[Updated Invitation] Joomla!Day South Africa, Johannesburg @ Sat Jul 14 9am - 4pm ()

Details for the following event have changed:

Joomla!Day South Africa, Johannesburg

Sat Jul 14 9am - 4pm
(Harare)
Johannesburg, South Africa (map)
Calendar:

The Joomla! Southern African Portal are hosting a Joomla! Day South Africa event in Johannesburg What is Joomla! Day South Africa? A gathering of all Joomla! users in South Africa - end users, managers, administrators, developers and service providers to the Joomla! community. A day of networking, presentations, discussions and fun - all around the Joomla! content Management System. Registration is essential as seats are limited. Most Recent Event We held the first such event in Cape Town recently, at the Bandwidth Barn, which was highly successful and well attended. Cost We are only charging a R100 event registration fee, which is partly required to cover travel costs for presenters from Cape Town, Empangeni and Durban. Registration Register for Joomla! Day South Africa, Johannesburg here... Venue At this stage the venue is still to be confirmed. Please watch www.joomladay.co.za for more information. We are open to pay for the venue and refreshments for the day (am, lunch, pm), however the event itself is not-for-profit so if there is anyone who could sponsor a venue and/or the refreshments that would help to reduce costs. Sponsors would be allowed to present a slot on the day, on condition that the topic is related to Joomla! Event News Alerts If you would like to keep in touch, please make a point to Register on the Joomla! Day website. Please also subscribe to the event newsletter to stay informed about the event. Enquiries Tel: +27(0)35-772-2712 /4555 Mobile: +27(0)82-5777-340 Fax: +27(0)35-772-4555 Information: Please let us know if you would like to partner with us in your city to host and arrange an event. Organisors of the Joomla! Day South Africa - Johannesburg event are: Sling Shot P&P Communications Raramuri Design
More event details »

Will you attend?

Yes | No | Maybe

 

You are receiving this courtesy email at the account slingshotsean.joomlajournal@blogger.com because you are an attendee of this event.

To stop receiving future notifications for this event, decline this event. Alternatively you can sign up for a Google Calendar account at http://www.google.com/calendar/ and control your notification settings for your entire calendar.

[Invitation] Joomla!Day South Africa, Johannesburg @ Sat Jul 14 9am - 4pm ()

slingshotsean.joomlajournal@blogger.com, you are invited to

Joomla!Day South Africa, Johannesburg

Sat Jul 14 9am - 4pm
(Harare)
Johannesburg, South Africa (map)
Calendar:

The Joomla! Southern African Portal are hosting a Joomla! Day South Africa event in Johannesburg What is Joomla! Day South Africa? A gathering of all Joomla! users in South Africa - end users, managers, administrators, developers and service providers to the Joomla! community. A day of networking, presentations, discussions and fun - all around the Joomla! content Management System. Registration is essential as seats are limited. Most Recent Event We held the first such event in Cape Town recently, at the Bandwidth Barn, which was highly successful and well attended. Cost We are only charging a R100 event registration fee, which is partly required to cover travel costs for presenters from Cape Town, Empangeni and Durban. Registration Register for Joomla! Day South Africa, Johannesburg here... Venue At this stage the venue is still to be confirmed. Please watch www.joomladay.co.za for more information. We are open to pay for the venue and refreshments for the day (am, lunch, pm), however the event itself is not-for-profit so if there is anyone who could sponsor a venue and/or the refreshments that would help to reduce costs. Sponsors would be allowed to present a slot on the day, on condition that the topic is related to Joomla! Event News Alerts If you would like to keep in touch, please make a point to Register on the Joomla! Day website. Please also subscribe to the event newsletter to stay informed about the event. Enquiries Tel: +27(0)35-772-2712 /4555 Mobile: +27(0)82-5777-340 Fax: +27(0)35-772-4555 Information: Please let us know if you would like to partner with us in your city to host and arrange an event. Organisors of the Joomla! Day South Africa - Johannesburg event are: Sling Shot P&P Communications Raramuri Design
More event details »

Will you attend?

Yes | No | Maybe

 

You are receiving this courtesy email at the account slingshotsean.joomlajournal@blogger.com because you are an attendee of this event.

To stop receiving future notifications for this event, decline this event. Alternatively you can sign up for a Google Calendar account at http://www.google.com/calendar/ and control your notification settings for your entire calendar.

[Invitation] Joomla! Administrator Training - Johannesburg, South Africa @ Fri Jul 13 9am - 4pm ()

slingshotsean.joomlajournal@blogger.com, you are invited to

Joomla! Administrator Training - Johannesburg, South Africa

Fri Jul 13 9am - 4pm
(Harare)
Johannesburg, South Africa (map)
Calendar:

Learn the principles needed to administer your own Joomla! websites. By the end of the day you will have installed, managed & extended your own Joomla! website including extended features such as a newsletter, members directory, discussion forum, document downloads and more. (maximum 5 per class). The course will cover the following topics; * Setting up a stand alone server for offline Joomla development * How To: Populate transfer content from an existing website(s) * How To: Find and customize templates incl. an actual customisation * How To: Select & install extensions (modules, components & mambots) * How To: Backup & Recover your Joomla website * How To: Promote a newly developed website to your colleagues * Tips: Securing your Joomla website against malicious hackers * Tips: Communication Strategies to sustain site interaction amongst colleagues * Tips: Capitalising on custom joomla components * Q & A Session - come prepared to ask all your questions about Joomla Development and Management * An introduction to Google Applications. * Suggest a topic that you would like to know more about... * Plus Travel Expenses where necessary 10% discount if more than one person attending the course 20% discount for registered charities For more information send an e-mail to training@joomla.org.za Phone: (035) 7724-555 / (035) 7722-712 Fax: 0866157800 OR Click here to Sign up for a course here: http://joomla.org.za/component/option,com_contact/catid,33/Itemid,166/
More event details »

Will you attend?

Yes | No | Maybe

 

You are receiving this courtesy email at the account slingshotsean.joomlajournal@blogger.com because you are an attendee of this event.

To stop receiving future notifications for this event, decline this event. Alternatively you can sign up for a Google Calendar account at http://www.google.com/calendar/ and control your notification settings for your entire calendar.

[Invitation] Joomla Administrator Training - Cape Town, South Africa @ Fri Jul 6 9am - 4pm ()

slingshotsean.joomlajournal@blogger.com, you are invited to

Joomla Administrator Training - Cape Town, South Africa

Fri Jul 6 9am - 4pm
(Harare)
Cape Town, South Africa (map)
Calendar:

Learn the principles needed to administer your own Joomla! websites. By the end of the day you will have installed, managed & extended your own Joomla website including extended features such as a newsletter, members directory, discussion forum, document downloads and more. (maximum 5 per class). The course will cover the following topics; * Setting up a stand alone server for offline Joomla development * How To: Populate transfer content from an existing website(s) * How To: Find and customize templates incl. an actual customisation * How To: Select & install extensions (modules, components & mambots) * How To: Backup & Recover your Joomla website * How To: Promote a newly developed website to your colleagues * Tips: Securing your Joomla website against malicious hackers * Tips: Communication Strategies to sustain site interaction amongst colleagues * Tips: Capitalising on custom joomla components * Q & A Session - come prepared to ask all your questions about Joomla Development and Management * An introduction to Google Applications. * Suggest a topic that you would like to know more about... * Plus Travel Expenses where necessary 10% discount if more than one person attending the course 20% discount for registered charities For more information send an e-mail to training@joomla.org.za Phone: (035) 7724-555 / (035) 7722-712 Fax: 0866157800 OR Click here to Sign up for a course here: http://joomla.org.za/component/option,com_contact/catid,33/Itemid,166/
More event details »

Will you attend?

Yes | No | Maybe

 

You are receiving this courtesy email at the account slingshotsean.joomlajournal@blogger.com because you are an attendee of this event.

To stop receiving future notifications for this event, decline this event. Alternatively you can sign up for a Google Calendar account at http://www.google.com/calendar/ and control your notification settings for your entire calendar.

[Invitation] Joomla Training for End Users - Cape Town, South Africa @ Thu Jul 5 9am - 4pm ("slingshotsean.joomlasouthernafrica@blogger.com")

"slingshotsean.joomlasouthernafrica@blogger.com", you are invited to

Joomla Training for End Users - Cape Town, South Africa

Thu Jul 5 9am - 4pm
(Harare)
Cape Town, South Africa (map)
Calendar: "slingshotsean.joomlasouthernafrica@blogger.com"

This course is designed for anyone with basic computer skills who want to get a dynamic web site up and running fast. At the end of the day you will have your own Joomla! web site well in development, be able to add news, events, links, users, content pages, media and understand how to make the most of your Joomla! powered website. (minimum of 3, maximum 10 per class). The course will cover the following topics; * Introduction to Open Source Software and Joomla! * Intro to Joomla! site structure & control panel * How To: Edit content using various WYSIWYG editor * How To: Load media and insert it into content * How To: Add content & components to menus incl. copy, move & order * How To: Set parameters on menu items * How To: Layout your website incl. positioning modules, assign them to pages & templates * How To: Select & install extensions (modules, components & mambots) * Tips: Securing your Joomla website against malicious hackers * Tips: Search Engine Strategies to ensure a first page ranking * Q & A Session - come prepared to ask all your questions about Joomla Development and Management * Suggest a topic that you would like to know more about Cost: R1500.00 pp* * Plus Travel Expenses where necessary. 10% discount if more than one person attending the course 20% discount for registered charities For more information send an e-mail to training@joomla.org.za Phone: (035) 7724-555 / (035) 7722-712 Fax: 0866157800 Visit www.joomla.org.za for more about Joomla Training South Africa
More event details »

Will you attend?

Yes | No | Maybe

 

You are receiving this courtesy email at the account slingshotsean.joomlajournal@blogger.com because you are an attendee of this event.

To stop receiving future notifications for this event, decline this event. Alternatively you can sign up for a Google Calendar account at http://www.google.com/calendar/ and control your notification settings for your entire calendar.

[Invitation] Joomla! Developers Training Course - Cape Town, South Africa @ Sat Jul 7 9am - 4pm ("slingshotsean.joomlasouthernafrica@blogger.com")

"slingshotsean.joomlasouthernafrica@blogger.com", you are invited to

Joomla! Developers Training Course - Cape Town, South Africa

Sat Jul 7 9am - 4pm
(Harare)
Cape Town, South Africa (map)
Calendar: "slingshotsean.joomlasouthernafrica@blogger.com"

Learn the basic principles needed to create your own Joomla! websites. By the end of the day you will have installed, created & extended your own Joomla website including extended features such as a newsletter, members directory, discussion forum, document downloads and more. (maximum 5 per class). The course will cover the following topics; * Setting up a stand alone server for offline Joomla development * How To: Install Joomla onto a server incl. an actual installation * How To: Find and customize templates incl. an actual customisation * How To: Select & install extensions (modules, components & mambots) * How To: Backup & Recover your Joomla website * How To: Handover a newly developed website to the end user * Tips: Securing your Joomla website against malicious hackers * Tips: Search Engine Strategies to ensure a first page ranking * Tips: Capitalising on custom joomla components * Q & A Session - come prepared to ask all your questions about Joomla Development and Management * An introduction to Google Applications. Suggest a topic that you would like to know more about... Cost R3,500.00 pp * Plus Travel Expenses 10% discount if more than one person attending the course 20% discount for registered charities For more information send an e-mail to training@joomla.org.za Phone: (035) 7724-555 / (035) 7722-712 Fax: 0866157800 Visit www.joomla.org.za for more about Joomla Training South Africa
More event details »

Will you attend?

Yes | No | Maybe

 

You are receiving this courtesy email at the account slingshotsean.joomlajournal@blogger.com because you are an attendee of this event.

To stop receiving future notifications for this event, decline this event. Alternatively you can sign up for a Google Calendar account at http://www.google.com/calendar/ and control your notification settings for your entire calendar.

[Updated Invitation] Joomla Developers Training Course - Johannesburg, South A... @ Fri Jul 13 9am - 4pm (slingshotsean.joomlasouthernafrica@blogger.com)

Details for the following event have changed:

Joomla Developers Training Course - Johannesburg, South Africa

Fri Jul 13 9am - 4pm
(Harare)
Johannesburg, South Africa (map)
Calendar: slingshotsean.joomlasouthernafrica@blogger.com

Learn the basic principles needed to create your own Joomla! websites. By the end of the day you will have installed, created & extended your own Joomla website including extended features such as a newsletter, members directory, discussion forum, document downloads and more. (maximum 5 per class). The course will cover the following topics; * Setting up a stand alone server for offline Joomla development * How To: Install Joomla onto a server incl. an actual installation * How To: Find and customize templates incl. an actual customisation * How To: Select & install extensions (modules, components & mambots) * How To: Backup & Recover your Joomla website * How To: Handover a newly developed website to the end user * Tips: Securing your Joomla website against malicious hackers * Tips: Search Engine Strategies to ensure a first page ranking * Tips: Capitalising on custom joomla components * Q & A Session - come prepared to ask all your questions about Joomla Development and Management * An introduction to Google Applications. Suggest a topic that you would like to know more about... Cost R3,500.00 pp * Plus Travel Expenses 10% discount if more than one person attending the course 20% discount for registered charities For more information send an e-mail to training@joomla.org.za This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Phone: (035) 7724-555 / (035) 7722-712 Fax: 0866157800 Visit www.joomla.org.za for more about Joomla Training South Africa
More event details »

Will you attend?

Yes | No | Maybe

 

You are receiving this courtesy email at the account slingshotsean.joomlasouthernafrica@blogger.com because you are an attendee of this event.

To stop receiving future notifications for this event, decline this event. Alternatively you can sign up for a Google Calendar account at http://www.google.com/calendar/ and control your notification settings for your entire calendar.

Lets Learn Joomla!

JOOMLA! TRAINING

Now that Joomla! is becoming the content management system of choice world wide, there is a growing need for training courses and trainers.  In South Africa, an initiative is taking shape,called Learn Joomla!  Due to an overwhelming interest in Joomla! training, a webdesign company with roots in education noticed that a lot of designers prefer to outsource or subcontract training. The same could be said for support, however without anyone to refer clients to, they are normally left with no alternative but to train and support Joomla! users themselves.

In response to this opportunity, members of the Joomla! Southern African Portal set out to develop an introductory course that would help people who are new to Joomla! and/or content management in general.  It soon became clear that the Joomla! Users Manual is not ideally suited for training purposes. A great find was the Joomla! Admin Manual from Compass Designs, which is much easier to work through with a group of learners, however in a one day course, something much more focused is actually required.

The solution to these and other challenges is an online learning system called Moodle, which provides the space within which a crash course in Joomla! can be delivered, either at a distance, with regular moderation, or in person, referring to the resources provided in the Joomla End Users Course (J101) classroom.  These include the awesome Visual and Animated Tutorials developed by Brad Baker, the Joomla! Manuals, links to the best template repositories and a number of locally grown tutorials, notes, audio tracks and so on - all of which is in constant review and ongoing development.  The course is aimed to empower the end user of Joomla!, who would typically do most of their content management on the front end of their Joomla! website, with a few minor forays into the Administration Backend, to manage users, pages and contacts.

A Joomla! 301 course aimed to empower Developers is currently in, well.. development.  This course is geared towards tooling and recognising the ability to develop a website using the Joomla! CMS, by borrowing an idea from Full Code Press, the course developers, Slingshot, are piloting a way to train and equip would be Joomla! Users and Developers.  It works something like this...

Non-profit organisations who are in need of a professional website are invited to apply for an opportunity to have their website developed by one of the students in the Learn Joomla! course.  Given the NGO's specifications, preferences and materials, the student is required to build a website in one day, within the course framework, under supervision of a skilled trainer, who may be standing in front of them (one day crash course) or may be available in the discussion forum (online moderation).  Working with the NGO and the Trainer, the learner is able to focus on a specific website during the course, solve real problems and hopefully produce a Joomla! powered website that can be published, used and managed by the NGO.

The Joomla!'nGO pilot is currently running it's first learner through the course, and should produce a website for the NGO, HopeSA, within the month of July.  Please Contact Us should you want to undergo some Joomla!'nGO training.

For those wondering, the Joomla! 201 course will follow after the developers course is stable. This would be an administrator focused course for those users who need to do some work with extensions, such as running an electronic newsletter on their site, managing various menu systems and handling collaborative updates on larger sites. This is a bit of a gray area between users and developers, so the course developers are starting on the ends and working their way into the middle, like eating a hot dog, or a melting ice-cream.

Training options and details can be found at Joomla! Training.  Course formats are flexible and they can easily tailor make a training session for you, your staff and /or your clients which can be based on a couple of hours, the whole day or even a number of days if necessary.  The Joomla! trainers are highly mobile and are happy to arrange trips to various parts of South Africa as the need arises.  They usually advertise the proposed training ahead of time to enlist others, which helps to make the most of every trip.  Training events are often linked to the Joomla!Day events which are fast becoming a must-do in the Joomla! circles.

Their next scheduled training dates are as follows:

• 23 June 2007 Durban
• 30 June 2007 Johannesburg
• 7 July 2007 Cape Town
• 11-13/16-17 July 2007 Johannesburg

Contact Joomla.org.za who will be able to refer you to a suitably skilled and available Joomla! trainer if you are interested in doing a course, tailoring a training session or participating in the Joomla'nGo programme.  Check our Learn Joomla ! for a course outline, notes and other training resources (first time visitors should create an account or login as a guest)

Let's Learn Joomla!

--
--
Regards

Sean Grant
Blog: www.seangrant.blogspot.com
Web : www.sling-shot.co.za | www.joomladay.co.za
Portals : www.joomla.org.za | www.moodler.co.za

Skype /G-Talk : slingshotsean
Tel:   +27 (0)35-902-6482
Fax:  +27 (0)866-345-901
Cell:   +27 (0)82-5777-340

First Joomla!Day South Africa event a roaring success

The Joomla! Day South Africa Organizing Team would like to thank everyone who participation, especially the generous sponsorship received from MyGate and Vanilla.

Without you and your generous contributions, the Joomla!Day South Africa would not have been the same, or possible!  The organisers want to say a genuine, big heart-felt "Thank You!".  They thank you for not only the financial support, but also for the mental support and for fueling the vision.  

The success of the first Joomla!Day in South Africa - and in all likelihood Africa - is attributed to the fantastic team who were firmly on board, with a common Joomlarious passion, special people who helped to make things happen!  Like catalysts, who fuel the project and help to materialize the vision.

People traveled from all over the country, Christine Taylor (TM4Y) from Johannesburg, Ryan Demmer (JCE Editor) from Pietermaritzburg, Brendon Hatcher (Brilliant Web) from Durban and Sean & Mel Grant (Slingshot) from Empangeni,  Gideon Seal (Gamtoos Group) from Humansdor.

Others from Cape Town like Matthew Philogene (Raramuri Design) and Chris and Andrew (Joomla Junkie) were quick to enlist for the inaugural South African Joomla!Day.

The event was held in a shared conference room of the Bandwidth Barn, which is part of the Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative, a development project which houses over 100 emerging technology service providers. With wireless internet, first class furnishings and a room full of Joomla enthusiasts, we were set for a full day of Joomla!

Despite an electricity failure for about two hours, we managed to showcase a variety of Joomla! topics, including templating, security, a local payment gateway solution that is being customised for Joomla!, the ever popular JCE Editor extension, presented by the author himself, the Learn Joomla! initiative and Joomla Multimedia Tutorials developed in South Africa.  WOW - South Africa doing it for Joomla!

Pre- and post-event Joomla training courses were conducted by Slingshot, who introduced Joomla to another five Joomla enthusiasts, who are now all students in a moderated Joomla end users course that others are free to join if they want to Learn Joomla!

Plans are already in motion for the second Joomla! Day South Africa, to be held in Johannesburg on 14 July 2007.  Interested people should keep their eyes peeled on www.joomladay.co.za

Participants are welcome to discuss the event here..

MUGSHOTS! 

 

  Well of course there were lots of these! Have a look. Early mornings are clearly not everyone's best time of day. Of course the ladies looked beautiful as usual but boy did some of the guys need some help! :) Have a look at the gallery here.

DOWNLOADS

Presentations from Joomla! Day South Africa, held in Cape Town have been loaded onto the site and everybody is free to make use of these resources as they are excellent tools which allow all Joomla! users to develop and grow skills.  Audio files from the sessions should also be available in time.

NEXT JOOMLA! DAY SOUTH AFRICA, JOHANNESBURG

Just when you thought it was over.... Yes, that's right - THE NEXT JOOMLA! DAY SOUTH AFRICA- this time in Johannesburg. Registration details will follow so stay alert.

However make sure you diarize the date in the meantime...14 July 2007

[Reminder] Cape Town Joomla! Day @ Sat Jun 16 8am - 5pm (slingshotsean.joomlasouthernafrica@blogger.com)

slingshotsean.joomlasouthernafrica@blogger.com, this is a reminder for

Cape Town Joomla! Day

Sat Jun 16 8am - 5pm
(Harare)
Cape Town, South Africa (map)
Calendar: slingshotsean.joomlasouthernafrica@blogger.com

It is time for all Cape Town Joomla users, designers, developers, administrators, trainers, webhosts and other related service providers to meet and talk Joomla! Sponsors: You are welcome to contribute in the following areas; Venue with Hot Spot for 100 participants Refreshments / Cash Catering AV equipment for recording/podcasting Presenters: You are welcome to suggest a topic that you would like to share on the day More details to be announced via CLUG, SAJUG and www.JOOMLA.ORG.ZA in due course. Contact Sean|at|JOOMLA|dot|org|dot|za or +27(0)82-5777-340 for more information.
More event details »

 

You are receiving this courtesy email at the account slingshotsean.joomlasouthernafrica@blogger.com because you are an attendee of this event.

To stop receiving future notifications for this event, decline this event. Alternatively you can sign up for a Google Calendar account at http://www.google.com/calendar/ and control your notification settings for your entire calendar.

[Reminder] Joomla Training for End Users - Cape Town, South Africa @ Fri Jun 15 2pm - 5pm (slingshotsean.joomlasouthernafrica@blogger.com)

slingshotsean.joomlasouthernafrica@blogger.com, this is a reminder for

Joomla Training for End Users - Cape Town, South Africa

Fri Jun 15 2pm - 5pm
(Harare)
Bandwidth Barn, Cape Town, South Africa (map)
Calendar: slingshotsean.joomlasouthernafrica@blogger.com

This course is designed for anyone with basic computer skills who want to get a dynamic web site up and running fast. At the end of the day you will have your own Joomla! web site online, be able to add news, events, links, users, content pages, media and understand how to make the most of your Joomla! powered website. (minimum of 3, maximum 10 per class). The course will cover the following topics; * Introduction to Open Source Software and Joomla! * Intro to Joomla! site structure & control panel * How To: Edit content using various WYSIWYG editor * How To: Load media and insert it into content * How To: Add content & components to menus incl. copy, move & order * How To: Set parameters on menu items * How To: Layout your website incl. positioning modules, assign them to pages & templates * How To: Select & install extensions (modules, components & mambots) * Tips: Securing your Joomla website against malicious hackers * Tips: Search Engine Strategies to ensure a first page ranking * Q & A Session - come prepared to ask all your questions about Joomla Development and Management * Suggest a topic that you would like to know more about Cost: R1500.00 pp* * Plus Travel Expenses where necessary. 10% discount if more than one person attending the course 20% discount for registered charities For more information send an e-mail to training@joomla.org.za This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it. Phone: (035) 7724-555 / (035) 7722-712 Fax: 0866157800 Visit www.joomla.org.za for more about Joomla Training South Africa
More event details »

 

You are receiving this courtesy email at the account slingshotsean.joomlasouthernafrica@blogger.com because you are an attendee of this event.

To stop receiving future notifications for this event, decline this event. Alternatively you can sign up for a Google Calendar account at http://www.google.com/calendar/ and control your notification settings for your entire calendar.

[Reminder] Search Engine Optimization Course - Cape Town, South Africa @ Fri Jun 15 9am - 4pm (slingshotsean.joomlasouthernafrica@blogger.com)

slingshotsean.joomlasouthernafrica@blogger.com, this is a reminder for

Search Engine Optimization Course - Cape Town, South Africa

Fri Jun 15 9am - 4pm
(Johannesburg)
Cape Town, South Africa (map)
Calendar: slingshotsean.joomlasouthernafrica@blogger.com

Full Day Course in Search Engine Optimization This course is relevant for website owners, designers, business owners and company marketers. Time: 9:00 to 16:00pm Included are : * refreshments on arrival and a midmorning tea/coffee break with snacks * lunch * mid-afternoon tea/coffee/juice break * Notes for the course COURSE CONTENT: Introduction: What are search engines? How does Google Work? Why is it so important to succeed online? Competitor Analysis Target Audience Analysis Techniques of raising your Page Rank & Popularity internal links external links quality content and copy writing submitting your sites to search engines blogs site maps meta tags meta descriptions keyword research email newsletters images and alt tags Misspellings Brief overview of content management systems How they can save you money and keep your site "alive" Cost: R1000 Email to book your group training workshop now. Call me should you want to find out more (035) 772 4555 International requests are welcome as travel costs are minimal if the group is a sufficient size. For more information about our other training courses see http://www.joomla.org.za
More event details »

 

You are receiving this courtesy email at the account slingshotsean.joomlasouthernafrica@blogger.com because you are an attendee of this event.

To stop receiving future notifications for this event, decline this event. Alternatively you can sign up for a Google Calendar account at http://www.google.com/calendar/ and control your notification settings for your entire calendar.

[Reminder] Joomla Training for End Users - Cape Town, South Africa @ Thu Jun 14 2pm - 5pm (slingshotsean.joomlasouthernafrica@blogger.com)

slingshotsean.joomlasouthernafrica@blogger.com, this is a reminder for

Joomla Training for End Users - Cape Town, South Africa

Thu Jun 14 2pm - 5pm
(Harare)
Bandwidth Barn, Cape Town, South Africa (map)
Calendar: slingshotsean.joomlasouthernafrica@blogger.com

This course is designed for anyone with basic computer skills who want to get a dynamic web site up and running fast. At the end of the day you will have your own Joomla! web site online, be able to add news, events, links, users, content pages, media and understand how to make the most of your Joomla! powered website. (minimum of 3, maximum 10 per class). The course will cover the following topics; * Introduction to Open Source Software and Joomla! * Intro to Joomla! site structure & control panel * How To: Edit content using various WYSIWYG editor * How To: Load media and insert it into content * How To: Add content & components to menus incl. copy, move & order * How To: Set parameters on menu items * How To: Layout your website incl. positioning modules, assign them to pages & templates * How To: Select & install extensions (modules, components & mambots) * Tips: Securing your Joomla website against malicious hackers * Tips: Search Engine Strategies to ensure a first page ranking * Q & A Session - come prepared to ask all your questions about Joomla Development and Management * Suggest a topic that you would like to know more about Cost: R1500.00 pp* * Plus Travel Expenses where necessary. 10% discount if more than one person attending the course 20% discount for registered charities For more information send an e-mail to training@joomla.org.za This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it. Phone: (035) 7724-555 / (035) 7722-712 Fax: 0866157800 Visit www.joomla.org.za for more about Joomla Training South Africa
More event details »

 

You are receiving this courtesy email at the account slingshotsean.joomlasouthernafrica@blogger.com because you are an attendee of this event.

To stop receiving future notifications for this event, decline this event. Alternatively you can sign up for a Google Calendar account at http://www.google.com/calendar/ and control your notification settings for your entire calendar.

Joomla! Day South Africa - The Final Countdown

 

 

 

With little less than a week to go, we are finalizing the Joomla! Day in Cape Town and the program is impressive. We are hoping to build relationships with many of the participants, swop ideas and plan our way into the future. Its exciting times and hints of potential. The Joomla! Day website is up an running and we will endevour to keep the general Joomla! community posted on further Open Days. Our plan is to have a Joomla! Day in all nine provinces once a year as we have secured the rights to Joomla! Days in South Africa. Its a big vision but we are going to do our best to grow the use of and interest in Joomla! nationwide. We have already been approached to partner with various Joomla! experts in Johannesburg and East London. If you are keen to partner with us to arrange a Joomla! Day in your province - contact us.

For those of you who have registered, don't forget to make your R100 deposit as your seat can only be confirmed on payment. Refreshments and lunch have been sponsored by My Gate, who will also be doing a presentation on the day. VANILLA have kindly made the venue available to us, without which we would not be able to host the day.

 

Have a look at our list of participants who have signed up for the day.
If your name is not on the list and you want to attend, please ensure that you email us at support@ joomla.org.za as soon as possible.

 

OUR OWN FORUM!
Finally, we have our own Southern African Joomla Forum the site - so come on and make some noise. The race is on to see who makes the first comment or starting a topic. We would love to see you online sometime and look forward to chatting to you.

JOOMLA! WORKSHOPS

 

We have had an excellent response to our Joomla! training courses, and lots of requests to keep the Joomla! community informed well in advance so that they can send their clients or staff on the courses - so here is the calendar for the next month. However, please realise that many of these are run on demand, so our calendar is fairly flexible.

14-15 June 2007
Joomla User's Course
Cape Town, South Africa

18th June 2007
Joomla Administratiors / Developers Course
Cape Tow, South Africa

22 June 2007
Joomla Administrators Course
Durban, South Africa

14 July 2007
Developer and User's Course
Bloemfontein

For more information on these courses:
Contact Person: Sean Grant
T: 035 - 772 4555
C: 082 5777 340
Email: sean@joomla.org.za

NOTICES
Is anyone going through George before coming to the Joomla! Day in Cape Town. Charl needs a lift there and back and is willing to pay towards petrol costs. If you can help him please email him ( charlvn@charlvn.za.net)

ANYTHING TO BRAG ABOUT?
If you have recently created a new site, adapted or modified a component or just want to show off, why not keep us informed and we can post it on the newsletter for all to see.

Change your subscription
Unsubscribe

Powered by Acajoom Mailing System