Hi Stephen
I have a new Joomla website and tried to go to the July meeting but could not find it!!! What building is it in? I felt really lame. Also, do you have a date for September? I cannot make it tomorrow. Thanks so much. Looking forward to meeting everyone. Laura From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Britton Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 3:04 PM To: NYPHP SIG: Joomla Subject: [joomla] August NYC JUG meeting reminder and BONUS Joomla e-commerce news Greetings! I want to remind everyone that the monthly Joomla NYC User Group meeting takes place tomorrow night at 6:30 PM at Lincoln Center at 146 West 65th St. (For more detailed instructions, http://www.joomlanyc.org ) This month Scott Wolpow and I will be presenting. Scott will discuss wireframes and how to design your site before you start construction. I will show two Joomla templates that can be seen in a wide range of browsers, from iPhones to 55 inch LCD screens. I also have a bunch of Joomla books to give away: Stephen Burge's new Joomla! <explained>, and Barry North's Joomla 1.6: A Users Guide. And bring your appetite too as Scott is bringing pizza! BONUS Joomla News, featuring VirtueMart 2 Mark Twain once said "The report of my death is greatly exaggerated" and apparently the same can be said about VirtueMart, the popular shopping cart component for Joomla. Last year it had been rumored that VirtueMart would not be upgraded to work with Joomla versions released after 1.5. This turned out to the false as VirtueMart 2, release candidate 2, was released on July 6th and the final release is expected later this year. To be fair, a year ago it was easy to think that VirtueMart would die off. Security updates were rare and even rarer was news and support from the VirtueMart developers. Fortunately, the lack of communication helped spawn a sub-industry with numerous third-party companies providing tech support, all types of Virtue Mart add-ons, and special templates. Now the original VirtueMart developers have regrouped and are actively developing VirtueMart 1.1.9, which works with J1.5, and the upcoming VirtueMart 2, which will work with J1.6/1.7. Last month at Joomla Day Greece 2011, VirtueMart project member, Max Milbers, gave a presentation on the future of VirtueMart. http://virtuemart.net/blog/136/406-presentation-on-joomladay-greece-2011 (Note that there is a 45 minute video on his VirtueMart presentation linked to the site.) Among the features slated to be supported by VirtueMart 2 are jQuery, Akeebabackup, and a redesigned table layout. If you are curious and have some spare time, you can download the release candidate for J1.6/1.7 http://virtuemart.net/news/list-all-news/405-virtuemart-2-rc-2-ready-for-dow nload I don't want this to sound like a plug for VirtueMart. I need to mention the excellent Tienda shopping cart from our friends at Discouri Design. Owner, Rafael is a board member of Joomla NYC and has recently created a way to use Tienda with the Zoo front-end component. http://bit.ly/ahWJdX Another shopping cart worth considering is redSHOP by redCOMPONENT. http://bit.ly/a2FWB1 redSHOP began life as a fork of VirtueMart and has since taken on a life of its own. Right now, it only works in Joomla 1.5. I tested it last year and it appeared to be stable, but never got around to putting it to use. I also want to add that the redCOMPONENT folks donated several thousand dollars worth of plugins and component subscriptions that we gave away at JoomlaDay 2010. Speaking of JoomlaDay, if you have not registered for JoomlaDay NYC 2011, you should do it now because time is running out. There is a $15 discount per ticket if you sign up before Sept. 1. For more information and to sign up, visit http://www.joomladaynyc.org Hope to see everyone tomorrow night. - - - Steve -- Stephen Britton Technology Consultant [email protected] ph: 914-661-0040 "If you want to greatly increase your chance of success, double your rate of failure." - Tom Watson, founder of IBM.
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