Installing Joomla Language Pack

I have faced some problems installing a language pack for Joomla. These are the actions to remind: 1.- Set “language” folder security from 644 to 777 2.- Set “administrator/language” folder security from 644 to 777 3.- Set “tmp” folder security from 644 to 755 4.- change in “configuration.php” from: var $tmp_path = ‘/home/xxx/domains/xxx.com.es/public_html/xxx/tmp’; to: var … Read more

Time for holidays

I’m happy Today, I will go to my parents home tomorrow morning, almost one month of holidays after one challenging year, believe me. It has been crazy, but I have learnt a lot of important things. Now: Time for hobbies, Time for family, Time for friends, Time to write here, Time to imagine what can happen … Read more

Neighborhood association meetings

Today we had a meeting with the neighbourhood, in summary a perfect place to do not reach any agreement. It’s the perfect situation where 12 parts are not able to align the details of the same goal. It has been a good exercise to try to align all objectives, try to seek in what are … Read more

Dangerous questions

I have sent to a service manager an e-mail with some key points we have to take care for 2011 during the service execution and that are changes to 2010. As answer, I have received: From: Service ManagerTo: myself Hello joapen, Thanks for the update ! This information is useful to me too. Maybe we … Read more

Enabling conditions for a team

There are some conditions we have to create if you want to have a group of people as a team: Person competence, you need people with enough competences, some of them complementary. Clear & defined functions, for all team guys and clear channels of communication (inbound/outbound). Authority, to decide on some aspects, features, behaviours… that … Read more

Sad times for lack of assertiveness

In your work environment you have 2 things you take care: The goals related to the work you do, and the relationships you establish with people. These 2 aspects walk in different directions and sometimes is complex to reach a good balance. If your behaviour is so aggressive, you will walk through your goals but … Read more

Do you have a problem or a conflict?

Sometimes you find involved in situations where solutions are not reach easily. Why? Sometimes is because we confuse problems with conflicts. Problem: it’s something logic, you can apply an solution for it. Conflict: it’s something emotional, there is some type of personal interference that usually does not allow to find a solution. Take care to … Read more