6 years!!! The last year has gone by quickly and as you can see I am not working in Web design as much as I was before but I still love and support the Joomla! project as much.

Keep them coming!

I couldn't let the date pass unoticed. Happy birthday my dearest!!!

I have watched the seed be planted, witnessed your birth and followed your footsteps for 5 years. I am delighted to be a part of your life and contribute to make you grow stronger and more beautiful every year that goes by.

Happy 5th birthday Joomla!

I have had to deal with lots of host transitions lately and although moving a Joomla site from one host to another is fairly easy with an Akeeba backup (http://www.akeebabackup.com/) file and Kickstart (http://www.akeebabackup.com/kickstart.html), the most annoying thing is actually the email transition from one server to another.

I love using Joomla! for all my sites be it small or big. Joomla! allows me an ease of upgrading, expanding functionality and design like no other CMS I have used (and I have used many like WP, CMSMS, Drupal, Website Baker, Mambo, etc) hence my devotion to the project.

The Joomla!(R) logo is used under a limited license from Open Source Matters in the United States and other countries.http://flahdesign.com is not affiliated with or endorsed by Open Source Matters or the Joomla! Project.

This project was done in collaboration with Open Sky Web Design. The scope of my participation was related to template conversion from Joomla! 1.0 to Joomla! 1.5 as well as customization and extension overrides. You can visit the live site at http://bridgewinners.com.

I have been designing websites for 15 years now both freelancing and in full time jobs.

It seems to be a common belief among the general web users that Web designers/developers have the miraculous ability to place their sites at the top of the results for their keywords in a snap.

My answer to that is: We don't edit Google.

Anybody who knows me knows that I despise IE6 with a passion. Long before the big names stopped supporting IE6 I was already preaching the "Let it die a horrible death" bit. Not that I don't understand the logistics of doing so or the interaction between designer and client or that the audience target is different for every project. I know that each case is a case BUT I also know that once put in a situation where they can either jump to safety or fall to their demise, people will take the chance jumping.

While I was working in the corporate world we tracked our time daily so once I got back to freelancing I continued the practice by using Grindstone 2, a great Open Source time tracking application.