Top 10 Joomla! Template Picks for 2010

Top 10 Joomla! Template Picks for 2010

A few weeks ago Kyle and I set about the task of choosing our top 5 templates for 2010. To say it was a difficult task is an understatement.

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Insights From: "The Official Joomla! Book" (Part 3)

Insights From: "The Official Joomla! Book" (Part 3)

During Joomla!Day West 2010 Pearson Publishing announced the release of Joomla! Press. The mission of Joomla! Press is to enhance the Joomla! experience by providing useful, well-written, and engaging publications for all segments of the Joomla! Community from beginning users to framework developers. Titles in Joomla! Press are authored by leading experts and contributors in the community.

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Backup Now! - You know you should!

Backup Now! - You know you should!

In Joomla! we are exceedingly lucky with the quality of extensions provided to make backing up your site easy - just a few parameters and the job is done. In this article Team EaSE shows you three free backup extensions, one plugin and two components.

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Joomla 1.6 - Thoughts from Around the World!

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JAB11: Interview with Robert Deutz & Brian Teeman

JAB11: Interview with Robert Deutz & Brian Teeman

It’s Back! J and Beyond is back for its second annual event, and it’s out to please! Joomla! Community Magazine editors caught up with Robert Deutz, Events Team Leader for OSM and Coordinator for JAB11, as well as Brian Teeman, Joomla! Co-founder and Organizer for JAB11, to get the scoop on the upcoming event!

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Website Case Study: Kineo E-Learning

Website Case Study: Kineo E-Learning

A global leader in E-Learning solutions, Kineo needed to update their website, and employed Philip Locke of Fastnet Web Design to help them get the job done. The previous Kineo website was running on Mambo, and it was time for an upgrade to Joomla! Using available migration tools, Fastnet Web Design was able to keep the content, categories and menu structure in place as they cautiously moved the large database and site from Mambo to Joomla 1.0, then to Joomla 1.5 successfully. Today, Philip will share with us how he made the successful transition to Joomla in just 8 short weeks.

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Post your Haiku here for January 2011

Post your Haiku here for January 2011

Here is an easy and fun way for you to share your feelings about Joomla! with the rest of the community: Simply write a haiku about Joomla! below in the comments area of this month's page. Be sure to check back here to read the haikus submitted by other members of the community. We will have a page for new haiku in every upcoming JCM issue.

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Jane Beyond & friends

Jane Beyond & friends

Illustration by:  YeprJane Beyond

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Open Source Matters: December 2010 Report

Open Source Matters: December 2010 Report

OSM is starting off the New Year in road map mode. Coordination, foresight and planning are key ingredients to a successful project. In the coming weeks a budget process and timeline will be submitted to the community for feedback. Our goal is to include a unified road map in this process with input from all the leadership. In addition to mapping our course, a road map can help identify areas for community involvement.

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What type of web sites can you create in Joomla!

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Ask not what Joomla! can do for you...

Welcome to 2011! We're looking forward to an exciting year in Joomla! With Joomla! 1.6 to be released soon, and the Joomla! community constantly growing, there's lots to do around here! Hopefully you've already made some plans for the upcoming year, but if not, we've got some great suggestions for how you can contribute to Joomla! in 2011! So get your pen out, check out the list of opportunities for you to help, and add a couple to your resolutions for this year!

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Joomla! in the Press/Media - January 2011

Joomla! in the Press/Media - January 2011

Welcome to Joomla! in the Press/Media. You will find links and short descriptions of where you can read recent articles about Joomla! in the Press and Media.

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Party Like It's Joomla! 1.6

Party Like It's Joomla! 1.6

It's time to CELEBRATE! Joomla! 1.6 will be out this month! Put on your party hats, crank up the music, pop open the bubbly, grab a partner and do the happy Joomla! dance of joy!

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The 2010 Video Interviews - Part 3

The 2010 Video Interviews - Part 3

During Joomla! Day West 2010 and the Community Leadership Team and Production Leadership Team Summit, Kyle Ledbetter and Jeremy Wilken were asked to produce a series of video interviews with Joomla! Leadership that was in attendance. Additionally, some interviews were done with other members of the community that were there. In this third installment we meet Paul Orwig, Sandra Warren, Ron Severdia and Louis Landry. They all take a few minutes with us to share their thoughts on the project, community, the impact Joomla has had on them and why they love it!

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Lights, Camera, Action!

Lights, Camera, Action!

Casting call! Grab your camcorders! The JCM is looking for a few good videos of how you use Joomla! in your part of the world!

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Team EaSE Article: Passwords - Don't walk in front of a Bus!

Team EaSE Article: Passwords - Don't walk in front of a Bus!

Team EaSE discuss passwords in general and stress how important password construction and safety are to the overall security of your website and backups.

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Jane Beyond & friends

Jane Beyond & friends

Illustration by:  YeprJane Beyond

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The 2010 Video Interviews - Final Selection

The 2010 Video Interviews - Final Selection

During Joomla! Day West 2010 and the Community Leadership Team and Production Leadership Team Summit, Kyle Ledbetter and Jeremy Wilken were asked to produce a series of video interviews with Joomla! Leadership that was in attendance. Additionally, some interviews were done with other members of the community that were there. In this third installment we meet Sam Moffatt and Ian MacLennan as well as yours truly, Matt Lipscomb. They all take a few minutes with us to share their thoughts on the project, community, the impact Joomla! has had on them, and why they love it!

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Kyle Ledbetter: King of the launch room

Kyle Ledbetter: King of the launch room
In the days before the launch of 1.6, the Joomla! community came together to produce web pages, banners, announcements and resource links. Joomla! developer and designer Kyle Ledbetter of Pixel Praise played a key role in this endeavor, and shares his reflections on that suspenseful process with the JCM.
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Good Resources for Joomla! Beginners

Good Resources for Joomla! Beginners

This article helps you, especially Joomla! beginners, get started with Joomla! CMS systematically by providing you with good sources of Joomla! tutorials. The selected websites have proven their reliability to many Joomla! users, and to me, for a long time. All sources are thoroughly designed with detailed instructions in both text and videos format so that readers have the best understanding of these tutorials.

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