The Joomla Access Control List feature allows site owners to place users into groups and those groups can be given permissions as to who can create and manage content. This post explains the different actions that groups can perform.

The Joomla ACL provides two main functions; it can restrict who can view certain content and who can take action on content items, for example create an article. This post explains the basic steps for the first part - how to restrict which users can view content.

Joomla version 1.6 was released in January last year and it heralded a vast array of improvements. The biggest change was to the access control list which is the feature that implements permissions that determine who can view certain content items and who can manage content. It is a powerful and flexible system, but it is not intuitive and requires good planning. This is the first of several articles discussing how to use the Joomla ACL.

The first Joomla!Day was held in 2006 in The Netherlands. Discover some interesting facts about this and subsequent Dutch JoomlaDays in this amazing infographic. 

If you operate a business you may have run a SWOT analysis at some stage. This planning approach examines your organisation's Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. When choosing a piece of software, or in our case a content management system, it's common to examine the first two – strengths and weaknesses. But what about the other two? Let's leave opportunities for another day and in this post ask the question "What is Joomla's greatest threat?"

Google is informing Joomla users of outdated versions of their sites.

Two weeks ago I asked the question "What is your favourite Joomla 2.5 feature" and asked you to comment on the upgrade process. Some of the comments suggested that upgrading was a frustrating experience. This got me to thinking that Joomla might be in danger of falling off a cliff. Is this the beginning of the end or the beginning of a new era? 

Towards the end of 2011, we produced a course called "How to earn $4000 a month as a part-time Joomla developer". The main challenge for most people starting a business is making sales and this is especially difficult with web development. So many businesses already have a website and therefore don't see the need to build it again. However the proliferation of smartphones has changed everything. This post explains how to make money developing mobile-friendly Joomla websites.

Whether you use specific extensions or plain old good web practices, this week we'd like to hear how you drive the most traffic to your Joomla websites. Feel free to also include what extensions or methods have either not worked well for you or just wasted time and money. You'll read three of the most important aspects of gaining new visitors and keeping current ones engaged.

We'd like to think that we've helped the Joomla community by creating our free Joomla training course called The Basics. This is no "teaser" course. It covers everything you need to know to build your first Joomla website. It's free and you don't even need to register. HUNDREDS of people start this course DAILY, either here on this site or at YouTube. Comments that we receive via email and in our forum suggest that this effort is much appreciated. Read on to learn how you can thank us by nominating us for an upcoming J!OSCAR award.