That's a long list of how-to's. Personally, I wouldn't want the monthly JUG meetings turned into basic training sessions. Steve of Alledia, who is sponsoring the refreshments for our meetings, offers classroom training, and I have the tutorial site, not to mention the hundreds of other resources out there, including our own InstallFest in January.
________________________________ iTeachMe(TM) online learning system for Joomla!(R) web development See us on: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube ________________________________ From: Mark Simko <masi...@verizon.net> To: joomla@lists.nyphp.org Sent: Fri, December 11, 2009 10:36:35 AM Subject: Re: [joomla] basics demos On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 09:36 -0500, joomla-requ...@lists.nyphp.org wrote: > From: Gary Mort <garyam...@gmail.com> > One thing I learned at the Dreamweavers meeting, I had a whole presentation > prepared on Joomla and I didn't get past editing content and menu's. That > is an EXTREMELY powerful feature that I think many of us take for granted. > But new users don't really understand/realize the power. > > It is also /boring/ for those of us who are already familiar with Joomla. > So it can be boiled down into a 15 mintue presentation to be done at the > beginning of the meeting only when we know there are people new to Joomla > coming[ie we have that one question on the RSVP asking if their new to > Joomla and encouraging them to RSVP so we can arrange it] > There are some confusing things about Joomla that can be better relayed in a demo, such as: Sections and categories uncategorized content putting an article into a menu The difference between list and blog layout Finding the placements in a template How to use the editor properly for text formatting How to properly add a photo to an article Uploading media The images directory and that unfortunately named stories folder The keywords parameter and how it's used for joomla search Editing the html and css in the templates manager Getting SEF working (Some things on this list might also be good material for the installfest.) > Those who volunteer to do it can have a rotation. For them, it's a big > benefit because it means the presentor gets to talk directly at the meeting > to what are basically prospective clients. I don't know about that. I think we get more of a diy crowd at NYCJUG. I think there are more prospects at the LIJUG, since Bruce has packed that out with his clients. Nice work there! I've never before seen such client interest! > The presentor gets to send them > an email a few days before the meeting reminding them that there is a > presentation geared specifically to them, and at the same time gets to > basically promote their own services with a brief bio of themselves. I think this might be better done by NYCJUG itself. The presenter could provide info for the mailing, but having an email from some unknown might end up disregarded. Can we set up, easily, a mailing system? > > The downside of doing these presentations is that it somewhat dillutes the > presentors reputation as more advanced users kind of associate them with > "beginning Joomla"... so it is a trade off professionally, but it does help > the group expand appeal and attract new people. > I don't see that at all. Do you view presenters of basic subjects as less capable? That will chase away volunteers! > Now, this one idea does require a bit more in setup than the others - since > it requires some coding to setup the email communication functions and the > page to check on how many newbies are coming[which is also useful to others, > if you go and see that there are 5 new members coming, you know you can get > there 10-15 mintues later because there is a presentation you have no > interest in at the start of the meeting. :-)] > Or get there regular time and socialize. ;) Mark _______________________________________________ New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
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