1080249510 Joomla! - Main News from Joomla! - Main Section http://www.joomla.org Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:54:46 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.joomla.org/images/M_images/joomla logo horz color 200x40.png Syndicated news from Joomla! http://www.joomla.org News from Joomla! - Main Section Joomla! in Sydney, Australia http://www.joomla.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3231&Itemid=74 At the Beginning of the year Joomla! was in Melbourne now we have come to Sydney. This years Open Cebit conference is a great occasion to present Joomla! to business people and for the Joomla! community in Australia to organize the second Joomla!Day on the continent.Joomla! @ Open Cebit Open Cebit (http://www.opencebit.com.au/) is one of the main Open Source exhibition and conferences in Australia. Thanks to the support from Mark Eather (aka eathermark (http://forum.joomla.org/index.php?action=profile;u=26673)) Joomla! has a booth and a speakers slot for the event. Considering their site is powered by Joomla! this is a great oportunity. Andrew Eddie (aka masterchief (http://forum.joomla.org/index.php?action=profile;u=7)), Robyn Winter (aka Wizzie (http://forum.joomla.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3655)) and other members of the team and community will be around to answer your questions. If you are interested grab a free entrance ticket (http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,145907.msg776607.html#msg776607)! Joomla!Day, Sydney (http://www.joomladay.org.au/) Pretty close to the Open Cebit location the second Joomla!Day in Australia (http://www.joomladay.org.au/) will be hosted at the Harlequin Inn [function room, upstairs], at the corner of Harris St and Union St in Pyrmont [see map (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q hl=en q=152+Harris+Street+Sydney sll=-37.81648,144.96196 sspn=0.00856,0.017402 layer= ie=UTF8 z=16 ll=-33.873337,151.197882 spn=0.008997,0.017402 om=1 iwloc=addr)]. It's a short stroll (5-10 minutes) from The CeBIT venue at Darling Harbour. On the 2nd of May 2007 you can meet and network with the people from the Joomla! teams and listen to interesting talks about the Joomla! system. Besides Andrew, Robyn and Dinah (http://forum.joomla.org/index.php?action=profile;u=8906) who did the preliminary organisation of the event many others have already registered, see who is coming at our forum (http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,139731.msg782235.html#msg782235) and enjoy the time. Joomla IT 360 Conference and Expo (Toronto - April 30 - May 2, 2007) http://www.joomla.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3206&Itemid=74 www.it360.ca (http://www.it360.ca/) Contact Info:Nori Tanaka416.290.0240 x126ntanaka@itworldcanada.com (mailto:ntanaka@itworldcanada.com) Joomla Joomla!, Google ... What more can we say! http://www.joomla.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3203&Itemid=74 The inaugural Joomla!Day USA promises to be something special. Organiser Ryan Ozimek, who is putting together the USA's first Joomla!Day, says the additional appeal of holding the event at the Googleplex has created quite a buzz in the American community.Ryan today unveiled the registration pages for Joomla!Day USA West (http://www.joomladayusa.org) and expects the two day event (May 12-13) will draw Joomla! users from throughout the western US to Google in Mountain View, California. It's highly appropriate we kicked this event off in a significant way, and thanks to Google's generosity we're hoping to fill the available seats pretty fast, he said.Ryan said the event will be driven by the innovative un-conference format, facilitated by Penguin Day creator Allen Gunn, of Aspiration. Having Allen here to help with the format is going to excite and challenge minds ... and, I hope this will be welcomed as an interesting way to share knowledge and have fun simultaneously. The Joomla!Day West is limited to 125 seats, so you need to book fast if you want a seat. If you miss out there are two more Joomla!Days planned for the 2007 calendar in the US — Joomla!Day USA Midwest in Austin, TX, and Joomla!Day USA East New York, NY.Recommended accommodation providers are Wild Palms Hotel or Avante, and more information about accommodation will be provided at the Joomla!Day USA West Web site: http://www.joomladayusa.org (http://www.joomladayusa.org) .More information:Joomla!Day USA WestMay 12-13, 2007http://www.joomladayusa.org (http://www.joomladayusa.org) Joomla Joomla's 100k Ain't Bad! http://www.joomla.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3134&Itemid=74 It's official — Joomla! has the largest Open Source CMS focused forum on the planet. In fact, by reaching 100,000 users signed up (validated), Joomla! contends with some of the biggest forums on the Internet. We reckon forum.joomla.org (http://forum.joomla.org/) is in the top 10 of all comers.Reaching this 100k watershed is significant as the heart of this reveals true Open Source source spirit with many of these members sharing their knowledge and experience. And this strength — the backbone of the project in many ways — manifests in a mature 'eco-system' that's self-supporting. Thousands of helping hands and minds. Joomla's success rides on the support available to end users through (among other places) our community forum, said Core Team member Brad Baker. Time and time again, we hear users thanking us for the software, yet, without the active community Joomla! would not be where it is today ... one of the world's most popular Open Source projects. You are all a part of this and deserve a hearty thanks. What's particularly heartening is that despite Joomla's phenomenal growth, the forum continues to engender friendly, helpful advice. When we started Joomla! back in September 2005 there were naysayers, and plenty of them. In fact one so-called industry expert said Joomla! would be a niche CMS . There's something rather gratifying in proving people wrong. Everyone who's taken the time to answer a question, solve a problem or submit a bug report is part of this success.We could start quoting the ever-increasing statistics in this story however a quote from a pragmatic new user sort of sums up how things are working: To make my decision, I finally decided to look at the community that surrounded and supported each product. As a test, I made an inquiry into the general support message boards of each product. My Joomla post received a number of helpful responses in a relatively short time frame. My ****** (another Open Source software) post languished for days, and even after asking a second time for feedback, was still unanswered. As I'm going to be learning each system, and relying on others to help me, this experience ultimately swung the pendulum to Joomla. Okay, we couldn't resist, here's some numbers: An average of 172 new user sign-up each day765,000 postsMore than 1200 posts daily Again, congratulations particularly to those of you who've taken the time to extend a helping hand. We are made stronger by those helpful souls around us.Free A3 PosterTo celebrate this special occasion, download this high-resolution A3-size PDF poster (joomla_100k.pdf) (for personal, non-commercial use only). Joomla Summer of Code 2007 - Final Deadline for Student Applications http://www.joomla.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3027&Itemid=74 Google has decided to extend the Summer of Code student application deadline until March 26. Applications must be received by 5:00 PM Pacific time (12:00 AM UTC March 27, 2007). So there is still time! Time to get off your backsides and send in those crazy ideas (http://groups.google.com/group/google-summer-of-code-announce/web/guide-to-the-gsoc-web-app-for-student-applicants). Don't feel intimidated by the code! To help you, we've created a project proposal page (http://dev.joomla.org/content/view/2334/99/). It provides step-by-step guidance to give you the best chance to gain a place. It outlines skills, responsibilities, commitment required and rewards should you qualify for this prestigious program. This year, the focus lies on the implementation and use of the new Joomla! 1.5 framework, soon to be released as Beta 2. We want to give students the opportunity to learn to develop on a cutting-edge web application framework. We also want to reach out to wider open source community by developing extensions for 1.5 that can be leveraged by other communities and developers. To achieve these goals we will be working closely with other projects, like Mootools (http://mootools.net/), EasyEclips (http://www.easyeclipse.org/)e (http://www.easyeclipse.org/) and the Software Freedom Law Center (http://www.softwarefreedom.org/). This means that our Summer of Code 2007 is not strictly for PHP students only. Students that want to develop in different languages (JAVA, javascript, ...) can also find interesting challenges. We have a group of highly motivated mentors lined up to welcome the students and give them the experience of a lifetime! Stick to the Code! Joomla Get the T-Shirt — Google Summer of Code http://www.joomla.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2976&Itemid=74 The Google Summer of Code (SOC) T-shirt is one of the most sought-after pieces of attire in the IT world. Those who've been there, got the T-shirt are among the elite who've successfully participated in the SOC program over the past few years. Joomla! hopes many more candidates will earn the right to proudly wear their shirts in 2007 but time to enter is running out. Get to it! Students with Ideas As of today, Google is accepting applications from students. If you're interested, you only have until 23 March to send in your proposal, so you'd best get to it. Make sure you check out the list of proposed Joomla! projects for inspiration and also take a look at some (minor) discussions in the Summer Of Code 2007 (http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/board,398.0.html) forum group. Your personal project ideas are very welcome, so don't hesitate to deviate from the published list. For an overview of all Open Source projects participating in this year's Summer of Code, you can check out the the Google Summer Of Code homepage (http://code.google.com/soc/). This is also where students should send in their application. Google provides an extensive explanation on the Guide to the Google Summer of Code Web App for Student Applicants (http://groups.google.com/group/google-summer-of-code-announce/web/guide-to-the-gsoc-web-app-for-student-applicants) article. And apart from the T-shirt, Google pays each successful student $4,500 USD and Joomla! gets $500 per student as well. All good! We Need Mentors Too Joomla's call for mentors for the SOC has brought us eight mentors so far, but we still have a need for more. If you're interested don't hesitate to contact us (see mentor guideline (http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,141965.0.html) post in forum). The group of mentors includes Core Team members and community developers who will provide solid guidance for students. Joomla! and the Google SOC Joomla! has participated in the Summer of Code since its inception. We've had brilliant results from participation in the Summer of Code 2005 (http://code.google.com/summerofcode05.html) and 2006 (http://code.google.com/soc/2006/). We were delighted when Google confirmed the Joomla! projects' participation for this year's Summer of code. Last year we had six sponsored projects mainly focusing on research for future Joomla! versions. Four past SOC participants have subsequently entered Joomla's development working group and continued with contributions to Joomla! 1.5. Please ensure you thoroughly read the tips and guidelines for applying. If you have any questions, please post them on the special SOC forum (http://forum.joomla.org/index.php?board=398.0). Good luck and let the Summer Of Code 2007 edition begin! Joomla