May 2012 brings us JoomlaDay Brazil - Ribeirão Preto; the CMS Expo Learning and Business Conference in the USA, and J and Beyond, an International Joomla! conference in Germany.

My wife and I recently moved to Nagoya, Japan and we decided to write a blog to chronicle our experiences. I threw one together using Joomla! and, though I'm a developer and know better than to attempt any real design, I'm not entirely without a sense of style.

El Equipo de Eventos Joomla! está muy feliz de anunciar el lanzamiento de un nuevo sitio web dedicado a los eventos Joomla!, tales como Joomla! Days, Conferencias Joomla! y reuniones de Grupos de Usuarios Joomla!

There is a way to increase the services your agency offers, increase production capacity and in turn boost your revenue potential. At first this might seem too good to be true, however, it’s not. All of this can more can be done through strategic and planned out subcontracting of work to third parties such as developers, designers or even other agencies.

How to set up a better user experience for your clients — while enhancing usability — by using ACL on the back end of Joomla

April 12th Christine and I attended the first Joomla!Day in Mashhad, Iran.

Here's what's been happening around the project in April…

With an old, out-of-date Drupal site getting maliciously and successfully hacked every week, Truthout was looking for answers. A few months later, with a complicated Drupal to Joomla! migration behind us, Truthout transitioned to a new, stable, and flexible Joomla! Platform with room to grow.

As we all know, Joomla is a volunteer project made of up dedicated community members from around the world. It is the diversity and commitment of these members which makes Joomla so powerful, that and of course, the platform and framework behind it! There is a lot going on around the Joomla world…

In this tutorial, we will show how to convert a Joomla 1.5 template to Joomla 2.5 template. We will take default Joomla 1.5 template "rhuk_milkyway" as an example and convert it to Joomla 2.5 native compatible template.

Social ecologist Peter F. Drucker once said, “Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else.” Never is this truer than when describing the importance of time management skills for business owners. Tell me if this sounds familiar: You head into the office feeling great only to open a seemingly never-ending to-do list that completely flusters you throwing the entire day of balance while leaving you feeling utterly helpless and stretched too thin. This situation, while never completely unavoidable, is something that can be mastered over time by following these simple steps towards successfully managing your time. 

"Jumla" es la palabra Swahili para "todos juntos", y fue la que inspiró el nombre Joomla! El Proyecto Joomla! es uno de los mayores sistemas de gestión de contenidos del mundo, respaldado por una comunidad global. Joomla! 2.5 es el sucesor de Joomla! 1.5. Es una versión con soporte de larga duración y representa el estado del arte del Proyecto Joomla! desde enero de 2012 hasta julio de 2013. Te permite crear sitios web únicos en tu propio idioma. Incluso si no eres un especialista :-)

For many extension developers and businesses the thought of a multilingual website never crosses our mind. However, supporting multiple languages can pay off with great dividends such as increased conversions rates, more traffic and a broader global reach. When creating a multilingual site there is much to consider and it’s really all about localization and knowing the culture. Below you will find 6 powerful tips to make your project a success.

Joomla Ukrainian community continues to acquaint you with Ukraine. This is part three of our project "Joomla! in Ukraine". In this review, you can meet with government agencies, nonprofit organizations, learn about the festival and musical tastes, plunge into the media space and learn about education in Ukraine. We continue our journey through the famous Ukrainian sites created on the Joomla CMS.

I had the opportunity to join two recent JoomlaDays: JoomlaDay New England on March 31, and JoomlaDagen Nederland (JoomlaDay Netherlands) on April 21 and 22. I had a wonderful time at both of these events, and I would like to share some about my experiences.

سمینار بین المللی جوملا روز 24 فروردین در فرهنگسرای فناوری و رسانه مشهد برگزار شد. در این سمینار که به همت تیم جوملا فارسی (مامبولرن) و همکاری فرهنگسرای فناوری و رسانه شهرداری مشهد برگزار شد، شرکت کنندگانی از سراسر کشور و همچنین خارج از کشور حضور داشتند.

Una vez que ya tenemos montado nuestro sitio web basado en Joomla!, comanzamos a recibir visitantes... Junto con los visitantes surge de inmediato la necesidad de la información, ¿Quiénes nos visitan?, ¿De dónde nos visitan?, ¿Por qué vía llegaron a nuestro sitio web?, ¿A través de que Browser nos visitan?, ¿A través de qué dispositivo lo hacen?, ¿Cuánto tiempo han permanecido en cada una de las páginas de nuestro sitio? y muchas interrogantes más referentes al comportamiento del visitante en nuestro sitio web.

“Is it worth the money to work with a Joomla! web design agency, or should I continue to do it myself?” For many Joomla! users, this question probably has passed through your mind with no clear answer. Working with an experienced Joomla! web design agency has many pros and cons and requires a great deal of thought and planning. In this article, we will examine why partnering with a Joomla! web design agency could be the best business decision you could make. 

The Joomla! Events Team is happy to announce the launch of a new website dedicated for Joomla! events such as Joomla! Days, Joomla! Conferences, and Joomla! User Group Meetings.

Hace ya unos cuantos años que trabajo con Joomla! y gracias a este genial CMS he podido realizarme y ganarme el pan de cada día, lo cual no es poco decir. Cuando me topé con él me sucedió algo que no me había ocurrido con plataformas similares: amor a primera vista. Y el amor  siempre da frutos, así surgió Joomla-GNU; un sitio de ayuda, con artículos, tutoriales y un foro, todo girando entorno al CMS. Esto fue y es una forma de devolver a la comunidad lo que la comunidad me brinda cada día.