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Michael Babker

Michael Babker

Michael has been very active within the Joomla! Community since building his first site in February 2010.  He has contributed hundreds of hours supporting to the Joomla! project via the Bug Squad, spending time on the Joomla! Forums, and helping to enhance the Joomla! Platform.  One of his biggest contributions to date is working on migrating and integrating the Smart Search component into Joomla! 2.5.  His contributions to the community have been recognized with the 2012 J!OSCAR "GitHub Junkie" Award.  Michael joined the Production Leadership Team in November 2012 and is currently leading development on a new issue tracker system for the Joomla! CMS in addition to helping to maintain and improve the code in the CMS and Framework.

When he isn't working on core code, he can be found working on his own set of extensions, opinionating on Twitter, or out in the real world enjoying the sights and sounds of wherever he may be at the time.

Website URL: http://www.babdev.com

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Wednesday, 01 May 2013 00:00

Help Wanted - Testing Joomla! Multi-Database Compatibility

Help Wanted - Testing Joomla! Multi-Database Compatibility
Over the course of the last year and a half, the Joomla! CMS has made great strides to expand the environments it is supported in. Through those efforts, the project officially supports using the CMS on multiple web server technologies and database servers. Though the CMS functions relatively well in these environments, the project needs your help to improve that support.
Published in 2013 May
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012 00:00

Developing a Smart Search Plugin

Developing a Smart Search Plugin
With the Joomla! 2.5 release, a new search component has been included to improve the search engine in Joomla! sites. Based on JXtended's Finder, Smart Search is quite the powerful tool and can be used to improve search results and show the user exactly what they want. Out of the box, Smart Search will work for most core data, but third party developers will have to create their own Finder plugins to interact with Smart Search. Not to worry, I'll help you get started with that now!
Published in 2012 February
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Friday, 01 July 2011 00:00

Joomla! 1.7 Highlight - Batch Processing

Joomla! 1.7 Highlight - Batch Processing
Elin Waring recently blogged on the Joomla! Community Portal about some of the features coming with Joomla! 1.7, appropriately titled Peeking at 1.7. Aside from the separation of the framework and CMS, I think (and I may be a bit biased) one of the better changes is the ability to batch process items being added to the framework. A popular feature excluded from Joomla! 1.6, its return for 1.7 marks benefit for users and developers alike.
Published in 2011 July
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Monday, 01 November 2010 18:37

Planning and Doing a Site Redesign

Most any site that sees longevity on the internet will at some point need a redesign. Recently, I did this with one of my sites, and now I'd like to share my thoughts and planning going through this process.
Published in 2010 November
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