Two years ago (!) I wrote Joomla as a Hub.
The idea of “hub” has progressed in two years. Boy, has the online world changed. Now, it’s about integration. That’s because the idea now is to run a fully...
Working on my first iPhone customization for Joomla & Virtuemart.
If anyone is interested in this, check out:
http://www.mobilejoomla.com/
http://www.nearsoft.com/component/content/article/22-softwaredevelopment/229-mobilebot-joomla-goes-mobile-.html
A big reason why my new VirtuemartGuy.com subscription site is late is my decision to use ZenDesk.com.
ZD is a “SaaS” help desk. Another consultantm whom I did VM work for, recommended ZD to his client a year...
No one took a picture last night. The driving down highway 427 was surprisingly good, and we had a good crowd of 12.
I think we should adopt a speed dating segment, where we introduce ourselves to each meet-up-er individually....
Boy, did that take a l-o-n-g time to accomplish, but it’s done. My alternate storage backup server is online. The configuration is uber-customized, which is a Big Reason for the delay.
With everything else going on,...
Just looking at the GoDaddy ToS. For Shared Hosting, “Storage and Security” section:
You shall be solely responsible for undertaking measures to:
ii. maintain independent archival and backup copies of Your web...
These questions arrived in my in-box today.
1. A client buys the monthly plan. In the application, all pertinent information is sent to you and to a database or other system that will keep the information safe.
There...
Q: Why did I build a custom, limited edition, backup solution?
A: Because there are no suitable backup solutions out there for my clients’ Virtuemart websites.
Consumer oriented backups is a big market. Mozy, iDrive,...
I just finished adapting my Virtuemart Canadian Tax add-on for an American site. What was incredible was excising most of my core Canadian tax calculations for this site. That Quebec PST-on-GST just wasn’t a must-have...
My upgrade for my Canadian Tax add-on for Virtuemart 1.1.3 is now available in my downloads section at http://forum.CanadianVirtuemart.com.
The HST update portion is sponsored by www.PriTrade.com — Thank You!
Now available for your free download, my Canadian Retail Sales Tax add-on for Virtuemart 1.1.3 with two changes:
a bug fix in line 258 of basket.php;
a new optional message that displays in the cart whether or not a Canadian...
UPDATE: MY BETA VERSION IS DONE.
GOTO http://forum.canadianvirtuemart.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=11.
My very first “Alpha” release of my Canadian Retail Sales Tax add-on for Virtuemart 1.1.2 is here!
It’s...
My Shipping Bypass for VM 1.1.3 is out.
It’s the same ol’ thing that I did for my Shipping Bypass for VM 1.1.2.
Except that, well, now it’s migrated to VM 1.1.3.
Download it at http://southlasalle.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=73.
Demo...
My Shipping Bypass add-on is now incorporated into Virtuemart’s core, starting with VM 1.1.2.
Some nice-to-have features are still absent, and so I am releasing my add-on specifically for VM 1.1.2.
That confusing...
Two sponsors got the ball rolling with my Gift Wrap add-on migration to Virtuemart 1.1.3. Now I am sending it to them for user testing.
Virtuemart 1.1 moved the “template” files, which caused a bigger headache(s)...
I should mention — having received more enquiries — that I have put my Gift Wrap upgrade on hold.
Why?
Because something had to give (couldn’t resist!). So much going on. The CB-VM integration is a higher...
My Gift Wrap feature for Virtuemart 1.0.14 is released.
See it at my demo site at http://giftwrapforvm.com.
New! Administrator demo is now available on my Gift Wrap demo site.
I fixed and refined after a period of user testing.
Visit...
You’ll see that improvements in my Tax add-on are sponsored.
My sponsors do not necessarily pay my going rate; and/or, I just do a little more while I’m “in there” anyways.
This has happened for my...
Right now, my CB-VM integration is not a priority, so I am leaving it alone. My download remains available, but I will not update it; nor, will I provide free support.
-Bob
Yes, I am working on version one of my Community Builder 1.2 “stable” - Virtuemart 1.1.3 integration using Joomla 1.5.9.
The Virtuemart plugin for Community Builder is done!
It works with CB 1.2 “stable”...
Now that I’m using Sugar day-in-day-out, it’s starting to “click”.
These different “leads”, “opportunities”, “contacts”, and “accounts” are driving me...
You need customer management.
Customer management app is free.
Connect your site’s contact form with your customer management app.
Never let a lead slip through the cracks again.
Handle tons of leads. Delegate low probability...
Grabbing the latest trunk off the SVN repository.
I created an install package so you can see it for yourself: 2009nov11_virtuemart_15_mvc_by_bob_bloom.zip
The back end is as we are used to. This is not even released as...
Ok, let’s take a look at the Oct 08, 2009 VirtueMart 1.5 build.
Extract the build’s zip file first, then install the com_virtuemart_1.5_nightly.zip. Installation was smooth as silk! I’m using Joomla 1.5.15.
The...
Something happened on the way to bootstrapping my own Joomla 1.6 free open-source eCommerce extension: I discovered that Virtuemart is alive!
In response to the thundering silence that is Virtuemart communications, and seeing...
This week I did something completely new: I programmed a Joomla extension for my Virtuemart modification.
The database administration is completely in a Joomla component. The actual VM processing is still performed in the...
An email today: “do you know RocketTheme?”.
Yes, I do.
Virtuemart is my specialty, but not to the exclusion of the entire Joomla-verse; nor, to the exclusion of other open source apps.
In fact, I have a “Pro”...
RocketTheme.com’s July “Affinity” template looks really good. The RT offerings are improving each month.
Having a RT Joomla & phpBB “Pro” subscription, I can distribute these templates...
R.I.P. Joomla 1.0.x on July 22, 2009.
http://community.joomla.org/team-blogs/developer-team/509-an-old-friend-comes-of-age.html
But now it’s time to say our farewells to our old friend Joomla 1.0. As of July 22, 2009,...
I think Joomla 1.5 represents an improved “value proposition” over Joomla 1.0.
I anticipate that as I get deeper into Joomla 1.5, and as native Joomla 1.5 extensions are released, I’m going to discover that...
No doubt about it: I see Wordpress through Joomla coloured glasses.
Especially the themes. So Joomla calls ‘em templates and Wordpress calls ‘em themes.
I bought the “Mimbo Pro” theme from ProThemeDesign...
Blogging for dollars, absolutely!
Now that I have Wordpress in my toolkit, I have a revenue generating tool to offer my clients.
Wordpress + Feedburner.com = serious revenue geneating tool.
It started innocently enough. I...
Short and sweet conclusion #1: Magento looking very promising.
Short and sweet conclusion #2: Magento + WordPress = possible workable and potent combination.
Short and sweet conclusion #3: If #2 is right, then Magento + WordPress...
Virtuemart is the only full featured Joomla ecomm extension out there. Hard to believe that there are no others. Sure, there are other carts but none built for Joomla that has such a full array of features. I’ve been...
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