I am posting this blog article to catalogue bugs encountered during Joomla builds to both help myself refer back to them if ever the bug rears it's head and to help out anyone who is having problems with them.
(Picture left: Bugs of the less time consuming and hair pulling variety)
I have worked with several design agencies over the last couple of years. Agencies sometimes contact me because their client wants a new design and have decided that they want to continue using Joomla or have checked Joomla out and think it is ideal for their needs.
I will present you with a short case study where I worked with an agency in west London to help them create a new website for a large medical diagnostics company based in Harley Street.
The agency contacted me to ask if I would be interested in helping them with a website as their client had specifically requested Joomla. The agency did not have anyone with the necessary skills on their books so they requested the services of a freelancer such as myself.
A Joomla developer's main role is to set up and maintain the technical side of the Joomla content management system.
The content management system consists of several thousand files that work and interlink with each other on the server.
Each time someone puts a URL into the search bar the files will interact with each other and pass each other bits of required information.
Our first job is to install the content management system onto the server by uploading all of the files. Our next job is to connect the files to a SQL database which also resides on the folder. The database will then pass data to any file requesting it.
Once that is complete we have a fully working content management system with the basic template that comes with Joomla.
I started using Joomla when version 1.5 was released way back in 2008. I had a mix of work that took in the previous version, 1.0 and the newer version, 1.5.
There was never an easy upgrade path between the two.
There were components to do it but is was a very messy affair due the the huge differences between the old system and the new system.
The comparison can hardly be objective in general, since both platforms are different.
Each of them excels in its niche and has certain downsides.
We have found a handy chart to help you compare the two different, but extremely competent Content Management Systems.