Evolving Joomla: Automated Redirects in Joomla - How a Sprint Idea Became a Plugin

"Hello Rachel… I think we have a problem… Google is listing the wrong pages."
Sadly I’d heard it before.
And sure enough, when I took a look at the site I was right. The client had been busy renaming blog articles, changing menu items all for better SEO rankings. The idea was right, but nobody had told Google.

Let me tell you the story of JUG Italia

Over the last twenty years, the Italian Joomla community has undergone a period of radical transformation, with significant changes in many areas.

Pizza, Bugs & Fun 2026 in India: A Tale of Two Cities

What happens when you organize a massive PBF event at not one, but two of your workplace locations, with 30 participants? Read and find out!

Introducing the Advanced Migration Tool - My Journey from Idea to Release

I’m excited to introduce the Advanced Migration Tool - a Joomla component that helps migrate WordPress content into Joomla - and to share what I learned building it as part of the Joomla Academy.

This was the JoomlaDay™ DACH 2025

In November the Joomla! community met in Bad Krozingen in Germany to join this year's JoomlaDay™ DACH.

Pizza JUG & Fun Day – 11 October 2025 JUG043 Maastricht (Netherlands)

On 11 October 2025, JUG043 Maastricht (The Netherlands) hosted the Pizza JUG & Fun Day, bringing together 11 Joomla enthusiasts for a day of learning, networking, and fun! 

The Joomla Bug Squad is looking for you!

Do you want to improve Joomla, solve issues and make Joomla safer? Would you like to meet a friendly bunch of super heroes? Are you interested in learning? Then the Joomla Bug Squad is waiting for you! 

Joomla! 8 - Get involved

You’ve probably  heard about the Joomla 8 sprint in the June edition of the magazine. With only 2 weeks left - the sprint will take place from September 4th to September 7th - we would like to update you about the plans.

Advanced Migration Tool coming to Joomla!

Are you looking for a way to smoothly migrate your WordPress content to a Joomla website? Rahul Singh is working on a tool that makes this possible. Rahul is one of the first students to join the Joomla Academy. Let’s find out what the Advanced Migration Tool will bring to Joomla!

Improved SEO for Joomla

Wouldn’t it be great if Joomla could automatically generate meaningful SEO data, so you don’t have to do it manually? Mohd Shahzan, one of the two very first students to join the Joomla Academy, is working on this. Let’s find out what this project means for you as a Joomla user, administrator or developer!

Joomla! 8 - The future is planned now

Wait, what? Joomla 8? Surely that can't be right?

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!

Pizza, Bugs, and Fun 2024.2 is coming - are you excited yet?

A few days are left for the next episode of Joomla’s legendary Pizza, Bugs & Fun 2024.2 event. So prepare your GitHub account or check your documentation credentials, because you’ll need this. With Joomla 5.2 coming, there is a lot to do. Be ready on August 24th, 2024 to get your pizza and help Joomla to get release ready. Whether you're a seasoned Joomla enthusiast or new to the scene, PBF 2024.2 offers a unique opportunity to make a real difference while enjoying some fun and free pizza.

Groundhog Day, but the fun way - Pizza, Bugs, and Fun 2024.2

We'll do it again, - mark the date!

Joomla! 5.2 is coming closer and we will do our beloved Pizza, Bugs & Fun event like the last time. Mark your calendars for August 24th, 2024 to get your pizza and help Joomla! to get release ready. Whether you're a seasoned Joomla! enthusiast or new to the scene, PBF 2024.2 offers a unique opportunity to make a real difference while enjoying some fun and free pizza.

The Backward Compatibility Plugin and why you should switch it off

Joomla! 5 is there and it brings a lot of improvements. One of them is the “Behaviour - Backward Compatibility” plugin. It’s not a feature you can see in backend or frontend, so what is the purpose of this plugin? Let’s answer the most important questions!

Just a Break, no Goodbye - Thank you, Harald Leithner

Elections again… one of the reasons is that you, Harald, stepped down as Operations DC. I understand your decision, being totally in the hot spot of Joomla! leadership is, at times, absolutely no fun. But it is also a very sad moment for the Joomla! project as you, Harald, were the rock in the surf for many people in Joomla!. Hundreds (probably thousands) of volunteers benefited from your support and millions of website owners benefited from your dedication for Joomla.

Updating a Rather Complex Site To Joomla 5.0.0

For the July 2023 issue I had written a Joomla Magazine article about my first experiences with Joomla 5.0alpha1. I started with an empty installation and tried out some features: Creating articles, installing and using extensions. Now we are in October 2023. The final release of Joomla 5.0.0 is out since October 17, 2023, as well as the “bridge release” Joomla 4.4.0. One day later, I had all my sites on J4.4.0 without significant difficulties.

My next goal was a reality check for Joomla 5.0.0!

Thank you Tobias!

Hello Tobias,

After over three years of service your term as Joomla! 3.10 Release Lead is over. What should I say? It had its ups and downs but the stable factor was you. The whole Joomla community was lucky to have you as the 3.10 release lead during this time.

Joomla 5 Alpha - First experiences

Yes, sometimes I'm curious. So, when I read in the Joomla Facebook group that Joomla 5 Alpha1 was out, I decided to give it a try.

A builder's guide to Guided Tours

In the last magazine article: Guiding you through Guided Tours, we looked at guided tours (available in Joomla 4.3) and walked through their use. We stopped at the point of creating a guided tour as an administrator and as a developer.
Now we will finish that journey so you can build your own!

Tribute to Marco Dings

In the past days the Joomla Community has been hitted by very sad news, Marco Dings, a beloved Joomla contributor passed away. 

The Joomla Force is strong in Central Europe

The German-speaking Joomla community has always been well-connected - now the connection has been strengthened.

On September 23 and 24, the joint JoomlaDay DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) took place in Bad Hersfeld (Germany) and the feedback was extremely positive.

Off to Cyprus, ehm, Cypress - How Joomla does its end-to-end testing

Once, there was a time when testers had to manually test everything in Joomla, clicking through all the views and features each and every time a change was made. It was exhausting, cumbersome and prone to errors.

Along came Selenium! A tool to automatically control browsers, defining long click paths through all of Joomla, repeatable, reliable, not exhausting and requiring less people-power. And the testers saw all the tests that they made, and it was very good.

Joomla Production Teams goals for the next quarter

Have you ever wondered what goes on in departments? Or heard people within the community talk about ivory towers, them and us, hidden agendas and wondered if any of that was true? The reality is much more boring than a conspiracy theory. When volunteering, giving your time to write code, the part everyone hates is writing the documentation, and writing a forward plan (roadmap but less solid, aspirational) comes at the very bottom of the priority list!

Tribute to Antonio Copiello

Tonicopi, a friend.

On January 7 we gathered in the square in Dueville, Vicenza, to say goodbye to you Read more …

Leadership Interviews: Benjamin Trenkle and Harald Leithner

This month we're thrilled to include a double interview with the newly elected Joomla Department Coordinators: Benjamin Trenkle and Harald Leither. The aim of these interviews is to let the Community know a bit more about the Project Leadership and their plans for the future of Joomla.

Page Builders for Joomla - Balbooa Gridbox

In Joomla, you can create all kinds of pages by using the built-in menus and modules, and the template for the layout. But what if you want a little more flexibility? What if you want different layouts for different pages, and you don’t have the technical skills to dive into overrides, HTML and CSS? In that case a Page Builder can help you do the trick.

Why Host.it used Joomla to rebuild its corporate website

During December 2021, Host.it, a major hosting service provider in Italy, published its new website made in Joomla 4. Let’s dig more into their “adventure with Joomla 4” talking with their CEO, Marco Mangione.

Joomla Stack Exchange has Graduated!

I am excited to announce some big news for Joomla Stack Exchange (JSE) - the most advanced platform for sharing knowledge and support for Joomla users. Before I do, let me tell you about my Joomla "origin story" so that you understand why I'm so thrilled.

Events Team Update December 2021

The re-energized Events Department tackled several initiatives this year.  

To Cache, Or Not To Cache, That Is The Question…

With the change in Google’s site rating and ranking criteria, the reasonably new “Web Vitals” measurements have generated new interest in a variety of caching technologies to improve content delivery times in the never ending race to the elusive “100% across the board” and satisfactory search engine indexing results.

What to expect for 2021 in Joomla

We all know that 2021 will be the year of Joomla 4, that is now approaching the Release Candidate phase and will be released during the year. But while the Production Department and many volunteers are working hard to get the release done, other members and teams of the Community are working towards other goals and achievements. In this article, we had the chance to collect some of the goals defined by teams within the Operations and the Programs Departments.

Google and Joomla bringing Lazy-Loading to the web

Hi ?! My name is Ben Morss. I’m a Developer Advocate at Google, where my job is to help make it easier to make websites that are excellent for everyone. I also used to be a "serious" musician, so you can still find me recording songs in the attic that's now my workspace. And laboring on my opera that's sort of about Steve Jobs. Read more …

Joomla 15 years later - Founders' memories: Brian Teeman

The Joomla! Project was founded on August 2005 and some people in the Community might have joined a few years later, not knowing which were the emotions felt or the challenges that were faced by the founders of the project. After 15 years and countless releases of Joomla, we're happy to take a moment to collect the memories of those people who started this Project and founded our amazing Community.

Community Openings - September 2020

Would you like to get more involved with Joomla? Read more about this month’s highlighted volunteer positions below.

Community Openings - August 2020

Would you like to get more involved with Joomla? Read more about this month’s highlighted volunteer positions below.

Community Openings - July 2020

Would you like to get more involved with Joomla? Read more about this month’s highlighted volunteer positions below.

Tribute to Aris Ntatsis

On June 09, the JCM Team received very sad news: Aris Ntatsis, a valuable team member, esteemed Joomler and founder of the Greek Joomla Community, passed away.

The JCM Team decided to write an article to tribute Aris Ntatsis, collecting some words and memories from other Joomlers, either from the Greek and the Global Joomla Community.

Joomla 4: Are we there yet?

I will let you into a little secret, one that others in production will never tell. When is Joomla! 4 ready? Well, that’s simple.

Bugs and Fun @ Home - Contribute to Joomla during the lockdown

The idea for the event came out of a Production meeting on the 24th March. Bug Squad team lead Nicola Galgano suggested that while in lockdown we should do a mini PBF.

Preparation for Pizza, Bugs & Fun 2020

Automated Testing Team - 2019 Report

The last year saw quite some activity in the area of automated tests for Joomla.

CMS Release Team - 2019 Report

The CMS Release Team has continued to test all the Joomla releases.

Documentation Team - 2019 Report

The most activities on JDocs in 2019 was to prepare the release of J4 and J3.10 - both will be released at the same time. It comes with different problems, like different help pages for each main version.

Production Department - 2019 Review

The Production Department holds meetings every 2 weeks, in the meetings the team members report and try to solve problems and architectural questions. Direction changes and important software decisions get discussed and fixed with a motion.

Software Architecture & Strategy Team - 2019 Report

Joomla Software Architecture and strategy team was started in early summer 2019 with the goal to advise Production Department on questions and work on a more long term software architecture and strategy.

Joomla Bug Squad - 2019 Activities Report

The Bug Squad Team has been a “ghost” Team for a long period of time, then in March 2019, an Election was held and I had the insane idea to self candidate myself to lead the team.

Joomla Certification Program (JCP) - Overview 2019

The two main JCP teams, Operations and Marketing, and the Platform and Exam Team worked closely together on the fulfilling the goals as defined in the strategy for 2019 and those from June team sprint in Amsterdam where we were joined by Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall and Marco Dings.

We Invite You to Write for JCM

The Joomla Community Magazine has always been supported by individuals who wanted to share their knowledge about the platform. This is an invitation to become part of the JCM Team and write about you know to help you others. Come join us!

Vanius Girodo: primeiro certificado no Brasil

Durante o recente Joomla Day Brasil, ocorreu a primeira certificação Joomla na América Latina. Vanius Girodo é o primeiro brasileiro a passar no exame e a JCM conversou com ele para saber mais detalhes de sua experiência.

Joomla Day Brasil 2018 Recap

After a few years of absence, Joomla Day Brazil has returned in 2018. The event took place in the city of Guarulhos and was organized by JUG São Paulo and offered a diversity in the program that reflected how diverse the Joomla community is.

Vanius Girodo: first Joomla certified in Brazil

During the recent Joomla Day Brazil, the first Joomla certification in Latin America occurred. Vanius Girodo is the first Brazilian to pass the exam and JCM talked to him to know more details of his experience.

Joomla Community Present at FISL - International Forum of Free Software

The Joomla community was represented by six people at the 18th edition of FISL - International Forum of Free Software that took place from July 11th to 14th in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Comunidade Joomla presente no FISL - Fórum Internacional de Software Livre

A comunidade Joomla esteve representada por seis pessoas na 18ª edição do FISL - Fórum Internacional de Software Livre que ocorreu nos dias 11 a 14 de Julho em Porto Alegre / Brasil.

Joomla Day Brasil 2018

Após três anos, o Brasil volta a organizar em agosto seu Joomla Day que irá acontecer na cidade de Guarulhos, principal centro financeiro, corporativo e mercantil da América do Sul. A JCM entrevista Kazuo Gomi Filho, um dos organizadores, sobre o evento.

An Interview with Armen Mnatsian, Former Joomla Accessibility Team Leader

In this issue we publish an interview with Armen Mnatsian, former Joomla Accessibility Team Leader.

Joomla Day Brazil 2018

After three years, Brazil will again organize its Joomla Day in August, which will take place in the city of Guarulhos, the main financial, corporate and commercial center of South America. JCM interviews Kazuo Gomi Filho, one of the organizers, about the event.

Help Captain Joomla! Save the Puppies!

The Joomla! Optimisation Team is taking part in a SEO Contest in Germany and we need your help to win it!

Joomla is NOT Free!

The concept of an open-source, 100% community project may seem to be a small portion of the software industry today. It was even less common over 10 years ago when Joomla! was founded. However, 100% volunteer organisations have been around for many years - providing relief to those in crisis and facing all sorts of challenges, promoting social change, and encouraging personal improvement. Each of these organisations rely on people to contribute to the cause solely to help other people.

The Joomla! Super Sprint in London - 21st to 23rd January 2017 - A retrospective on a fantastic event.

Joomla’s first Super Sprint was held at CitizenM Bankside in London last weekend from the 21st to 23rd of January 2017 We had attendees from 15 countries (Bratislava, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Malaysia, Netherlands, Spain, St Maarten, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and USA), and a total of 37 attendees with 6 teams officially represented.

156 Websites Participate in a Successful Update Day

The first of many virtual events reminds Joomla! newbies and professionals that keeping their Joomla! website updated is not an option it's a responsibility.

10 причин не пропустить международную конференцию JWC 2016

Международная конференция "Joomla! World Conference 2016" [упоминаемая далее в тексте сокращенно как JWC 2016] в этом ноябре приходит в Северную Америку и, как всегда, это событие будет замечательным. [Хотите приехать, но еще не решили?] Разрешите нам помочь выбрать ее. Ниже следуют десять убедительных причин, по которым Вы не пожелаете пропустить конференцию "JWC 2016".

10 Reasons You Won't Want To Miss The 2016 Joomla! World Conference

The Joomla! World Conference is coming to North America this November 11-13 in Vancouver, BC and it is going to be a fantastic event once again. Let us help make your conference choices a bit easier this fall.  Here are the top 10 reasons why you don't want to miss out on the 2016 Joomla! World Conference.

GSoC: Improved Multi-lingual Content Management (Update Status)

Gladly the project had a big update in these months, so let me show you! Having such a complex project in your hands can be sometimes overwhelming, managing time, defining a certain task as finished, planning further tasks is the hardest part.

Come for the 2016 JWC, Stay to Check out Scenic Vancouver!

The Joomla! World Conference is back for 2016 and is taking place in the beautiful international city of Vancouver. While the JWC is obviously the main attraction there’s no reason not to extend your stay and explore the city during your trip! We put together a brief list of things you can do when you visit Vancouver this November.

Joomla! Trabajando unidos

En la comunidad de Joomla!, cuando trabajamos juntos tenemos progresos. A veces diferimos (y en muchas ocasiones acerca de qué camino tomar), pero compartimos la meta de mejorar el CMS Joomla!, para todos los niveles de usuarios de todas las culturas y naciones.

Recién casados: Joomla! y Jasmine

El conjunto de bibliotecas de JavaScript personalizadas en Joomla! actualmente no tiene pruebas escritas. Este verano, como un proyecto realizado bajo Google Summer of Code 2016, más del 90% de la cobertura de los test se logrará a través de las bibliotecas y este artículo cuenta la historia de lo que está sucediendo.

Joomla! En la batalla de los CMS

En el reciente artículo escrito por John Hooley, en la versión en inglés del Joomla! Magazine, comenta algunos aspectos muy interesantes del porqué Joomla! aparece en segundo lugar dentro de las estadísticas de google en cuestión de descargas. En mi opinion, Joomla! Es una herramienta que cumple más que un blog. Llena una demanda con requerimientos cada vez más técnicos, y está hecha por un océano de profesionales para satisfacer las necesidades de sus clientes. Pero John en su artículo revela el porqué en cuestión de descargas, Wordpress lidera las estadísticas Es una visión superficial de lo que realmente Joomla es para los usuarios no técnicos, y estoy de acuerdo en que la sección que satisface nuestro administrador de contenidos es una para técnicos y no para diseñadores y mercadólogos. Su artículo menciona 3 razones por la cual Wordpress se descarga 5 veces más que Joomla! y el porqué Joomla! siempre está en el medio de los tres más populares. Sus razones son: el mercado objetivo, la falta de posicionamiento y la política de Joomla.

Joomla! World Conference 2016 in Vancouver, BC

The Joomla! World Conference is back again for it’s fifth year, and this time it’s in Vancouver, British Columbia. This year's event will be taking place during November 11-13 at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Vancouver. 

Why choose Joomla for your e-Commerce website

While Content Management Systems (CMS) reduce the burdens associated with building a website, particularly an e-Commerce one, choosing the right system is a pretty hard decision by itself. The three biggest CMSs every eCommerce entrepreneur has to consider are a pretty popular in the CMS world and eCommerce entrepreneurs usually end up choosing one of them for their website. Joomla takes the cake because of its extensive functionality, ease of use, extendability and its ability to deliver a wholesome online business experience.

¿Necesito un certificado SSL en mi sitio web? ¿Y como?

¿En qué momento decidir si necesitamos un certificado SSL para nuestro sitio web?  TSL(Transport Layer Security) es el sucesor de SSL es un protocolo que nos permite transmitir información de una forma segura ya que encripta las transacciones que se transmiten entre el cliente y el servidor. Un certificado SSL le garantiza al usuario que el servidor es quien dice que es.

Karin and Joomla: an inspiring Joomla story

Thirteen year old Karin Déchamps had a week long internship at redWEB where she got introduced to Joomla. This is her experience with Joomla! Be inspired.

Too many extensions equals panic!

Joomla! is an incredibly powerful system out-of-the-box. Naturally, it can be extended through extensions (plugins, components, modules, templates, languages) to increase its functionality and make the site adapt to your needs. That brings us to one of the most common made mistakes in Joomla! site administration: installing too many extensions. Sure, that one might be handy, and hey - why not add that one too? It's common practice not to install too many extensions, and generally teached. However, from personal experience, this isn't followed too often....

Improved Multi-lingual Content Management

No one likes to do repetitive tasks when there is a solution to reduce them. I was selected this year on Google Summer of Code to make the life of multi-lingual platform admins easier. The challenge is to change the way Joomla! deals with several components in a multi-lingual platform. It can be performed in a single page in a side-by-side way, instead of being limited to the “new”-”save and close” loop for items referring to the same thing.

Melhorias na gestão de conteúdo multi-idiomático

Ninguém gosta de fazer tarefas repetitivas quando há uma solução para elas. Eu fui escolhido para o Google Summer of Code deste ano, para tornar a vida de um administrador de uma página multi-idiomática mais fácil. A ideia é mudar a maneira como o Joomla! lida com vários componentes num ambiente multi-idiomático. Isto pode ser feito numa página só, em vez de nos limitarmos a fazer o ciclo “novo”-”gravar e fechar” para itens associados um ao outro.

Una imagen vale más que mil palabras

Esta frase famosa se hace real en el mundo de internet porque como humanos aún todo entra por los ojos. Cada día es más usual ver una página web en una notebook, o un dispositivo móvil, y ahora hasta en una pantalla de TV en donde la resolución cada dia aumenta en su  definición y el objetivo es dar al mundo una experiencia inolvidable, un sentimiento o un poema visual con una sola imagen.

Making a successful membership site with Joomla

What do your members want? It is important to deliver what your members want, NOT what they need. Hang in there with me and I’ll explain.

Le syndrome de la page blanche

Ça y est, c’est décidé ! Vous allez créer votre site internet et vous avez décidé de le faire avec Joomla ! C’est bien, vous avez pris deux bonnes décisions le même jour!

نکات مفید برای بالا بردن سرعت سایت جوملا

در اینجا پنج کاری که می توانید برای بالا بردن سرعت وب سایت وکمک به  کاربران  خود داشته باشید تا از سایت شما لذت ببرند بیان شده است.

J and Beyond 16 - um encontro de família!

O Joomla! é frequentemente referenciado como uma grande família, com isso em mente, não é necessário dizer que o JandBeyond é certamente considerado "A Reunião de Família" por excelência do calendário de eventos do Joomla!.

L’Incontro di Joomla con Il Mondo Cattolico

Alcuni giorni fa ho avuto la grande opportunità di partecipare con L’associazione Joomla!Lombardia ed il Team di Web Advisor ad una giornata di lavoro con i missionari Saveriani, non vi nascondo l’emozione di portare il nostro amato CMS in un ambito così prestigioso,  con delegati ufficiali dello Stato Vaticano e Missionari provenienti da tutto il Mondo.

The Best Way to Streamline Your Member Management

Integrate Your Site To Your CRM!

Managing a membership site can seem like a herculean task, but when you combine it with one of your other tools it can become a breeze.

Joomla! meets the Catholic World

A few days ago, with the Association Joomla! Lombardy and the Web Advisor Team, I had the great opportunity to live a work day with Xaverian Missionaries; I don’t want to hide the strong emotion I felt in bringing our beloved CMS in a so prestigious area, with the presence of official Vatican State delegates and missionaries coming from all over the world.

Three Keys To A Successful Joomla Website Building Business

Who’s the boss? In every business, the boss is the Customer. Without customers... we have no business.  “Cost” is what a customer pays; “Value” is what a customer gets. We need to focus on what we give. Here are three ways we can increase our service’s value in the context of a Joomla web business.

Using Membership Sites Internally

Helping to make more satisfied, more productive employees

There are infinite ways to use a membership site. In previous articles, we talked about ways to externally use membership sites to make your business better. Have you thought about using one internally to improve your employees experience and productivity?

Finalmente, ¿quieres poner tu negocio en línea?

Estamos conscientes que un sitio web puede traernos muchos beneficios si pensamos que este representará nuestro negocio, y que potencialmente puede ser una puerta para que la mayoría de nuestros clientes existentes y potenciales nos visiten. Este puede ser nuestro vendedor numero uno, o nuestro mejor comunicador. Para conseguir esto, necesitamos tener una idea clara de que necesitamos para diseñar e implementar nuestro sitio web. Además, es importante contar con las herramientas necesarias para que nuestro sitio web sea capaz de abrirle las puertas a nuestros clientes y mostrarles de que se trata nuestro negocio.  Idealmente necesitamos que este vendedor no solo nos de los resultados deseados, sino que además nos de un informe completo de las ventas, las visitas y el performance de nuestros productos.

Joomla's Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is Proud to Announce Team Lead: Puneet Kala

The Joomla! Project is proud to announce that we are kicking off this year's Google Summer of Code (GSoC) bid! Google Summer of Code is a global program that connects students and open source projects to work on exciting projects during summer break.

2016 y Joomla! 4

Estamos entrando a un nuevo año 2016 y Joomla! también se aproxima a una nueva versión. Joomla! 4 esta casi a la vuelta, y se ha hablado mucho acerca de las mejoras que esta nueva versión nos traerá.

Increase your Authority with your membership site

Yes, your membership site can make you more of the expert! All things being equal, people buy from who they know, like and trust. Use your membership site to increase your authority and therefore your level of perceived trust.

My Joomla Journey

I recently had the joy and privilege to keynote at both PHP World and the Joomla World Conference in November 2015, and both were amazing experiences. Thanks to the keynotes and my involvement with the Joomla community, I wanted to share with you how I got to where I am now, and how your life and career could take similar paths.

Joomla! Certification Program

Most of you reading this will be very familiar with how volunteers contribute to the Joomla! project. It is sometimes hard and sometimes boring, waiting for results that cannot be achieved. This is what most of the Certification Team members have felt at least once in the last two and a half years while setting up the Joomla! Certification Program. I would like to thank all of you, contributing now to any of the Joomla! projects, and especially to those supporting the Certification Program, and to those for their past and future efforts.

11 Critical Mistakes to Avoid in a Membership Site. 
Part 3 of 3

Four mistakes impacting your bottom line: Parts 1 & 2 of this mini-series related to the site itself and the content contained within. Now let’s look at 4 mistakes that sabotage monetizing your site…

Vote for Joomla! in the CMS Critic Awards

December is voting time again, at least for CMS systems. 

11 Critical Mistakes to Avoid in a Membership Site. 
Part 2 of 3

A quick review: The first four critical mistakes we discussed last month are: 1 - Not enough value. 2 - Complicated user interface. 3 - Poor user experience. 4 - Bad customer service. Now on to the next 3 which are related to your content…

JoomlaDay Poland 2015

The battle for the Joomla-Monster cap, and the magical "yes" uttered by the one chosen heart, rewarding the people thanks to whom the Polish Joomla! story began – this is how, in a nutshell, we can describe what happened during the fourth JoomlaDay Poland, organized in Gdansk - the city of freedom, in the 10th anniversary of Joomla! in Poland.

A trilha do Joomla foi marcada na Latinoware 2015

Os participantes do principal evento de software livre no Brasil foram cativados por palestras incríveis e pelo espírito de união dos Joomleiros

Joomla Day Israel 2015

Celebrating the fifth Joomla Day in Israel 2015, as well as 10 years for Joomla, the Israeli community got together for a full day conference on October 25th, 2015. It was a day filled with knowledge, connections, and excitment.

It's a Magical Place

Everyone has their own story behind '10 years of Joomla'. Most of us haven't witnessed the entire decade, or followed every area of the Joomla ecosystem, ranging from development, leadership, community, extensions, templates, frameworks, documentation, events ... but there's one common topic you'll find every Joomler agrees on: our community has some great people in it. So I thought I would write something up about some of the remarkable people I met. There will be no names, because in reality, many Joomlers fit each of these descriptions -- feel free to think of your favorite person while reading. For me, it's a small way of saying thanks for making Joomla possible.

11 Critical Mistakes to Avoid in a Membership Site - 
Part 1 of 3

4 mistakes relating to customer experience: ok, if you have been following along with this article series, you now know (a) why you need a membership site, (b) several different ways to set them up, and (c) some real-world case studies on how other people are using their membership site. Hopefully, you have taken my suggestions and have created (or are creating) a membership site for your ‘herd’ of followers. If you have, I’d love to hear about your experiences. In this fourth article in our membership series, we’ll dig deeper and begin discussing common critical mistakes to avoid.

Nominate Joomla! for the CMS Critic's People's Choice Award!

It's that time of the year again, where you have to take a stand for the CMS you love. Joomla won the People’s choice award for ‘Best Open Source PHP CMS’ last year. So show your love for Joomla and nominate Joomla! in the categories that you think Joomla fits best.