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Written by: Anja de Crom
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In an interview in this issue, OSM's new secretary, Philip Walton, says: "We are a massive success story, and it's so easy to forget that. An anarchic incoherent group of individuals who gravitated around an open source fork and made it work, and not just work but work for 20 years, that's a huge achievement and one that's easy to overlook."

That is exactly how I feel about the Joomla Community Magazine. Each and every month, people come up with  ideas and articles. It's a never ending flow of quality content, created by you: the wonderful Joomla community.  The May issue is no different: another interesting mix of tutorials and how-to's, community interviews, leadership interviews (read those! These people hold Joomla's future) and more. Have fun reading, and if you think: hey, this is a community I'd like to join, please reach out to us so we can find you something nice to do!

This month’s edition features:

This release wouldn't have been possible without the work of the Community Magazine Team, all the authors and all the people who patiently answered our questions.

Thanks to those who participated! Your contribution is very valuable to us.

The Call for Authors for the Community Magazine is always open, we are eager to receive your articles.

If you want to write for the Magazine, regularly or just once, drop us a line at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Contributed to this issue:
Anja de Crom (Co-Editor), Claudia Weber-Lenck (Co-Editor), Sandra Decoux (Creative Director), Viviana Menzel (Author & Maintainer), Maria Skampoura (Author & Creative Team), Serge Billon (Author), Herman Peeren (Author), Dan Atrill (Author, Editor, Creative Team), Emmanuel Lemor (Author), Christiane Maier-Stadtherr (Author), Eoin Oliver (Author), Mohamed Abdelaziz (Author), Carlos Cámara (Author), JoomlaBLR (Author), Brian Teeman (Author) and Luca Marzo (Contributor)

We want to thank also all the developers, leaders and volunteers who dedicated their time to answer our interview questions. The Joomla Community Magazine wouldn't be possible without the continuing work of all the volunteers contributing to Joomla. Thank you all for being awesome!

About the author

Before I got my current job as Coordinator Communications & Digital, I ran my own company for 25 years. The first 15 years I was a writer / editor / journalist / writing coach. 

In 2009 I started working with Joomla, not knowing anything about webdesign. I joined a JUG in 2012, two months later I was co-organizer :) (and stayed co-organizer for about five years).

I loved working with Joomla so much that I started projects, just to be able to create a website for them. That's when I thought: hey, maybe it's time for a career switch. In 2014 I decided to go pro with Joomla and switch to webdesign instead of writing. 

Volunteer work

I already mentioned the JUG. After that I did a number of other things over the years:

  • Writer: I wrote articles about Joomla in a Dutch webdesigner magazine.
  • Speaker at JUGs and JoomlaDays.
  • Member of the Dutch JoomlaDagen team for three years.
  • Member of the team that organized all three editions of Joostock (a Joomlacamp/unconference event).
  • Editor of the Dutch Joomla web agency brochure, a brochure webdesigners can use to convince their potential clients that Joomla is the right choice for them.

In 2020 I've started contributing to the Joomla Community Magazine, first as an author, and since 2022 I'm Team Leader of the wonderful Joomla Community Magazine Team. 

Why I contribute to Joomla

To many people Joomla is just a tool. But if you look a little closer, you'll notice it's much more than that. It's a living system, raised and nourished by a community of volunteers dedicating their time to make it the best CMS ever. Without volunteers, Joomla wouldn't exist. It's not 'just a product'. Everyone who uses Joomla, can do so because someone, somewhere, contributed to it. I want to give back to the community that keeps Joomla alive.

And, probably needless to say: I love being part of that community. 

Contributing to Joomla by volunteering brought me so much: valuable experience, more knowledge and a better understanding of Joomla and its community, and the opportunity to work together with a crowd of lovely people all over the world.

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Some articles published on the Joomla Community Magazine represent the personal opinion or experience of the Author on the specific topic and might not be aligned to the official position of the Joomla Project

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