Community Magazine 
August
21 Reasons to attend the JWC
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- Written by: Nadja Lamisch
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For more than 20 years, Joomla has been a powerful, reliable, and community-driven CMS that brings people together around the world. After many years, the Joomla World Conference is finally returning — and to celebrate Joomla’s 21st birthday, here are 21 reasons why YOU should be part of it.
Why we don't publish everything
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- Written by: Anja de Crom
- Category: August
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At the Joomla Community Magazine, we aim to provide content that informs, connects, and benefits the community as a whole. And even though we’re a magazine by the community, for the community, we won’t publish everything that’s brought to us. Here’s why.
You got hacked. So what?
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- Written by: Serge Billon
- Category: August
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The recent wave of hacks on CMS-powered websites has brought into sharp focus the question of whether a site can be attacked.
Let’s get the uncomfortable question out of the way right away: It’s not “Will my site be hacked?” but “When will my site be hacked?”
Joomla is older than...
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- Written by: Brian Teeman
- Category: August
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On 17 August, Joomla turns 21 years old.
Twenty-one years.
In human terms, that's old enough to buy a drink almost anywhere in the world.
Funding Open Source in a new era…
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- Written by: Emmanuel Lemor
- Category: August
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In today’s ultra-connected digital world, it is very easy to forget that everything we do is tied to and dependent on technology. What overwhelming makes this all possible?
Open Source and the tireless volunteers that power this global movement.
Does AI Make It Easier For Websites To Be Hacked?
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- Written by: Dan Atrill
- Category: August
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Everyone’s talking about AI and how it can do everything for you. But that can mean bad things as well.
Read more: Does AI Make It Easier For Websites To Be Hacked?
How a Joomla Component Junkie Fell in love with the Astroid Framework
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- Written by: Paul Staub
- Category: August
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Up until the early 2020s I had a site loaded with so many components, plugins and templates that it became impossible to maintain. I relied heavily on one particular battleship-like suite of components and a particular complementary framework. All subscription models, mostly paid and a few free ones thrown in for good measure. When the large component
developer started quietly exiting the Joomla ecosystem I realised how delicate the whole construction was.
Read more: How a Joomla Component Junkie Fell in love with the Astroid Framework
When AI Turns on Your Code - the impact of AI hacks on extensions developers
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- Written by: Anja de Crom
- Category: August
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We’ve all seen it happen: over the last few weeks, there have been a growing number of security issues, discovered and sometimes actively exploited with the ‘help’ of AI. What impact does this have on our extensions developers? JCM found three extensions developers willing to talk about this.
Read more: When AI Turns on Your Code - the impact of AI hacks on extensions developers