Joomla! 1.6 First Look

Davenport Chris :

Chris has almost 30-years experience in the Information Technology field and has extensive experience of software development on a diverse range of platforms and at all levels from assembler to 4th-generation languages. He has been involved in projects for major clients including Royal Life, Bristol & West and British Rail. He became interested in open source software in the mid-1990's and now hardly ever uses proprietary software. He was invited to join the Core Team for the Joomla!™ project in November 2006. He is currently on the Joomla Leadership Team (which superseded the Core Team) and is a member of the Joomla Production Working Group with responsibility for documentation. He holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Mathematics.Tiggeler Eric :

Eric Tiggeler has authored several books on Joomla!, such as the highly successful Joomla! 2.5 Beginner's Guide and Joomla! 3 Beginner's Guide, both by Packt Publishing. He has also written several Joomla! guides in Dutch. His books have received excellent reader reviews. He also writes tutorials for several computer magazines and Joomla! community websites. Over the last ten years, he has developed numerous websites, big and small, using Joomla!. He is fascinated by the Web as a powerful, creative, and ever-changing means of communication, as well as by the revolutionary software Joomla!, which enables anybody to create beautiful and user-friendly websites. On a daily basis, he works as a consultant and copywriter at a communication consultancy company affiliated to the Free University of Amsterdam. Over the last few years, he has written more than 20 books in Dutch on writing and communication. His passion lies in making complex things easy to understand. He is married, has two daughters, and lives and works in Hilversum, the Netherlands. On the Web, you'll find him at www.joomla.erictiggeler.nl(in Dutch) and www.joomm.net(in English).