Introduction

In today's fast-paced corporate world, continuous learning and development are crucial for maintaining a competitive edge. Companies need robust, scalable, and flexible solutions to manage their training programs effectively. This is where the Joomla Learning Management System (LMS) comes into play. As an open-source platform, Joomla LMS offers numerous benefits, including the ability to host unlimited courses, tests, and users, making it an ideal choice for corporate training.

What is Joomla LMS?

Joomla LMS is a powerful and flexible learning management system built on the Joomla 4 Content Management System (CMS). It allows organizations to create, manage, and deliver educational content seamlessly. Compared to other LMS platforms, Joomla LMS stands out due to its open-source nature, extensive customization options, and vibrant community of developers and users.

Why Choose Open-Source LMS?

Cost-Effectiveness

One of the most significant advantages of using an open-source LMS like Joomla is its cost-effectiveness. Unlike proprietary systems that require expensive licenses and subscriptions, Joomla LMS requires a one-off payment. Organizations can allocate more of their budgets to other critical areas such as content development and employee engagement.

Customizability

With Joomla LMS, the sky's the limit when it comes to customization. Organizations can tailor the platform to meet their specific needs, whether it’s branding, user interface adjustments, or integrating additional functionalities. This level of flexibility is often not available with proprietary LMS platforms.

Community Support

Being open-source means that Joomla LMS is supported by a large and active community. This community continuously contributes to improving the platform, providing regular updates, plugins, and extensions. Organizations benefit from this collaborative effort, ensuring they always have access to the latest features and security updates. 

Elevate Your Joomla Websites with Joomla LMS: The Ultimate Open-Source LMS Solution

Meet David Miller, a skilled Joomla website designer with over 8 years of experience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science. David specialises in creating high-quality, functional educational websites for his clients.

David faces the challenge of finding a reliable, easy-to-integrate Learning Management System (LMS) that balances affordability and quality. Managing multiple client projects efficiently and delivering top-notch websites without breaking the bank is crucial for him.

Meet James, the program director at 'Skills for Tomorrow', a nonprofit organisation dedicated to equipping underprivileged youth with essential soft skills for the modern workplace.

James faced a significant challenge: his NGO needed to provide scalable and effective training across multiple regions without straining their limited resources. The existing solutions were either too costly or too rigid, lacking the flexibility to cater to the varied needs of their diverse audience. James was in search of a solution that could handle the complexity of delivering multiple training modules tailored to different groups while maintaining ease of use and affordability.

While attending an educational technology conference, James learned about Joomla LMS from a breakout session on affordable tech solutions for nonprofits. Intrigued by its capabilities and the potential for customisation, he saw Joomla LMS as a promising tool that could meet the unique demands of its expansive educational programs.

Meet Sarah, a dedicated but overwhelmed educational administrator striving to expand her community college’s online learning offerings.

Sarah’s days were filled with frustration as she juggled multiple software tools that never quite fit together. Managing courses was a logistical nightmare. Her instructors struggled to update content, and students found the system confusing, often leading to decreased enrollment and course completion rates. Sarah knew there had to be a better way to provide education that kept pace with modern needs.

Download a Free Social media calendar 2020

The Free Social media calendar for 2020 is filled with hashtag ideas for each and every day of the 366 days in 2020.

You can easily add it to your own Google Calendar (or any other calendar via the downloadable .ics file).

All content in the calendar is absolutely free so you can share this link with your friends to help them out to supercharge their Social media efforts in 2020.

The hashtags used in the calendar are researched thoroughly and are based on popular international events/celebrations or Twitter hashtag trends.

For your convenience, all hashtags are converted in an easy-to-click short link in the description of each event. The link will take you to Twitter with the hashtags pre-filled in the tweet body - just add some text (or not) and share it with your followers.

You can add the post to Buffer, Hootsuite or other of your favourite social post automation tools to send it out in a preferred time.

For maximum convenience, I have made each event to last an hour and trigger a Notification 10 minutes before the event start (check that on your local copy of the Social media 2020 calendar). 

Some days there are more than 1 events so there will be more than one notifications to click on the short link and post with hot hashtags. 

I will appreciate a follow on Twitter where I share marketing tips for social media and other mediums (very useful for marketers, small and not so small businesses): @mariankanev

To see how the links in the calendar work click here to Tweet a link to this article with hashtags #socialmedia2020 #socialmediacalendar.

You can leave your comments here or contact me on Twitter.

Suggestions for new hashtags are appreciated by the whole community, so if you have any - share them and I will add them to the calendar with a shout out to you!

Here is the public Social media 2020 calendar which you can copy to your Google calendar by clicking on the + sign in the bottom right corner.

And here is the iCal Social media calendar for 2020 which you can download and import in a different than Google calendar.

I wish you a productive and very happy New Year 2020.

"Use Tafiffs" option is available for each car that is set "Use as taxi: Yes" > "Price per unit override: Yes".

When you set "Use Tariffs: Yes" the "Price per unit" and "Charge per minute" will disappear and the price will be calculated by the Tariff based on the time for which the booking is made.

After you have added your fleet to Cars management and set the option "Use tariffs: Yes" for the Cars you would like tariffs to apply you can go to Tariffs management screen.

Once in the tariffs screen, click on New button to be taken to the Tariff edit screen.

Fill in the title for this Tariff eg. Day tariff.

What exactly is Shuttles functionality for Taxi Booking?

We have added a brand new section for people transportation services called Shuttles. 

Actually Shuttles can be used for selling Bus tickets and Tours as well.

In the core of this new functionality is the possibility to create Shuttle routes which are basically routes between 2 or more destinations with the ability to add price per person between each stop.

Taxi Booking app is named DriveNot and will be available both on Google Play and iTunes store.

The app will feature 3 sections to the booking customer: Nearby companies, Search by company name or city and Favourite companies for easy access to the booking form.

There are many reasons to join DriveNot mobile network and here are just a few of the popular ones:

Here is a slideshow quick tutorial on how to set up PayPal to take mobile payments through Taxi Booking's mobile app DriveNot.

It explains how to get Client ID from PayPal that is needed for back end Taxi Booking payment methods PayPal options.

Note that this is just the first step of the process - Obtaining test (Sandbox) credentials. There is a second step required by PayPal for Live mobile payments. Contact us if you need details on how to go Live.

See a video below:

How to use Language override functionality in Joomla to override Taxi Booking labels and text?

Joomla has set a beautiful practice to handle languages and multilingual content websites in its core since Joomla 2.5 got out.

Language strings defined by Language constants are stored in .ini language files arranged in language folders with specific language code naming. Sound a bit complicated? Read on to see how you can easily bypass minor language/text changes.