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The March Issue

Written by: Anja de Crom
Category: March
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Why should you join the Joomla World Conference? How did Angie Radtke experience her short term on the Board as the Secretary of Open Source Matters? What opportunities does Joomla offer for young developers looking to contribute to Open Source and learn much more than just tech skills? What type of President does Joomla need, and what do you have to do if you tick all the boxes? How do you build a conference website, with a schedule, using just Joomla Core and no extensions? 

These are just a few of the topics covered in this edition of the Joomla Community Magazine. All brought to you by our wonderful volunteers. As you may know, Joomla is developed and maintained by volunteers from all over the world. No big company behind it, no tech bro telling us what to do: just people like you and me. And as tech bros seem to be taking over the world, this autonomy gets more important than ever. Do you value freedom of choice, autonomy and the chance to contribute to your favourite CMS?

Then it's time for you to join the global Joomla movement, there's something to do for everyone and we'd love to have you on board!

Check out this video, made by people from various Joomla teams:

Link to video on YouTube

There's always room for new volunteers, so if you see something in this video that appeals to you, don't hesitate to reach out. 

A movement like Joomla can only grow if you help get this message out to the world: if you're in search of a flexible, stable, robust, extendable, secure and fast CMS that's completely yours, Joomla is it. A super easy way to do this is by sharing the articles in the JCM on your socials. Become a Joombassador now 🙂 and let's grow Joomla together!

Full list of this month's articles:

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 means the world 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 Team), Viviana Menzel (Author & Maintainer), Louise Hawkins (Creative Team), Dan Atrill (Author, Editor, Creative Team), Brian Teeman (Author), Emmanuel Lemor (Author), Herman Peeren (Author), Serge Billon (Author), Marc Dechèvre (Author), Christiane Maier-Stadtherr (Author), Carlos Cámara (Author)

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 part of the Joomla movement!

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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