Community Magazine

It all started with this email: Congratulations! we are pleased to inform you that you have been selected to participate in the Joomla Event Travel Program (JET) and attend the Joomla World Conference (JWC14) in Cancun from November 7 to 9, 2014! Needless to say, my joy was great because I was going to meet people with whom I am friends and share on forums, chats, hangouts etc... I would also get to see people I met at the last conference in Boston, Massachusetts JWC 2013. In short, I could not hide my joy to have been selected to go to Mexico to meet people just as passionate as I am about Joomla.

I set out to the Joomla! World Conference seeking inspiration and to learn how to create better websites. Little did I know it would also turn into a great vacation with a visit to a Mayan archeological site, morning yoga sessions on the beach, enjoying varied dance performances, great food and perfect weather. Remember, there were four simultaneous presentation tracks running concurrently in English, and one in Spanish. What follows includes brief descriptions of what I took away from the sessions I chose.

Every now and then the Joomla project organizes a Code Sprint. The purpose of a sprint is to improve a specific area of the Joomla ecosystem, this can be the code, documentation or something else. During a sprint a group of people with expertise in this specific area are brought together in one place. Not online but offline, real life meetings. Nothing beats a face-to-face meeting if you want to make things happen.

For the Polish Joomla community, last year was a revolution! From December 2013 to June 2014 our community organized six new Joomla User Group meetings. I want to share our model of creating awesome JUG meetings so that it can help others, and for them to see how to do JUG meetings for free (without any cost). 

There are many Joomla events to wrap-up 2014 including one of the year’s largest events, the Joomla! World Conference. Joomla! User Group (JUG) meetings and JoomlaDays are intended for everyone from casual users to core developers. The third annual Joomla! World Conference, also intended for all types of Joomla users, will be held November 7-9 in Cancun, Mexico. Visit the Joomla! Events site to browse all events, submit an event or learn how to organize an event.

Joomla events are plentiful in October and November and range from worldwide online bug-squashing sessions to one of the largest events of the year, the Joomla World Conference. Joomla! User Group (JUG) meetings and JoomlaDays are intended for everyone from casual users to core developers. The third annual Joomla World Conference, also intended for all types of Joomla users, will be held in November. Visit the Joomla! Events site to browse all events, submit an event or learn how to organize an event.

With a variety of Joomla events spread across five continents during September and October, there is definitely something for everyone everywhere. Joomla User Group (JUG) meetings and JoomlaDays™ are intended for everyone from casual users to core developers. Visit the Joomla Events site to browse all events, submit an event or learn how to organize an event for your group or community.

With 175 user groups around the world, there is always something exciting and interesting happening in the Joomla! Community! This is a monthly round-up highlighting new Joomla! User Groups, events, and reviews of JUG meetings. If you have anything you would like me to feature from your Joomla User Group please send me an email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. You must be writing from a registered Joomla! User Group (i.e. listed at https://community.joomla.org/user-groups.html).

Software Freedom Day will be celebrated on Saturday, the 20th of September 2014.

For the third time a JoomlaDay took place in Mexico, this year on July 17-18, a 2-day event organized by the Official Mexico City JUG. I can summarize the #JdayMX14 by saying that it was: participatory, international, and with many new faces.