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Shirielle D. Williams
Shirielle D. Williams (SD) is a long-time Joomla! volunteer serving as Joomla User Group Chicago North (JUGCN) lead, JoomlaDay Chicago coordinator. A former co-release lead for 4.3 with Olivier Buisard continues to volunteer on several Joomla teams, including Guided Tours.
When not volunteering for the Joomla project, SD is the owner and president of Danico Digital, a web and digital marketing firm located in the Chicago northwest suburbs.
Creating and supporting solutions powered by Joomla are at the heart of Danico’s work.
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Articles
The Joomla Academy: Advanced Migration Graduation
Open source is a powerful reminder that collaboration often creates results far greater than the sum of their parts.
Volunteering with the Joomla project offers countless benefits: professional development, friendships with peers who understand your work, and business networking opportunities. For me, gratitude has always been central. I’m thankful for the contributions of so many—past, present, and future.
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Celebrating Two Years of Joomla Guided Tours
June 2025 marks a significant milestone that I'm incredibly proud to share with the Joomla community—the second anniversary of our Guided Tours team, a dedicated group that has transformed how users experience and learn Joomla.
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Introducing the Joomla Health Checker: Your Website's Personal Physician
Empowering administrators with insights beyond just updates
We've all been there. You log into your Joomla administrator panel, check for updates, see that green checkmark, and think "Great! My site is healthy." But is it really?
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Guided Tours: Getting Better and Better - Here’s What's New!
You may have seen them in the backend of your Joomla 4 or 5 website: Guided Tours, the ultimate way to get familiarized with your Joomla website. And while Joomla 5 keeps getting better (thanks to our awesome developers), so does Joomla's Little Helper, aka the Guided Tours!
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The End of the Journey for 4.3 Co-Release Managers
Our journey is coming to an end…
Joomla 4.3 Co-Release Managers Olivier and SD, share their experience as release managers now that their branch has been surpassed by the release of 4.4 and 5.0.
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Do you have a few hours to help enhance Joomla’s latest feature, Guided Tours?
Guided Tours in Joomla has been a prominent project within the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) program. Guided Tours was the main feature of the Joomla 4.3 release showcasing the power of teamwork and determination. This article highlights the ongoing efforts to refine and expand Guided Tours and the need for users who can help enhance the Guided Tours feature.
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How you can help Joomla 4.3 forward
Here in the United States, the month of November brings with it thoughts of thankfulness and a spirit of giving. With that in mind, Olivier Buisard and I wanted to share a word of thanks.
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Tips for Posting Your Event on the Joomla! Community Portal
The Joomla! Community Portal event listing is a great place to share your Joomla and Joomla-Related event.
User Group meetings, JoomlaDay event, JoomlaCamp event, or a Joomla Roundtable are just a few of the types of events perfect for the community portal. Below are 6 tips to help get your event listed.
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Community Openings May 2021
I may be reaching a little bit here with this reference to a song released before many of us were born, but I felt it was appropriate and I’m sure you’ve heard. It just so happens that the English singer/songwriter, John Robert "Joe" Cocker OBE, who wrote the song was born on May 20th.
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