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Graham, NC--September 1, 2010--JForce Project Management For Joomla Challenges Mainstream Systems

The award winning Open Source Content Management System, Joomla!, celebrates its 5th birthday today and on the same day, JForce.com has released its full-featured project management system, JForce PM, built specifically for the same CMS. JForce brings to Joomla! all the features of the popular project management tools available on the web, but incorporated directly into a user’s Joomla! installation.

Joomla! has experienced tremendous growth throughout its 5 year life and is currently utilized on millions of websites around the globe. For example, there are currently over 5,339 extensions exist for the Joomla! CMS. With recent approval from the Joomla! Extension Directory, JForce PM is positioned to become one of the staples of any business-centered Joomla! website.

WebSpark Inc., the parent company of JForce, began the process of creating a project management tool several years ago when the owner, David Hurley, found he needed a system for managing the projects of his web design and development company. As clients began to interact with this project management tool they began to request it implemented on their sites. Hurley decided to release a version of the system under the name JForce as an extension that any Joomla! website could install and use.

When asked about the process of creating JForce PM as a publicly available extension, David said,”Building a user-friendly project and task management component for Joomla proved to be a time-intensive job requiring months of full-time development and coding. But the finished product is one that we at WebSpark are extremely proud to release and support."

JForce is available on the website http://www.jforce.com/ in several different versions. A community version of the software is available free of charge and under the GNU/GPL license type that Joomla! is founded. This Community version provides a way for JForce to ‘give back’ to the Open Source Community. The JForce Professional version offers advanced features including: quoting and invoicing, dedicated support, customizable access roles, and file attachments. At $24/month JForce Professional has a low monthly cost without project or user restrictions. More details regarding version comparisons can be found on their website at http://www.jforce.com/get-started.html.

The JForce PM system challenges the likes of BaseCamp and ActiveCollab by offering more features while still maintaining a degree of simplicity and a user-friendly interface. Unlike other project management systems, JForce is installed directly on the user’s Joomla! site and without any project limitations. Not backing down from the challenge of competing with other systems, JForce boldly shows exactly how it compares to other project management tools directly on their site at http://www.jforce.com/compare-us-to-others.html.

Initial response from users regarding this new Joomla! project management tool have been positive and strong. “I have to manage over 100 clients during a government application process that has many tasks. JForce handled it perfectly. Being used to traditional PM packages, this one takes all of the complexity away.” says one recent JForce user.

For more information, please visit: http://www.jforce.com/.

WebSpark Inc. is a privately-owned development firm that specializes in custom web applications, database programming, graphic design, e-commerce, search engine marketing, and social media implementation.

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WebSpark Inc Website: http://www.websparkinc.com/
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Graham, NC, United States--November 24, 2009-- WebSpark Design released a new online system that will shorten web development time during extension creation from 8 hours to about 15 seconds

Code Spark creates the basic framework of an extension providing you with an installable component ready to be customized. The system will create all files, sql queries, installables, and information needed for a complete robust properly coded extension. Code Spark generates code in the correct, approved, Model-View-Controller method for both the front and admin sides.

Code Spark was written as a way to speed up development time during extension creation by offering a quick-launch, rapid development method for creating the basics of an extension.

David Hurley, CEO of WebSpark Design and the creator of this new time saving code, “I found myself wasting time when creating extension after extension writing the same functions over and over again. I felt I could write a framework that would generate the base framework that I needed and allow me to save dozens of hours of development time.” Consequently, MyCodeSpark.com was formed.

Caleb Nance, a website graphic developer said, “It’s a little hard at first to use but once you understand the system it saves hours of writing code and makes life a lot easier.”

The Code Spark system is available at mycodespark.com. It is offered free to any user. Simply navigate to the website, upload your XML file and it will generate the controller definitions for you. Currently, this system is in Alpha release and under active development. A stable release date has not been announced.

WebSpark Design (websparkdesign.com) is a multi-dimensional web development company that specializes in custom web applications, database programming, graphic design, e-commerce, Search Engine Marketing, and Social Media Implementation.