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Joomla blog posts from around the web (5/12)

mailbox@joomlablogger.net (Kristoffer Sandven, JoomlaBlogger) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0000

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 5:

• Pizza, Bugs, and Fun March 3, 2012
• Latin American Joomla: Joomleiro, Juuntos and Jokte
• Starting the Joomla CCK Conversation
• Superbowl Sale: Save 30% on all JP plans now thru Feb 6, 2012!
• We are ready for Joomla 2.5!
• Get Ready For Joomla 2.5
• Agora 4 beta release due in february
• Joomla affiliate program : make money online step by step
• 5 mobile solutions about Joomla templates and plug-ins
• How to find out if you are on the homepage of Joomla 2.5
• bfForms for Joomla 2.5 released!

Joomla blog posts from around the web (4/12)

mailbox@joomlablogger.net (Kristoffer Sandven, JoomlaBlogger) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:00:00 +0000

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 4:

• Upgrading to Joomla 2.5 - Some Warnings
• Joomla 2.5 Includes New Version of Joomla PHP Framework
• More FILEman Features
• Zentools v1.2 is Joomla 2.5 ready
• Joomla affiliate program : make money online step by step
• JoomlaShine is now ready for Joomla 2.5

Joomla blog posts from around the web (3/12)

mailbox@joomlablogger.net (Kristoffer Sandven, JoomlaBlogger) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 3:

• The Process of Building Joomla Web Sites
• JoomlaPraise News & Updates, January 2012
• New Year Release of the DOCman Manual
• Introducing Colour Shift
• Revealed - 6 essential extensions for a Joomla magazine website

Joomla blog posts from around the web (2/12)

mailbox@joomlablogger.net (Kristoffer Sandven, JoomlaBlogger) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:00:00 +0000

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 2:

• JCal Pro 3 BETA now available for testing
• How we optimized JSN Epic template to be a SEO friendly template
• Build a Joomla photo gallery website by yourself

Joomla blog posts from around the web (1/12)

mailbox@joomlablogger.net (Kristoffer Sandven, JoomlaBlogger) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:00:00 +0000

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 1:

• New Features in 2.5 - Windows Azure support
• New Features in Joomla! 2.5
• 30% Discount New Year Coupon
• The bamboo working bee bamboo
• Resizing images with Zentools
• 10 Joomla headlines you won't see in 2012
• Joomla 2.5 - new features and version system

Understanding the Joomla roadmap

mailbox@joomlablogger.net (Kristoffer Sandven, JoomlaBlogger) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:27:20 +0000

During the last couple of years, the Production Leadership Team (PLT) has churned out quite a few versions of Joomla. This is great, but it leaves some users confused as to how to approach all these versions.

If you are one of them, reading this post will help you understand how the different versions of Joomla follow each other. And how to upgrade or migrate from each one.

Joomla blog posts from around the web (50/11)

mailbox@joomlablogger.net (Kristoffer Sandven, JoomlaBlogger) — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 50:

• Spreading the Joomla!Love a Little Wider
• Support for Joomla 1.5, 2.5 and the Future!
• An Early Christmas Present
• A bright Joomla template to end the year
• Introducing Platform - A responsive Joomla template
• Bamboo christmas coupon
• Virtuemart 2 released today
• Picking up free Joomla extensions for education websites within minutes
• Joomla book review: Joomla 1.7 Beginner's Guide

Joomla blog posts from around the web (49/11)

mailbox@joomlablogger.net (Kristoffer Sandven, JoomlaBlogger) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 49:

• Thanks to Pizza, Bugs and Fun Participants!
• DOCman 1.6.3 released
• Introducing Zentools
• How to add a default menu item in Joomla
• Celebrate Christmas by taking 100% off redSHOP with purchase of sh404SEF
• Flexible Desktop Browser and Mobile Grid Layout Template Framework for Joomla v1.7
• Remarkable Joomla powered websites - Amazing illustrations for your desirable websites

Virtuemart 2.0.0 is here!

mailbox@joomlablogger.net (Kristoffer Sandven, JoomlaBlogger) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:17:49 +0000

After years of waiting, the new, major version of Virtuemart was released today. This new iteration of Virtuemart is completely rewritten, and is compatible with both Joomla 1.5 and 1.7 (soon to be 2.5).

Built on the Joomla MVC framework, VM 2.0 takes a long step forward in improving the most popular and widespread ecommerce solution for Joomla.

Joomla blog posts from around the web (48/11)

mailbox@joomlablogger.net (Kristoffer Sandven, JoomlaBlogger) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:38:52 +0000

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 48:

• Do you use Social Media?
• Getting Ready for Mutli-Database Support
• CCK Capabilities: In the Core, How to Discuss?
• Basic Rules for creating a core CCK for Joomla
• Sorting out Joomla DB before moving to a CCK
• DOCman Secrets: Large file distribution
• Upgrade Joomla template from old version in a detail guideline
• Beautiful JoomlaShine templates customization with popular Joomla Extensions
• K2 v2.5.4 (maintenance release) now available

Joomla business templates, November 2011

mailbox@joomlablogger.net (Kristoffer Sandven, JoomlaBlogger) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:00:00 +0000

Every month, each of the major Joomla template clubs release a new template.

In this post, I take another look at the premium business Joomla templates released. This time for the month of November 2011. The post is a bit delayed, as we are already in December, but the templates are worth looking at nonetheless.

There are templates from Yootheme, RocketTheme, JoomlArt, Joomla Shack and Shape5 on display this month. Enjoy!

Why pasting content from Word into Joomla is a bad idea

mailbox@joomlablogger.net (Kristoffer Sandven, JoomlaBlogger) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:00:00 +0000

As it happens, readers email me about problems on their Joomla sites or about things they don't quite get. And I try my best to answer their questions. I don't have the time for doing specific support for every user that emails me, but sometimes a quick look at the site can help the user solve his problem easily.

Last week, a reader emailed me about some problems with the content on his site. For some reason, the content was showing nicely on all browsers except on Internet Explorer 8. Was I able to help?

Joomla blog posts from around the web (47/11)

mailbox@joomlablogger.net (Kristoffer Sandven, JoomlaBlogger) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:00:00 +0000

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 47:

• Joomla! is not one community
• Last Steps to Joomla 2.5!
• Mexico CIty Runs Joomla
• Adding Drag & Drop uploads to Joomla
• DOCman 1.5.12 & 1.6.2 released
• The Bamboo state of the union
• How to make your joomla content socially engaging and improve seo
• Joomla Solution To Push Any Form Data Into Salesforce CRM
• The web development tools to start working with Joomla templates
• K2 v2.5.3 (maintenance release) now available

Joomla blog posts from around the web (46/11)

mailbox@joomlablogger.net (Kristoffer Sandven, JoomlaBlogger) — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:00:00 +0000

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 46:

• A Report From Joomla!day Italy 2011
• Pizza, Bugs, and Fun 2011Bugs
• Languages: 1.7.3 improvements
• Weever Apps for Joomla goes Free
• A Coffee joomla! for a new "distro" Joomla! from Latin American
• Under the hood of FILEman
• Social media is changing SEO, is your Joomla web site ready?
• 9 Joomla Template framework solutions for developers
• Build a Joomla website within 2 minutes. Is it possible?

Always upgrade your Joomla site

mailbox@joomlablogger.net (Kristoffer Sandven, JoomlaBlogger) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:00:00 +0000

The other day, I got an email from a reader about a problem with content in Joomla articles (more about that in another post). In the email, he mentioned he was using Joomla 1.5.20 (at the moment, 1.5.25 is the current version).

So, the first thing I told him was to upgrade his Joomla site to the latest version. At first, he hestitated. It's too hard! But after a few words of caution, he came around and changed his mind. And I think you should, too.

Joomla blog posts from around the web (45/11)

mailbox@joomlablogger.net (Kristoffer Sandven, JoomlaBlogger) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:00:00 +0000

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 45:

• A Closer Look at LOGman
• Framework, Security and Unified Extension Updates
• Premium stock photo resources for your Joomla website (Part 2)

Joomla.org gets a redesign

mailbox@joomlablogger.net (Kristoffer Sandven, JoomlaBlogger) — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:00:00 +0000

Yesterday, the main Joomla site, joomla.org, got a new design. The design has been in the works for quite a while, and finally it's here.

Personally, I think the new front page is a lot cleaner and structured in a better way than the previous one. It conveys a more professional and perhaps corporate (is that a good thing...?) look than before. Focus is on where to get Joomla, what is Joomla, who uses it, as well as news items from different sources. The news sections are easier to spot now, and you spend less time looking at the page to determine if something is new or not.

Joomla blog posts from around the web (44/11)

mailbox@joomlablogger.net (Kristoffer Sandven, JoomlaBlogger) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 44:

• Hiring a Writer
• Meet FILEman and LOGman
• Joomla SaaS – A Good Start for Joomla Newbie
• Top 10 most popular Joomla FAQs from newbies
• Languages: 1.7.3 improvements
• The Busiest Year Ever for Joomla!Days
• Proposed 2012 CLT Goals
• Proposed PLT 2012 Goals
• Community feedback requested on OSM's top 2012 goal ideas
• Important Security Vulnerability Fixed
• Premium stock photo resources for your Joomla website (Part 1)

Joomla wins 2011 Best Open Source CMS Award

mailbox@joomlablogger.net (Kristoffer Sandven, JoomlaBlogger) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:00:00 +0000

Packt Publishing has just announced that Joomla has been voted best open source CMS for 2011.

The Packt Open Source Awards is a yearly award that is presented to various open source projects. There are several categories of awards, and the Open Source CMS is perhaps the major one.

What is the Joomla Platform, and why should you care?

mailbox@joomlablogger.net (Kristoffer Sandven, JoomlaBlogger) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:00:00 +0000

A while ago, the Joomla Production Leadership Team decided to split the Joomla project into two parts. One part is the CMS we all know and love. The actual system we're using every day. The other part is the layer behind the CMS, the inner workings of Joomla. Simply put, it can be defined as the contents of the /libraries/ folder in Joomla. This is now called the J!Platform.

If you're an end-user of Joomla, you probably don't care too much about this. As long as it works, it's all good, right? Still, I believe you should know why the J!Platform can be part of what will ensure the solid future of the Joomla project.

As a PHP developer, you should really take a look at the J!Platform and what it can do.