10 Most Popular Websites Using Joomla!

Since March 2007, over 30 million copies of the Joomla software have been downloaded according to Joomla.org. Joomla is the world's most popular full-featured Content Management System (CMS) and powers approximately 2.7% of the 1,000,000 largest websites in the world. These websites are in a variety of fields, such as education, arts, media, sports, business, science, technology, health, etc.

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Documentation Joomla!

Documentation Joomla!

Joomla! Nous avons un problème! Tout le monde est d'accord que la documentation Joomla! pourrait être améliorée. Nous n'allons pas nous attardez sur ses lacunes. Nous préférons écrire une nouvelle approche et décrire ses bénéfices tout en parcourant les difficultés actuelles. Cet article est destiné à vous stimuler. Si vous pensez qu'il y a un problème que nous n'avons pas traiter, merci de nous en faire part en utilisant les commentaires en dessous de cet article. Nous aimons vos remarques. Nous avons besoin de vos remarques. Nous avons besoin de votre aide. Merci pour votre participation.

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Six Creative Ways For Joomla Developers to Boost Twitter Followers

Six Creative Ways For Joomla Developers to Boost Twitter Followers

It seems the Joomla community has embraced Twitter as a social hub for communication and content distribution, making Twiter the most active social network for Joomla users. With so much activity about Joomla on twitter, how can you effectively grow your Twitter following? In this article we will be examining six creative ways to boost your Twitter followers.

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RFP's, Proposals, and Contracts – Part 3

RFP's, Proposals, and Contracts – Part 3

In Part 1 of this series we discussed the fundamental differences in the types of information requests we receive. In Part 2 we discussed the proposal process and how to increase your chances of becoming the vendor of choice. In this final Part 3 of our series, we will discuss what happens after you have made the sale and how to protect yourself with a contract.

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Testing Joomla!

Testing Joomla!

The Problem: Testing software has been a huge challenge as long as software has been around. A big part of this is the simple mathematics of if / then statements.

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JSN PowerAdmin - Making Joomla easy and fun to use

Joomla is powerful, but is it easy to use? Some people agree with that, but some people don't since they find it hard to start using Joomla. You know, it is not easy for a newbie to define front-end items in the back-end, change module positions, etc. Read on to find out how you can solve these problems...

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Leadership Highlights - July 2012

Leadership Highlights - July 2012

In the July 2012 Happy Birthday issue of the JCM, it's up, up and away with another month of Joomla! leadership updates!

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Joomla! Day Chicago 2012 Business Expo and Learning Conference: August 10 - 11, 2012

Joomla! Day Chicago 2012 Business Expo and Learning Conference: August 10 - 11, 2012

Joomla Powers the Web in Chicago and Beyond: August 10 - 11, 2012
2 full days of Joomla Content Management System fun and excitement. This event is the LARGEST  Joomla Day conference in the United States. Connect with Entrepreneurs, Business Leaders, Industry Experts, and Visionaries to Learn New Sales, Growth, and Marketing Techniques.

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Liam Edwards, A Young Joomla! Enthusiast

Liam Edwards, A Young Joomla! Enthusiast

I first heard about Liam while at JAB12. Sander Potjer told me about this remarkable 10-year-old in The Netherlands who has been involved with Joomla since 2010, so I contacted him to ask if we could interview him for the JCM. Grab a Stroopwafel and get to know Liam Edwards!

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Interview: Umuntu Media

Interview: Umuntu Media

Africa has over a billion people. But with just one registered domain per 10 000 people, it is a continent crying out for local content. We are bridging that gap, using technology to directly connect people who want to know what's going on in their area, all day, every day.

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Happy 2nd Birthday, JCM!

Happy 2nd Birthday, JCM!

The Joomla! Community Magazine celebrates its 2nd birthday this month! Since July 2010, there have been 503 articles published in 18 languages. According to Google Analytics, we have had 1,118,483 unique visits to the site, with 1,769,164 page views! Not bad for a two year old!

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The Joomla! Project Wants You! - July 2012

The Joomla! Project Wants You! - July 2012

Volunteering to help with Joomla! is fun! Check here for listings of current volunteer openings throughout the Joomla! project that have been posted in the "Help wanted in the community” forum.

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Simple Security Guide, Part 1

Simple Security Guide, Part 1

One of the most depressing things in the internet world is when you discover your website has been hacked. The uncertainty and mistrust can terrify administrators and worse - your customers. For that purpose we created this guide. It aims to provide simple rules for protecting your Joomla! websites.

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Leadership Highlights - June 2012

Leadership Highlights - June 2012

Joomla! project leadership clocked a lot of travel miles last month as they got out to attend the JandBeyond conference and participate in the joint leadership summit. Much was learned, new friends were made, and all were enriched by the opportunity for exchange with the community.

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Project: Javascript and CSS Compression API

Project: Javascript and CSS Compression API

The goal of this project is to come up with a library for Joomla Platform which will facilitate compressing and combining of JavaScript and CSS files before they are sent to the client browsers. 

 

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RFP's, Proposals, and Contracts – Part 2

RFP's, Proposals, and Contracts – Part 2

In Part 1 of this series we discussed the fundamental differences in the types of information requests we receive. In this article we will discuss the proposal writing process itself and how you can increase your chances of becoming the vendor of choice for potential clients.

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“PHP and MySQL 24-Hour Trainer” - the Go-to Resource for PHP and MySQL Novices

“PHP and MySQL 24-Hour Trainer” - the Go-to Resource for PHP and MySQL Novices

Andrea Tarr’s book “PHP and MySQL 24-Hour Trainer” is a great educational tool for anyone who wants to learn how to work with PHP and MySQL. If you believe that programming books are generally dry, convoluted and hard to understand, you will be very pleasantly surprised by the neat, well-structured, and accessible way this book deals with its subject matter.

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.htaccess File That FREAKIN Works!

Did you know you can dramatically decrease the size and increase the speed of your website using only .htaccess? Automatic compression of resources, ETags and Expires Headers are frequently overlooked items that can greatly improve your website's performance. This article will attempt to explain in non-geek speak what they are, what they do and how to employ them on your own sites.

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Project: RESTful Web Service API

Project: RESTful Web Service API

I always wanted to get involved in a big open source project such as Joomla. This year, Google Summer of Code gave me this huge opportunity to join Joomla community and build something that many developers can take the benefit of.

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Project: Social Package

Project: Social Package

 It has been more than two months since I first got in contact with the Joomla! Community and I really like it. How has this happened?

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