Joomla Beat Podcast | Web Design, Development, Online Marketing, Social Media & Website Management

Sarah Watz, the new president of Open Source Matters joins me on the podcast this week to talk about herself and her new role as president of Open Source Matters.She resides in Sweden and is CEO of a company called Pixpro who specialises in Joomla and Infusionsoft CRM.Sarah talks about what her role will be as President and also shares some hints and tips for others that might want to volunteer in the Joomla Community.

This week we have a look into getting Joomla working on a Windows web server. The majority of Joomla websites usually are found on Unix/Linux based web servers running Apache, MySQL and PHP.In the past it was quite hard to get a Joomla website running properly on a Windows server, but these days it is actually getting easier and easier to setup and get running with all the configuration that you need for a Joomla website.Robert Jacobi from Arc Technologies joined me on the podcast. He now manages the installation package for Joomla on a Windows servers. This was originally worked upon by Sam Moffatt, who now works at LinkedIn.I also go through various tips to have a look at when setting up a Joomla site on Windows Server.

Just this week Joomla 3.3 BETA has been released and the community is getting behind it to test and get the it ready for final release.This episode I go over a few of the new features that have been added to the latest release and how they work.Very excited to see all the new security features that have been added into the latest release. The release is a little behind the initial planned schedule but has been planned for release on the 22nd of April.Security updatesRouter updateMicrodataJQuery improvementsStorage APIJLayout improvementsFront end editing

This week I finally get Nic Dionysopoulos the creator of AkeebaBackup to chat about his world famous backup component for Joomla. We sat down for a quick chat at the Joomla World Conference in Boston in 2013 to talk about how he discovered Joomla and how the need for the backup component came about.If you want to find out more about the JOSCAR winning component, visit AkeebaBackup.com for more information.

This week I look at the top new extensions in the Joomla! Extension directory for March 2014. There are some great highlights this month so make sure you check out the podcast episode and of course the new video of the top 10 new extensions for March. With currently over 7770 extensions out there, I'll be looking at a few highlighted and useful plugins, modules and extensions that you may have missed.  This month's 10 extensions include:Easy RadioVik AppointmentsJA Google ChartsJD KnowledgebaseTwentronix ShortcutsT-Download StoreUnite Responsive Tile GalleryBrilliant InstajoomJA Promo BarParallaxScroll

Dawn Russell joins me to tell us how she discovered Joomla back in 2010 and grew her knowledge and business around Joomla. She started learn a lot from other leading Joomla experts in the community and continued her learning working for another company that provided Joomla hosting and services.From there she grew her business and her networks to better service her clients and customers around the world.

Gary Brooks, CEO of CloudAccess joins me on the podcast to talk about the growth of CloudAccess.net, how he started it and how it has grown over the years. He took his company from a small hosting company based in his basement to a global web hosting company and helping the Joomla Community in return.He leaves few take away points that you can implement into your business to help it grow.

This week I promised an interview with Gary J Brooks in regards to his startup of CloudAccess.net but this week we see quite a debate spark up over the relicensing of the Joomla Framework from GPL to LGPL. I have to stress, thats the relicensing of the Joomla Framework and not of the Joomla CMS itself.This is where some of the original confusion came from. There were also some assumptions that the license version was something different which would mean the GPLv2 license of the Joomla CMS would have to change and this we don't want to happen.I spent a Sunday afternoon with Andrew Eddie, one of the Joomla Framework developers, asking him about what were the implications of the license change, how it would affect my business and many others around the world. Andrew explains all from the point of view for changing the license to LGPL, and I welcome someone else to join me on the podcast to speak for the other side of the argument to keep the Joomla Framework as GPL.

Robert Deutz joins me on the podcast to talk about his journey into discovering Joomla! and the community behind it.He then goes into more detail about the upcoming J and Beyond conference and also shares a few tips in regards to organising a conference so if you're thinking about organising a JoomlaDay conference yourself the this episode is for you.The J and Beyond team are now also looking at speak applications for the conference and also sponsorship for it too.If you're interested in finding out more about the conference and what is happening, make sure you check out the J and Beyond website.

This is a special Google Hangout edition of the podcast with my special panel of guests on the show talking about the open source business model and the pros and cons of various open source platforms including WordPress, Drupal and of course Joomla.We talk about how to sell yourself, get into the professional services business in regards to Joomla and much more.It turned into a little bit more of a controversial episode that I thought it would be but it was a fantastic debate and conversation between us all. At the end is also an open question and answer session as well.

Interview with Matt Baylor and Tessa Merro this week talking about their work in the Joomla! Extension Directory (JED) and how they got into the Joomla! Community.I also have a look at the Extension Directory eco system and how developers make money from selling extensions on the JED. Joomla! allows many opportunities to make money and start a business and one of the most popular ways is to sell extensions.News round up from around the world including J and Beyond 2014.

Jessica Dunbar, the new lead on the Joomla Marketing team joins me on the podcast to talk about the new marketing team roles and what her role is going to be in the group. She also talks about some of the marketing goals that the team have in 2014.In this episode I also go through a couple of very important news updates in regards to Joomla! so make sure you stick around to the end of the episode where I mention these.

This episode we're having an extension round up for the episode. Going through a bunch of great extensions that have been newly listed on the Joomla! Extension Directory. With currently over 7563 extensions out there, I'll be looking at a few highlighted and useful plugins, modules and extensions that you may have missed.  I'll be looking at 10 different extensions including:NS FontAwesomeCoalaWeb ContactJB Article SEO ChecklistResponsive SlideshareExit Popup and Article Popup on LoadReadmore.jsUnite ShowbizPerformance Booster for K2Joomla! Captcha - NoCaptcha! by eKerner.com

Michael Babker, one of the Joomla Production Leadership Team members joins me on the podcast this episode to talk a little about how he got involved with Joomla and furthermore got involved in the Joomla PTL.Michael didn't have much development knowledge but slowly got into Joomla by submitting bugs that he would come across. Other Joomla members started encouraging Michael to create simple patches to fix some of the really easy issues in Joomla and from there the rest was history.

This week I look at cross pollinating between open source projects and interview Matt Mullenweg, the founder of WordPress. We chat about his experience at attending the Joomla World Conference and chat about some similarities and differences between the two projects.We also see the release of the Joomla Framework to the community, another PHP framework built for developers that are familiar with Joomla to build web applications, RESTful services and command line applications all using Joomla code but no CMS on top.

This week I have a look at writing a book about Joomla! extension development with Tim Plummer who recently has released a new book called "Learning Joomla! 3 Extension Development".

This week on the podcast I have a lovely chat with Paul Orwig, the president of Open Source Matters and he joined me on the show from the Joomla! World Conference to chat about is journey into the Joomla! world and his role as the President.Paul also shares a little insight into the future of Joomla and where it is heading and what we should be looking out for in 2014 in regards to new developments.It is all very exciting! All this along with news and updates from around the world.

This week I have a round up of the Joomla World Conference and some highlights from the event.Some key take away points from it as well.Last but not least, I also have an interview with Andrew Eddie who talks about the idea of distributions for Joomla and the way Joomla 4 might look in the future.

This episode I chat with Adrien Baborier from AcyBa, creators of the AcyMailing extension for Joomla.It is one of the best mailing extensions for Joomla with lots of great features to make your email campaigns just that little bit easier.Adrien talks about how he got into Joomla and a few great features in AcyMailing as well as some fantastic tips when it comes to email marketing.I also have a few news updates this episode in regards to the Joomla industry, updates to the Joomla documentation website and the Joomla World Conference.

The Joomla World Conference is just around the corner and I managed to get my Joomla Ignite presentation video submission in before the cut off. Just before...! Duke Speer sent me my first Speak Pipe voice message and comes on the podcast to explain the Ignite format in more detail.He also reveals that it will be broadcasted live across the internet and that there is a prize for the winner.Nicholas from HikaShop also joins me on the show for and interview from JoomlaDay Sydney to talk about HikaShop itself and how he got into Joomla.