Herbert-Jan van Dinther has been working on websites and SEO since 1999. He is currently working as a Senior IT Analyst with a large company. Herbert started website building with Mambo, Joomla!, Drupal, Typo3, and WordPress. He likes to educate people, via several of his websites, on how to use open source content management systems such as WordPress and Joomla!, and how to get them higher in search engines.
He is the author of Joomla! 1.5 SEO by Packt Publishing. You can learn more about him on www.herbertjanvandinther.com.
Peter Martin has a keen interest in computers, programming, sharing knowledge, and how people (mis)use information technology. He has a bachelor's degree in Economics (International Marketing Management) and a master's degree in Mass Communication.
He discovered PHP/MySQL in 2003 and Joomla!'s predecessor, Mambo CMS, a year later. Peter has his own business, www.db8.nl (founded in 2005), and he supports companies and organizations with Joomla! implementations, support, and Joomla! extension development.
Peter is actively involved in the Joomla! community where he is a member of the Community Leadership Team and Global Moderator at Joomla! forum.
Furthermore, Peter has reviewed the following Packt Publishing books:
- Joomla! 2.5 Beginner's Guide, Eric Tiggeler
- Joomla! 1.6 First Look, Eric Tiggeler
- Joomla! 1.5 Templates Cookbook, Richard Carter
His other interests are open source software, Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, and Arch Linux), plug computers, music (collecting vinyl records), and art house movies. Peter lives in Nijmegen, The Netherlands.