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The new JoomlaPack site and blog

Written by Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
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July 2009 is the month of major changes in the JoomlaPack.net site. Not only we are working on the next release of JoomlaPack (2.3), but we also upgraded our site to help us better support you.

Here's a rundown of the changes in our sites and infrastructure:

  • We have a new forum, powered by Kunena. The old, phpBB-based forum will soon be put in read-only mode. The bulk of support will be performed in the new forum.
  • Our blog is now self-hosted on JoomlaPack.net and powered by the K2 CCK component by JoomlaWorks. The old blog on Blogger will stay there and serve as an archive of older posts.
  • The documentation index got a fancier, jQuery UI-powered theme. Links to on-line documentation "books" will now take you directly to a proper hierarchical table of contents, instead of the flat list which Joomla! served by deafult. The documentation pages were also improved with enhanced formatting to easier convey information.
  • There are a few minor "treats" here and there, like our new, geeky 404 page.

There were two major reasons for this upgrade. On one hand, we needed a consistent backup of everything we publish and work on. Since JoomlaPack runs only on Joomla!, we could automate our main site's backup, but the forum's backup was a manual process. It goes without saying that our old blog's backup was impossible; we just had to trust Blogger with that... On the other hand, we were concerned of spreading ourselves too thin, having to maintain content on an assortment of different platforms.

We hope that you'll enjoy these changes. If you have any suggestions, we are here to help! Just drop us a line in the forum or post a comment below. We'll be glad to hear your opinion!

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Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Nicholas has been a hobbyist programmer since the age of 11, having developed on an assortment of programming languages (including BASIC, x86 assembly, PHP, Javascript/jQuery and Delphi). He has been the lead developer and project leader of the JoomlaPack component since October 2006, with a brief pause between August 2007 and January 2008. He's responsible for the architecture and programming of the component, as well as the bulk of its documentation. Besides JoomlaPack, he's designing Joomla! and WordPress extensions for the cmsmoz.com, a startup CMS consulting site.

When not writing code, he enjoys playing the guitar and singing, meeting friends, watching good flicks and reading books. He also enjoys talking about himself in the third person.

Website: www.dionysopoulos.me E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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4 comments

  • Comment Link Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos Wednesday, 09 December 2009 14:55 posted by Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

    Why struggle? Go to the Download link on top of the page. In there, select the software you want to download, for example "JoomlaPack for Joomla! 1.5.x". Right under the ads, there are links to the individual files.

    If you do not see the links, turn off your ad blocker. It looks like some ad blockers make the links disappear. If all else fails, just visit our File Release System page on JoomlaCode.org.

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  • Comment Link PeterPeterPeterPeter Saturday, 05 December 2009 07:48 posted by PeterPeterPeterPeter

    how in the bloody hell do you download it?

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  • Comment Link Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos Sunday, 16 August 2009 14:09 posted by Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

    I don't think so... The URL to the documentation index hasn't changed, only its contents changed. All the menu links to it are working properly. However, you must have Javascript turned on to experience it on its full. Otherwise, the first link (the category name) doesn't work; it's supposed to toggle the scroller on/off. You can click on the link with the book icon, though, to navigate to the proper documentation page.

    If you are using Firefox and NoScript, please add JoomlaPack.net to its exception list. If you are using any other Javascript blocking program, you might want to follow its instructions to turn it off for JoomlaPack.net.

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  • Comment Link Arbait Friday, 14 August 2009 09:36 posted by Arbait

    The link to the new documentation index is kaput :(

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