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The folks who brought you groundbreaking Joomla extensions such as EasyBlog, EasyDiscuss and Komento will soon release their latest creation. Read on to discover what it is and if you should be adding it to your Joomla website.

That's right, it's contest time again and this time we're focusing on user engagement. Have you been avoiding this vital aspect of your website strategy? Well, there has never better a better opportunity to get going because we have three great commercial extensions up for grabs.

Anyone using the Komento Joomla extension should mosey over to StackIdeas official site and download a brand new hotfix to plug a few holes in Komento's code.   Although rare, it seems that a serious bug has been discovered which can cause a site to crash if it is not fixed. Komento users can download the patch here.  StackIdeas also offers the relevant source code for users to FTP onto their site if they're not interested in running a software patch.  From start to finish, the patching process should take less than five minutes, so there's no reason to delay!

StackIdeas and JV-Extensions have worked together to produce an even stronger set of features for EasyBlog, the standout blogging platform for Joomla. JV-ContentLinks and JV-Relatives are now closely integrated directly into EasyBlog.

One common question we receive is "how do you create a blog using Joomla?" Last week I wrote a post titled The Five Best Blogging Tools for Joomla!. In this video I show you how to create a blog that includes commenting and social sharing using the Joomla core and free extensions. The process is easy and it takes less than ten minutes.

We’re a couple of weeks into the new year and I’m ready to attack my website To Do list. I realised that a lot of points on my list would apply to your site too, so here are my 7 ways to make your Joomla site shine in 2012. Wish it were still 2009 – the title would have had a much nicer ring.