Most people recognise the importance of having a well designed, functional website. But in our experience far less seem to appreciate the importance of good web hosting...

Furthermore not too many people seem to understand the different varieties of web hosting available and how they could benefit (or hurt) the performance of a website.

Read more: Web hosting demystified

You put a lot of time, effort and money into creating a content-rich website. It may even be the lifeblood of your business. Isn’t it worth protecting?

If you only use one Joomla! Extension then it should be a solid backup tool that allows you to make a complete copy of your Joomla! website.

JoomlaPack is just such a tool and best of all it’s open source.

Read more: JoomlaPack is a fantastic backup tool

One of the best things about Joomla! is the vast array of available Extensions.

These are essentially custom pieces of PHP script designed to plug into Joomla! websites and enhance their functionality in some way.

There are thousands of available Joomla! Extensions, many of which are free to use.

Read more: Joomla! Extensions

It’s been a long road to get to this point.

I first tried my hand at web design back in 1995, before the advent of HTML editors like "Hotdog," and "Dreamweaver." In those days you needed to hand code everything in a text editor.

However it's really only the past 5 years or so that the web has started to realise its full potential.

Read more: Welcome to our Blog!