easy to use, but also very limited in scope and abilities.
>> Joomla is beginning to become a frustration.
>> But if you have complaints, then go and fix them.
>> Scott Wolpow
>>
>>
>> On 8/6/2011 10:30 PM, Stephen Britton wrote:
>>
>> Hi Gang,
>>
>> Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend.
>>
>> I want to remind everyone that at 6:30 PM on Thursday, August 11th, the
>> monthly Joomla NYC User Group meeting will take place at our new meeting
>> room at Lincoln Center, 146 West 65th Street. (For detailed directions,
>> visit www.joomlanyc.org )
>>
>> Scott Wolpow will discuss wire frames and the best methods to layout
>> websites before you start building. I will present two Joomla templates -
>> Construct and LessJoomla - that work with every screen from smart phones
to
>> jumbo television LCDs.
>>
>> I also have copies of Stephen Burge's new book, Joomla <explained> and
>> Barry North's Joomla 1.6: A User's Guide.
>>
>> We also need to remind everyone that Joomla Day Weekend is coming up soon
>> - October 22 and 23. To take advantage of the $15 per ticket discount,
you
>> must register before Sept. 1. So if you haven't registered yet, think
about
>> doing it soon. For information and registration, visit
>> www.joomladaynyc.com
>>
>> And if you have registered, you should visit the website because there is
>> recently updated information about the tracks and speakers.
>>
>> On other Joomla matters, I recently stumbled across an article, "How
>> WordPress Beat Joomla" on Weblog Tools Collection, a website devoted to
>> WordPress. The author, an Australian website designer, doesn't trash
Joomla,
>> but he mentions how WordPress was able to make quick changes that helped
>> boost its popularity.
>>
>> I don't completely agree with him, especially the part where bases CMS
>> popularity on Google searches, but he brings up some interesting points.
>>
>>
http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2011/08/05/how-wordpress-beat-joomla/
>>
>>
>> Hope to see everyone on Thursday.
>>
>> All best,
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> --
>> Stephen Britton
>> Technology Consultant
>> sbritton at gmail.com
>> ph: 914-661-0040
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
>
>
> --
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>
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>
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>
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