Having a fast site is extremely important. An increase in page load time has a direct correlation to increased traffic, revenues and overall sales. This webinar features a step-by-step guide for increasing Joomla site speed and the presenter offers an overview of Compression in and Caching options within Joomla.
Stephen Burge grew up in and around Portsmouth in southern England. He comes from a long line of teachers and soon became one himself. Teaching never made him rich, but it did pay the bills during years living abroad in Wales, Mexico, Japan, Australia, and the United States. During his travels he dabbled with building Web sites and in 2003 discovered Mambo, the predecessor to Joomla.Three years later, his evening job as a Web designer was making him more money than this day job as a teacher. So, now living in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States, he founded Alledia.com, a company dedicated to building Joomla Web sites. After a few years and few dozen Joomla Web sites, Stephen started to feel the urge to teach again. A friend asked him to teach a Joomla class in Chicago: He tried it and loved it. The reintroduction to teaching lead to more Joomla classes in Atlanta, New York, Washington, and other cities. They went well enough that Stephen ended up combining his two careers and became a professional Joomla teacher. He now runs OSTraining.com, which helps thousands of people learn Joomla every year. Read a Joomla Community Magazine Interview with Steve to learn more about his background.
OSTraining is a successful online and onsite training company for Joomla and other content management systems. They've had over 10,000 students attend their online training seminars and they've provided onsite training for some of the largest organizations in the world. They've also written Joomla Explained, the best-selling Joomla book on the market. Simply put, they provide practical, personal and precise instruction in plain English.