Fwd: Re: : Abstract submission - follow up on late submission : Grant, Sean

Tentatively positive response to abstract submitted to conduct a
Joomla workshop at the WWW Applications 2007 conference in South
Africa

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sean Grant <sgrant@pan.uzulu.ac.za>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:22:45 +0200
Subject: Re: : Abstract submission - follow up on late submission : Grant, Sean
To: "vanbrakelp@cput.ac.za" <vanbrakelp@cput.ac.za>

Dear Prof. VAN BRAKEL

Thank you for considering my four late submissions ( 2x paper, 2 x
workshop), as per our telecon today.

Please advise whether you require anything further from me.

Regards, Sean

Chris Hensley rf : 082-966-0789

On 07/04/07, vanbrakelp@cput.ac.za <vanbrakelp@cput.ac.za> wrote:
>
> Dear Mr SG Grant
>
> Your abstract for a Workshop presentation for the 9th Annual Conference on
> World Wide Web Applications has been uploaded to the conference database as
> follows:
>
> ABSTRACT: JOOMLA CMS TRAINING WORKSHOP
>
> Mr SG Grant
> Communication Science
> University of Zululand
> KwaDlangezwa
> South Africa
> sgrant@pan.uzulu.ac.za
>
> Keywords:
> Joomla content management system, Departmental websites, Wysiwyg editors,
> Open source software, Web portals
>
> This workshop 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 workshop
> you will have your own Joomla! web site on your memory stick, and 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 workshop, time required 4 hours)
>
> The workshop will cover the following topics;
>
> * Introduction to Open Source Software
> * Overview of the Joomla CMS!
> * Quick tour of some Joomla! powered websites
> * 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: Select & install extensions (modules, components & mambots)
> * Q & A Session - come prepared to ask all your questions about Joomla
> Development and Management
>
>
> Participants: You may suggest a topic prior to the workshop that you would
> like me to cover in more detail during the workshop.
>
> What is Joomla! ?
>
> If you''ve read anything at all about Content Management Systems (CMS),
> you''ll probably know at least three things: CMS are the most exciting way
> to do business, CMS can be really, I mean really, complicated and lastly
> Portals are absolutely, outrageously, often unaffordably expensive.
>
> Joomla! is set to change all that ...
>
> Joomla! is different from the normal models for portal software. For a
> start, it''s not complicated. Joomla! has been developed for the masses.
> It''s licensed under the GNU/GPL license, easy to install and administer and
> reliable.
>
> Joomla! doesn''t even require the user or administrator of the system to
> know HTML to operate it once it''s up and running.
>
> Overview of www.Joomla.org.za, the Joomla! Southern African portal of
> information, resources and services
>
> Joomla! features:
>
> * Completely database driven site engines
> * News, products or services sections fully editable and manageable
> * Topics sections can be added to by contributing authors
> * Fully customisable layouts including left, center and right menu
> boxes
> * Browser upload of images to your own library for use anywhere in the
> site
> * Dynamic Forum/Poll/Voting booth for on-the-spot results
> * Runs on Linux, FreeBSD, MacOSX server, Solaris and AIX
>
>
>
> What is Joomla South Africa?
>
> The Joomla South African Community portal has been created by one of South
> Africa''s biggest Joomla fans (that would be me, Slingshot Sean). I have
> been using Joomla sites for a number of years now, and am actively engaged
> in teaching and training clients and students, hosting and developing their
> Joomla sites. I hope to promote the use of Joomla to South Africans, who
> are relatively ignorant of many open source solutions that can be employed
> with ease and managed with convenience.
>
> Joomla.org.za is geared to support and connect users, designers,
> developers, hosts and other interested folk, in a neutral meeting space,
> which keeps users abreast of Joomla developments and happenings from a South
> African perspective.
>
> Sincerely
>
> PROF PIETER VAN BRAKEL
>
> ----------------------------------------
> 9th Annual Conference on World Wide Web Applications
> Tel: +27 (0) 11 489 2189
> Fax: +27 (0) 11 489 2822
> E-mail: vanbrakelp@cput.ac.za
> URL:

www.uj.ac.za/infoman
> ----------------------------------------
>

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Regards

Sean Grant
Blog: www.seangrant.blogspot.com
Skype /G-Talk : slingshotsean
Tel: +27 (0)35-902-6482
Fax: +27 (0)35-772-4555 / Fax-to-email : +27 (0)866-345-901
Cell: +27 (0)82-5777-340

--
Regards

Sean Grant
Blog: www.seangrant.blogspot.com
Skype /G-Talk : slingshotsean
Tel: +27 (0)35-902-6482
Fax: +27 (0)35-772-4555 / Fax-to-email : +27 (0)866-345-901
Cell: +27 (0)82-5777-340