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The August issue

Today, we celebrate Joomla's 20th birthday. For 20 years, Joomla has been the go-to solution for millions of users: accessible, safe, secure, fast, robust and 100% yours. 20 years is quite a milestone for a CMS that is powered by people only. Think about it: Joomla wouldn't exist without us, its community. Together we made it possible for people to create websites, earn a living and support themselves and the people around them. Joomla changes lives. Our community helps, empowers and encourages people to learn, share what they've learned and to grow. That is something we can all be proud of. Together we've made Joomla what it is now. Together we're creating a bright future for Joomla. Together we're Joomla.

This month, we present to you an extra festive issue with loads of birthday-themed articles. Enjoy the celebration!

Happy 20th Birthday to Joomla!

Full list of this month's articles:

 

Brian Teeman
What is the Joomla Community?
Brian Teeman
How Joomla Volunteers Built a Digital Relief Center After Hurricane Katrina
Brian Teeman
From Star-Lord to CMS Superstar: six degrees of Joomla
Viviana Menzel
Joomla Milestones: 2005-2025
Brian Teeman
Building a Better Web with Joomla!
Angie Radtke
Building an Accessible Web: Joomla’s Story
Dileepkumar Adari
Joomla! Workflows, Reimagined: My GSoC Journey from Form Fields to Flowcharts
Reem Atalah
Crossing CMS Borders: Migrating across Worlds with a Common Content Model
Charvi Mehra
My GSoC 2025 Journey Building Joomla's AI Framework
Laura Gordon
Celebrating Joomla! User Groups: Two Decades of Connection and Learning
Viviana Menzel
How to create a timeline in Joomla
Mahmoud Magdy
Elevating Weblinks: A Blueprint for Extension Development
Anja de Crom
Thank you Joomla Community Magazine Volunteers!
Maria Skampoura
Happy 20th Birthday, Joomla - a message from Joomla's President
Anja de Crom
Birthday wishes from the Joomla Community
Emmanuel Lemor
A Message from our Friends at the Open Website Alliance
Anja de Crom
Who owns the Joomla project?
Dan Atrill
Building color palettes with: CSS color-mix()
JCM Team
Joomla! 8 - Get involved
Brian Teeman
Back to the Future: 20 Years of Joomla!

This release wouldn't have been possible without the work of the Community Magazine Team, all the authors and all the people who patiently answered our questions.

Thanks to those who participated! Your contribution is very valuable to us.

The Call for Authors for the Community Magazine is always open, we are eager to receive your articles.

If you want to write for the Magazine, regularly or just once, drop us a line at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Contributed to this issue:
Anja de Crom (Co-Editor), Claudia Weber-Lenck (Co-Editor), Sandra Decoux (Creative Team), Viviana Menzel (Author & Maintainer), Louise Hawkins (Author & Creative Team), Dan Atrill (Author, Editor, Creative Team), Angie Radtke (Author), Maria Skampoura (Author), Laura Gordon (Author), Brian Teeman (Author), Emmanuel Lemor (Author), Charvi Mehra (Author), Reem Atalah (Author), Mahmoud Magdy (Author), Production Department (Author), Dileepkumar Adari (Author), Herman Peeren (Author guide), Sergey Tolkachyov (Interviewer) and Luca Marzo (Contributor)

We want to thank also all the developers, leaders and volunteers who dedicated their time to answer our interview questions. The Joomla Community Magazine wouldn't be possible without the continuing work of all the volunteers contributing to Joomla. Thank you all for being wonderful!

Some articles published on the Joomla Community Magazine represent the personal opinion or experience of the Author on the specific topic and might not be aligned to the official position of the Joomla Project

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What is the Joomla Community?

About the author

Anja de Crom

Anja de Crom

Anja de Crom

Before I got my current job as Coordinator Communications & Digital, I ran my own company for 25 years. The first 15 years I was a writer / editor / journalist / writing coach. 

In 2009 I started working with Joomla, not knowing anything about webdesign. I joined a JUG in 2012, two months later I was co-organizer :) (and stayed co-organizer for about five years).

I loved working with Joomla so much that I started projects, just to be able to create a website for them. That's when I thought: hey, maybe it's time for a career switch. In 2014 I decided to go pro with Joomla and switch to webdesign instead of writing. 

Volunteer work

I already mentioned the JUG. After that I did a number of other things over the years:

  • Writer: I wrote articles about Joomla in a Dutch webdesigner magazine.
  • Speaker at JUGs and JoomlaDays.
  • Member of the Dutch JoomlaDagen team for three years.
  • Member of the team that organized all three editions of Joostock (a Joomlacamp/unconference event).
  • Editor of the Dutch Joomla web agency brochure, a brochure webdesigners can use to convince their potential clients that Joomla is the right choice for them.

In 2020 I've started contributing to the Joomla Community Magazine, first as an author, and since 2022 I'm Team Leader of the wonderful Joomla Community Magazine Team. 

Why I contribute to Joomla

To many people Joomla is just a tool. But if you look a little closer, you'll notice it's much more than that. It's a living system, raised and nourished by a community of volunteers dedicating their time to make it the best CMS ever. Without volunteers, Joomla wouldn't exist. It's not 'just a product'. Everyone who uses Joomla, can do so because someone, somewhere, contributed to it. I want to give back to the community that keeps Joomla alive.

And, probably needless to say: I love being part of that community. 

Contributing to Joomla by volunteering brought me so much: valuable experience, more knowledge and a better understanding of Joomla and its community, and the opportunity to work together with a crowd of lovely people all over the world.

 

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