Now that the economy is giving everybody the jitters, we at Arc Technology Group are seeing a big opportunity to help our clients - including many new clients.

In a nutshell, everybody is worrying about where future revenues are going to come from while, at the same time, clamping down on advertising spending.

Our message to them is: Now more than ever, you should be using the most

There's been several times that we've been chatting around and someone has thrown out a cool tip or trick or fix about Joomla and its extensions.  I'd always ask if someone wrote that in the forum somewhere or recorded it ANYWHERE.  Usual answer was "No".

So, we as a group decided that I'd be a good candidate to start recording them.  Thanks guys! ;)  We are going to setup a forum area for members

Joomla Chicago member Phil DeKoker gave an excellent presentation on "Security for Joomla" yesterday at the group's monthly meeting.

Phil's presentation provided a deep dive into server configuration and other issues that are critical for Joomla security. Details of the presentation will be posted to the Joomla Chicago site soon. In the meantime, here are a few "tip of the iceberg" suggestions

Ever since I started working at Arc Technology Group, one of my responsibilities has been helping to address the long-term needs of our clients. I quickly concluded that there is a contradiction between the strengths of a web development specialist firm like ours, which focuses on several-month-long projects for fairly complicated new websites, and the occasional needs of established users for a

Hey Joomla Chicago readers. A friend sent me a link to a great article about leading CMS platforms for creating online communities. Joomla was praised very highly and given the #1 slot, with Drupal a mean #2.

The article has some interesting points about membership lifecycles and Web 2.0 sites. This would be a great resource to share with your clients as well.

 Enjoy!

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