20 Nov 2009

We have just opened the first online Joomla! Training subscription course on www.learnjoomla.org.za

It is of course, the Beginner Joomla! Training, which contains the basic concepts that a User of the Joomla! CMS would need to know.  This comes from the last three years of our personal, corporate & university level training of more than 500 students, who are now using Joomla! to manage their website content.

Some features that you will find inside the Beginner course include;

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"Good day,  Thank you for coming to see us Sean. The training was absolutely fabulous, I personally understood most of the topics covered. I’m happy to say I’m currently working on the Elevate2 template, customizing it to meet the hyperoffice requirements. One question though, how do I change the menu bar to red?  Thank you, Regards."

"Hey Sean.  All seems fine.  Anyway, I did nonetheless go on to play using JSAS.  Thank you so much for your time. I really enjoyed the training session and learnt A LOT. Has made my PC  addiction even worse (check the time I am sending this email to you – busy exploring!). Looking forward to the follow-on courses. Chat soon."

- David Mulenga | Preparatory School IT Teacher | St John's College | www.StJohnsCollege.co.za

"Hi Sean. You really impressed us with your patience you showed with these two 'clods'.  We really, really, appreciate all your efforts. I will send you something longer in the next day or so but for now, it's sleeping time! best wishes"

- Bruce and Freda Andrews | Holiday Homes SA | www.Holiday-Homes-SA.com

"For any information regarding Joomla!, Sean Grant is the go-to guy in South Africa – he did outstanding work for us and comes highly recommended."

-Philip van der Merwe | Divisional Manager: Corporate Communications | Tasima Pty (Ltd) | www.eNatis.co.za

"Hey Sean have a look at what we have achieved within Joomla! www.davidpatrickcarter.com what an awesome program and thanks very much for all of your help, if you need a case study then we would be more than happy to stand up and talk to people about how brilliant you are."

- David Patrick Carter | Musician & Songwriter | www.davidpatrickcarter.com

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"Thanks. It helped me to get a better understanding about the structure and possibilities of Joomla."

- Johann Spies |Informasietegnologie | Universiteit van Stellenbosch | www.sun.ac.za

"Hi Sean,  The training was excellent ,I really enjoyed it because I understood most of  the topics that we did . I’m currently working on the Sedibeng Web Site using the Nimbus template. I’m also looking forward to work with your. You are a star Sean thank you for the training. Regards"

- Khanyisile Mthombeni  | Trainee programmer | Software Consulting Services Pty (Ltd) | www.itservices.co.za

"An overview with a lot of information; not a "how to" course as much as a good starting point to tackle the learning curve."

- Ralph Pina |Director: eBusiness, Information Technology | Stellenbosch University | www.sun.ac.za | SustainableIT |  www.ralphpina.com

"Things are going well with Joomla! and I did a little presentation to the office yesterday and everyone was suitably impressed!"

- Lesley Upton | Web Developer | Virtual Works | www.virtualworks.co.za

"Hi there Sean, Just wanted to thank you for theopportunity to participate in the training over the last week. I had fun and hope those on course got what they came for."

- Dwight Barnard | Got2cy Web Development | http://got2cy.googlepages.com

"Hi Sean, First session was fantastic, and Rodin is a terrific trainer! I really enjoyed the first course, and it filled many gaps for me. We actually covered quite a lot of work, and the problem is I don't want to forget the things we've covered, so I need to work through the things I learnt. But it went very well, and I'm really keen for the 2nd course."

- Dano Fotiadis | 3Dimension Media | Johannesburg, South Africa

"Good Morning Sean,  I would like to Apologies for not Replying on time I was little busy with some work. I realy enjoyed the training and gain a lot out off it and the training made me look Joomla as the best web developing tool ever , with all the customizing I saw through the training and I’ve noticed the is much to learn.  The training was nice straight and simple, the layout of the training was understandable because the trainer used simple English, a good organizing tool which outlined all the steps needed “ mindmeister” and more practical’s made joomla learning easy. Thanks Sean.  Kind Regards"

- Bradley Nkosi | Trainee programmer | Software Consulting Services Pty  (Ltd)| www.itservices.co.za

"Rodin showed me so much websites of where I can find stuff, so yes at a stage it was quite confusing, but hopefully I’ll get there.  If would have been perfect if we could worked on our own websites, but I don’t want to complain as he taught me a lot.  Joomla.org has got a lot of info so if I don’t come right there I’ll phone you. Regards, Lisle"

- Lisle | Graphic Designer / Web |  ESTEQ | www.esteq.com

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"Hi Sean.  The training was really great. I am at last able to make sense of what is going on in Joomla.  Regards, Carol"

- Carol Lombard | Department of Social Development | www.socdev.gov.za | www.dsd.gov.za

"Learn Joomla! really helped me to understand our organization's website, enabling meto make effortless changes and updates.  My trainer had endless patiencewith me and was always available to take my calls after the training. Learn Joomla! even went above and beyond the offered service, offering freeadvice on how to market our organization better and help in doing so. Thank you Learn Joomla! for the enriching experience!"

- Caren Dorrington | Thembalitsha Foundation | www.thembalitsha.org.za

"Hi Sean,For me the training was good, I’ve learnt a lot  seeing that I am new in the world of IT.  Joomla is not as complicated like other IT applications,I can’t say much @ present I'm still learning how to use Joomla.  I’ll be able to give you feedback in a week or two when I have familiarized myself better.  So far it has managed to simplify things a bit. Thanx"

- Nonhlanhla Sibanyoni | Trainee programmer | Software Consulting Services Pty (Ltd) | www.itservices.co.za

"Just to thank you for the 2 day course last week. It was most worthwhile and I sure learned a lot! After doing the End-Users and Admin courses I really feel as if I have a solid platform from which to start experimenting. Thank you also for your commitment to help with the questions that are bound to arrise from the follow-up process. Doing the course no doubt helped to jump start the learning process!"

- Erika Jordaan | BreedeNet | www.breede.co.za

"Hi Sean, Thanks for a very informative course. The info hasn't sunk in YET, I think I will only get to grips with it within the next two months..."

- Emma Sexton | Project Manager | The Coaching Centre | www.thecoachingcentre.co.za

"Thanks Slingshot team! Our organisation has benefitted hugely from your guidance and diligent service, and especially from your learning-focused approach where you enable us to more on our own. You really do manifest the spirit of "open".  We had a successful conference, our post-conference website is coming along wonderfully, and we have learned so much. We look forward to working more with you into the future!!"

- Geci Karuri-Sebina | Director (and pseudo-technical manager of all things Webby) | SA Node of the Millennium Project | www.sampnode.co.za

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Still need some persuasion...?

Take a look at some high profile websites that are powered by the Joomla! Content Management System;

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You won't regret it!

Regards, Sean Grant

Professional Joomla! Trainer & Founder of Learn Joomla!

aka Dr Joomla!