Being fairly new to Joomla I’m constantly searching for online places to learn more and stay up-to-date. I get most of “what’s hot or not” via Twitter, but my favorite source of information and inspiration is Google reader.

I subscribed to quite a few good Joomla related rss feeds over the past year, but something was bothering me…surely this couldn’t be all active blogs about Joomla? Many of the blogs in my reader hadn’t been updated for donkey years, like nothing was happening in the Joomla sphere…or nobody blogged about it.

Update your RSS feed

After a bit of investigation, it turned out many of them ARE still active but changed the feed url without redirecting or notifying subscribers – with a loss of subscribers as a result. How could this have been avoided?

• Redirect your old feed url to the new and keep your subscribers updated.
• For long-term flexibility, use FeedBurner and make sure it’s the active feed on your site.

Blogs ABOUT Joomla!

After searching the web, receiving ideas from the Twittersphere plus going through the over 75 sources big Joomlaworks Joomla! news, my hunt for helpful blogs about Joomla (= blogs with more Joomla tips & tricks than self-promotion) is over for now.

Did I not include your favorite blog about Joomla?
Please write a comment below and I’ll add it in the follow-up blog post (tip: use the CommentLuv feature to automatically pull in the latest post from their/your blog).

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OFFICIAL JOOMLA.ORG

Read the Joomla leadership blog

Read the Joomla community blog

Follow @joomla on Twitter

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JOOMLA EVENT ORGANIZERS

CMS Expo

Fantastic event organized by John and Linda Coonen! CMS Expo brings everybody involved in content management together and it’s growing bigger for each time.

Read CMS Expo blog | Follow @cmsexpo

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JOOMLA TIPS & TRIX

Joomlablogger

Tips, tutorials and news for all you Joomla addicts out there. Kristoffer blogs about Joomla and all things related to running a successful website based on it.

Read Joomlablogger’s blog | Follow @joomlablogger

Joomla Podcast

News, tips and tutorials, 100% focused on Joomla. You can subscribe to Mike Brogan’s podcasts and blog posts via iTunes or rss.

Read The Joomla Podcast blog | Follow @joomlapodcast

WriteNowDesign

Pat Fortino specializes in Joomla Website Design and X-Cart ecommerce websites. His blog has a really good section with Joomla tips!

Read WriteNowWeb’s blog | Follow @pxforti

Joomla Training

This team provides real-life Joomla training sessions and you get some very useful knowledge by reading their blog and registering for their newsletter where you receive one step-by-step Joomla tutorial per week.

Read Joomla training blog | Follow @joomlatraining

Alledia

SEO tips, training classes and SEO optimized Joomla templates. Steve is providing really useful knowledge around Joomla SEO. He is also involved in Joomla Training (see above).

Read Alledia’s blog | Follow @alledia

The Best of Joomla

Cyrus provides useful information, helpful articles, new content and unique resources for the Joomla! professional. This site is closely connected to the Linkedin Joomla! Professional Users Group.

Read The best of Joomla’s blog | Follow @thebestofjoomla

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PERSONAL BLOGS

Joe Sonne – JoeJoomla

From average Joes to webmaster superheros. Joe, the Joomla superman, is a professional presenter, trainer and public speaker and his blog is all about Joomla.

Read JoeJoomla’s blog | Follow @JoeJoomla

Ahmad Alfy – Alfy Studio

Ahmad Alfy is running AlfyStudio.com on his spare time and he’s starting to regularly publish tips about Joomla! development and templating.

Read Alfy’s blog | Follow @ahmadalfy

Joe LeBlanc – Design vs. Develop

Joe says he argues in code and I believe him. He works with PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery & Joomla. Checkout his Joomla tutorials & podcasts (see his blog’s about page).

Read Joe’s blog | Follow @jlleblanc

Brian Teeman – agree or disagree

Joomla co-founder and quite an opinionated blogger (blog tagline: “agree or disagree… i don’t care”). Brian gives you a blog with both interesting and thought-provoking reading.

Read Brian’s blog | Follow @brianteeman

Jen Kramer – Joomla4Web

Jen Kramer is the author of Joomla! Creating and Editing Custom Templates and Joomla! Advanced CSS. Her blog gives you easy-to-understand tips, trix and news.

Read Joomla4Web’s blog | Follow @jen4web

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TEMPLATES/EXTENSIONS PROVIDERS

JoomlaBamboo

Anthony from JoomlaBamboo creates beautiful, minimal and clean Joomla templates. On the (soon to be more active) blog you will find his Joomla related tutorials and interviews.

Read JoomlaBamboos’ blog | Follow @joomlabamboo

Sakic

Joomla extensions developer and former member of the Joomla core dev team. Emir blogs about best practices using Joomla, programming for Joomla plus general web development hints.

Read Emir Sakic’s blog | Follow @sakicnet

iJoomla

Merav and her team focus on usability and develop powerful extensions for SEO, RSS, news, ads and much more. Read their blog for reviews, Joomla tips and more.

Read iJoomla’s blog | Follow @iJoomla

JoomlaTools

This is the team behind Nooku and DOCman. They are firm believers in Open Source and specialize in training, consulting and development for Joomla.

Read JoomlaTools’ blog | Follow @joomlatools

Compass Designs

Barrie North is the author of the book The Joomla Book – A User’s Guide to Joomla 1.5. On his blog you can read about Joomla templates, tutorials, news and tips.

Read Compass Design’s blog | Follow @compassdesign

Joomla Bear

This big Joomla bear has a friendly attitude, a good blog with videos and informative posts about Joomla tips & tricks plus an interesting Twitter feed.

Read JoomlaBear’s blog | Follow @JoomlaBear

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OPEN SOURCE

Open Source Network & Open Source Support Desk

These two blogs are run by the same team.

On the Open Source Network blog you find blog posts about Joomla, Magento and more.

Read the Open Source Network blog
Follow @osNetwork

Open Source Support Desk provides support for Joomla and blogs mainly about Joomla.

Read the Open Source Support Desk blog
Follow @osSupportDesk

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JOOMLA PROFESSIONALS

Zuno Studios

Jon, Nick and Maribel are a fantasticly friendly and clued up team. Check out their blog and follow on Twitter for tips about Joomla, ecommerce, entrepreneurship and more.

Read Zuno’ blog | Follow @zuno

jfoobar

The team behind this blog are 8 well-known Joomla professionals writing about anything related to content management systems and Open Source.

Read the jfoobar blog | Follow @jfoobar

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Did I not include your favorite blog about Joomla?
Please write a comment below and I’ll add it in the follow-up blog post (tip: use the CommentLuv feature to automatically pull in the latest post from their/your blog).

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