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Joomladesigns Joomla Templates April 2008

Joomladesigns have released a number of new Joomla templates for April 2008 which are compatible with Joomla 1.x and 1.5. The joomla template themes support a number of module positions plus Ajax effects. The New web designs also come with the Photoshop PSD files and installation guides. To view the latest Joomla tempates visit Joomladesigns

April 17th, 2008

Joomla Day Spain 2008

The spanish Joomla community are holding a get together on Saturday, April 19th, 2008. The event will take place at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

The agenda for the day will cover the the following topics

• A presentation on the Joomla! project, community, and directions by Franck Scipion, event organizer.
• Practical tips and development examples using the Joomla! 1.5 framework and a discussion of multi-lingual support for Joomla 1.5 using JoomFish will be shared by Alex Kempkens, Joomla! Core Team member.
• The value of collaboration and cooperation will be the focus of Joomla! Core Team member Chris Davenport’s presentation. The project is working to encourage broader involvement given lessons learned from GHOP, GSoC, Bug Smashing and Doc Camp events, and even through use of simple tools, like Wikis.
• A round table discussion led by experienced Joomla! site developers with corporate, educational, event, eCommerce, and community-driven Web sites, will reveal helpful strategies and interesting case studies.
• Breakout sessions will cover diverse topics, such as installation, migration to Joomla! 1.5, SEO optimization, extension development, designing groups in Joomla! 1.5, security, and community support issues.

For more information and to read the offical announcement visit the Joomlaspanish.org web site

April 17th, 2008

Joomla Day France 2008

The French Joomla community have announced their second annual Joomla! Day which will take place on Sunday, April 27, 2008, in Paris.

Michelle Bisson, Joomla! Core Team Member will traveling from Quebec to the meeting to discuss the Joomla! project, working group roles and responsibilities, and how our international community has worked together in order to build Joomla! into one of the greatest open source content management systems in the world.

The following topics will also be covered during the meeting.

Getting started with Joomla!
Joomla! 1.5 Templates
Joomla! and the JCE editor
Using Joomla! for social networking sites
Virtuemart, the open source solution for e-buying
Developing Joomla! extensions
Meet the experts, a panel discussion with all presenters

For more information read the offical post at the Joomla! web site.

Joomla! Day France 2008

April 15th, 2008

Joomla! 1.5.2 Available For Download

The Joomla community have announced the availability of Joomla! 1.5.2 [Woi]. The latest release is a maintenance update which addresses some minor bugs plus updates.

The updates include the following.

• Support for non-Gregorian date output
• Removed dependency on server locales for date output
• TCPDF Upgraded:
• Supports RTL languages
• Supports GIF images inline in generated PDF (if PHP extension GD2 is enabled)
• Fix for cache folder deletion with legacy mode enabled
• Disable page caching when debug is enabled
• Ability to disable Flash Uploader in Media Manager
• OpenID functionality fixes
• Advanced article filtering options now available using Article Preferences

API Changes:

• Addition of JFactory::getDate() to get a JDate object (supports overloading of JDate for non-Gregorian dates)
• Addition of JExit()
• JView::get() defers correctly to JObject::get()

For more information about the latest release read the offical announcement at the Joomla web site.

March 26th, 2008

Joomla 1.0.15 Security Update

A security update has been release for Joomla which fixes a high level security issue effected the Joomla 1.x versions of the CMS. The development team have advised users to updated to the latest version today to avoid any further risks.

To find out more read the offical announcement.

Joomla 1.0.15 Released

February 22nd, 2008