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Open Source CMS
Thank You
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 before the launch:
Joomla 5 Years LaterJoomla 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 10s of millions of people who have downloaded or installed 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.
Birthday News Translations- Tillykke med fødselsdagen Joomla! (Danish)
- Bon anniversaire, Joomla! (French)
- Joomla!お誕生日おめでとう (Japanese)
- С днем рождения Joomla! (Russian)
- Srećan rođendan Joomla! (Serbian)
- Boldog születésnapot, Joomla! (Hungarian)
- Joomla! mbush 5 vjet (Albanian)
- Buon Compleanno Joomla! (Italian)
- Hartelijk Gefeliciteerd Joomla! (Dutch)
- Joomla! 5 нас хүрлээ (Mongolian)
- Joomla 5 år senare (Swedish)
- วันนี้ เป็นวันเกิดของจูมล่า ซึ่งครบรอบ 5 ขวบแล้ว (Thai)
- Hoy es el quinto aniversario de Joomla.org (Spanish)
- Khmer (Cambodia)
- Lekker verjaar Joomla! (Afrikaans)
- Hoje é o quinto aniversário de Joomla.org (Portuguese - Brazil)
- Среќен роденден Joomla! (Macedonian)
- Gratulerer med dagen Joomla! (Norwegian)
- Joomla! sai viieaastaseks (Estonian)
- Joomla! 5 Tahun Kemudian (Malay)
- Joomla! Ad günü (Azeri)
- 5 anos de Joomla (Portuguese)
- عيد ميلاد جوملا! الخامس (Arabic)
- Happy 5th Birthday Joomla! Video (Made by the worldwide Joomla! community)
- 5 Years with Joomla! (InfoGraphic by Kristoffer Sandven)
- Joomla 5th birthday cards making (Video by JoomlArt)
- Happy 5th Birthday Joomla! (thanks from the Dutch community)
- Happy 5th Birthday, Joomla! (blog by Jen Kramer)
- Happy 5th Birthday Joomla! (blog by Brian Teeman)
- Happy 5th Birthday Joomla! (blog by Steve Burge)
- Happy birthday, Joomla! (blog by Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos)
- 5 Fantastic years with Joomla. A nostalgic look back... (Techjoomla)
- JoomStew Podcast (with Andrew Eddie and Brian Teeman, 2 Joomla founders)
Our new Drupal Code of Conduct
As our community grows, it is imperative that we preserve the things that got us here; namely, keeping Drupal a fun, welcoming, challenging, and fair place to play. The new Drupal Code of Conduct (DCOC) states our shared ideals with respect to conduct. Think of this as coding standards for people. It is an expression of our ideals, not a rulebook. It is a way to communicate our existing values to the entire community.
Our friends at Ubuntu have blazed a brilliant trail in this area. They use Drupal as their CMS, and in turn we have embraced their Code of Conduct. This code of conduct is essentially identical to that used by Ubuntu, except that the name of the project has been changed, and the conflict resolution process has been removed since we don't have one.
The DCOC has been under discussion for several months on groups.drupal.org and discussed further at Drupalcon Conpenhagen. Folks who are interested in talking more about the DCOC should do so in the Drupal.org Policies group.
The short version:
- Be considerate
- Be respectful
- When we disagree, we consult others.
- When we are unsure, we ask for help.
- Step down considerately.
Greeting Magentites!
Summer of 2010 for Magento is hotter then ever. Magento is growing at unprecedented speed. And thanks to you there are now over 270,000 registered community members. You read that correctly! Over quarter of a Million.
In order to facilitate the growing community, I’m happy to announce that Rhonda and I have joined Magento in community leadership roles. I’m an avid user of Magento for my own ecommerce site and some of you may have crossed paths with me in the forums. I go by monocat. (long story ) Joining me to this new quest is Rhonda Rondeau, our new community manager whose primary responsibilities will be interacting with you in the forums and responding developers’ needs within the Magento Community. Rhonda joins us from MySpace where she managed the MySpace Developer Community. She is an enthusiastic individual and eager to assist you all.
We are enthused to be part of enhancing the community and adding our voices. We will be actively monitoring the forums and participate in discussions. Of course a community can’t be ran by itself. We welcome more ambassadors (moderators) to take initiatives by assisting fellow Magentites. Looking forward building great relationships with you all.
We are reviewing current community policies as well as considering new processes to better facilitate the community interaction and contribution. Look forward to new updates as they become available.
Rhonda and I are here to assist you fully. I can be reached at mosses@magento.com. Rhonda at rhonda@magento.com. Please feel free to contact us at any time. We’re looking forward to your thoughts, comments and suggestions.
Go Go Magento!!
- Mosses + Rhonda
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MyFab.com on Magento
MyFab.com selling in France, Germany, UK and the US on Magento
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Joomla and Linux Event in Vellore India
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
Developing for Magento—Tomorow in our Summer Webinar Series
Join us for an introduction to developing for Magento. Tomorrow’s webinar in our Summer Webinar Series will be a whirlwind tour of Magento’s programming framework and best practices for creating your own modules and correctly overwriting modules without editing core files.
This webinar is intended for developers familiar with PHP or object-oriented programming who are looking to get started with Magento. Also the perfect refresher for developers who have taught themselves Magento, but would like a fill in some knowledge gaps. Webinar is Thursday August 26th, at 9AM Pacific time (GMT-7). Register to join for the Developing for Magento Webinar. Space is limited, so register now!
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SoCal Magento Users Meetup a Success!
SoCal Magento users coordinated yet another successful Meetup event on August 17th and were joined by nearly 30 guests at the Los Angeles meeting space, Blank Spaces. The versatile meeting and conference rental space located in the heart of the West side, allowed for networking, discussions and post-discussion snacking at LA’s famous Korean BBQ truck, Kogi BBQ.
Attendees ranged from native Angelenos, commuters from Santa Barbara and visitors from New York- all to hear about news and updates on Magento products. Speakers covered topics like: extension structure, security patches and Magento support. Sevan Baghdasarian, Clafin Equipment employee and Magento Enterprise Edition user presented to the group about his involvement with Magento and how he became such an evangelist.
The event had a great turn- out and offered much opportunity for great connections! Be sure to join the Socal Magento users Meetup group for notices on future events in the Southern California area.
If you’re not in SoCal, check out some of the events we’re having in Boston and Culver City.
And if you want to be a Meet-Up Leader in your U.S. city or university, apply today at : http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-meetups/
Here are some photos of the venue and event!
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McDonald's Uses Joomla
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 an excellent example of how well Joomla works for multilingual websites and also for 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 using Drupal in Australia. These two websites are a great indicator of how the world's largest corporations now utilize Open Source projects.
Medline on Magento
Stamps.com Releases USPS Shipping Extension for Magento
The Magento Team is excited to announce that Stamps.com, a leading provider of online postage services, has launched a new USPS shipping integration for Magento merchants. With this new extension, merchants can print pre-paid USPS shipping labels for any USPS mail class. In addition, Stamps.com will automatically post ship date, tracking info, and mail class information back to the Magneto merchant’s database. Here are some of the other great highlights of this new extension from Stamps.com:
- Rapid Order Fulfillment: Batch print up to 1,000 USPS shipping labels at a time – Thermal printers supported for faster printing
- Hidden Postage: Eliminate all S&H questions by hiding the postage amount from the shipping label.
- Print all USPS Mail Classes: Print shipping labels for all USPS mail classes, including Parcel Post, Media Mail and First Class Mail International
- Discounted Insurance: Save up to 40% on Stamps.com postage insurance compared to USPS rates
- Eliminate Trips to the Post Office: Schedule carrier pickups and have the Post Office come to you
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Webinar : Order Management Made Easy for Magento
Order Management Made Easy!
Join us for a webinar co-hosted with our Enterprise Level Partner OrderMotion this Wednesday, August 25th at 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
OrderMotion is a direct-to-consumer (D2C) campaign and order management platform company with SaaS-based technology that plugs seamlessly into the entire vendor network of Magento websites, fulfillment warehouses, call centers, customer service centers, and payment processors. Specializing in complex offers, OrderMotion is PCI Level One Certified and ideally suited for multi-pay and continuity/auto-ship order processing.
OrderMotion will introduce its OrderMotion Connector for Magento Enterprise, covering its rich features including:
- Real-time order posting including full support for multi-dimensional Items, custom fields, affiliate marketing, etc.
- Automatic customer recognition for repeat purchases
- Real-Time inventory requests and replenishment with full support of all Magento inventory-related features
- Real-time order status and order history for registered and unregistered customers, even for offline customers
- Self-service features for continuity order processing
- Q&A time will be available at the end of the presentation
Date: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
Registration: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/332771475
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Case Study: StyleWorks Premium Photoshop Styles
This past March, I decided it was time to put my skills as a Drupal developer to use and launch a new online business. I knew early on that I wanted this business to be product-based, and after several weeks of playing with different ideas, I settled on selling premium Photoshop layer styles. It was the perfect opportunity to combine my love of photography and Photoshop with my passion for web development and Drupal.
Several months of product development later, StyleWorks was born. The site runs on Drupal 6, and integrates with FastSpring for e-commerce capabilities.
Designing the site: To Zen or not to Zen?After iterating through several hundred designs in Photoshop, I finally had the look I wanted to go with, and it was time to make it come alive in Drupal. But first, a key decision had to be made: Start from scratch, or go with Zen?
Open Source Matters Seeks Your Nominations for New 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.
We are looking for around seven new board members. Several will be general board members but we're also looking for three 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.
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.
- Nominations close: September 10 at 12:00 UTC
- Appointments announced: October 1
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The New Joomla.org - Coming Soon!
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... ;-) )
- 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.
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.
We'd like your help as we move forward with the new design.
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/community.joomla.org/viewform?formkey=dEhmNWFscnl0T2Vkd1laSXhYTk53N0E6MQ.
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.
Gorillaz Use Joomla - Redesign of the Year?
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 - Resdesign of the Year. Gorillaz.com was rebuilt in Joomla earlier this year and is nominated for the prestigious .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.
New Site Old Site (via Archive.org, October 2009)Foodzie on Magento
Cargoh.com- Drupal Ubercart powered Marketplace
In 2009 Appnovation Technologies was asked to design and develop a Drupal based community and e-commerce website called Cargoh. The driving idea behind the site is to create a “social marketplace” for independent artists from all over the world to be able to showcase and sell their products and services. It features community tools such as forums, an internal messaging system and events section.
Cargoh.com was founded by Paul and Cariann Burger when they noticed the lack of avenues for independent artists, designers and musicians to get their work to the world. They realized that some of the most talented people in the world were making them coffee in the morning at the local coffee shop. They set out to change that by creating a super accessible, highly affordable and unbelievably feature rich venue for artists, designers and musicians to sell the things they create. Above that, they wanted to create the world's best online shopping mall for all the uniquely independent products in the world. So from those two missions, Cargoh.com was born. The world's most exciting social marketplace for independent creatives!
Ethiopia Runs on Joomla - How About Your Country?
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.
A Joomla 5th Birthday Challenge for YouThe 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:
- Create a list of notable Joomla sites in your country. Just look around where you live and find the Joomla sites.
- Email the list to steve.burge@opensourcematters.org before September 1st.
- We'll publish it here on joomla.org during Joomla's 5th Birthday.
Magento Mobile Quick Start—Tomorow in our Summer Webinar Series
Magento Mobile is almost ready to hit the streets. Tomorrow’s webinar in our Summer Webinar Series is a Magento Mobile Quick Start and will demo the Admin Panel and app building process (spoiler: it’s really easy).
Join us if you’re interested in being the first in your gang to see Magento Mobile in action. Webinar is Thursday August 19th, at 9AM Pacific time (GMT-7). Register to join on the Summer Webinar Series page. Space is limited, so register now!
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