Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 27, 2013:
- Call for Joomla User Group Team members
- Request For Proposals: Joomla Demo Site And Free Hosting Vendors
- FILEman 1.0 RC6 released
- LOGman 1.0 RC5 released
- Webinar - Joomla Calendaring and Collaboration
Call for Joomla User Group Team members
Written by Ruth Cheesley
Joomla! User Groups (JUGs) beat at the heart of the Joomla! project, providing a regular opportunity for members of the community to come together, share their knowledge, learn, and meet others from their local area. There are Joomla! User Groups around the world, all of which are run by volunteers. A team of volunteers also makes up the Joomla! User Group Team, who are responsible for approving JUG applications, supporting new User Groups during the application process, in the early days when the JUG is getting started and dealing with any issues which may arise in relation to Joomla! User Groups.
The team also liaise closely with other parts of the Joomla! project including the Trademark Team, and with the Community Leadership Team, to ensure that all registered User Groups are adhering to the terms and conditions associated with registration. The Joomla! User Group Team is currently open for nominations to join this evolving, exciting and dynamic team - we welcome applications from anywhere in the world, and we prefer applications from community members who are involved with a Joomla! User Group in their locality.
Request For Proposals: Joomla Demo Site And Free Hosting Vendors
Written by Mike Carson
Open Source Matters, Inc. ("Open Source Matters" or "OSM") is planning to extend the options for use of a demo site on http://demo.joomla.org as well as offer a new free hosting option. The contract with the current Joomla demo vendor is expiring soon and OSM has determined that in the interest of fairness and equality, other vendors should also have the opportunity to submit proposals for the following request for proposals. Open Source Matters is requesting proposals for TWO different options that may be offered to new potential Joomla CMS users.
Interested web hosting companies can find information and detailed requirements for the two requests for proposals can be found here: OSM Request For Proposals Demo Site July 2013
Written by Johan Janssens
We are pleased to announce the 6th and last release candidate of FILEman. This release completes the 1.0 feature set brings and Joomla 3 support. Together with DOCman 2 and LOGman, FILEman is now fully compatible with Joomla! 3.
New Features
1. Joomla 3 compatibility
Joomla 3 is fully supported. The user interface has been improved to make full use of Twitter Bootstrap and blend in nicely with Isis, the default Joomla 3 administrator template. FILEman now looks great on all Joomla! versions (1,5, 2.5 and 3.x).
2. Slideshow support
We also added a slideshow feature. You can now easily create galleries using FILEman gallery view too.
Written by Johan Janssens
We are happy to announce the 5th release candidate (RC) for LOGman 1.0. This release completes the 1.0 feature set brings and Joomla 3 support. Together with DOCman 2 and FILEman, LOGman is now fully compatible with Joomla! 3.
And that’s not all. We have also prepared a couple of surprises we are sure some of you will be most happy about. New Features
1. Joomla 3 compatibility
Joomla 3 is fully supported. The user interface has been improved to make full use of Twitter Bootstrap and blend in nicely with Isis, the default Joomla 3 administrator template. LOGman now looks great on all Joomla! versions (1,5, 2.5 and 3.x).
Webinar - Joomla Calendaring and Collaboration
Written by Jessica Dunbar
Take your Joomla calendar skills to the next level by attending our free webinar by CloudAccess.net — a Joomla Hosting providor. This will be the first webinar on JCal Pro® since the release of Joomla 3. Tomorrow, we bring you a walk through of JCal Pro®, show you the new features, such as providing a mobile optimized calendar, acl, and setup of of your joomla calendar. We launched a new look for JCal Pro® this year. This design embraces Joomla bootstrap and a new and improved user interface in addition to some popular features like:
- Email manager
- Categorization and registration features
- Customizable roles and permissions
- Managing Locations
