Joomla Announcements

1. Joomla! Explained - Second Joomla Press Book Released

   

   In October 2010 Joomla! Press, an alliance between Open Source Matters and Pearson Publishing, was announced to the community.
   
   The Joomla! Project is proud to announce that the Joomla! Explained, the second in the series of publications, has been released for sale at Amazon and InformIT.
   
   The book is available in both Paperback and e-book formats. 

   Click here to buy a copy of Joomla! Explained and help to support the Joomla! Project.

   About Joomla! Press

   Purchases of Joomla! Press books are a great way to help support Joomla as proceeds from books, including The Official Joomla! Book, go to the Joomla! project.  To learn more about Joomla! Press please click here.

   About Joomla! Explained

   Master Joomla! 1.6 and 1.7 hands-on, step-by-step, through easy, practical examples!

   Joomla! Explained teaches everything beginners need to know--and nothing they don't need to know!
   
   Joomla! Explained requires absolutely no experience with Joomla! content management, website construction, programming, scripting, or even HTML. Stephen Burge has taught thousands of beginners--and thousands more who've experimented with Joomla! but haven't mastered it yet. Nobody knows more about guiding Joomla! users up the learning curve--from confusion to results!
   
   You'll master Joomla! one easy step at a time, through a complete hands-on case study. Burge presents crystal-clear visuals, explanations, and analogies--all extensively tested with real Joomla! beginners.

   This book covers Joomla versions 1.6 and 1.7.

   The book's quick, easy coverage includes:

   • Understanding what Joomla! does and how it works
   • Installing the latest version of Joomla
   • Navigating your site's visitor and administrator areas
   • Mastering workflows that make site creation easy
   • Adding text, images, links, and formatting
   • Creating efficient, usable navigation
   • Providing contact forms, ad banners, and link directories
   • Using modules to enable site registration and search
   • Adding voting and other smaller "plug-in" features
   • Quickly changing site designs with Joomla! templates
   • Finding, choosing, installing, and using extensions
   • Building both business and personal sites, step by step
   • Giving customized access to different types of users
   • Managing site versions in multiple languages
   • Efficiently administering, backing up, and updating sites

   Click here to buy a copy of Joomla! Explained and help to support the Joomla! Project.

2. Joomla Community Magazine | August 2011

   

   The August installment of the Joomla Community Magazine is here! Here are the stories in this issue:

   Editor's Introduction

   The Road Forward..., by Dianne Henning

   Feature Stories

   Summing Up the Joint Summit, by Alice Grevet
   What I learned at the Community Leadership Summit, by Paul Orwig
   Join the Joomla! Tweet Team, by Hagen Graf
   Joomla! in South African government, by Phehello Mofokeng

   Website Case Studies

   Website Case Study: Joomlagov.info, by Team Joomity

   Did you know...?

   5 Great Reasons to Become a JCM Author, by Milena Mitova
   Nine Questions When Preparing Clients for Joomla 1.8, by Jen Kramer
   Infographic: Joomla CMS Development Strategy, by Sander Potjer
   Search Engine Optimization and Public Relations: The New Brotherhood, by Sandra Ordonez

   Leadership Connections

   Open Source Matters July 2011 Report, by Alice Grevet

   Designers Studio

   Praiseworthy Joomla User Experience, by Kyle Ledbetter

   Joomla! Events and User Groups

   Joomla!Day Events around the World, by Jacques Rentzke

   The Joomla! Haikus

   Post your haikus for August, by Paul Orwig

   Help Wanted

   The Joomla! project wants you - August 2011, by Paul Orwig

   Joomla! Books

   Download the Joomla! 1.7 - Beginner's Guide and save money!, by Hagen Graf
   Unlimited Joomla book resources in multiple languages, by Anh Tuan Bui

   Joomla! in the Press/Media

   Joomla! in the Press/Media - August 2011, by Mark W. Bender

   In our next issue

   We want to publish your Joomla! story in the next JCM issue! So take a look at our Author Resources content to get a better idea of what we are looking for, and then register to become a JCM author and submit your Joomla! story!

3. Joomla Community Magazine | July 2011

   

   The July installment of the Joomla Community Magazine is here! Here are the stories in this issue:

   Editor's Introduction

   Happy first birthday, Joomla! Community Magazine!, by Paul Orwig

   Feature Stories

   Joomla! 1.7 - Division or Fission?, by Hagen Graf
   Outsider's View of Joomla!, by Chad Windnagle

   Website Case Studies

   Website Case Study: Shark Zone, by Hilary Cheyne

   Did you know...?

   Joomla! 1.7 Highlight - Batch Processing, by Michael Babker

   Leadership Connections

   Open Source Matters: June 2011 Report, by Paul Orwig

   Designers Studio

   Free Joomla! 1.6 Templates for Joomla! Community, by Anh Tuan Bui
   IE6 and IE7 can see ghosts or validate before your cross browser test, by Anthony Olsen

   Joomla! Events and User Groups

   JUG Highlight: Joomla! Cape Town, by Jon Neubauer
   A Summer of Joomla!, by Jon Neubauer

   Developers Workbench

   Navigating the code development process (part 2 of 2), by Paul Orwig

   The Joomla! Haikus

   Post your haikus for July, by Paul Orwig

   Joomla! Books

   Book Review: "Joomla! Explained" by Steve Burge, by Milena Mitova

   Joomla! in the Press/Media

   Joomla! in the Press/Media - July 2011, by Mark W. Bender

   Help Wanted

   The Joomla! project wants you - July 2011, by Paul Orwig

   In our next issue

   We want to publish your Joomla! story in the next JCM issue! So take a look at our Author Resources content to get a better idea of what we are looking for, and then register to become a JCM author and submit your Joomla! story!

4. Joomla Community Magazine | June 2011

   

   The June installment of the Joomla Community Magazine is here!

   Joomla! is a huge, worldwide community, encompassing many languages and many cultures. When we are able to work and collaborate together, we can do amazing things with incredible results. When we bring our joy into what we do, it is shared with all.

   In this issue:

   Editor’s Introduction

   • J is for Joy...

    

   Feature Stories

    

   • Unconference about taking Joomla! Forward at J and Beyond 2011
   • Happy Birthday, JPeople!
   • Discover over 1800 government sites built in Joomla!

   Website Case Studies

   • Website Case Study: Glenora Farm

   The Joomla! Haikus

   • Post your haikus for June

   Help Wanted

   • The Joomla! project wants you!

   Leadership Connections

   • Open Source Matters: May 2011 Report

   Designers Studio

   • Mission Control: Taking the Joomla! admin to new heights

   Joomla! Events and User Groups

   • JAB11 - An International Joomla! Conference

   Developers Workbench

   • Navigating the code development process (part 1 of 2)
   • Construct Template Development Framework

   Did you know...?

   • Extending Joomla! 1.6
   • Add a Session Timer

   Joomla! in the Press/Media

   • Joomla! in the Press/Media - June 2011

    

   In our next issue

   We want to publish your Joomla! story in the next JCM issue! So take a look at our Author Resources content to get a better idea of what we are looking for, and then register to become a JCM author and submit your Joomla! story!

    

5. Joomla Community Magazine | May 2011

   IN THIS ISSUE:

   A special thanks to the members of our Joomla! community who contributed articles to this month's issue: Merav Knafo, Anh Tuan Bui, Paul de Raaij, Abolhassan Firoozmandan, and Meta Krujis!

   
   

   Editor’s Introduction

   • Lessons about openness and transparency from a budget discussion, written by Paul Orwig

   Feature stories

   • Nicholas G. Antimisiaris shares his thoughts on how to best move our project forward in Push me, pull you....
   • Anh Tuan Bui summarizes key features of Helpful E-mail
   • Marketing Components for Joomla! Powered Websites.
   • Robert Vining gives a shoutout to all of the Joomla! Voices Heard Around the World.

   International stories

   • Abolhassan Firoozmandan has submitted an article written in Farsi for this issue.
   • Opportunities are now open for community members to submit articles in 22 different languages.

   Website Case Studies

   • Robert Vining reveals how Joomla! powers the CMS Expo (this major event is happening May 2-4 in Chicago).

   Leadership Connections

   • Alice Grevet shares updates on what OSM has been doing during April on behalf of the Joomla! project.

   JUGs and Events

   • Meta Krujis shares some secrets of success in Organizing Dutch Joomla! days and back to life again.
   • Hagen Graf talks about the Awesomenimity at J and Beyond 2011.

   Developers Workbench

   • Cristina Solana invites you to join her with your pail and shovel in The Sandbox Manifesto.
   • Merav Knafo counts down the 5 ways to document your Joomla! extension.
   • Paul de Raaij shares the benefits of using an Object Relational Mapping framework in Using Doctrine ORM in Joomla!.

   Designer's studio

   • Anthony Olsen sparks the flame in How to put more love into your Joomla! dates...

   The Joomla! Haikus

   • Prolific poets,
   • punsters and word masters too,
   • spread the Joomla! love...
   • Post your haikus for May!

   Joomla! Books

   • Bo Astrup reviews "Joomla! 1.5 Top Extensions Cookbook".

   Joomla! in the Press/Media

   • Mark Bender bring us Joomla! in the Press/Media — May 2011.

   On the lighter side...

   • Yepr has contributed another Jane Beyond & friends cartoon.

   In our next issue

   We want to publish your Joomla! story in the next JCM issue! So take a look at our Author Resources content to get a better idea of what we are looking for, and then register to become a JCM author and submit your Joomla! story!