In order to get success in developing PHP sites it is necessary to have a good development environment. While producing websites it is often necessary to edit HTML, CSS and JavaScript files. That is why usable IDE should supply all those file types and provide full set of tools for effective development.

This article includes reviews of the most popular IDEs: Codelobster PHP Edition, Eclipse PDT, Komodo IDE, NetBeans IDE, PHPStorm, NuSphere PhpED.

As with any software, a new release often has bugs in it and it takes a couple of months to get it stabilized. In addition, it takes time for the Joomla website development community to upgrade existing extensions. There are over 6000 Joomla extensions! Granted, the most reputable and popular Joomla extensions do upgrade quickly, but this is software, and designers are only human, so mistakes always happen, bugs are always present, so it is wise to wait until the newly released version gets stabilized. 

With all that said, upgrading from Joomla 2.5+ to Joomla 3.0 is not difficult. And futher, from Joomla 3.0 to its subsequent sub-versions is promised to be a breeze.

If you have a Joomla 1.5 site, it is necessary to upgrade to Joomla 2.5 first and then from it to Joomla 3.0. The only alternative is to re-creare your site anew using Joomla 3.0. If your site is more than 3 years old, this maybe a good excuse to get a new website.

In other words, with new Joomla 3.0 version, upgrades should be fast and easy and can be done from the Joomla admin back-end. Joomla is saying they will be releasing a new version every 6 months. It will be hard for the extensions community to keep up with these new versions, so upgrading once a year should be sufficient. Note that not each new major Joomla version is good to upgrade to. Sometimes it is best to wait until it matures.

Yes, you will. All our web design packages provide this option.

We follow Google recommendations on how to approach mobile devices. A website created for view via mobile devices is called by Google a "responsive website". Responsive website design automatically changes the website layout to optimize to a desktop screen, tablet, or any smart phone. This is achieved via CSS coding at the back-end. 

This is a very good strategy for business owners because responsive web design eliminates the need for multiple versions of your site; you don't need to hire a developer to build an expensive app for your business; you no longer need an “app” because your website does what the app would (minus all the development and maintenance costs.) You have one website but with multiple versions at a much lower price than the cost of an app.

As opposed to many online marketing agencies and web design firms, who often put big words around small things, Joomla Bliss has different work ethics. We deliver high-end products but at the prices that even small and non-profit organizations can afford. With Joomla Bliss, our clients get a Ferrari for the price tag of a Toyota.

If quality is important to you but your budget is limited, Joomla Bliss is the right type of a service provider for you. We are a small and tight team who has been working very closely together for the last 6 years. As opposed to other agencies, we have no churn and our designers are not recent college grads. All our designers are University-educated professionals trained in technical fields, including software development, and our project manager is PMP certified. 

We take pride in providing outstanding customer support and approach all clients with the utmost care and attention.

And what is also fantastic about us is that we work on a fixed-term contract basis, where all your expenses are agreed upon in advance and never increase by the end of the project. This includes training and post-launch support. This, alone, is a rare thing in the web design industry.

Further, our methodology offers our clients a "ZERO-RISK" project development where clients are never presented with any surprises and satisfaction is always guaranteed. We will not release a website until you are satisfied, even if we have to redo it all over again.

How can we afford to operate inthis way? We are a small boutique firm, we do not rent physical office nor do we hire expensive Account Managers.

If you are planning a web design or redesign project, call Joomla Bliss at 613-231-6308 for a free consultation with no obligations.

If you love quality things that last - you will love Joomla Bliss.

It all depends on what your website is meant to do. Joomla Biss offers flexible packages and custom web design solutions. Our most popular website design package for small businesses is a Gold package for $1,600. This package includes a full set of the most important functionalities a typical small business would want to have. Please review what is inlcuded in our Gold website design package.  

In practice, however, a lot of our clients order additional features, such as, for example, a dynamic calendar of events, store locator, job board, financial reporting, document management system, membership management system, payment process, etc. All such features - and many others! - can be added after your base website has been built. Please not that once we provide you with our official quote, we commit to it for the full duration of the website design project. Our web design contracts are fixed-cost and all-inclusive.