Chris joined Virya Technologies in October 2011 as a Website Design Apprentice.  Working closely with local learning provider WS Training, Virya Technologies have created a programme of study which allows Chris to achieve an NVQ Level 2 while learning vital on-the-job skills.

Chris has demonstrated an excellent ability to pick up Joomla! very quickly and is developing a keen interest in coding.  He is often to be found raiding the vending machine and seems to manage to beat everybody in our monthly pedometer challenge - we think he straps his Nintendo DS to the cat when we're not around!

Ruth founded Virya Technologies back in 2006 under the name of Suffolk Computer Services and has worked hard to drive the business forward along an ethical path.  She is a practicing Buddhist within the Triratna Buddhist Community and is in the process of training for ordination.

Ruth has specialised in the Joomla! CMS since 2005/6 and is continuously seeking out exciting new opportunities for developing interesting and varied websites and intranets using this highly versatile system.  As a result of her interest in Joomla! her knowledge and passion for Open Source technologies has developed over the years, leading to the company expanding to providing a range of open source services, from IT support through to emergency linux server recovery.

Ruth grew up in Dorset and moved to East Anglia in 2001 to attend University in Colchester.  She now lives in Ipswich, Suffolk with her partner John and their two cats.  Her interests outside work include Buddhism, Hockey (she plays in goal!), Card making, and Zumba!

Joomla 2.5 is the newest version of the Joomla! platform, bringing with it a huge list of bugfixes and new features.
Most components and modules have now been updated to work this release, as have the templates. So why wait?

Joomla 1.5 comes to the end of it's supported life in April, so if you haven't upgraded to 1.7 yet, follow my previous tutorial: Upgrade Joomla! 1.5.x to Joomla 1.7.x

In Joomla 1.7, there is a new way to update. You can either use this way, which is fine, or you can use Admin Tools

Virya Technologies will be attending Joomla! and Beyond in Bad Nauheim, Germany this year. Joomla! and Beyond is widely recognised as 'the' Joomla! event in Europe, attracting delegates and speakers from around the world to the three-day event.

How do you know if you're using the most up to date version of Joomla! - for many people who come to us they don't even know what version they are running, let alone whether it's secured against the latest reported vulnerabilities!  

Virya Technologies are keen to support any events involving the Joomla! community and are proud to be speaking at Joomla!Day UK 2011 this weekend, leading a session on Joomla! security for administrators.

We are receiving a growing number of enquiries regarding upgrading or migrating Joomla! websites - from Joomla! 1.0.x sites through to Joomla! 1.5.x and Joomla! 1.6.x sites which our clients want to update to the latest release - Joomla! 1.7. Here are a few answers to the common questions we're receiving.

Do you have a Joomla! 1.5.x website that needs upgrading to 1.7.x?

This tutorial will show you how, step by step.