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Thursday, 05 June 2008 |
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Anantasoft (http://www.anantasoft.com) has created a new Joomla template: an_lighttubes. A fixed-width template with as most important aspect is the blending in of the left and right menu (and the 'still looking good' without either of the side menus) into the template design.
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Thursday, 05 June 2008 |
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We have just released the newest version of Easy Excess, The Manufacturers Excess Marketplace. Compliments to Joomla, Auction Factory 1.4 and to UltimateWebForums for the template.
http://www.easy-xs.com
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Thursday, 05 June 2008 |
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www.ontariodriveins.com (http://www.ontariodriveins.com/)
has upgraded its site to 1.5 and are amazed at the ease of use and flexibility it
has provided them. Guided by www.allaboutjoomla.com (http://www.allaboutjoomla.com/)
in the best components to use and built by the same company the owners were especially
impressed with the mapping features in Sobi2!
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Thursday, 05 June 2008 |
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Alphaplug.com is the new official website of Bernard Gilly (www.visualclinic.fr) for free addons dedicated to Joomla 1.5.x native (without legacy mode). Alphaplug is released with Joomla 1.5.3.
On this event, Alphaplug.com launches new version AlphaContent 4.0.0 entire rewriting with MVC.
Visit www.alphaplug.com now (http://www.alphaplug.com) !
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Thursday, 05 June 2008 |
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The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as
Euro 2008, will take place in Austria and Switzerland, from 7 to 29
June 2008. Atjoomla.com designed specially for this Cup an new Joomla
Template called Euro2008.
For more details visit:
Homepage: http://www.atjoomla.com
Live Demo: http://live.atjoomla.com
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Thursday, 05 June 2008 |
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Going beyond the traditional lead generation of eCommerce Templates and following the huge success received from the first eShoptrix Template, the GavickPro Team is proud to present the eShoptrix II Template for Joomla! 1.5.3.
This fantastic template is mainly designed for use with Virtuemart 1.1.0 version, the most popular e-commerce solution for Joomla, giving a truly new meaning for your business presentation products. With perfect elegance and high top professional design, eShoptrix II is a perfect match for those who run an online retail business.
eShoptrix II comes with the new and free version of Gavick PhotoSlide GK1 component that works with a specific module built for this template – the Gavick VirtueMart Header Rotator. Also using a specific new, interesting and useful modules based on the framework mootools: Gavick Virtuemart Last Products slide show , that will help you to present products in an eye-catching way and the perfect Gavick Virtuemart Category Menu, with sub categories display for easy and better navigation.
View eShoptrix II in
live demo (http://demo.gavick.com/index.php?year=2008 month=May)
GavickPro Homepage:
www.gavick.com (http://www.gavick.com/)
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Tuesday, 03 June 2008 |
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The Joomla! Project is evolving. What started with a more closed, small organization is developing into the much larger and more open organization that produces, protects and supports the Joomla! Project today. This month is filled with events reflecting that evolution.
This last December we had a Pizza, Bugs and Fun (content/view/4274/74/) event that was key to getting Joomla! 1.5 ready for its phenomenal release in January. It also provided an opportunity for us as a community to get to know each other a little better and build relationships that will continue to drive the Joomla! project into the future. If you can, you should consider participating in the second PBF (http://developer.joomla.org/home/26-coordinator-blog/112-pizzas-at-the-joomla-bazaar.html) coming up this month. It will be even bigger than the first.
In our continuing effort to lower barriers to participate (http://developer.joomla.org/home/26-coordinator-blog/81-lowering-bariers.html) in the project and improve communication, we've recently relaunched the Joomla! developer section (http://developer.joomla.org/) with a series of blogs so that the various development related teams can keep everyone updated on what is going on and provide another format for people to discuss ideas. We have also started development on Joomla! 1.6 after a public process requesting features and receiving input on specific improvements to the next minor release of Joomla!.
Getting Together
With the huge growth of the Joomla! project and its community, there is much to be discussed and worked on with respect to sites and infrastructure. Because of this, the Joomla! Sites and Infrastructure Working Group will be having their first ever meeting (content/view/4971/1/) this summer in Vancouver just before the first Joomla! Day Vancouver (http://vancouver.joomla.ca/). This is a big event for the Joomla! project and a great opportunity for everyone involved to discuss new ways of supporting the Joomla! project and its community through our sites and infrastructure. We hope to see as many of you working group members as possible there and hope that everyone who can attend the Joomla! Day (http://vancouver.joomla.ca/) will come out and participate.
Next week, the Joomla! Core Team (content/blogcategory/13/29/) and Board of Directors of Open Source Matters, Inc. (http://www.opensourcematters.org/content/blogcategory/37/62/) will be holding their next summit in Pfronten, Germany. The primary focus of this four-day summit will be to discuss how to steer the Joomla! Project into the future. Teams will be blogging from the summit to share items of discussion and get your direct feedback.
We want to thank and honor everyone that has helped guide the Joomla! Project through these last few years. Four Joomla! Core Team members who have done just that and recently moved on to focus on other endeavors are Johan Janssens (content/view/23/87/), Shayne Bartlett (content/view/32/87/), Peter Russell (content/view/34/87/) and Rob Schley (content/view/2032/87/). Rob continues to serve the Project by sitting on the Board of Directors of Open Source Matters, Inc. (http://www.opensourcematters.org/) We thank each of them for their years of dedicated service and wish them all the best for the future.
Getting Involved
The re-launch of the developer section (http://developer.joomla.org/) is aimed at improving communication and lowering barriers to entry in Joomla! development. But, the Joomla! Project requires more than development skill to innovate and run efficiently. We are also looking to do this in other areas. There is a new site we are working on which aims to accomplish those same things on a much larger scale. You won't want to miss the juicy details and inside discussion at the Sites and Infrastructure meeting during Joomla! Day Vancouver (http://vancouver.joomla.ca/).
As previously announced, the second Joomla! PBF (http://developer.joomla.org/home/26-coordinator-blog/112-pizzas-at-the-joomla-bazaar.html) is happening soon. This new event is geared towards getting Joomla! 1.5.4 ready for release and squashing as many bugs as possible. Anyone and everyone can participate in helping make Joomla! better. Working all together there is no limit to what we can achieve so come be a part of the magic (http://docs.joomla.org/Pizza_Bugs_and_Fun_2).
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Monday, 02 June 2008 |
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The Vancouver Joomla! community invites you to the first Joomla! Day Vancouver (http://www.vancouver.joomla.ca/). The event is scheduled for Saturday, June 14th, 2008, from 9 AM to 5:30 PM, and will be held at the Vancouver Public Library (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Public_Library) in downtown Vancouver (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver), beautiful British Columbia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia), Canada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada) .
Joomla! developers and enthusiasts from the greater Vancouver area and all over the world will attend this important community driven and inspired event. Many are flying in for Joomla! Day Vancouver (http://www.vancouver.joomla.ca/) and the Sites and Infrastructure Working Group (http://docs.joomla.org/Sites_and_Infrastructure_Working_Group)'s general meeting (content/view/4971/1/) scheduled the day before. This will be a great gathering of community members and a perfect opportunity to network with others.
The presenters (http://www.vancouver.joomla.ca/index.php/presenters) and coordinators for Joomla! Day Vancouver (http://www.vancouver.joomla.ca/) include some of the original creators and maintainers of the Joomla! CMS framework:
Presenters:
Brad Baker (content/view/30/85/) - Joomla! Core Team Member
Chris Adams (http://www.rochen.com) - CEO of Rochen Limited
Levis Bisson (content/view/28/85/) - Joomla! Core Team Member
Michelle Bisson (content/view/29/85/) - Joomla! Core Team Member
Steve Burge (http://www.alledia.com) - CEO of Alledia
Louis Landry (content/view/824/85/) - Joomla! Core Team Member
Jennifer Marriott (http://www.jennifermarriott.com) - Joomla! Working Group Member
Toni Marie Swats (http://www.mydynamicsite.com) - Joomla! Working Group Member
Coordinators:
Wendy Robinson - Joomla! Forum Workgroup Member
RMD Studio (http://www.rmdstudio.com/)
Jentekk Web Solutions (http://www.jentekk.ca/)
Peer Globe Technology (http://www.peerglobe.com/)
Tazzu Networking Community (http://www.tazzu.com/)
Tickets are only $25 CAD (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_dollar) if you register online (http://vancouverjoomladay.eventbrite.com/) or $30 CAD on the day of the event. This nominal price covers admission for an entire day of presentations and networking, a Joomla! Day T-shirt, coffee, tea, light snacks, and a chance at several great prizes.
350 West Georgia Street (http://www.vancouver.joomla.ca/index.php/location) in Vancouver, Beautiful British Columbia, Canada
Joomla! Days are for everyone, from the Joomla! beginner to the wise veteran of this award winning content management system. At Joomla! Day Vancouver (http://www.vancouver.joomla.ca/) you will have an excellent opportunity to meet members of the Joomla! Core Team and Working Groups and to discover ways to get more involved with the project and community. We are confident that attendees of Joomla! Day Vancouver (http://www.vancouver.joomla.ca/) will have a great time together and look forward to hearing about the success of this event.
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Sunday, 01 June 2008 |
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The first Joomla! Day Philippines (http://www.joomla.org.ph/) is scheduled for Saturday, June 14, 2008, to be held at the Engineering Library and Computer Science Building on the Diliman (http://www.up.edu.ph/) campus of the University of the Philippines (http://www.upd.edu.ph/) in Quezon City (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quezon_City), Philippines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines). The morning event is offered at no charge and does not require registration. Those interested in attending the afternoon event are encouraged to register soon (http://www.joomla.org.ph/joomladayphilippinesregistration.html) before limited seats are sold out or the June 5 registration deadline passes.
Since knowledge in technology helps ensure a competitive edge in the 21st century, Joomla! Day Philippines (http://www.joomla.org.ph/) is a great opportunity for Filipinos. Learning to take full advantage of this award-winning open source content management system can empower professionals and amateurs to build and administer feature-rich, powerful web sites without requiring programming experience. Attending Joomla! Day Philippines (http://www.joomla.org.ph/) can help start building skills needed to make that happen.
Joomla! Day Philippines 2008 Agenda
Coordinators Jhondie Abenaza (http://www.jdam.us/), aka Jdam (http://forum.joomla.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile u=24423), and Guilliam Roque (http://www.joomlaconsultancy.net/), aka Guilliam, (http://forum.joomla.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile u=188) announced the agenda for Joomla! Day Philippines (http://www.joomla.org.ph/) to include:
Morning Session The morning session is available at no charge, requires no advance registration.
8 AM - Registration
9 AM - Joomla! User Group Philippines representative and Johan Janssens
11 AM - Representative from the NGO/LGU, Corporate, Government and Joomla!
Afternoon Session
Registration (http://www.joomla.org.ph/joomladayphilippinesregistration.html) is required.
Joombie Section
1 PM - PHP and MySQL for the Lazy! - Clodelio Delfino, President PHPUGPH (http://phpugph.com/)
2 PM - Introduction to Joomla! 1.5.x - Paul De Paula
3 PM - Local and Remote Joomla! Installation - Errole Guttierez
4 PM - Joomla! Templating for the Newbie
Developer Section
1 PM - Migrating to Joomla! 1.5.x - Israel D. Canasa (Raeldc)
2 PM - Extension for Joomla 1.5.x - Jhondie Abenaza (Jdam) (http://www.jdam.us/), Moderator Joomla! PH (http://forum.joomla.org/viewforum.php?f=21)
3 PM - Copyright Issues/Creative Commons - Atty. Magdalena Lepiten and Guilliam Roque (http://www.joomlaconsultancy.net/), Moderator Joomla! PH (http://forum.joomla.org/viewforum.php?f=21)
4 PM - Joomla! 1.5 Application Layer - Johan Janssens, Joomla! developer and former Core Team member
Two days following the Philippine Independence Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Declaration_of_Independence), the Joomla! Filipino community will celebrate software freedom by attending the first-ever Joomla! Day Philippines (http://www.joomla.org.ph/). As others all around the world have found, Joomla! Day events are a great opportunity to learn how to use Joomla!, to network with other Joomla! users and developers, and to find ways to contribute to the project. We wish the Filipino Joomla! community the very best as they get together to celebrate Joomla!.
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Wednesday, 21 May 2008 |
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The developer.joomla.org (http://developer.joomla.org/) Web site has been re-launched using Joomla! 1.5. You are invited to frequently visit and enjoy a steady stream of information shared by approximately 50 bloggers, each of whom are actively involved with Joomla! development. Reading their blogs and providing your feedback is an excellent way to stay in touch with Joomla!.
Keep up-to-date on what is new in Joomla! Development
On developer.joomla.org (http://developer.joomla.org/), you will find posts from Joomla!'s Development Working Group Coordinators (http://developer.joomla.org/), Andrew Eddie and Wilco Jansen. Here, the coordinators share key development directions such as the decision to raise the Joomla! 1.6 minimum requirement to PHP 5.2 (http://developer.joomla.org/home/26-coordinator-blog/75-joomla-goes-php-5.html) and discussions on community issues such as how best to lower the barriers for participation (http://developer.joomla.org/home/26-coordinator-blog/81-lowering-bariers.html). In addition, presentation material of interest to developers will frequently be shared following Joomla! Day events and technical conferences.
Developer.joomla.org (http://developer.joomla.org/) is the place that Joomla! Bug Squad (http://developer.joomla.org/bug-squad-blog.html) members keep the community apprised of their efforts. Joomla! has adopted a release early, release often (http://catb.org/%7Eesr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/ar01s04.html) model as evidenced by the three (content/view/4560/74/) maintenance (content/view/4720/74/) releases (content/view/4852/74/) already made available since the January 22, 2008 (content/view/4488/74/) release of Joomla! 1.5. If you are interested in helping with Joomla! development, a great way to get started is to participate with the Joomla! Bug Squad (http://developer.joomla.org/bug-squad-blog.html). If you want to get involved, talk to Andrew or Wilco.
In mid-February the Joomla! Developer Team called for white papers for Joomla! 1.6 (content/view/4578/1/) consideration. Nearly 150 white papers were submitted (http://forum.joomla.org/viewforum.php?f=500) and 50 were accepted for Joomla! 1.6 (http://groups.google.ca/group/joomla-devel/browse_thread/thread/78c7117730cd0c28/a5da8590e2ea6bd9?tvc=2#a5da8590e2ea6bd9). This work is now underway. Team members will share their progress and requests for community feedback on the Joomla! Developer Team blog (http://developer.joomla.org/developer-team-blog.html). Often, developers will share other great news, such as the announcement by Nur Aini Rakhmawati regarding the Joomla! 1.5 Debian package (http://developer.joomla.org/developer-team-blog/17-developer-team-blog/86-joomla-debian-package.html).
Google Summer of Code Project Blogs
The 2008 Joomla! Google Summer of Code (http://developer.joomla.org/gsoc2008.html) project teams are blogging on the Joomla! Developer Web site. Nakul Ganesh S expressed the gratitude (http://developer.joomla.org/gsoc2008/advanced-media-manager/10-advanced-media-manager/94-gift-from-joomla.html) of the entire group when he thanked PackT (http://www.packtpub.com/) for sharing copies of James Kennard's book Mastering Joomla! 1.5 Extension and Framework Development (http://www.packtpub.com/joomla-one-point-five-extension-framework/book) with each GSoC participant. That book will help these talented developers build what promises to be a great list of extensions for Joomla! 1.5. It will be worth your effort to follow these blogs and provide your input on those extensions that hold promise for your site development needs.
As you can see, developer.joomla.org (http://developer.joomla.org/) is already a great way to stay up-to-date with Joomla!. You are invited to join these conversations and provide your feedback. We also encourage you to consider how you can contribute to help improve Joomla!.
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