To me Facebook is the place that unites my relatives, friends and colleagues - people that might build a great community around my website. Here are some tools that can help you share you website with your Facebook buddies:

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AllVideo plugin. Print E-mail

You can easily embed videos hosted on popular services like YouTube, Metacafe, Vimeo (and many more) inside your Joomla! articles (content items). Additionally, it allows you to playback almost any video/audio filetype directly from your server or a remote server, giving you the competitive edge when it comes to rich media content.

- You don't have to copy/paste huge blocks of HTML code, just to get a video from YouTube to playback on your Joomla! website! Your WYSIWYG editor loves it and so will you and your clients!
.- You can use, for example, YouTube to upload your videos and then embed them inside your site without consuming your server's bandwidth or having to spend money on expensive video conversion software!
- You can upload nearly any type of video or audio content and display them on your website, coming either directly from your server or from a remote server!

1. Dozens of video providers supported, including localized versions of YouTube and Google Video (e.g. es.youtube.com).
2. Stream your own media content, using the most popular video or audio formats for the web (flv, swf, mov, mp4, wmv, wma, mp3, 3gp, divx). You can even use high-definition videos!
3. Easily embed your media content either directly from your server or a remote server!
4. Simple controls inside the plugin's parameters page provide layout consistency on all the videos shown in your Joomla! website. Set your preferences in seconds, publish the plugin and you're ready to start streaming content!
5. Easy, descriptive syntax for media embedding - {format/provider}filename{/format/provider}.
6. Skinnable! This uses CSS templates to wrap the players, we provide 2 to get you started.

 

 

 

 
 
Reservation System Print E-mail

Booking Application for rental properties, yacht charters, hotels.

 

 

 
 
Mailing Lists Review Print E-mail

Testing out the new Acajoom mailing list application for Joomla. 

I like the ability to be able to keep in touch with my visitors.  But my visitors may only be interested in certain aspects of my site.  Allowing them to opt in and out of a list is not only good manners, I'm afraid to just mass mail my message out to a huge list that isn't an optin list for fear that my isp may cancel my service for violating use policies.   All this is done to reduce spam and increase our confidence in our systems to deliver the message we're most intested in.

 
Phoca Gallery Review Print E-mail

Phoca Gallery is an image gallery with slideshow and a lot of features (PicLens, Categories, Upload, Geotagging, Modal box view, Standard Popup window view, Highslide JS, Shadowbox, overlib effect, access rights, download link, shop link, etc, ...)  It uses either a java or flash uploader for adding multiple images, although I was only able to get the java uploader to work. 

Here is an example of the component that lists the categories from the front page.
 
Another simple "Guestbook" Print E-mail

Easybook has a few advantages over Easy Guestbook as it allows "BBC" (bulletin board code) for included hosted pictures and html.

Check out this interface.

 
Guestbook Application Print E-mail

Need an easy guestbook for visitors to sign?  Here one appropriately names "Easy Guestbook"  Its moderated which means that after submitting a post ones sees the message "Your message has been added, an admin will publish your message as soon as possible" displayed.

Check it out here.

 
Republishing RSS Print E-mail

An example of boating related content syndicated from Harbor-Watch.com and other feeds.  The difference with this routine is that the content is "repurposed" and displayed as separate records in this database, rather than as one xml rss feed.  Each entry has its own meta information, keywords, description, etc.

Here its displayed two different ways.

Content List Style and Blog Style Two column with a leader.

There's all kinds of formatting options available at the "flick of a switch."

What I like best about creating a clipping service this way is that editing this content and passing the source link may score even higher with google than the original article! 

 
eCommerce Demo Print E-mail

Click here to preview the eCommerce cart features

This powerful system works in any ecommerce situation including software and subscription sales.  

 General Features

  • capable of using Secure Sockets Layer (https) Encryption (128-bit)
  • flexible Tax Models
    • Model 1: ShipTo Address-based Tax Calculation
    • Model 2: Store Address-based Tax Calculation
    • Model 3: EU Mode (Store Owner based Tax Calculation when Customer comes from an EU Country)
  • Shoppers can manage their User Accounts (registration required)
  • Shipping Address Management (Customers can enter their own Shipping Addresses)
  • Order History: Shopper can view all their previous Orders (and Order Details)
  • Order Confirmation Mail (customizable!) is sent to Shopper and Store Owner
  • Multiple Currencies (you can allow Customers to change the Currency and buy using an alternative Currency)
  • Multiple Languages (using the Joomla! Component Joom!Fish or Nooku).
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Flipping Book Print E-mail
Flipping book component...a great new gizmo that allows us to turn pages and read magazine style.  As expected...such cool technology isn't free.
 


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Simplify Your Social Media Routine

These days participating in social media such as Twitter, Facebook, blogging and more is almost required for any entrepreneur or business, small or large.

But there’s so much info and chatter coming in through social media that it can overwhelm you, eat up your time, and ruin your productivity.

Simplifying will help you stay in touch, and continue to participate in the conversation, without losing sight of your mission and the important work you need to get done.

Step 1. Use simple tools to make the most of social media

The simpler the tools, the better. But tools that combine two or more social media into one are best, because that means you need fewer tools. An example is TweetDeck - not only does it incorporate Twitter, but you can see your Facebook friends’ updates at the same time.

Another good example is Digsby, which combines email, IM, and social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn.

My setup uses Gmail, as it’s the communication tool that I use most often. I’ve set it up to be my all-in-one inbox: I can Twitter, Facebook, delicious, Flickr, IM and more. You can make Gmail your ultimate productivity center.

Step 2. Focus on sending out high impact messages

Here’s something that many people who use social media don’t understand: if you send out too many messages, people might stop following you or might even block you, because you’re flooding their inbox.

The secret is to try to make every message you send, or at least a high percentage of them, high-impact messages. Examples: share really useful links, news related to your field, things that are really funny or inspirational, or inside information about your business or blog. The key is to make sure almost every message is something that people will want to share with their friends.

Limit yourself to high-impact messages to reduce the time you spend communicating.

Step 3. Let go of the need to read everything. Learn to scan

It’s impossible to consume ALL the information that comes at you. It’s like trying to drink from a fire-hose — not only is it a waste of your time, it can be damaging, because you have other important things to do.

So be selective. Find sources of information that are valuable. And scan to get the gist of what’s going on, instead of trying to read every message. Let go of the need to stay on top of everything. Let it go! And instead, just take a dip in the river now and then.

Step 4. Figure out which social media give you the most value, and simplify

I recommend trying the main forms of social media, but only for a little while. It doesn’t hurt to try them out, but you simply can’t keep up with it all, and what’s more, it’s not the best use of your time. Not all forms of social media are effective for all goals, for all people.

Instead, find just one or two or three that are most effective for you. For me, blogging and Twitter are the best. I try to stay in touch with Facebook, but MySpace and the rest are not worthwhile, for me.

Your choices will be different. But in the end, be selective and guard your time wisely.

Step 5. Form close relationships with people who give you the most value, not everyone

I’m not suggesting you only follow a handful of people on Twitter or Facebook. But while you can have a large number of friends, you won’t have the same degree of closeness with all of them. So find the people who give you the most value — who share great info, who make you laugh, who inspire you, who give you great suggestions for improving, who help you on a regular basis, who you enjoy talking to. Then focus on building relationships with them. They’re worth spending time with.

Step 6. Manage your time wisely

It can be easy to do social media too much. Find ways to integrate social media activities in your life without them overwhelming the other work you have to do, and your personal life.

You can set regular schedules, such as doing it 2-3 times a day at certain times, or 10 minutes every hour, or at certain times when there’s a lull in your schedule. But be sure to have boundaries — the rest of your life should be held sacred too.


 

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