Community Magazine

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.