Jacques Rentzke
I specialize in building and supporting web sites on the Joomla! CMS. I'm the owner of New Web Consulting, and former Co-Lead Editor on the Joomla! Community Magazine. I previously served on the board of Open Source Matters. I also helped organize the Joomla! User Group - Cape Town (JUGCT) and JoomlaDay South Africa.
Website URL: https://webconsulting.co.za
Friday, 17 August 2018 00:00
A Lucky 13th Birthday to Joomla!
The 17th of August 2018 marks the 13th year since Andrew Eddie, on behalf of the then Mambo Development Team, announced the birth of Joomla in a letter to the community.
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2018 August
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Tuesday, 13 March 2018 01:00
An Eventful Spring for Joomla
As the seasons change, with cooler weather signalling the end to a very hot and dry summer here in Cape Town, and the Spring Equinox in Northern Hemisphere is upon us, we look forward to some of the larger Joomla events of the year.
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2018 March
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Saturday, 03 March 2018 10:42
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About
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Thursday, 11 January 2018 05:13
Thank you for your subscription to our newsletter!
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Joomla! Magazine
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Friday, 07 July 2017 18:57
Celebrating Joomla Community Events
This edition of the Joomla Community Magazine is dedicated to the volunteers who help to organize the various Joomla events and community groups all over the world.
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2017 July
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Saturday, 01 April 2017 01:57
The Top 10 Most Read Articles in 2016
We had a look at our site stats in 2016 and found great articles that are examples of what makes a great magazine. In this issue, we are counting down the Top-10 Joomla! Community Magazine (JCM) 2016 articles that received the most views throughout the past year.
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2017 April
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Wednesday, 01 February 2017 16:00
Thank you to the Joomla Community Magazine contributors
The Joomla Community Magazine (JCM) cannot exist without Joomla community members freely sharing their knowledge and time.
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2017 February
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Tuesday, 10 January 2017 19:02
The Joomla Community Magazine 2016 website statistics
At the start of 2017 we look back at the Joomla! Community Magazine (JCM) statistics for 2016. This is the first of a 2-part review.
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2017 January
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Monday, 06 June 2016 00:00
Joomla! Working Together
In the Joomla community, we make progress when we work together. At times we differ (and even strongly so) about the best path to take, but we share a goal of improving the Joomla CMS, for all level of users, from all cultures and nations.
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2016 June
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Tuesday, 05 April 2016 16:00
Celebrating Joomla in All Seasons
In many cultures, Autumn and Spring are times of festivals celebrating harvest and thanksgiving, or life, renewal and rebirth.
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2016 April
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Monday, 01 February 2016 00:00
Volunteers making Joomla great!
2016 is only a month old, and there’s already a buzz of activity in Joomla-land.
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2016 February
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Friday, 01 January 2016 00:00
Joomla: Reflection and Celebration
As we celebrate (along with many in the Joomla community) the start of 2016, we look at some of the highlights of 2015
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2016 January
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Thursday, 01 October 2015 00:00
Celebrating the 10th Birthday of Open Source Matters
On the 23rd of September 2005, the Certificate of Incorporation of Open Source Matters, Inc. was filed with the State of NY, in the USA. This created the legal entity that could protect the Joomla assets, and manage the Joomla Project’s trademarks, licences and finances.
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2015 October
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Tuesday, 01 September 2015 00:00
Joomla 10th Birthday Celebrations
The Joomla community is celebrating the 10 years of Joomla with creative art, video, meetups and cake.
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2015 September
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Saturday, 01 August 2015 04:00
10 Years of Joomla! Birthdays
While preparing for the 10th Birthday celebration of the Joomla project and the Joomla CMS, we look back at celebrations from the past 10 years. They grow up so fast!
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2015 August
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Sunday, 01 February 2015 00:00
Campagne d'adhésion à Open Source Initiative
Le 3 février 2015 marquera le 17ème anniversaire d’Open Source Initiative (OSI).
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2015 February
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Sunday, 01 February 2015 00:00
Open Source Initiative Membership Drive
February, 3rd, 2015 marks the 17th anniversary of the Open Source Initiative (OSI).
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2015 February
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Monday, 01 September 2014 00:00
Announcing the Update Working Group
Do you have a website that's on Joomla! 1.5, 1.6, 1.7 or 2.5, that you need to Update, Upgrade or Migrate? Need help with that? Want to help others too?
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2014 September
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Monday, 01 September 2014 00:00
Software Freedom Day 2014
Software Freedom Day will be celebrated on Saturday, the 20th of September 2014.
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2014 September
Friday, 01 November 2013 22:11
JoomlaDay Johannesburg - South Africa
I was fortunate to be able to attend JoomlaDay Johannesburg - South Africa from the 18th to the 19th of October 2013.
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2013 November
Wednesday, 01 May 2013 00:00
Upcoming Joomla! Events
If you plan to attend all the Joomla! events over the next few months, your journey will take you from Europe to South America, and on to Africa.
Friday, 01 March 2013 00:00
JoomlaDay Events in April and May 2013
There’s not much time left until the start of the JoomlaDay™ events for the month of March, 2013 so I hope you have your tickets booked for: JoomlaDay Gabon (March 07), JoomlaDay Boston (March 16), and Joomladay France (March 22). You won't regret it! There are many more events for April and May 2013.
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2013 March
Friday, 01 February 2013 00:00
JoomlaDay Events in February and March 2013
JoomlaDay™ events are officially recognized, but not organized, by the Joomla! Project and Open Source Matters, Inc (OSM). Each event is managed independently by a local community.
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2013 February
Sunday, 30 September 2012 19:00
JoomlaDay Events in October 2012
There are JoomlaDay events in Berlin, Germany, Tel-Aviv, Israel, Sofia, Bulgaria, Sydney Australia in October.
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2012 October
Saturday, 01 September 2012 00:00
Volunteers needed for the Trademark Team
The Trademark team is improving our processes, but we need your help.
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2012 September
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Saturday, 01 September 2012 00:00
JoomlaDay Events in September 2012
As we go into spring in the Southern hemisphere, and autumn in the North, the local Joomla! communities are organizing six JoomlaDay events in the month of September.
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2012 September
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Wednesday, 01 August 2012 00:00
JoomlaDay Events in August 2012
Cape Town, Chicago and Lomé are the cities where you will find locally organized JoomlaDay events in August.
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2012 August
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Friday, 01 June 2012 00:00
JoomlaDays from China to Greece
The first weekend of June 2012 brings us two JoomlaDay events! The one is in Greece, and the other in China!
Tuesday, 01 May 2012 00:00
Joomla Events Around the World in May 2012
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.
Sunday, 01 April 2012 00:00
New from Joomla! Press: Joomla! Programming
There’s a new release in the Joomla! Press series this week: Joomla! Programming by Mark Dexter and Louis Landry.
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2012 April
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Sunday, 01 April 2012 00:00
JoomlaDay in Iran, Algier, and The Netherlands
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!
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2012 April
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Thursday, 01 March 2012 00:00
JoomlaDay events in March 2012
2012 is now well underway, and for the month of March 2012, there's four JoomlaDay events to look forward to. As someone who lives at the Southern tip of Africa, I'm happy to see two events from African countries among these! Here's the roundup for this month:
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2012 March
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012 00:00
JoomlaDay events: From Bangkok to Guatemala City
In February 2012, people will be learning about Joomla! from Bangkok to Guatemala City!
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2012 February
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Thursday, 01 December 2011 00:00
An Eventful Year!
2011 has been a very active year for the International Joomla community.
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2011 December
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Tuesday, 01 November 2011 00:00
Joomla!Day Events in November 2011
November will be another busy month for Joomla!Day events around the world.
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2011 November
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Saturday, 01 October 2011 00:00
Joomla!Day Events in October 2011
Pack your bags and roll into town... here's an overview of upcoming Joomla!Day events!
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2011 October
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Thursday, 01 September 2011 00:00
Getting Down in Cape Town: Joomla!Day South Africa
On the 19th and 20th of August, the Joomla! community in South Africa (including guests from seven countries) came together in Cape Town, to share their experience, and to learn from each other.
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2011 September
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Thursday, 01 September 2011 00:00
Software Freedom Day 2011
Software Freedom Day (SFD 2011) will be celebrated world-wide on Saturday, the 17th of September 2011.
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2011 September
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Monday, 01 August 2011 23:31
Joomla!Day Events around the World
The Joomla!Day events are organized by the local Joomla! communities.
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2011 August
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Wednesday, 01 June 2011 00:00
Extending Joomla! 1.6
One of the factors that first attracted me to Joomla!® was the number of Free (or low-price) Extensions available. These Extensions (Components, Module, Plugins, etc.) make it possible to build virtually any web site that my clients ask of me.
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2011 June
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