JV-Extensions - Joomla! News http://www.jv-extensions.com/ Grab the latest NEWS from the Joomla! world now! en Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:49:16 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.jv-extensions.com/images/Eloquent/miscblue/rss.png JV-Extensions - Joomla! News http://www.jv-extensions.com/ Sony Pictures Uses Joomla http://www.jv-extensions.com/joomla-news/2230-sony-pictures-uses-joomla.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:27:31 GMT Sony Pictures is the television and film production/distribution unit of Sony.

They're using Joomla for the website of a new TV program: the Nate Berkus Show. Nate is a design expert, best-selling author and regular contributor to The Oprah Winfrey Show since 2002.





More... ]]> Joomla! News sniranjan http://www.jv-extensions.com/joomla-news/2230-sony-pictures-uses-joomla.html Joomla 1.6 Beta 9 Now Available http://www.jv-extensions.com/joomla-news/2223-joomla-1-6-beta-9-now-available.html Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:31:48 GMT *Joomla 1.6 Beta 9 Now Available* *Category:* Project Release News *Published On:* September 7th, 2010 09:54 PM Image:... Joomla 1.6 Beta 9 Now Available

Category: Project Release News

Published On: September 7th, 2010 09:54 PM

The Joomla Project is proud to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 1.6 beta 9 (download). IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a beta version and is not intended to run any type of production site. It is intended to be used for evaluation purposes only.

Since the Joomla 1.6 beta 8 release on August 23, we have fixed approximately 69 issues in the tracker. This progress is directly related to the continued efforts of the Joomla! Bug Squad. Thanks for all your hard work in bringing us one increment closer to stable!

See the CHANGELOG for details of what has been changed in this release.

What's next?

This is the ninth in our series of continuous beta releases. Beta 10 will be released on September 20, 2010.

Download here: http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joo...ackage_id=5398

Related Links:

Joomla! 1.6 Development Shifting Gears
http://community.joomla.org/blogs/le...ing-gears.html

Joomla 1.6 Beta Now Available
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/...available.html

Joomla 1.6 Beta 2 Now Available
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/...available.html

Joomla 1.6 Beta 3 Now Available
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/...available.html

Joomla 1.6 Beta 4 Now Available
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/...available.html

Joomla 1.6 Beta 5 Now Available
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/...available.html

Joomla 1.6 Beta 6 Now Available
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/...available.html

Joomla 1.6 Beta 7 Now Available
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/...available.html

Joomla 1.6 Beta 8 Now Available
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/...available.html

 


More... ]]> Joomla! News sniranjan http://www.jv-extensions.com/joomla-news/2223-joomla-1-6-beta-9-now-available.html Joomla! Community Magazine - September 2010 Issue Released http://www.jv-extensions.com/joomla-news/2210-joomla-community-magazine-september-2010-issue-released.html Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:42:47 GMT *Joomla! Community Magazine - September 2010 Issue Released* *Category:* General News *Published On:* September 4th, 2010 08:32 AM Image:... Joomla! Community Magazine - September 2010 Issue Released

Category: General News

Published On: September 4th, 2010 08:32 AM

The Joomla! Project proudly announces the September 2010 Issue of the Joomla! Community Magazine. The magazine is a monthly collection of articles and illustrations highlighting events and accomplishments of the Joomla! community.


More... ]]> Joomla! News sniranjan http://www.jv-extensions.com/joomla-news/2210-joomla-community-magazine-september-2010-issue-released.html Thank You http://www.jv-extensions.com/joomla-news/2203-thank-you.html Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:39:06 GMT Today is Joomla!'s 5th birthday.

On September 1st, 2005 the joomla.org sites were launched. Until that day, the Joomla! name was completely unknown to the world. This is a screenshot of Google's results for the name:



Joomla 5 Years Later

Joomla is now one of the most popular software projects in the world.

Approximately 2.5% of the web runs on Joomla. It is used by organizations as large as Apple, McDonald’s and the United Nations and by millions of people for their companies, hobbies and charities.

How did we get here from such humble beginnings? You.

Joomla is 100% community-owned and operated.

Joomla has no Venture Capital firms behind it. Joomla has no parent company, no shareholders and no investors behind it. Joomla has no C.E.O., no dictator and no owner. It has you.
  • You means the 20 members of the original development team that founded Joomla.
  • You means the nearly 10s of millions of people who have downloaded Joomla.
  • You means the 2334 developers who have written over 5500 extensions for Joomla.
  • You means the site builders who use Joomla to create wonderful websites.
  • You means the designers who create spectacular, cutting-edge templates.
  • You means the coders who write and maintain Joomla's core.
  • You means the 2348 people who have reported issues, submitted patches, and committed fixes to the core.
  • You means the dedicated volunteers that keep the joomla.org family of sites running.
  • You means the volunteers who contribute by answering questions in the Joomla! and regional groups and forums.
  • You means the contributors to the Joomla! Community Magazine.
  • You means the people who have served in the Joomla Working Groups and Teams, and on the Open Source Matters board.
  • You means the Development & Community Sponsors, and those who contribute financially to the project.
  • You means the Translation Teams who translate Joomla into 64+ languages.
  • You means the hundreds of 1000s of companies that build successful businesses with the help of Joomla.
  • You means thousands of people meeting at the 277 Registered Joomla! User Groups and Joomla! Day events around the world.
Thank you for 5 wonderful years!

Together we can keep building great software and a great community for many years to come.



More... ]]> Joomla! News sniranjan http://www.jv-extensions.com/joomla-news/2203-thank-you.html Joomla and Linux Event in Vellore India http://www.jv-extensions.com/joomla-news/2187-joomla-and-linux-event-in-vellore-india.html Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:38:31 GMT Congraulations to the Tamil Joomla Community which sucessfully held a Joomla and Linux event for more than 350 students. The conference was at... Congraulations to the Tamil Joomla Community which sucessfully held a Joomla and Linux event for more than 350 students.

The conference was at Ooris College in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India on August 1st. Vellore is about 150 km west of the city of Chennai.

Sstudents and IT professionals from Chittore, Krishnagiri and Vellore districts participated in this conference. The topics were:

  • What is a CMS?
  • What is Joomla?
  • Joomla Features
  • How to install Linux
  • Problems during installation
  • Troubleshooting problems


More... ]]> Joomla! News sniranjan http://www.jv-extensions.com/joomla-news/2187-joomla-and-linux-event-in-vellore-india.html <![CDATA[McDonald's Uses Joomla]]> http://www.jv-extensions.com/joomla-news/2179-mcdonalds-uses-joomla.html Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:30:11 GMT McDonald's is one of the world's largest fast food companies, serving nearly 47 million customers daily.

Their website for the Arabian Peninsula uses Joomla: www.McDonaldsArabia.com. The homepage is just a splash screen but beyond that are multiple pages of Joomla graphic design excellence. The site is a showcase for how well Joomla works for multilingual websites and also with right-to-left languages such as Arabic.

The site was built for McDonald's by MRM Worldwide who are reponsible for some of the world's largest and most prestigious advertising campaigns.

It's also worth mentioning that McDonald's are now using Drupal in Australia. These two websites are a great indicator of how the world's largest corporations now utilize Open Source projects.





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Category: Project Release News

Published On: August 23rd, 2010 05:30 AM

The Joomla Project is proud to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 1.6 beta 8 (download). IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a beta version and is not intended to run any type of production site. It is intended to be used for evaluation purposes only.

Since the Joomla 1.6 beta 7 release on August 9, we have fixed approximately 90 issues in the tracker. This progress is directly related to the continued efforts of the Joomla! Bug Squad. Thanks for all your hard work in bringing us one increment closer to stable!

See the CHANGELOG for details of what has been changed in this release.

What's next?

This is the eighth in our series of continuous beta releases. Beta 9 will be released on September 6, 2010.

Download here: http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joo...ackage_id=5378

Related Links:

Joomla! 1.6 Development Shifting Gears
http://community.joomla.org/blogs/le...ing-gears.html

Joomla 1.6 Beta Now Available
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/...available.html

Joomla 1.6 Beta 2 Now Available
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/...available.html

Joomla 1.6 Beta 3 Now Available
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/...available.html

Joomla 1.6 Beta 4 Now Available
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/...available.html

Joomla 1.6 Beta 5 Now Available
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/...available.html

Joomla 1.6 Beta 6 Now Available
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/...available.html

Joomla 1.6 Beta 7 Now Available
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/...available.html

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More... ]]> Joomla! News sniranjan http://www.jv-extensions.com/joomla-news/2155-joomla-1-6-beta-8-now-available.html Open Source Matters Seeks Your Nominations for New Board Members http://www.jv-extensions.com/joomla-news/2154-open-source-matters-seeks-your-nominations-for-new-board-members.html Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:06:49 GMT In December 2009, the Joomla! community was asked to nominate new Open Source Matters (OSM) board members... In December 2009, the Joomla! community was asked to nominate new Open Source Matters (OSM) board members.

OSM is entrusted with providing organizational, legal, and financial support for the Joomla! project. You can find out more about the organization at http://opensourcematters.org.

With those serious responsibilities and the recent departure of two long-serving board members, the decision has been made to expand the board once more.

We are looking for your nominations for new OSM board members.

We acknowledge that the greater worldwide Joomla! community can help us a lot in this election process, and make us aware of potential candidates we may overlook.

Nomination Information

We are looking for general board members but also people capable of fulfilling specific positions including:

  • Treasurer: responsible for ensuring that all expenditures are explained., verifing that all expenses have been properly authorized and that there is adequate documentation of expenses on file. Prepare budget and maintain financial records.
  • Capital Chair: responsible for managing Joomla!’s fundraising. Tasks include working with OSM’s current partners, manging the Joomla sponsorship program and finding new partners capable of supporting the project.
  • Developer Liaision: responsible for manging OSM’s connections with the Joomla! developer community.
Nomination Criteria

We are looking to recruit the very best and the brightest members in the Joomla! community. These are some of the criteria that will be used when evaluating nominations:

  • Community: the nominee should have a strong track-record of successfully collaborating with, enabling others and earning the respect of the Joomla! community.
  • Character: the nominee should have proven themselves a person of high character, with a history of acting honestly, fairly and openly when in leadership roles.
  • Experience and Expertise: if the nominee is being proposed for a specific role, they should have strong experience and expertise in that area.
  • Success: the nominee should be able to point to a history of success and leaving previous roles in a better state than when they arrived.
  • Diversity: to work towards gender balance and cultural diversity, we are committed to seeking nominations from talented members of the Joomla! community who are female and / or are fluent speakers of languages or than English.
Nomination Schedule

  • Nominations close: September 10 at 12:00 UTC
  • Appointments announced: October 1
Nomination Form

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More... ]]> Joomla! News sniranjan http://www.jv-extensions.com/joomla-news/2154-open-source-matters-seeks-your-nominations-for-new-board-members.html The New Joomla.org - Coming Soon! http://www.jv-extensions.com/joomla-news/2145-the-new-joomla-org-coming-soon.html Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:27:08 GMT *Joomla.org is growing!* With so many recent changes to the Joomla.org family, as well as the anticipation of Joomla! 1.6, a restructuring of the... Joomla.org is growing!

With so many recent changes to the Joomla.org family, as well as the anticipation of Joomla! 1.6, a restructuring of the websites is due.

Joomla.org is one of the largest websites in the world (something to be very proud of). As with all large sites that are run by multiple teams, one of the biggest challenges is keeping everything consistent. We see this with corporations like Microsoft, Apple and even Dell.com, to name a few, and Joomla! is no exception.

Over the past 4 years, Joomla!'s number of sub sites has grown from a handful to nearly 20, with each site pumping out a major amount of data to the users. The current structure and layout of Joomla! is not ideal for this type of rapid growth, and it has become a bit difficult to find things. To solve this, Joomla.org will be undergoing a few changes.

Let's take a look at what changes are in the works, and why.

  • Problem 1: Joomla! has approx. 20 sites. Fitting all of them into the top menu bar is virtually impossible.
  • Solution 1: An attractive, easy to follow drop down navigation system will make all the sites accessible. Users will be able to navigate to various portions of the site without digging around for the links. There is a snap shot of the new drop down design in the images below.
  • Problem 2: Clutter, plain and simple. Due to the rapid growth, information is scattered in places.
  • Solution 2: The restructured site is clean, organized, and polished. (See image below.)
  • Problem 3: Consistency. This is often hard to control on an everyday site, let alone one with rapid growth.
  • Solution 3: Each individual site will be rolled with the new template, providing consistency throughout. (Someday I will figure out that Wiki... ;-)&#160; )
  • Problem 4: Content Management.
  • Solution 4: While we are upgrading the templates for the site, we will make enhancements to the current content structure, making it easier for you to navigate and find things without using Google.



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We have set out to keep the new template just as clean as the old one, while allowing for additional growth. The new design is streamlined, simple and easy to navigate.

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We'd like your help as we move forward with the new design.

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Your input is valuable. What we do impacts you, the people who visit and contribute to the Joomla! sites every day. If you have suggestions based on the images above, we are open to hearing about them. Please use the following form to submit suggestions: https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/co...SXhYTk53N0E6MQ.

We will iron out all the kinks over the next few weeks, then we will roll out the updates. Joomla.org will be updated first, then we will move on to the sub sites. We honestly can't wait to launch the site! As much as we'd like to do it today, there are still some important things to consider...mainly, your input.

Keep your eyes peeled for these major updates to Joomla.org.



More... ]]> Joomla! News sniranjan http://www.jv-extensions.com/joomla-news/2145-the-new-joomla-org-coming-soon.html Gorillaz Use Joomla - Redesign of the Year? http://www.jv-extensions.com/joomla-news/2144-gorillaz-use-joomla-redesign-of-the-year.html Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:30:33 GMT Gorillaz is a musical project created in 1998 by Damon Albarn of alternative rock band Blur. They've sold enormous numbers of records and also have won a large number of awards.

They're now nominated for another award - best site redesign. Gorillaz.com was rebuilt in Joomla earlier this year and is nominated for the presitigious .net Awards. How much of an honor is it to be nominated? They're listed alongside ars technica, BBC News, CNN, istockphoto, Facebook, Flickr, Gowalla, MSNBC, YouTube. To vote: visit the .net Awards site and click tab number 14.





More... ]]> Joomla! News sniranjan http://www.jv-extensions.com/joomla-news/2144-gorillaz-use-joomla-redesign-of-the-year.html Ethiopia Runs on Joomla - How About Your Country? http://www.jv-extensions.com/joomla-news/2140-ethiopia-runs-on-joomla-how-about-your-country.html Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:52:13 GMT I've had the privilege of working with an organization based in Ethiopia this week. They wanted some information about how widely used Open Source is and whether it would be a good choice. So I started digging and found out that practically every Ethiopian university and the vast majority of the country's government agences all run Joomla. There's a list below that took me an hour to find, just looking for offiicial sites.

This is a tribute to the hard work of all involved in Joomla. To take just one example, the people on our translation teams have made it possible for website builders to suceed even with languages like Amharic - the ancient language of Ethiopia. Our community has had a remarkable effect on the web in a country of 80 million people.

The thing is, there are many more countries like Ethiopia out there. Some such as Cape Verde and Mongolia have switched their whole government to Joomla. So, we have a Joomla 5th Birthday Challenge for you.



More... ]]> Joomla! News sniranjan http://www.jv-extensions.com/joomla-news/2140-ethiopia-runs-on-joomla-how-about-your-country.html Pizza Hut Uses Joomla http://www.jv-extensions.com/joomla-news/2128-pizza-hut-uses-joomla.html Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:20:39 GMT Pizza Hut is the world’s leading pizza company with over 12,000 stores in 90 countries. They run Joomla for their main website in France:... Pizza Hut is the world’s leading pizza company with over 12,000 stores in 90 countries.

They run Joomla for their main website in France: http://PizzaHut.fr:



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More... ]]> Joomla! News sniranjan http://www.jv-extensions.com/joomla-news/2128-pizza-hut-uses-joomla.html How One Company Builds Multilingual Websites With Joomla http://www.jv-extensions.com/joomla-news/2122-how-one-company-builds-multilingual-websites-with-joomla.html Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:50:20 GMT Earlier this year we ran a series of interview on developers of very high-profile Joomla websites. Now in a new series we're talking with developers of normal business websites and interesting aspects of their work.

This week we're talking with Mark Rosser of AmorWebDesign.com, based in England and Spain, about building multi-lingual websites with Joomla.

Why did you choose to focus on Joomla?

We had been monitoring the evolution of content management systems for some time. We believed that they were destined to become the preferred environment for web developers and clients alike. Being peripatetic we wanted to focus on international clients and therefore required an environment that allowed us to create multi-lingual sites with ease.

Working from different locations throughout the UK and Europe we are able to have members of our team working simultaneously on a project whilst providing a seamless build to our clients. Moreover, with in excess of 5000 extensions, Joomla enables us to offer our clients an enormous amount of features specific to their individual requirements. This has resulted in us, so far, being able to fulfil every request made by our clients.



More... ]]> Joomla! News sniranjan http://www.jv-extensions.com/joomla-news/2122-how-one-company-builds-multilingual-websites-with-joomla.html What You Need to Know About Joomla 1.6. Part 5: Templates http://www.jv-extensions.com/joomla-news/2113-what-you-need-to-know-about-joomla-1-6-part-5-templates.html Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:15:22 GMT Joomla 1.6 beta versions are out! I, along with the rest of the Joomla! developer community, have been downloading and installing the new release... Joomla 1.6 beta versions are out!

I, along with the rest of the Joomla! developer community, have been downloading and installing the new release and playing around with all the goodies.

The community is gearing up and squashing all those little annoying bugs and working on the help screens (Note: Documentation is extremely important! I was on the doc team for the 1.5 release and it's very rewarding - Get involved!).

Now that Joomla 1.6 Beta has arrived, it's time to take a look under the hood of the new Template Manager and examine the new features it has to offer.

I figured the best way to look at the differences between Joomla 1.6 Beta and Joomla 1.5 would be to compare those differences for you. So, let's get started!

[Template Manager] Joomla 1.5 vs Joomla 1.6 Beta

Joomla 1.5 Template Admin

Joomla 1.6 Beta Template Admin


So the biggest differences you'll see here is that Joomla 1.5 gives you two sub options: Site Templates and Admin Templates. Joomla 1.6 Beta is drastically different. Instead of site templates an admin templates, instead you'll find Styles, and Templates. This highlights a huge functional change in the way templates will operate in Joomla 1.6 in terms of customization. Joomla 1.6 handles front end vs backend handling by adding a location parameter.



More... ]]> Joomla! News sniranjan http://www.jv-extensions.com/joomla-news/2113-what-you-need-to-know-about-joomla-1-6-part-5-templates.html On the economics of the Joomla! extension and service providers http://www.jv-extensions.com/joomla-news/2110-on-the-economics-of-the-joomla-extension-and-service-providers.html Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:11:02 GMT At the J and Beyond 2010 conference in Weisbaden, DE, I had the pleasure to meet and chat with Aarti Mahajan, a graduate student in Innovation & Entrepreneurship Management Department at the Ghent University in Belgium.

Aarti’s doctoral research is aimed at revealing the entrepreneurship and revenue generation opportunities within the Joomla! ecosystem.

To obtain the appropriate data for her research, Aarti has prepared two surveys aimed at Joomla! extension developers and service providers. Each survey will take approximately 30 minutes to complete. The results of the research will strictly be used for academic purposes and will be shared with the respondents.

With the help of the responses, the companies will be compared across various dimensions and best practices leading to success of these firms will be identified.

As an academic myself, I find this research very exciting. To my knowledge, this will be the first formal economic study of Joomla! and I am very interested to see the results. Since Joomla! is all about community, I strongly encourage all developers and service providers in the Joomlasphere community to participate.

The founders of companies that develop extensions and/or templates for Joomla! are invited to participate in the survey for PRODUCT DEVELOPERS which is available at the following URL:

http://ugent.limequery.com/79385/lang-en

The founders of companies that provide services (web design, consulting, training, Search Engine Optimization, etc.) for Joomla! are invited to participate in the survey for SERVICE PROVIDERS which is available at the following URL:

http://ugent.limequery.com/55822/lang-en

For more background on Aarti’s research and to discuss any issues and ask questions, please visit the following thread on the Joomla! forums:

http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=262&t=539207

Disclaimer: Joomla!™ is a registered trademark of Open Source Matters. The research described above is not affiliated to Joomla!, Open Source Matters or any of its subsidiaries.



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