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February
The February Issue
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- Written by: Luca Marzo
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The JCM Team is proud to present you the February Issue of the Joomla! Community Magazine.
The Backward Compatibility Plugin and why you should switch it off
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- Written by: Benjamin Trenkle
- Category: February
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Joomla! 5 is there and it brings a lot of improvements. One of them is the “Behaviour - Backward Compatibility” plugin. It’s not a feature you can see in backend or frontend, so what is the purpose of this plugin? Let’s answer the most important questions!
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Smoothest Joomla Upgrade - My History of Joomla Upgrades from 1.5 to 5
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- Written by: Robert Fairhead
- Category: February
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I discovered Joomla in 2008 when a web developer recommended I use it to replace a static HTML website I'd built for my not-for-profit dog training club. "Joomla's super easy to use," he enthused, adding, "after the initial 'WHAT THE!?' shock."
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Cassiopeia, Joomla’s powerful built-in template: how to use css classes for your category blog
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- Written by: Viviana Menzel
- Category: February
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There are a number of content display options in Joomla. One of them is the category blog, that allows us to display multiple articles from a category. This option has many settings, which can be confusing for users, so this article will describe the parameters and demonstrate what they do.
Why I contribute to Joomla: Allon Moritz
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- Written by: Serge Billon
- Category: February
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Allon Moritz began by developing extensions that improved the use of Joomla and made them public. He also invested time in the Joomla development teams so that he could give back to the community what he had received from the content management system.
His experience of coding well is useful and worth asking how he feels about being an extension developer and a member of the core Joomla development group.
The Value of Open Source Software
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- Written by: Anja de Crom
- Category: February
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If your software is free for everyone to use, does that mean it isn’t worth anything? Surely not! Three researchers from Harvard Business School and the University of Toronto have found a way to estimate the value of Open Source Software. Spoiler alert: it’s nowhere near nothing.
I've met a Joomler in... Stockholm!
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- Written by: Daniel Dubois
- Category: February
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Wherever you will travel for holidays, for business, or for any other reason, there's probably a Joomla volunteer around.
Recently, I've been in Sweden and I've took this opportunity to meet Sarah Watz, a famous Joomla volunteer but also a well-known former OSM President.
Local Community liaisons, what are they and do you have what it takes to join them?
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- Written by: Philip Walton
- Category: February
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What is a Community Liaison, what do they do and do you have what it takes to become one? All good questions that this article is intended to answer. And in answering we deal with the beating heart of volunteer Open Source community-driven projects just like Joomla!
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Joomla at FOSDEM 2024: launching the Open Website Alliance
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- Written by: Anja de Crom
- Category: February
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Imagine a super large open source developer's conference, with thousands of attendees and over sixty conference rooms. Joomla's president Crystal Dionysopoulos was there, and for a very good reason: together with Drupal, WordPress and Typo3 we launched the Open Website Alliance.
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Joomla User Groups: the place where Joomlers meet
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- Written by: Anja de Crom
- Category: February
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Where can I find other people working with Joomla? How can I learn more about Joomla? Who can I discuss issues with? The answer to these questions: a Joomla User Group! We have JUGs all over the world, and virtual ones, and everyone can join. There’s a Joomla Team dedicated to JUGs: coordinating, encouraging, supporting and helping JUGs. In January 2024, the second international Joomla User Group meeting took place. Laura Gordon tells us what happened there and what’s going to happen next.
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