Are you a young developer looking for open source projects to contribute to? So was Mohd Shahzan. He was looking for a project where he could make a meaningful contribution to something larger than himself.
Beyond the Codebase: How Joomla builds Real-World Tech and Teamwork Skills Read Post »
On 11 October 2025, JUG043 Maastricht (The Netherlands) hosted the Pizza JUG & Fun Day, bringing together 11 Joomla enthusiasts for a day of learning, networking, and fun!
Pizza JUG & Fun Day – 11 October 2025 JUG043 Maastricht (Netherlands) Read Post »
You may have seen the announcement already: it’s voting time once again. Our Board is looking for people to replace three valued members who recently resigned.
Elections coming up – this is how Joomla elections work Read Post »
While the 6.0 downloads growing, we look to the new release managers for Joomla 6.1. Last month we featured Harald Leithner and now we turn our focus on Stefan Wendhausen.
Joomla 6.1 Release Managers, part 2: Stefan Wendhausen Read Post »
JoomlaDay Spain 2025 once again proved that the real strength of this CMS lies in its community. Held on Friday, November 7, in Málaga, the event gathered nearly 100 attendees, including developers, designers, trainers, and open-source enthusiasts.
JoomlaDay Spain 2025: Community, learning, and unity in Málaga Read Post »
Gradients are powerful for adding depth, highlights, or visual interest to backgrounds, buttons, and overlays. All with pure CSS. Head over to your user.css and spice up your Joomla website!
Joomla is now officially recognized as a digital public good, an accolade from the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA). This recognition places Joomla among a number of international open source projects that prioritize openness, transparency, data protection, and social impact.
Joomla Now Officially Recognized as a Digital Public Good Read Post »
We’ve all been there, clicking a link full of promise, only to land face-first in the dreaded “404 Not Found.” It’s like opening a door and finding a brick wall. For your visitors, it’s a frustrating dead end. For you, the site owner, it’s an opportunity.
The 404 That Could: Why Your Joomla Site Deserves a Brilliant Error Page Read Post »
Why do some Joomla posts get shared and ranked, while others disappear online? The secret isn’t better SEO or more plugins. It’s better writing.
George Orwell’s Six Rules of Writing Can Help You Create Bookmark-Worthy Joomla Content Read Post »
Say hi to your monthly dose of exciting Joomla news! The November issue of the Joomla Community Magazine is packed with good stuff. We have recaps from JoomlaDays, tutorials and lots of news from our wonderful community (did somebody say “elections”?).
On 17 and 18 October 2025, the French-speaking Joomla community gathered in Metz for a new edition of JoomlaDay France. Two days rich in exchanges, conferences and conviviality, organised by the AFUJ at Techno’Pôles CESCOM.
JoomlaDay France 2025 – Metz, an edition focused on the community Read Post »
Unless you’ve been on a media lockdown in the past few weeks, no doubt you’ll be aware that a major new release of Joomla! (6.0 to be specific as well as an updated 5.4) has been released. And as with all new software products, we’re promised a faster, sleeker and all-round sexier experience.
In your opinion, what is a WOW-factor? Is it fancy features, shiny stuff or glittering gadgets? When it comes to content management systems, the WOW- factors may lie in completely different things.
Buttons.
Yes, buttons. Have you ever noticed how often you click one? It probably seems effortless — after all, you can see the button, use a mouse, or tap a screen. But have you ever stopped to think about what it takes to make a simple button usable for everyone?
The Blind Spots of Accessibility testing Tools – Buttons Read Post »
A new edition, another location. For 2025 the team decided to organise the JoomlaDays Netherlands in Utrecht at Crowne Plaza hotel, closeby the Central Station.
Setting up a local web development environment on Windows has long been a chore. Traditional AMP stacks like XAMPP or WAMP can feel clunky, slow, or outdated. Enter Laragon — a sleek, modern, and lightning-fast local server environment designed to make web development effortless.
Laragon: The Effortless, High-Performance AMP Server for Windows Read Post »
In the September Issue of the Magazine I started a new CSS Series with short explanations of modern CSS properties and functions. Today’s article is about Subgrids.
Joomla 6 is out and it brings a great example of a Child Template with new options for colors and font sizes.
With the release of Joomla 5.4 and Joomla 6.0 on 14 October 2025, the Joomla project introduces a significant innovation: automatic updates for the core system. This feature makes it possible to keep Joomla installations up to date reliably and without manual intervention – an important step towards increasing the security and maintainability of Joomla websites.
When managing a website, content changes are inevitable. Articles get updated, pages evolve, and information needs to stay current. But what happens when you need to undo a change or review who edited what? That’s where content versioning in Joomla comes in.
Mastering Joomla Content Versioning: How to Track, Compare, and Restore Article Changes Read Post »
