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Developing your own website using Joomla!

Developing your own website using Joomla! is extremely simple and fun.

Are you a webmaster who is intending to use Joomla based websites;

Are you a business owner, personal assistant, a receptionist, marketer, or a person who wishes to create a strong online presence by promoting your business via a website, no matter what type of business; or

Are you an individual looking at developing a personal website or a blog?

Anyone can develop and maintain a personal or a business website using Joomla. Having knowledge in PHP, CSS and HTML is not required.

Developing a professional (simple or complex) looking website can be done.

Developing your own website using Joomla: Course Outline

Introduction to Joomla;
Setting up the Joomla environment;
Local Joomla File and Web installation;
Control Panel Overview (Offered to you by your hosting company);
Creating MySQL Database;
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Overview;
Joomla Frontend Overview;
Joomla Backend – Administartor;
Joomla Templates: Development and Installation;
Content Control and Backend editor;
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO);
Menu Control – Adding, moving, assigning and configuration;
Extension Installation – Components, modules and plug-ins;
Moving from ‘localhost’ to ‘livehost’; and
Website Backups.

Where: Developing your own website using Joomla! can be done at your premise, we come to you, no matter where you are in South Africa.

When: Developing your own website using Joomla! is done at your convenience.

The above package includes 3 months of onsite/offsite support.

Develop your own website using Joomla! TODAY

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Software Testing 101 Course

With 'Software Testing 101' candidates will immediately be able to practically implement Software Testing Techniques. They will be able to prioritise and implement a testing program, and demonstrate optimised testing effectiveness in the work environment.

Duration:

1 Day

Audience:

This course is targeted, primarily, at testers, test analysts, test managers, programmers and business analysts.

Course Objectives:

Provide an overview of software testing key concepts
Explain test team activities, needs and challenges, thus enabling the project team collaborating with the software testing team to reach optimised and more predictable results.

Course Content:

End-to-end System Integration Testing overview
Test types
Test techniques
Requirements traceability
Test preparation
Test execution
Defect management

Our trusted partner, Emi Dungia from Quality Edge facilitates the Software Testing 101 course.

IT Service Management Courses - ITIL

All of the IT Service Management Courses - ITIL are presented by ExcellenceCircle

ITIL®v3 Foundation
ITIL®v3 Intermediate - Lifecycle Modules
ITIL®v3 Managers Bridge

The above courses are scheduled on a regular basis in Johannesburg. If you would like further information, please email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or email Genevie Vince on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

CMMI and High Maturity Concepts

Introduction to CMMI:

Together, VDC and Demix, provides company tailored Introduction to CMMI training.

Successful completion of this course will enable participants to:

Describe the fundamentals of model-based process improvement;
IIlustrate the benefits of process improvement; and
Introduce CMMI model content.

High Maturity Concepts:

This training course covers the high maturity practices of CMMI. It addresses quantitative measures and demonstrate how to measure the voice of a process and the voice of the customer.

ISO Courses

The American Society for Quality (ASQ) has for some years offered a highly regarded certification programme in software quality called the Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE). The course topics cover a broad range of issues including: General Knowledge, Conduct, and Ethics, Software Quality Management, Software Engineering Processes, Program and Project Management, Software Metrics, Measurement, and Analytical Methods, Software Verification and Validation, and Software Configuration Management.

ISO/IEC 15504 Process capability assessor training:

Become familiar with this international standard (ISO/IEC 15504) and be assured of being at the forefront of this new process capability assessment technology.

This course is designed to enable attendees to:

Apply internationally recognised best practices to detecting process weaknesses
Establish a solid foundation for an effective process improvement and benchmarking programme
Learn the critical short-cuts in appraising enterprise software development capability

ISO 9001 Master Class in Process Management:

This course seeks to provide guidance and insight for those companies that experience the familiar 'plateau' effect of process management. They are doing all the right things according to the requirements of ISO 9001. The surveillance audits reveal very few non-conformances. BUT they seem to be 'treading water'. There is ongoing action - but the perception is 'we are no longer making any progress in quality management'.