Joomla! Community Magazine™

Since its debut, Joomla! provides a date input field including a selector. It allows you to navigate easily in a calendar month by month and simply click on the desired date to get an entry in the right format. It's handy!

During the JoomlaDay Marseille on 12 and 13 May 2017, 11 participants tried to obtain their Joomla 3.x Administrator certification. The participants were all french-speaking people.

Getting the word out by visiting with some younger potential users at the Manatee Technical College’s DaVinci’s Faire

The Joomla Magazine Team is looking for contributors who can help manage the magazine in different areas. We'd love to have you on board!

In 2015, the Joomla structure team selected and implemented a transition team to improve the leadership structure and empower a stronger more unified strategy for the Joomla Project. This transition team originally composed of six members ended up as the responsibility of two people, Ken Crowder and TJ Baker. With the burden now on their shoulders, they carried the baton forward in building a thriving ecosystem with strong processes, community involvement, and a balance of power. I caught up with the two members of the transition team that co-lead the two-year process to ask them several questions about how the journey played out, what they learned, and how it changes the Joomla trajectory. Read below to learn what Ken & TJ had to say about the process.

Joomla! returned to HostingCon Global for our second appearance with high expectations. Last year we made our debut at HostingCon Global and HostingCon Europe and discovered how important it is for Joomla to attend these type of events.

Here are some helpful tips to help you have a lot more success when starting with Joomla.

سال 1395 خورشیدی به پایان رسید و یک سال دیگر ما کاربران جوملا «همه با هم» و ترجمان «جوملا» در عمل بودیم. این همکاری داوطلبانه نتایج خوبی برای پروژه جوملا و جامعه کاربران به دنبال داشت. ضمن تبریک نوروز و سال نو، در ادامه اتفاقاتی که نتیجه این همبستگی در سال گذشته بود را مرور می‌کنیم:

Joomla! is making its first appearance at the Davinci Faire and BarCamp in Sarasota, Florida.  The event draws more than 600 people from across the gulf coast gathered at the Manatee Technical College to talk tech and show off their latest creations. 

In March, the JUG Team sent out their first of what will be a monthly newsletter to JUG Organisers. The topic was merely to ask Organisers to come and check their listings on the JUG Directory for accuracy.

We had a number of bounced email addresses and have opened tickets wherever possible to get more listings up to date. Many JUGs updated their listings. Thank you!

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.

We had a look at our site stats in 2016 and found great articles that are examples of what makes a great magazine. In this issue, we are counting down the Top-10 Joomla! Community Magazine (JCM) 2016 articles that received the most views throughout the past year.

It's April and the change of the season brings great news for the Joomla Community. In this article, we will highlight some points of interest for our readers. JaB'17 awardees have been announced, Joomla! 3.x series is coming to an end and Joomla! 3.7 Beta 4 has been released, bringing some great and cool new features.

It is always a challenge to give a Blog category view a unique and attractive look.

I have recently taken over as the team lead of the Capitals Committee, which is the part of the organisation in charge of handling our income from sponsorships and advertising. One of my first tasks is to get some stickers designed for use at tradeshows. The thing about stickers is that they are small and are not very good promotional material unless people actually stick them on something (ideally their laptop, car, office wall, bags or similar visible area).

March brings great and exciting news for the Joomla Community! The ballots are closed and we have the new Board of Directors. Also, we got the news that Joomla! has been selected for Google Summer of Code 2017!

JoomlaDay's are an excellent way to unite our community on a local level and this year's JoomlaDay Florida went far beyond Florida.  Joomlers from across the United States, South American, Canada, Europe, and Jamaica took part in the two-day Joomla showcase. 

В этом выпуске журнал "Joomla Community Magazine" беседует с Денисом Двали, русским разработчиком из Архангельска, основателем Joomduck.com и создателем расширений системы Joomla! "JomSocial Profile Pro", "Community Builder Profile Pro" и "Magic Window". Читайте в нашем интервью о том, как Денис, столкнувшись с недостатком одного из расширений Joomla! и обучаясь самостоятельно, стал разработчиком, его рекомендации тем, кто бы хотел встать на этот же путь, его мысли о преимуществах и недостатках системы Joomla! и о его любимых блюде, книге и домашнем животном.

February was a slower month in the JUG community around the world. Perhaps we’re all hibernating or just plain busy.

En enero tuve la oportunidad de participar de tres días intensos de colaboración y voluntariado para la gestión del proyecto Joomla!. Desde el punto de vista de un terráqueo, llegué el viernes a Londres y volví el martes a Oviedo. Sin pausa, fueron 3 días de trabajo continuo, aprovechando al máximo el tiempo disponible. En un solo lugar, pudimos resolver temas propios de cada equipo y coordinar tareas que afectan a varias áreas. En este periodo, sumamos al proyecto el trabajo contribuido continuo de 37 voluntarios durante jornadas maratónicas de 10-12 horas. Un tiempo precioso que cada uno pudo sumar a Joomla!, restando del ocio, la vida familiar o del trabajo diario.