Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 16. Enjoy!
Something for the weekend or Travelling to J & Beyond
Written by Brian Teeman
With J and Beyond rapidly approaching I've started to think about all the things that I need to take with me. Somehow I don't think I will be travelling light especially as the replacement for the cow trousers (not pants!!) almost take up the entire suitcase.
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Interview with John Coonen from CMS Expo
Written by Steve Burge
This year we've been interviewing people who run Joomla Days around the world. There are also unofficial conferences happening all the time that feature Joomla heavily and we're going to try and introduce them here also.
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J and Beyond 2011 - an International Joomla Conference
Written by Steve Burge
J and Beyond is an international Joomla conference taking place in the Netherlands in early May. The first J and Beyond conference was held in Germany last year and was a huge success, attracting Joomla developers from all over the world.
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Monaco Yacht Show Uses Joomla
Written by Steve Burge
The Monaco Yacht Show is the most presitigious superyacht show in the world. Superyacht are yachts from 25 meters to over 90 meters long.
This year will be the 21st year of the event which attracts over 30,000 participants to Moncao, the small principality in the south of France.
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Wanted: New Features for Version 1.7
Written by Mark Dexter
Hi everyone. Now that version 1.6.3 is released, the development focus for Joomla can shift gears and we can focus on new features for version 1.7. This is a very exciting time for the project, and the Production Leadership Team (PLT) thought it would be helpful to outline our ideas about the process for adding new features.
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Make our Code of Conduct Easy to Find
Written by Roger Matthews
I am not a developer, but an average user of Joomla, having created 1.0, 1.5 and 1.6 sites. I was a programmer in a previous life, using older languages rather than the modern Php, Java, etc., so I have a deep appreciation of all you do, and am a fervent fan. Joomla and its extensions enable us non-programmers to accomplish amazing things.
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The Mobile Cloud Opportunity at J and Beyond
Written by Brian Teeman
This year for J and Beyond we've really tried hard to bring you a Keynote Speaker who is Beyond Joomla! We're delighted to announce that Tony Guntharp the Director of Developer Relations at Appcelerator will be delivering the keynote this year.
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Blog post: There is no them nor we, there is only us
Written by Peter Russell
This is such an insightful read, I've taken the opportunity to post a link to it here.
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Quick Release: Joomla 1.6.3 and Community Developer Involvement
Written by Amy Stephen
A JS change made in Joomla! 1.6.2 prevented MT (and specifically MT More) from automatically loading in the Administrator. The PLT agreed that it should be rolled back.
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RocketTheme Conference
Written by Andy Miller
We have been internally discussing the possibility of hosting a RocketTheme User/Developer Conference. The idea is that we would organize and host a 1 or 2 day conference in a that we could use to cover a variety of topics.
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Sneak peek into DOCman 2.0 development
Written by Tom
Last week we gave you a view behind the Joomlatools curtain. Today we are pleased to tell you more about what our development team is doing, working hard on DOCman 2.0!
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Behind the Joomlatools curtain
Written by Johan
The beginning of 2011 introduced three new faces in the Joomlatools scene – Israel Canasa, Ercan Ozkaya and Myra Jill Siason. Three vibrant, young, passionate experts in their own fields who have joined our team since February to bring you the next big thing: DOCman 2.0!
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Version Independent Joomla Tips - #3 Code structure
Written by Jeremy Wilken
Extensions for Joomla should be written using some fundamental PHP design patterns, most notably the MVC (Model View Controller) pattern. Components are the only extensions that use it fully, since they are the only extension type that has major control over the page creation, where other extension types are added on demand. This tactic is most useful when writing components, but could be used anywhere.
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Small update to the Zen Grid Framework
Written by Anthony Olsen
I've just published a small update to the Zen Grid Framework Joomla 1.5 template framework. The update fixes some small issues that crept in with the last update but also adds six new fonts to the Google font familiy list.
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Zen Grid Framework and Zen Default Joomla Template for Joomla 1.6 released
Written by Anthony Olsen
I'm very happy to announce the availability of the Joomla 1.6 version of our Joomla template framework - the Zen Grid Framework - and the Zen Default Starter Joomla template.
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Joomla 1.6 versions released for Slideshow, Microblog and JB Library
Written by Anthony Olsen
I've just rolled out the first of our Joomla 1.6 extension releases. First cab off the rank are the powerhouses behind our Joomla templates - JB Slideshow3 and Microblog - plus the popular and, might I say, very handy JB Library plugin.
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Zen Grid Framework Updated to v1.1.15
Written by Anthony Olsen
Our Joomla template framework - the Zen Grid Framework - has just been updated to v1.1.15. This is a minor update but will probably quite useful to most people using the framework as we have now added all remaining fonts from the Google font library.
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Introducing Pure - A simple Joomla Template
Written by Anthony Olsen
I'm happy to announce the availability of our Joomla template release for April. Pure is a simple, clean cut web design that is ideal for business but is flexible enough to cater to a lot of different uses.
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Zen Grid Framework Feature Roadmap Update
Written by Anthony Olsen
We are currently putting together a list of features that will start getting added to our Joomla template framework in the next few weeks - that is once the Joomla 1.6 version and templates have been released. So I thought this would be a good time to canvas for some features, changes, improvements or whatever you would like to see incorporated into the zen grid framework.
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