Community Magazine

Over the past few weeks I've noticed a few more websites appearing online using parallax methods in their designs with some very impressive results.

I had the opportunity to join two recent JoomlaDays: JoomlaDay New England on March 31, and JoomlaDagen Nederland (JoomlaDay Netherlands) on April 21 and 22. I had a wonderful time at both of these events, and I would like to share some about my experiences.

For many extension developers and businesses the thought of a multilingual website never crosses our mind. However, supporting multiple languages can pay off with great dividends such as increased conversions rates, more traffic and a broader global reach. When creating a multilingual site there is much to consider and it’s really all about localization and knowing the culture. Below you will find 6 powerful tips to make your project a success.

Social ecologist Peter F. Drucker once said, “Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else.” Never is this truer than when describing the importance of time management skills for business owners.

Tell me if this sounds familiar: You head into the office feeling great only to open a seemingly never-ending to-do list that completely flusters you throwing the entire day of balance while leaving you feeling utterly helpless and stretched too thin.

This situation, while never completely unavoidable, is something that can be mastered over time by following these simple steps towards successfully managing your time. 

As we all know, Joomla is a volunteer project made of up dedicated community members from around the world. It is the diversity and commitment of these members which makes Joomla so powerful, that and of course, the platform and framework behind it! There is a lot going on around the Joomla world…

May 2012 brings us JoomlaDay Brazil - Ribeirão Preto; the CMS Expo Learning and Business Conference in the USA, and J and Beyond, an International Joomla! conference in Germany.

"Jumla" es la palabra Swahili para "todos juntos", y fue la que inspiró el nombre Joomla! El Proyecto Joomla! es uno de los mayores sistemas de gestión de contenidos del mundo, respaldado por una comunidad global. Joomla! 2.5 es el sucesor de Joomla! 1.5.

Es una versión con soporte de larga duración y representa el estado del arte del Proyecto Joomla! desde enero de 2012 hasta julio de 2013. Te permite crear sitios web únicos en tu propio idioma.

Incluso si no eres un especialista :-)

Hace ya unos cuantos años que trabajo con Joomla! y gracias a este genial CMS he podido realizarme y ganarme el pan de cada día, lo cual no es poco decir. Cuando me topé con él me sucedió algo que no me había ocurrido con plataformas similares: amor a primera vista. Y el amor  siempre da frutos, así surgió Joomla-GNU; un sitio de ayuda, con artículos, tutoriales y un foro, todo girando entorno al CMS. Esto fue y es una forma de devolver a la comunidad lo que la comunidad me brinda cada día.

April 12th Christine and I attended the first Joomla!Day in Mashhad, Iran.

As you may have directly experienced, in the registration form of a large number of websites, and in the most important such as Google or Yahoo for example, typing an account username immediately triggers the availability check of the choosen username, before the entire form is submitted. Let's see if it is possible to use the same technique on the registration form of Joomla! 2.5 based sites.

Background: December 2009, New York City

When the newly-formed Production Leadership Team (PLT) met in New York City in December 2009, we faced a challenge. Although Joomla! version 1.5 was popular and successful, it had been released almost two years earlier. The code for version 1.6 contained many incomplete and untested features, and no one could say how soon version 1.6 might be ready for release. (It turned out to be a little over a year, in January 2011.)

The Ukrainian Joomla! community presents sites created in the Ukraine on Joomla CMS, Part 2. We will show you the major sites in Ukraine and abroad. Now get ready for a short April trip to the Ukraine!

Give your clients a backend menu that is tailored for them. Here’s how.

We all love open source, sure, but wouldn’t it be great if open source tools, such as Joomla, were just a bit more user friendly for non-techies? Well, the guys over at Worksy had exactly that thought...

At the 2011 Joomla! Open Source Creative and Artistic Recognition Awards or J!OSCARS, the Guggeneheim Art Museum received a well-deserved nod for best non-profit web site.

During the first week of March Joomla! Day Guatemala was took place, with many speakers and workshops. There were people who were very interested in Joomla! and web development, but also those who were particularly interested in the Joomla! Platform.

Farsi, Dutch, French, English. Those are all languages you will hear at JoomlaDay events this month when local communities come together to share and learn Joomla!

Joomla! downloads hit the thirty million mark in March - get DOWN with Joomla!

Because of the rise (and continuous improvement) of Content Management Systems like Joomla!, companies are more capable than ever of maintaining their own websites. However, deciding whether or not to actually maintain your own website (or pay a web design company to do it for you) is a more complicated decision than most people would think.

For three days in May, Joomla! lovers are invited to come to Chicago for the 6th annual CMS Expo Learning and Business Conference. Every conference has featured a full schedule of Joomla learning sessions, and 2012 will carry on that proud tradition! What started in 2008 as a conference for lovers of Joomla CMS has grown for the past four years into a full-blown conference for the entire CMS Community.