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So you want to grow? #JD16UK

Mike Veeckmans

• Joomla! Marketing Team Leader

• Capital Committee Team

• JCM author

• Joomla! addict

• Born in 1980

• Graduated PR & Marketing

• Site builder & Marketeer

What about you?

Who are you ?

Why are you here ?

Joomla! core + … ?

EXTENSIONS SUPERPOWER

Extensions

• Features

• Learn / Documentation

• Support & updates

• Tweaks

• Maintenance

• Security

–You

“Are you going to teach us in just 40 minutes?”

–Me

“No.”

These are just guidelines The Neverending story

Features

• Now and the future ? • Roadmap ?

POP QUIZ

• A client wants to cut down the amount of support calls he’s getting.

• He wants a clear overview of all the support questions and wants to set up some place to gather information.

• He wants to push certain question to certain people

• He wants it all online and already has a Joomla! 2.5 install.

Learn & Documentation #RTFM #DTA

Support & Updates

• Payed or Free? • Compatible? • Uses the updater?

What about support?

Support is great! But not for everyone

How to get good support?

• Be clear • Be detailed • Be gentle

Tweaks If you must, follow the rules!

Maintenance

Is it easy ?

Security It’s all in your hands

Do w

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time

left?

My Top 5?

Akeeba Admin Tools

Akeeba Backup

JCE-editor

RS-Forms

… ? (myjoomla.com)

Questions Now is the time to ask

Feel free to contact me

mike.veeckmans@community.joomla.org

ask@mikeveeckmans.be

FB/mike.veeckmans

TW/MVeeckmans

http://mikeveeckmans.be

Don’t be afraid to ask question, but make sure you have beer or coffee with you! :P