Community Magazine

Pizza, Bugs and Fun

On February 22, we came together once again for our global day of collaboration, dedicated to squashing bugs, testing pull requests, writing documentation, having fun, and… enjoying pizza!

Stop Searching - Start Filtering!

Ever wished you could use a filter to refine your search results? Nadja Lamisch shares with us how to do it with just core Joomla. No extensions needed!

Joomla! 5 - The Articles Module

In Joomla 5.2, the Articles Module was introduced, a new module that should replace the existing modules (Articles - Archived, Articles - Category, Articles - Latest, Articles - Most Read and Articles - Newsflash). The Articles Module combines all parameters of the old modules, includes new ones and enables you to showcase your articles in different ways.

The future of Open Source AI

A new frontier that requires careful navigation has been created by the intersection of artificial intelligence and open source principles. The Open Source Initiative (OSI) held the Affiliates Town Hall on February 27, 2025. The purpose of this discussion was to gather stakeholders from the open source community to discuss the Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) and the future of open source AI systems.

Together we grow Joomla - How to blog about Joomla

Joomla is a super powerful, flexible, fast, accessible and secure content management system that lets you create any kind of website. We all know that. And we all keep wondering why it’s not the most widely used CMS (since it is the best open source CMS there is 🙂). We can grow Joomla together, and here’s how.

Twice a year, you can participate in Joomla’s Pizza, Bugs and Fun, a 24 hour world wide event where everyone can contribute to Joomla in their own way: by squashing bugs, testing features and fixes, or writing or translating documentation. In Denmark, there were three people from the Danish User Group who jumped into their first PBF together. JCM interviews two of them: Ronny and Chris.

GSoC 2025 - What's come

Joomla! is proud to announce that it has been selected as a mentoring organization for the Google Summer of Code™ (GSoC) 2025 program. This year brings exciting changes, including expanded eligibility beyond college students, allowing a wider range of contributors to participate and make an impact.

Women in Joomla: Sandra Decoux

Art liberates you. It is the boundless, limitless, infinite field that allows you the freedom to express yourself. For this reason, I have always liked creativity, and throughout my career, I have been lucky enough to collaborate with creative people with more than just an artistic flair. This is also the reason I joined the JCM graphics production team. This is how I met Sandra Decoux.

Leadership Interview: Sigrid Gramlinger

At the heart of Joomla's development and stability, the Production Department plays a key role in coordinating teams and managing the CMS's release cycles. Leading this effort is Sigrid Gramlinger, who has just been re-elected as Coordinator, ensuring effective organization and timely updates.

Leadership Interview: Carlos Camara

Joomla! relies on a strong operational backbone to ensure the smooth functioning of its various teams and projects. At the forefront of this effort is Carlos Cámara, who has just been re-elected as Operations Department Coordinator. His role is to provide support, foster collaboration, and help volunteers work efficiently across different areas of the project.

The JCM Team is proud to present you the February Issue of the Joomla! Community Magazine, with something in it for everyone: tutorials and how-to's, interviews and community news. Enjoy, and if you like an article, don't forget to share it on your socials!  

In Sustainable Web Development with Joomla! - Part 1, we explored how Joomla enables sustainable web development by promoting energy efficiency, resource optimization, and eco-friendly practices. Key steps included selecting green hosting solutions, writing clean code, minimizing JavaScript, optimizing fonts, and leveraging Joomla's built-in functionality to reduce server load. Emphasis was also placed on user-friendly, accessible design to enhance performance and inclusivity.

As a web designer or developer, you work hard every day to create beautiful and efficient websites. But what about the Joomla Dashboard? Do your clients tell you Joomla is too difficult, or do you still struggle with illogical menus, unnecessary tabs, and a pile of information you never use? Good news: you can fully customize the admin panel to your needs! No more frustrations - just a backend that works for you.

MyWoodlot.com is a website we developed to help forest landowners make good choices when it comes to managing their land. The site is now 10 years old and has transitioned through two (very different) website developers, the latter leaving me shaken to the core. 

Students looking for an opportunity to contribute to open source development and work with the best on a great content management system: this article’s for you. People who know their way around Joomla’s code and want to share their knowledge and help shape Joomla’s future: this article is for you. Read all about the Joomla Academy coming to life!

In this tutorial you can learn how to make a tutorial.

A tutorial is a lesson that takes you by the hand through a series of practical steps. It offers a learning experience by doing something. It is the best way to get to know a subject you are not yet familiar with.

This month we have with us another amazing woman of Joomla. The lady who, for more than a decade now has been the voice of Joomla’s social media, Alison Meeks. I always liked to call her the Angel of Joomla because Alison saved the day in multiple instances, a fact that serves as a demonstration of her dedication to her role and her love for Joomla. Alison has been one of the most valuable and devoted volunteers in the Joomla community.

In Joomla 5, customizable email templates have made an entrance, for core and third-party components. They cannot (yet) be added on their own, they are added during the installation.

For years Luca Marzo has been the memory, or even the one-person encyclopedia of Joomla. He served eight times as Secretary of the Board of Open Source Matters, and during those years, Luca came to be Joomla’s very own Google equivalent for everyone, regardless of what you’d need to know: “Ask Luca”. And now this has come to an end. Time to give Luca a proper thank you!

If you're a Joomla user, you've probably already heard of JEvents, YourSites or EasyLayouts. But do you know the man behind these essential extensions?