Community Magazine

As we have already seen, there are many women volunteers in Joomla. Amazing women, who look after the Joomla project, and the community that surrounds it.

This month we have with us another amazing Joomla woman. Her name is Christiane Maier-Stadtherr.

On October 18 and 19, 2024, Metz played host to JoomlaDay France, a flagship event for French-speaking Joomla! enthusiasts and users. Organized by AFUJ (Association Francophone des Utilisateurs de Joomla!), this annual event once again demonstrated its essential role in federating, informing and inspiring the community.

Starting with Joomla 5.3, you can upload files to a dedicated files folder instead of the images folder. It may look like a small difference, but it is a big improvement in terms of usability and site structure. 

I first came across the term “open source” about 20 years ago and through various projects I found communities that supported and contributed to software that was freely available under various licences. Joomla is licenced as open source and it in turn sits on open source software including PHP, MySQL / MariaDB, the webserver software whether it’s Apache, NGINX and the server itself on a version of Linux (or Windows, which is not open source) All of this relies on contributors to add functionality, test changes, provide support through forums, repositories and documentation.

A new feature in Joomla 5.2 makes life so much easier for Joomla component developers!

It's called the ModalSelect standard field, and it provides a really easy way to implement a modal window in your component.

The Joomla project shows very clearly how quickly web technologies have developed and how they bring with them a multitude of challenges that developers have to overcome today.

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Joomla's template override functionality allows users to customize the default layout of components, modules, and views, providing extensive flexibility for creating unique designs. Managing template overrides effectively will minimize maintenance challenges on updates.

You probably know people leave a carbon footprint. But did you know websites do this as well? And what is the footprint of your website?

We asked ChatGPT itself...

If there's one person who represents action in Joomla, it could be Roland Dalmulder. For a long time now, he's been moving forward without looking back, even running, wearing the Joomla colors! And when he stops to take a breather, it's only to set off again! 
This marathon coder is back this year with the firm intention of helping users of his renowned extensions, as well as getting even more involved in the Joomla! project.

The JCM Team is proud to present you the November Issue of the Joomla! Community Magazine.

What is the current state of Joomla’s documentation? What’s new and different? What are the future plans? How can you help?

Have you ever shared a link on Facebook only to find the thumbnail was missing, or there was a different picture than you expected? If you don't explicitly tell Facebook what image to use then it makes a guess.

A few years ago I created a free website using launch.joomla.org. I registered the website specialist.joomla.com and created a Joomla 3 website with an English and Dutch page with a small description about my (business and volunteer) work.

As we continue exploring the different aspects of optimization, the quantity of information is vast.
In this edition, we will cover Content, SEO, and User Experience... This is of course just a highlight and many more things could be said about each topic... 

There are jobs, behind-the-scenes jobs, that not many people want to do, because they require hard work, rigor and seriousness, but also the ability to work as part of a team without necessarily being in the spotlight and reaping the glory. Nadja Lamisch possesses these qualities and has successfully carried out the mission entrusted to her: treasurer of Joomla.
At the end of her term, she stood for re-election and was re-confirmed in her post. This well-deserved re-election was well worth an interview to get to know the woman who holds the purse strings.

Power to imagination! In Joomla 5.2, the brand new Articles Module was introduced, a super flexible module that enables you to showcase your articles. In this article, Viviana shows us how you can use this module to create an Advent Calendar. Get inspired and unleash your own creativity!

In the previous article, we got acquainted with the capabilities of the Joomla smart search component, talked about the parameters and configuration of scheduled indexing using CRON. Let's start creating the code for our own plugin.

Our journey until now In this series we want to show some tools that can help to build components for Joomla. The first four episodes were mainly to introduce the example, show some implementations of it without building a component and...