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Joomla Design and Development |
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Web Design
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Written by Baratta Design
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Friday, 22 February 2008 |
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Baratta Design uses the content management system called Joomla and its related components, modules and plugins to develop your domain. Your project could include the following;
- Your pick of a template from Rocket Themes (Pro Member can legally license)
- High Tech template from Joomlart (You buy the template you like)
- Installation and set up of Joomla 1.0.15 (New Feb.22/2008) or Joomla 1.53 Stable
- Quick Start installations complete with demo content and custom modules
- Hosting of Joomla, Dedicated Servers located in Canada and the USA
- Complete set up of Joomla, the hosting and the DNS changes
- One on one personal teaching over Skype or land-line (Newbie's welcome)
- Training available in your Office (Limited area)
- *** Our hosting is set up with Joomla in mind, no problems figuring out how to make search engine friendly URL's work or finding the secret htaccess combo. No file permission issues on your end. We use PHP 5 and the server is monitored and managed. Complete service from hosting to installation and training.
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Graphics and Logos
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Written by Daryl Baratta
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Saturday, 03 March 2007 |
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Baratta Design makes basic logo type graphics which can be used for your website development project. Below are a few examples of logo style graphics. I call these basic "getting you started " logos, they do not include any PSD copies.
 The AnE Vibe logo is a sharp crisp classic black and red. You can have a logo like this made here for about $75.00 made and installed at your site. See AnE Vibe for an example of some custom CSS work also done by Baratta Design.
The " My Biker Space" logo
Many of the HIGH QUALITY templates that Baratta Design uses have a feature where the visitor to your site can control the colours and fonts. Sometimes I make several different colours of the same logo for each choice the visitor has while using your site. By using the PNG file file format and transparency there is no need to make different colours if the template suits this particular graphic file format. (PNG)
The 'Joomla Man' is an example of a larger graphic that could be used
in other locations at your site. The size can be changed to suit your
requirements.
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Blog
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Written by Daryl Baratta
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Saturday, 30 December 2006 |
Validation Errors - It's Broken
When I first install a new template it validates without any errors. I've check everyone before adding any extensions or componenets. As soon as I add a few extensions into the Joomla admin area it is not long before the site will no longer validate the XHTML or the CSS. You end up with a few errors.
So, now your site is broken and fails the validation test using the links built into your content management systems template. I recently noticed that my Web Developers tool bar extension for FireFox was trying to show me the errors. Far right hand side of the bar shows the Java errors and other problems. I have been aware of the broken validation problem for along time now but, was not aware that the tool bar extension would link me right to the problems. This is a big time saver.
By using the Fire Fox Web Developers extension you can see exactly what Joomla component is causing the errors in your template. I noticed when logged into my Joomla admin area there are no errors. The Web Developer tool bar extension for Fire Fox performs many useful tasks for a web design person. I will try and document the main problem issues that are causing most of the validation problems.
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How to turn Magic Quotes On |
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Web Design
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Written by Daryl Baratta
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Saturday, 04 November 2006 |
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Are you having trouble figuring out how to turn the magic_quotes_gpc on
in your Joomla installation? There is a simple method if you have
access to your htaccess file. You can add the following line into the
file -
php_value magic_quotes_gpc 1 - , the 1 means on and 0 means off.
You can most likely add this line anywhere in the .htaccess file. Some
say the end and some don't say so I just added it at the beginning or
under Rewrite rules. It should not matter but always check with your
hosting company first.
If you are not experienced with using or editing the htaccess file it would be best to find someone who is. I have used and edited many Joomla htaccess file. There are numerous features and security issues that depend on this file. Not just with Joomla but most database driven type sites. I am not aware of all the things a htaccess file can accomplish but, I do know a few important ones. The newest version of Joomla contains an advanced htaccess file that includes some security features to help against unwanted access to files on your server.
The most popular use of the htaccess file is for SEF URLs , short for search engine friendly universial resourse locator. I am of the opinion that sef urls are not all they are said to be. I have mentioned or questioned this in the past. My point is, if a popular high ranking Joomla site does not use them, why are they still number one in the search engines? My answer would be, your search engine ranking as nothing to do with search engine friendly urls. Like I also mention in this another article, there are hundreds of SEO experts that will have a different opinion and I can respect that!
This method is not going to work for everyone. You will have to know what your server administrator has set-up. Keep a copy of your htaccess file before you start making changes. If it doesn't work you simply put the old htaccess file back. Your site will go back to the same as before you started making changes. It is important to work on your htaccess file from a hosting panel that is not on the same IP address. If you are working on your htaccess file from your sites IP address your site may disappear on you. This can be very stressful if you didn't expect it or have never done this type of work before. If you site disappears you need to get your last copy of the htaccess file uploaded to over-ride the one that isn't working.
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