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The December Issue
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- Written by: Luca Marzo
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The JCM Team is proud to present you the December Issue of the Joomla! Community Magazine.
What was your favorite Joomla Community Magazine Article this year?
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- Written by: Anja de Crom
- Category: December
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At the end of the year, magazines like the Joomla Community Magazine often publish lists with the highlights of the year. This year, we’d like to do it differently: you’re in charge! Share links to your favorite JCM articles with us, and tell us why you chose those particular articles!
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Cassiopeia, Joomla’s powerful built-in template: the basics
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- Written by: Viviana Menzel
- Category: December
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When you start creating your website, you may want to search for a template that fits the design you have in mind. Instead of looking at extensive templates, page builders or frameworks with endless possibilities, you could also try Joomla’s core template, Cassiopeia. It looks simple, but it’s so powerful once you know how to use it. In this article, we cover the basic settings and options of Joomla’s built-in powerhouse.
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10 Common Misconceptions about Joomla!
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- Written by: Christopher Mavros
- Category: December
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“A reputation, once unjustifiably lost, serves as a stark reminder of the fragility of perception.”
People tend to crystallize their opinions. Sometimes a man may thrive, but fall short, regardless of his actions. I believe that Joomla has suffered such an injustice and I would like to give my two cents. Over the fifteen years I've almost exclusively worked with it, I've discussed Joomla with hundreds of people, and here are 10 commonly accepted opinions, which I personally find untrue.
Joomla is Yours: create user avatars in the Backend Template Atum
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- Written by: Christiane Maier-Stadtherr
- Category: December
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Not only the sites you produce with Joomla – but also the Backend where you and your customers develop and maintain the site can and should be yours. With a few hacks, you can make it even more yours.
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The Pitfalls of Web Fonts: Embracing the Benefits of System Fonts for Web Design
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- Written by: Brian Teeman
- Category: December
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Choosing the right typeface is a critical decision that influences a website's aesthetics, readability, and overall user experience. While web fonts are popular for their versatility and creative possibilities, they come with their fair share of disadvantages. In this post, we'll explore the drawbacks of using web fonts and showcase a new feature in Joomla 5 to make better use of system fonts.
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Less than 5 mins to change the design of the search module
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- Written by: Daniel Dubois
- Category: December
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"Joomla is complicated", "Joomla is for tech guys", "Joomla isn't user friendly", etc. are the most common (unfair) critics I read the most about this awesome CMS.
In fact, Joomla is exactly like any other topic: cooking, astrophysic, woodcraft, scuba diving, etc. It's complicated as long you don't take time to learn and to train about a minimum.
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Why I contribute to Joomla - David Jardin
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- Written by: Serge Billon
- Category: December
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David Jardin is one of the people who are absolutely inseparable from Joomla.
In addition to his professional activity as a developer, he regularly contributes to checking the security of the CMS.
He's honoured to share his experience with us and explain why it's important to participate in the development of our magnificent tool.
The Vice President of Joomla is helping the Police with their enquiries
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- Written by: Philip Walton
- Category: December
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Here in the UK, the phrase “helping the police with their enquiries" is synonymous with other phrases, such as “Assisting law enforcement with their investigation” and often ends with having “your collar felt.”
Luckily, I even get paid to help them, which is not the usual turn of events when dealing with the Law, but in my case, it is because I build websites for several different Police groups in the UK.
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Keyword or not keyword tag, that is the question
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- Written by: Daniel Dubois
- Category: December
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Recently, a friend of mine posted a singular question on a famous social media:
Do you still use the keyword field in articles?