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John Cafferkey
Hi guys, thanks for the invite to write for the Joomla Community Magazine! I’m John, I have a small web design and search engine optimisation business in Cambridge, UK, but my background (and what I’d like to bring to JCM) is in marketing. Thanks to Paul for inviting me and looking forward to getting to know you all and adding some useful content.
My plan is to write articles that investigate how Joomla can be put at the heart of an organisation – whether as a marketing system, for customer relations, ecommerce, or any of the other multitude of industry specific modules and plugins available. My thinking is to take a more commercial point of view coupled with an overview of the technical aspects to help web designers deliver more integrated solutions to their customers.
Ultimately I’d like to get web designers thinking about delivering bigger, more complex projects that cement Joomla into their customers businesses. This could (in theory) help Joomla web designers differentiate themselves in the very crowded web design market and potentially win bigger more interesting deals.
How does this sound to everyone?
Cheers
John
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Hagen Graf
Ultimately I’d like to get web designers thinking about delivering bigger, more complex projects that cement Joomla into their customers businesses. This could (in theory) help Joomla web designers differentiate themselves in the very crowded web design market and potentially win bigger more interesting deals.How does this sound to everyone?
Hagen
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Paul Orwig
Mark, I know you have expressed interest in a business oriented JCM topic, so if this idea gets implemented, you and others may want to team up with John on it.
I like this idea and I would like to see us give it a try. How about if the scope is expanded beyond businesses to also include non-profit organizations, schools, and other non-commercial organizations from time to time?
Thanks again,
pual
Mark W Bender
> Hi guys, thanks for the invite to write for the Joomla Community Magazine!
> I'm John, I have a small web design and search engine optimisation business
> in Cambridge, UK, but my background (and what I'd like to bring to JCM) is
> in marketing. Thanks to Paul for inviting me and looking forward to getting
> to know you all and adding some useful content.
Welcome to the Team John!
> My plan is to write articles that investigate how Joomla can be put at the
> heart of an organisation - whether as a marketing system, for customer
> relations, ecommerce, or any of the other multitude of industry specific
> modules and plugins available. My thinking is to take a more commercial
> point of view coupled with an overview of the technical aspects to help web
> designers deliver more integrated solutions to their customers.
Are you thinking of things like "What's on the Road to Enterprise?"
> Ultimately I'd like to get web designers thinking about delivering bigger,
> more complex projects that cement Joomla into their customers businesses.
> This could (in theory) help Joomla web designers differentiate themselves in
> the very crowded web design market and potentially win bigger more
> interesting deals.
What types of tools help boost your Joomla! Business? for an possible
article!
>
> How does this sound to everyone?
I look forward to reading (perhaps editing) your articles!
Mark
Mark W Bender
> Thanks John for sharing your idea. There's another JCM email list thread
> about proposed content changes that started a few weeks ago, and I would
> like to also incorporate your idea in that discussion since it falls under
> that subject. I'll post a new message in that thread soon. But we can also
> talk more about your idea here.
>
> Mark, I know you have expressed interest in a business oriented JCM topic,
> so if this idea gets implemented, you and others may want to team up with
> John on it.
I guess the name for that section is "Business Matters" which IMHO
works great!
Having the opportunity to work with John and some of the other new
Team members on
the magazine is great! If anyone else has some business related
articles for that section,
feel free to contact me!
> I like this idea and I would like to see us give it a try. How about if the
> scope is expanded beyond businesses to also include non-profit
> organizations, schools, and other non-commercial organizations from time to
> time?
Many of the Press/Media articles that I've have found in the last 18
issues have been for
cities, school districts, or club associated websites. Open Source
works for the
non profit sector, so it's a logical match for Joomla! to be one of
the tools available.
Rita Lewis
My background is also in Marketing and I also run a small web design and content management company. I'm heavily involved right now in moving Joomla! into a more Enterprise setting and working with cloud computing as well as small businesses that are using Joomla! as e-commerce and blog sites as well as more than just brochures or such. I'd be very interested in working with you on The Business of Joomla or Joomla in business (I know they are different). I have also done non-profit sites which require a different approach since most of what they use Joomla for is event management and information/resource repositories in my experience. And I'm very interested in the integration aspects since this is where Joomla seems to have problems -- tying the different extensions together as well as convincing clients that Joomla can help them converge the different needs of their websites, from marketing, to fiduciary information, to reference materials, etc.
I think part of the growing technical aspect of working with businesses is growing Joomla! to meet the needs of growing sites via cloud computing. I understand that Joomla will support other databases than MySQL in the near future which will make the move to the cloud easier than my experiences.
Mark, thank you for your welcome and please add me as a volunteer under Business.
Regards,
Rita
Paul Orwig
It's really exciting to see your shared vision for this topic, as you also each bring your own separate experiences and perspectives. I can't wait to see the articles and stories you all are going to come up with for this new topic!
Here's my question: If the scope of this topic is going to be broader than just to cover for-profit businesses (and I think it should), then can we come up with a better label that really captures that full scope? Here is what we have come up so far:
- Business Matters
- Joomla for Business
- The Business of Joomla
If others would also like to join as editors for this topic, please speak up!
Thanks,
paul
Mark W Bender
> Hi Mark and John,
>
> My background is also in Marketing and I also run a small web design and content management company. I'm heavily involved right now in moving Joomla! into a more Enterprise setting and working with cloud computing as well as small businesses that are using Joomla! as e-commerce and blog sites as well as more than just brochures or such. I'd be very interested in working with you on The Business of Joomla or Joomla in business (I know they are different). I have also done non-profit sites which require a different approach since most of what they use Joomla for is event management and information/resource repositories in my experience. And I'm very interested in the integration aspects since this is where Joomla seems to have problems -- tying the different extensions together as well as convincing clients that Joomla can help them converge the different needs of their websites, from marketing, to fiduciary information, to reference materials, etc.
Sounds like you'd be a great asset for the "Business Team" with your
extensive work experiences.
.
An Enterprise level "distro" of Joomla! would be a nice thing.
> I think part of the growing technical aspect of working with businesses is growing Joomla! to meet the needs of growing sites via cloud computing. I understand that Joomla will support other databases than MySQL in the near future which will make the move to the cloud easier than my experiences.
Cloud seems to be where a lot of technologies are headed. Joomla!
will need to be able to be a "viable" option for business owners who
want to use Open Source for their technology needs
> Mark, thank you for your welcome and please add me as a volunteer under Business.
Will do Rita. Thanks for your volunteering to help out!
Mark W Bender
wrote:
> John, Mark, and Rita,
>
> It's really exciting to see your shared vision for this topic, as you also
> each bring your own separate experiences and perspectives. I can't wait to
> see the articles and stories you all are going to come up with for this new
> topic!
Yes it does seem like a great combo to start a "new" section for JCM!
> Here's my question: If the scope of this topic is going to be broader than
> just to cover for-profit businesses (and I think it should), then can we
> come up with a better label that really captures that full scope? Here is
> what we have come up so far:
>
> - Business Matters
> - Joomla for Business
> - The Business of Joomla
Yes the "non profit" is a great place to show examples of how Joomla!
plays into
their "business".
I'm open for any suggestions regarding the Category Name for Business
related articles about Joomla!
Business Matters could be considered a "play on words" of Open Source
Matters.
The Business of Joomla! could be considered either:
1. How Business uses Joomla!
2. How to use Joomla! in your Business
3. Any Joomla! related matters on how to improve your Business
4. Suggestions from others
> If others would also like to join as editors for this topic, please speak
> up!
Thanks Paul!
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Paul Orwig
Thanks for your email, and for your interest to join the JCM team!
We have been talking for a while in the general sense about a JCM redesign, but nothing specific has moved forward with that. We would love to have your ideas and suggestions as part of that process! Milena and Jen have also expressed interest in being involved in a JCM redesign, and others on the team are also welcome to join in that work.
Thanks again,
paul
John Cafferkey
intriguing aspect of the commercial benefits of using Joomla in business!
Hopefully it will encourage other developers to push for greater integration
and pitch Joomla into bigger and more complex projects.
Mark/Paul, what's the best way to kick this off? Are you after a few ideas
that can then be fleshed out or would you prefer a finished article in the
first instance?
Rita - interested in what you're doing with the cloud. Looking forward to
reading your articles!
Cheers
John
Brian P Sullivan
How is repairing the sub-template for the Team EaSE articles coming?
Also, I notice the JCM needs a 404 page.
Paul Orwig
Hi John,
I think the best way to kick this off is as follows:
1. You, Mark, and Rita should connect with each other (either on phone, Skype, email, etc.) and you all discuss more about what your vision/mission/focus for this new JCM topic will be.
2. You, Mark, and Rita should also discuss if this topic fits better within the proposed set of "targeted user types" new JCM topics (designers, developers, administrators, sitebuilders), or does it fit better within the proposed set of more general interest new JCM topics (feature stories, community, project news, help wanted, international)?
3. You, Mark, and Rita should come up with a short label that accurately reflects the full scope of this topic. So for example, I think "Business matters" would be too narrow of a label since some articles in this topic will also cover issues that are more relevant to non-profits, schools, etc.
4. Once you, Mark, and Rita have some more details for #'s 1, 2, and 3 above, then please share that in an email to the rest of the team on this list. You may get some more ideas and/or interest from others to join your team.
Until #'s 1-4 above are complete and we are ready to launch this new JCM topic, you, Mark, and Rita (and anyone else) are welcome to submit articles on this general subject anytime and we can publish them in one of the existing JCM topics.
Thanks,
paul
Paul Orwig
I am not aware of a request to repair an EaSE sub-template. I am aware of display problems for four EaSE articles, is that the same thing?
Right now, former JCM team member Cristina Solana has volunteered to take a look at troubleshooting the problems with the four EaSE articles. Over the weekend she fixed a problem with the Khmer font not displaying for some users. If Cristina isn't able to resolve the problems with the four EaSE articles, then we will ask Fotis to take a look at them.
Good catch on the 404 page! Can you please add that to the JCM wish list?
Thanks again,
paul
Brian P Sullivan
I need a link to the wish list if you’d like me to do that.
Paul Orwig
You have a link to the wish list, it has been shared at least twice in the JCM chat since December 1. Here it is again:
https://docs.google.com/a/community.joomla.org/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApH5asAexvAudF9xdmt6UjdGRnNJNjlBSHo5eWNKN0E&hl=en_US#gid=12
As I have previously requested, please also add your suggestions for new CSS classes to that document.
Thanks,
paul
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Paul Orwig
Thank you for sharing your vision for the JCM! I have also been hearing from other team members about their ideas and their interest to contribute to a JCM redesign.
My suggestion for how to organize this right now would be to start a new thread here on our JCM email list about the redesign. Anyone who has the time and interest can share their thoughts and their vision. Then after the holidays are behind us, I think we can put more focus and attention on how to continue moving forward as a team.
We have a lot of talented volunteers on this team with a variety of skills and experience. I am looking forward to seeing what we can accomplish together to make the JCM a more dynamic and helpful resource for the Joomla project and the community!
Thanks again,
paul