As mentioned in the Editor's Introduction of the publication, this latest issue of the Joomla! Community Magazine, which happens to be their biggest yet, is about getting "Back to Life" and looking forward to what's ahead.
News from the Joomla world including major extension & template releases, Joomla! Project announcements and don't miss our weekly roundup.
As mentioned in the Editor's Introduction of the publication, this latest issue of the Joomla! Community Magazine, which happens to be their biggest yet, is about getting "Back to Life" and looking forward to what's ahead.
Poznan, Poland will host the first Joomla! Day Poland on September 22nd and 23rd, 2012. "It’s an opportunity to share ideas, techniques and knowledge and to meet professionals and members of the Joomla! community," writes Gary Brooks on the Joomla! Community Portal website.
Popular Joomla Template and Extension provider RocketTheme has updated their widely used Gantry Framework to version 4, which now features "a responsive layout core, a rejuvenated administrative interface and optimized coding." Their latest template release, Fracture, takes advantage of Gantry4's new features.
Downtime can be a major problem for webmasters. Every minute a site is down means one fewer chance to grab a new visitor. Unfortunately, webmasters can't pay attention to their site's status 24/7, especially if they're running a whole suite of sites. That's why services like Earlywarn are so great. By sending out text message alerts whenever a site's connectivity becomes spotty, site managers will never be caught unawares by long outages they never even noticed!
Anyone running a website should take into account the legal ramifications of earning money off of your visitors. Many countries require a website to provide anyone reading it with a full rundown of all the information they might be gathering. In fact, if you're running Google Adsense on your site and don't have a privacy policy available, you're technically within breach of contract. Creating a proper privacy policy can be a major hassle for many webmasters. There's a lot of "legalese" involved and failure to properly parse the language can lead to potential lawsuits.
If you use an iPad, and you find yourself needing to communicate more effectively with team members about the design process as you build websites, mockups or wireframes, Proof by Anticlimaddox might be just what your team needs.
With all new elements and icons designed specifically for Game News, GavickPro has release a gaming centered news portal Joomla template that is intended to make an impression.
SP Stock uses the Yahoo stock API to display stock data about various companies easily within a Joomla Module position. This is perfect for a news or portal site, and is free to download and use.
Developers at corePHP, makers of extensions such as WordPress for Joomla and jomCDN, have offered a 25% off sale to celebrate Labor Day and Back to School. The discount is available for all corePHP Joomla products.
JomSocial's new service is still in Beta mode; however, there is a demo site to familiarize yourself with the offering, and this new option could be perfect for those needing a good social media solution for their Joomla websites but who don't want the hassle of maintaining infrastructure.