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Joomla recap #1

Monday, 16 July 2012

Richard Pearce

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View the story "Joomla Week in Review" on StorifyJoomla Week in ReviewThis is the first in what I hope will become a regular series of posts, on the week that was in Joomla.Storified by Richard Pearce · Sun, Jul 15 2012 14:55:15

Joomla 3.0 Alpha Released

Just when you thought you had your head around version 2.5, the next iteration of Joomla is on the horizon. An alpha version of Joomla 3.0 has been released.

Joomla! Developer Network - Joomla! 3.0 Alpha-1 ReleasedJoomla! 3.0 Alpha-1 Released. The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the availability of Joomla 3.0 Alpha 1 for download.Developers: Joomla 3 is Coming | Joomla! Community Portal2 days ago ... Attention Joomla! Developers: Here Comes Joomla 3! Joomla! 3 is only three months away from its launch. This is an offic...Consolidated Configs for all #Joomla components coming to 3.0 #jux http://pic.twitter.com/PfTBlAtfKyle Ledbetter

Joomla World Conference 2012

The Joomla! Project released a website for the inaugural world conference.

Joomla! World Conference Website LaunchedJul 8, 2012 ... Joomla World Conference Logo Joomla! is one of the most popular Content Management Systems (CMS) in the world, and has ...Joomla! World Conference 2012Joomla World Conference 2012 a first class event for the Joomla community brought to you by a team of volunteers and the Joomla! Project.Working on some concepts for #Joomla World Conference t-shirts #jwc12 http://yfrog.com/kkdwutabj http://yfrog.com/nux7fkwj http://yfrog.com/kkxicxqjKyle LedbetterAlready enough people from Europe interested in the Joomla World Conference to charter a plane? :-) #jwc12Sander Potjer@joomla Maybe I'm late on this, but the Joomla World Conference is the weekend before Thanksgiving? What were you guys thinking?Robert Vining

And in case you missed it ...

... although a lot more happened this week, I'm going to leave it at that this time while I get used to this clever application. In case you missed it, here is what we got up to:

I produced a video tutorial demonstrating how to use the GMail authentication plugin:

Logging in to a Joomla site using the GMail Authentication PluginIf you have ever browsed through the list of standard Joomla plugins, you might have stumbled on one called Authentication - ...Robert created a list of the best places to find a Joomla developer:Ten Places to Find a Joomla DeveloperWe love what we do here at BuildAJoomlaWebsite. We're passionate about helping people learn and discover what they can do for ...And we're continuing to build up our collection of Joomla glossary articles:ComponentComponent: A specific type of Joomla extension. Components are similar to small applications in that they do work for a website ...CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)CSS (Cascading Style Sheets): In web design terms, CSS refers to the language used to control the visual display or ...ExtensionExtension: A native or third party piece of software that extends the functionality of Joomla to enhance either the front end ...