MAJOR security update for Joomla 1.5 and up!

On 14 December 2015, the Joomla project announced a new security vulnerability affecting all current versions of Joomla 1.5 through 3.4.5. This vulnerability has been detected in the wild, has been fully documented publicly, and remains an active threat to the security and integrity of most Joomla websites.

Improved extension updates in Joomla! 3.4 (with video)

Joomla! 3.4 was released in February and it’s a solid update! One of the improvements in the new version is what people like to call “Extension beta testing“. In my extensions you might know this as the “Minimum stability” dropdown in the configuration. I’ve made a little video to show you what the new dropdown is all about, and why it is super smart to set it up.  

Nederlandse Joomla! Dagen en Handboek [NL]

Een drukke tijd voor Joomla! liefhebbers in Nederland want de Joomla! dagen komen eraan, er ligt een supermooi magazine over Joomla! in de winkels en eind april is er een bijeenkomst voor Nederlandse Joomla! programmeurs.

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End of Joomla! 2.5 & how to move to Joomla! 3

If you are using ccNewsletter, ccInvoices or cciDEAL on your Joomla! 1.5 or Joomla! 2.5 website, it’s a good time to start planning the move to Joomla! 3 for all websites that are still on older Joomla! versions. Official support for Joomla! 2.5 ends in 2014. Luckily we have a manual that explains how to move our extensions to Joomla! 3. 

We will support Joomla! 2.5 in our extensions for the foreseeable future, but because there will be no more (security) updates for Joomla! 2.5, you should start planning and preferably move to Joomla! 3 somewhere in 2015. We will clearly communicate when our extensions drop support for Joomla! 2.5. At the moment I think it will be somewhere in the second half of 2015.

Joomla 3.3 released

Joomla! 3.2 released and it’s AWESOME

The new version includes a lot of new features and improvements. The tagline “Something New for Everyone” really says it all. Check out the below videos of my favourite new features and learn more. 

The cool thing about Joomla! 3.2 is that you will not realise how many improvements and changes have been made until you start using it. But the below videos will give you a good overview of the most important features and improvements. 

The Virtuemart cookbook: very decent book about Virtuemart 2.x

This week I got the chance to have a look at a new book about Virtuemart 2, called “Building E-commerce Sites with VirtueMart Cookbook“. I was not expecting much, but was pleasantly surprised! The book actually explains everything in a way that is easy to understand even for less experienced users. 

I liked the fact that the book is not limited to just a boring overview of Virtuemart with the technical facts, but included explanations about SEO (search engine optimization), analytics (with Piwik) and template frameworks (Gantry and Warp). It even has a chapter about Virtuemart alternatives like HikaShop. 

Amsterdam: Joomla! shopping carts and e-commerce presentation

On September the 3rd I will be in Amsterdam to tell you all about Joomla! e-commerce. Off course I will cover Joomla! shopping cart extensions like Virtuemart and HikaShop and payment systems like iDEAL and Paypal. But I will also explain more lightweight solutions for selling products, downloads and services online on a Joomla! website with lesser known e-commerce extensions like TicketMaster, RSForm Pro and JoomISP. Visit the Joomla! User Group in the center of Amsterdam to learn more. Read more about the location and time here.

Next week: Joomla! shopping carts presentation at JUG Rotterdam

Next week, on the 18th of June you can meet me in Rotterdam where I will be presenting about Joomla! shopping carts and e-commerce. I will focus on the two top e-commerce extensions, HikaShop and Virtuemart. But I will also pay attention to the creative payment extensions, like RSForm Pro, that you can use with iDEAL, so you don’t have to install a complex Joomla! shopping cart at all. Feel free to drop by! Read more about the location and time here.

Sponsoring the Dutch Joomla!days 2013

It brings me great pleasure to announce that Chill Creations will be sponsoring the Dutch Joomla!days that are held at the end of the week! Besides financially supporting one of the most interesting web development events in the Netherlands, I will be giving two presentations and have a few other gifts from us to you!