Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 20.
This week, there is a warning about (not) installing Joomla 1.6 beta on your live site, a write-up on the Joomla! Student Outreach Program and a post on how you can join the Joomla 1.6 bug squad, to mention some.
Enjoy the read :)
Brianteeman: Joomla 1.6 Beta 1 release - do not install...
Written by Brian Teeman
..on a live site.
Thats right I really did say don't install Joomla 1.6 Beta 1 and I encourage everyone else not to as well.
How can I say that?
Am I mad?
Am I saying it's rubbish?
Read the complete post here....
Communityjoomla: Introducing the Joomla Student Outreach Program Projects and Students
Written by Jennifer Marriott
Joomla People - Official JSOP Group
* Web Based Translation of Core Joomla Language Files Project - Edvard Ananyan, Josh Yu-Shih Wang
* Zen Joomla Project - Gunjan Patel, D.Saravanan, Cy Wong Chun Yue, Ali K. Al-Enizi
* J Dev Tools - Nitesh Pandey
* Media Gallery Suite - Aman Gautam
Read the complete post here....
Alltogetherasawhole: Step 1: Officially Join the Joomla! Bug Squad
Written by Amy Stephen
Thanks to each of you who volunteered to help with the finalization of Joomla! 1.6.
As of this moment, there are 45 volunteers! It is encouraging to see the community step forward in this way. This morning, Nicholas Dionysopoulos and I were talking about how best to assist the group to get the tools, knowledge and support needed to be a successful member of the Joomla! Bug Squad.
Read the complete post here....
Cmswire: Joomla! 1.6 Beta Offers New Permissions and Organizational Models
Written by Dee-Ann LeBlanc
The Joomla! (news, site) open source content management system is nearing its first big release in over two years. To whet your appetite, you can now check out Joomla! 1.6 beta.
Read the complete post here....
Gnomeontherun: Suggestions for Joomla.org improvements - Part 3 & 4 - Leaders and Users
This is Part 3 & 4 in unsolicited usability review for Joomla.org, and if you haven't read Part 1 - General Thoughts or Part 2 - Developers Perspective, then do so first. I'm combining the last two parts into one, to help produce a more coherent design.
A little bit of time has passed since Parts 1 & 2, but there are still two angles I haven't yet covered from the original post.
Read the complete post here....
Techjoomla: J!MailAlerts! the fresh new Email alerts extension for Joomla is here.. & its free !
J!MailAlerts is a automated periodic Email Alerts system. Have you seen mail alerts that networks like Facebook & Linked in send to their users periodically ? Using J!MailAlerts you too can send your users periodic email alerts of whats happening on your site or social network. Users can select if they want to receive weekly, bi-weekly or monthly updates.