A presentation to the Sydney Joomla User Group (JUG) in August 2019 of my highlights from the JoomlaDay Australia event held in Brisbane earlier in the month.

1. My highlights from
JoomlaDay Australia 2019
Robert Fairhead
Rocher Communications
www.rocher.com.au

2. Keynote - Lyndsey Jackson
• Background in Joomla and Drupal
• Networking, user groups, forums
• #NotMyDebt - https://notmydebt.com.au

3. Essential LinkedIn - Kylie Chow
1. Have a great headline
2. Banner is prime real estate
3. Headshots matter - be authentic
4. Vanity URL
5. Compelling summary & experience section
6. Ensure contact details correct
7. Ensure you’re endorsed for skills
8. Relevant recommendations
9. System for requesting recommendations
10.Don’t forget education
11.System for reaching out and making new connections
12.Engage your network

4. Privacy & GDPR - Shane Bartlett
• Consent - Be explicit about where personal data is stored
• Use GDPR extension for Joomla websites
• Overview of General Data Protection Regulation at
eugdpr.org
• Australia may follow suit
• Aside: Joomla no longer uses MD5 Hash for passwords -
uses “bcrypt blowfish” instead

5. Joomla 4 Workflow/Custom Fields
- Tim Plummer
• Tim to cover this at Sydney JUG
• Jambo - timplummer.com.au/jambo

6. Joomla vs WordPress - Patrick Jackson
● My subtitle, Patrick’s presentation title was: 20 things you can
do in Joomla without installing a plugin
● Feedback proved most Joomla website builders are also using
WordPress

7. Joomla Stack Exchange - Mick Harmer
● Stack Overflow - “sub-sites” for technical AND arts and
literature topics
● joomla.stackexchange.com
● Use your Stack Overflow profile
● joomla.stackexchange.com/tour (earn a badge)

8. Dulux - Jason Osborn
● Supporting painters to be more professional with a member
accreditation program
● Includes access to custom website developers

9. Going Serverless on AWS
- Renaldi Gondosubroto
● Technical talk but popular with those wanting to host Joomla
on cloud servers

10. Quix Builder 2.0
- Jeff Wilson
● Page Builder similar to Divi in WordPress

11. Joomla 4 - George Wilson
● So many new features to list + list is not closed off
● Joomla 3.10 has pre-update check for J4

12. 10 Marketing Hacks to Grow Your Business
- Robert Collings
1. There are no hacks
2. Ignore brand to build brand
3. Don’t reinvent wheel
4. Do things than don’t scale
5. Know when to say, No
6. Consistency beats frequency
7. (Don’t zone out!)
8. Pick a channel and own it
9. Replicate yourself
10.Automate everything
“Good enough wins.”

13. Accessibility 101 - Aimee Marie
● Use native HTML elements, not span and divs
● “Perfect is the enemy of good.”

14. Business Automation Tools
- Eden Brownlee
● Automate processes where possible
● “Follow-up is not a dirty word.”

15. SEO - David James
● Businessgrowthdigitalmarketing.com
● “60 Ways to build natural links to your website”
● Thought: Fast web host + fast DNS provider

16. Grid Box - Neil Abraham
● Another page builder like Quix Builder
● Great for users to build their own websites
● somemagneticislandplants.com.au

17. Tall and True - Robert Fairhead
www.tallandtrue.com.au

18. What else?
• Joomla Website Awards
• Joomla Admin Certification
• Presentations I didn’t attend (because I was in other room)
• Networking during breaks and on Saturday night
• A positive vibe for JoomlaDay Australia 2020 in Melbourne
• Weekend inspired me to make changes to my website