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Written by amanda
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Monday, 13 April 2009 |
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Need Joomla Help? These guys are long time friends of my company and they're great Joomla developers. We can't send them enough work to keep them busy, but we want to make sure they stay afloat in these hard times.
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Email
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http://coderevolts.com
We are India based development company. But since most of our clientele is US
based, we work as per US times. We are a complete Linux shop from servers to
desktops.
You can find us online most of the time over Yahoo/AIM/gTalk/MSN. Please feel
free to catch us online on any of the above IM services. Our ID is
'joomlafreaks'.
Job Rate :
Hourly : 10 USD
Daily : 100 USD
Weekly : 500 USD
Please see modified Joomla components by us :
1. HotorNot (http://www.f1gpsg.com/index.php/imgcontest)
2. Custom Component (http://nevispages.com/index.php?option=com_movie)
3. Custom Video Component (http://hcz.org/what-is-hcz/video-faq)
4. HotProperty Component (http://sea-murcia.com/)
Please care to visit these sites done by us recently :
1. http://dgrepl.com
2. http://icecreammelts.com
3. http://iaapps.com (under beta)
4. http://praiabela-bikini.com.au
5. http://www.vivaz.com.au
6. http://nevispages.com
7. http://www.capitalregionb2b.com
8. http://gruya.com
9. http://sea-murcia.com
10. http://linuxindore.com (Sort of social networking site. Please review it)
11. http://actis.coderevolts.com (Our latest project, with custom templating)
Please let us know, if you have any further queries.
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Written by amanda
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Sunday, 30 November 2008 |
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Rapid Forum was inspired by the style of threaded discussion used on websites like www.youbemom.com and http://www.urbanbaby.com.
Anyone responsible for designing and launching an online community is
faced with the same question: how do I create a community experience
that's easy to use and engaging? Two "community forum" formats dominate
most websites today -- traditional message boards like Joomla's Fireboard and real-time chat rooms. Both have serious limits, and neither lend themselves to optimial community interaction. Rapid Forum offers the best of both worlds: the threaded, organized structure of a forum and the instant satisfaction of a chat room.
What's Wrong With Traditional Message Boards?
Nothing, actually. JoomlaSimple.com maintains a Fireboard message board to support Rapid
Forum. For support dialog, Fireboard is better than Rapid Forum because of the way it formats posts, allows for attachments --
it's feature rich, complex and extensive. Rapid Forum is meant to be
simple, dialog focused and encourage casual conversation. Forums like
Fireboard do not inspire casual dialogue and community. Why?
Traditional forum formats like Fireboard are asynchronis -- a user
chooses a topic, clicks, creates a post, clicks, and then waits ...
waits for visitors to read the post and click, click, click ... reply.
To post and reply often requires multiple clicks, multiple page reloads
... by the time you've "corresponded," you've probably lost patience
with the format, or decided that what you wanted to say wasn't that
important. On Rapid Forum, all dialog and posting takes place on a
single page. It flows like a chat room, though it's organized like a
forum with "topics." Go to the demo to see what we're talking about.
Chat Rooms, As Well, Aren't Ideal for Fostering Community
To benefit from a chat room, you have to "be there" when the
conversation happens. Chat rooms only work for high traffic sites or
sites that succeed in the area of "online events" where you can gather
a mass of people at a given time. This isn't how most online
communities grow -- most online communities start small, on the far
side of the long tail. Chat rooms never work in these contexts -- they
just sit their empty -- and those who do show up are too timid to step
out and post. They become more a liability than an asset -- something
visibly inactive and notworking on a new website that's yet to gain
traction and a loyal user base.
So, What is Rapid Forum?
If you haven't yet visited www.youbemom.com
and hit refresh a few times (note: if you're not an urban-dwelling,
American mother of young children this message board probably won't
hold your interest), please do. Hit it around 8pm EST and really watch
it fly. All threaded discussion flows through a single
screen. Most "conversation" happens in the subject line, and then can
continue in the description box if you have more to say than "OMG ITA
(ohmygod, I totally agree). Rapid Forum includes a few added benefits
in the administrator configuration panel: have usernames link to
Community Builder profiles (if you have CB installed of course), or
choose to make your forum totally anonymous. I vote for anonymous when
possible -- authentic dialog free of fear is far more interesting.
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Written by amanda
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Thursday, 02 October 2008 |
Upgrades highly recommended. After listening to community feedback, I'm pleased to announce some significant changes to Rapid Forum
for 1.0.x. And dare I say, we're almost stable? If you haven't
upgraded, it's time, because the latest release is far, far superior to
what it's been.
1. We've removed the AJAX that was causing so many browser problems for some of you.
2. All English text is now in a language file to make translation much easier.
Remember to save your language file before upgrading.
3.
We've replaced the "SAVE" function, which allowed end-users to save
posts to get replies, with a more simple "[ ] Email Me Replies To This
Post." We found that very few end-users used the SAVE function and that
it wasn't clear, so we needed a new strategy to notify users when they
got replies to their posts.
4. We've fixed about 10 bugs that made RF annoying and unusable for some.
Rapid Forum for 1.5 update
Our
first attempt to release a version for 1.5 was a disaster (won't get
into it). I've moved to 1.5 on all of my client projects (my day job is
Soapbxx.com), and I love it, so I am pushing the 1.5 release through.
It's been completely recoded and has only 3 bugs left (we hope) until
it's ready to release. I have 9 people on a list who want it when it's
ready. Reply to this email if you'd like to be added to the list. I'm
not going to estimate a release date because I am sick of being wrong.
Did I ever say how much respect I have for extension developers? Much
respect!
Got any live examples?
Is RF doing wonderful things for your online community? If so, please send me a link as I'd love to see it.
My conundrum
I have a
conundrum. Due to my thriving day job, I have very little time to
commit to RF, but I love the project, so I've been paying to fix bugs,
enhance it and rebuild for 1.5. I can't afford to do this, but I want
to. I've researched revenue models, and the only one that seems viable
(donations don't work, adsense generates too little) is to charge a
tiny nominal annual fee, like $10, to download the code, do
whatever you want with it, and get updates for a year. I know, I've
read the argument for and against it here:
http://dev.anything-digital.com/Forum/1.5.x-General-Discussion/1363-JCal-Download-cost-$$-/
(a great read if you have the time and interest)
There will be about 10% of you who protest angrily and call me
names. And I think the rest of you (assuming a) it works beautifully
and b) you get support when you need it) won't hesitate to give me $10
for the 9 months I've put into this. For those 10%, I'm scared. I want
to be liked by everyone. But truth is, my wallet needs you even more.
So, consider this a heads up. Some time in the near future, when I see
both 1.0x and 1.5 releases are stable, I will be implementing an annual
$10 for the source code. I've posted this note on the Rapid Forum demo and invite you to reply.
In gratitude,
Amanda
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Written by amanda
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Friday, 30 May 2008 |
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How do free websites make money? It's been on my mind a lot
lately, as my company Soapbox delves deeper into the business of online community
development. For this study (*I use the term "study" loosely as I used
no scientific methods in documenting my observations), I looked at Craigslist.org, UrbanBaby.com, Facebook.com, LinkedIn.com, and Treehugger.com.
COMMON INGREDIENTS FOR SUCCESS
Free For Users
Each website I looked at offers a comprehensive, free service. You can get real value from each
site without
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