Laura Gordon

RytechSites
Owner, Developer, Freelance

Certified Joomla Administrator, Nov 2017

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
School of Arts and Sciences
Web Developer

Laura Gordon currently works full time at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, School of Arts and Sciences as a web developer. She along with her team manage over 120 Joomla! websites.

Laura began using Joomla! in 2005 building her first website for a nursery school. As the owner of her own freelance company Laura has trained hundreds of users over the users, and has built many Joomla websites from Public Libraries to Pizza places. She runs the Joomla User Group of NJ since 2013. Visit JoomlaUsersNJ.com for more details. She was an instructor with JoomlaTraining.com from 2009 - 2011 where she gave in person classes in NYC.

In 2017 she was invited to attend the Joomla World Conference in Italy, and became officially certified as a Joomla Administrator.

She lives in East Brunswick, NJ with her husband Ira, and 2 boys, who are now 20 and 17. As a fun note, her husband owns, ThrillCoastertours.com, he takes kids to amusement parks during the summer time...

She always looks forward to giving back to the Joomla Community that has given her the opportunity to meet some amazing people and work with a great product, that keeps giving back!

2009 - Chaired - Joomla Day NYC
2011 - Chaired -Joomla Day NYC
2012 - Chaired - Joomla Day NYC
2009 - 2019 - Chaired JoomlaCamp NYC Annually
2011 - Presented at Joomla Day New England
2013 - Presented Joomla World Conference - Boston
2017 - VET Participant at Joomla World Conference - Italy
2019 - Presented Joomla Day Florida
2020 - Participated in Forum for the Future with Joomla - Spain

Laura is a member of the Joomla volunteer and engagement team with Joomla and the Educational & Outreach Working Group.

To learn more about the Training Initiatives Laura is working on, visit: teens4opensource.com

Joomla User Group - Organizers

Saturday, 20 January 2024

Laura Gordon

January

It is about that time of year again. Twice a year the Joomla User Group team meets with anyone that is organizing their own Joomla User Group or thinking of organizing one.

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Joomla User Groups: growing together by sharing knowledge

Tuesday, 13 June 2023

Laura Gordon

June

Pretty much every Joomla User will reach it: the point where you feel like the only Joomler in the village and wish you knew more people working with Joomla. The wonderful news is: there are. We have Joomla User Groups all over the world, in-person and online, and you can easily join or even start one! Share your knowledge, learn fast, help solve people’s Joomla issues, and have fun!

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Review: Joomla 4! Masterclass by Luca Marzo

Monday, 20 March 2023

Laura Gordon

March

At the Joomla Community Magazine, we love it when people write books about Joomla (and maybe even more when these people are our own team members!). In this month’s issue, Laura Gordon reviews Joomla! 4 Masterclass: A practitioner's guide to building rich and modern websites using the brand-new features of Joomla 4 by Luca Marzo.