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If you follow my writings, you probably know that I try to use as few extensions as possible. Not because I don’t like extensions, but because I like to keep the websites I create as easy to maintain as possible. There are many cases where extensions absolutely make sense: events calendars, big image galleries, file downloads, etc. In other cases I’m sure I can handle the request with Joomla core and some overrides, because Joomla is a very powerful system.

In the first part of this article I wrote about the planning around the conference website. I described the content types and the functionality we want to have. Now I will show you what happens after a speaker submits a talk.

Building a conference (or any other) website doesn’t begin with design; it starts with a clear plan for content and functionality. As developers and organizers, we know a beautiful site is useless without a strategically organized approach. In this article we'll explore how to make the most of Joomla Core to build a conference website that delivers.

What if you could have different colors and other styling for each category? With the Articles - Categories Module, you can - and all it takes is a few small tweaks. Joomla offers many modules, but some powerful ones go unnoticed. The Articles - Categories Module is one of them, and with a few small code and CSS tweaks, it can do far more than expected.

The CSS :has() pseudo-class is often called the long-awaited “parent selector” in CSS, enabling developers to style elements based on their children or siblings.

Gradients are powerful for adding depth, highlights, or visual interest to backgrounds, buttons, and overlays. All with pure CSS. Head over to your user.css and spice up your Joomla website!

Joomla 6 is out and it brings a great example of a Child Template with new options for colors and font sizes. 

In the September Issue of the Magazine I started a new CSS Series with short explanations of modern CSS properties and functions. Today’s article is about Subgrids.

When we're busy with deadlines and to-do lists, it can be difficult to keep up with new technologies. CSS has evolved dramatically in recent years, and it's not always easy to keep up with the latest developments.

In this article (perhaps it will become a series), I want to focus on a change that makes code easier and more flexible to write, especially for multilingual websites.

Twenty years of development, twenty years of commitment, twenty years of working together: if we'd ask every Joomler to create a timeline of what they consider the highlights and milestones of Joomla's first two decades, no two timelines would be the same. Nevertheless we wanted to give it a try. If you think anything is missing, please use the comments section to tell us what it is and why it should be there! And we'd really love it if you share your personal Joomla highlights as well, you can also do that in the comments. But first, have a look at our impressive timeline!