RSSJoomla! Jumpbox + Software Updater – a match made in heaven?
Aug 30
Development intellispire, joomla, jumpbox, software updater Comments Off
I’ve been playing with Jumpbox – very cool technology. Just download the “jumpbox” (the free one is available for Joomla! 1.5 – which is great). This is a copy of a complete web-app in a self contained virtual appliance – both of the virtualization technologies I use – VMware and Xen – are supported, as well as a few others. I’ve been playing with the VMware version.
I did have a minor problem with Firefox 3.0 being picky about the self signed cert on port 3000 (used for initial configuration) – no big deal, but something that could throw off a newbie.
After installing, I immediately installed my Intellispire Add Software component:
http://www.intellispire.com/web/Joomla/download.html
Fifteen minutes later I had a fully configured Joomla install with Forum, Community, decent template, and all the required components to have a real site.
This is the best way I have found to try out new components, do testing, and just play with Joomla! without having to have a server. And with the Updater, I can actually demo building out a site on real-time. Then it’s a simple backup / restore to deploy to a live site …
Can’t get much easier than this! Check them out:
JumpBox