Community Magazine

In a world of competitive everything, it is so nice to find that in certain areas collaboration is king... And one such area is the open-source world, not only because we all depend on each other (and not just for code dependencies 😉) but also because often a contributor to a project isn't just contributing to one open-source project but a few... And in talking about collaborations, while Joomla has a few ongoing endeavors, we have a particularly interesting one in the Open Web Alliance which Joomla helped co-found back in early 2024.

Spending the last 3 days at VivaTech 2025 with AI at almost every booth and in most conversations, one could forget there is anything else today. With thousands of AI tools showcased - from oncology to climate solutions - it’s easy to assume traditional systems like CMSes are unnecessary or possibly even obsolete. Yet this assumption misses a critical point: AI and CMSes like Joomla (celebrating its 20th year in 2025) serve complementary roles, and the latter remains indispensable!

The world post-Covid has made us so used to video conferences, livestreams and podcasts that we could almost forget the value and the benefits of in-person face-to-face events.

In case you haven't looked at your calendar lately, we made it to 2025... 🎆 and that's exciting not only because Joomla will enjoy its 20 year anniversary 🎂 soon, but because the World Wide Web is definitely a bit more interesting than when it first started...

If you spend some time around the web, social media and Joomla, you will most likely at some point hunt around a couple of Facebook Groups in/around the topic of Joomla! and if you do, inevitably (or at least for your sake I hope so) you will come across a group called: Website Design Company Owners - using Joomla! or possibly a mention of the Small Business JUG (more on that later)... that is how I came across the kind, humble and always seen smiling Joomler that is Robin Clapp.

There have been many people involved in Joomla over the past 20 years; some build websites for clients, some help for a time by promoting Joomla, some others contribute their time to a Joomla! Team, some build an extension, and others write code to fix, or improve a functionality in Joomla!... and then, some are all-rounders: they do most if not all of the above...

Having been around the JoomlaSphere in some capacity or another for years, what keeps me around and coming back are the wonderful and super helpful people that I have encountered over the years... some stay, some go, some comeback and some don't but they are collectively the pillars of the Joomla! project no matter in what way they participate, or contribute...

We arrive at our last 3 chapters! In this edition, we will cover Accessibility, Eco-Friendliness, and some extra Optimization Tidbits. Let's dive right in!

As we continue exploring the different aspects of optimization, the quantity of information is vast.
In this edition, we will cover Content, SEO, and User Experience... This is of course just a highlight and many more things could be said about each topic... 

Let's face it, building a website in 2024 on one hand is easier and easier than it has ever been ... especially with solutions like Joomla 5... but on the other, once you have built your beautiful website, it is harder than ever to get noticed, to get quality traffic and to convert visitors into customers...