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Joomla! is the Best Free CMS and Best Open Source CMS by 2021 CMS Critic Awards

Joomla! is the Best Free CMS and Best Open Source CMS by 2021 CMS Critic Awards

While Joomla has made it a habit to win one of the key CMS Critic awards in years gone by, this year, we’ve doubled up and won two awards!

In December 2021, everyone was invited to nominate their favourite platform across a set of categories, with the top three nominees being selected and featured for general voting.

On March 29th 2022, CMS Critic announced that Joomla! won Best Free CMS and Best Open Source CMS.

Here is what the CMS Critic People’s Choice Awards had to say about Joomla winning the awards:

‘Best Free CMS: Joomla’

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Thank You For Joining Us at JoomlaDay Chicago

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Thank you to this year's sponsors, speakers, and attendees for coming together for a fantastic online JoomlaDay Chicago event. Plans are already underway for 2021 JoomlaDay events.Subscribe to the newsletter, follow on Twitter, or follow on Facebook for the latest news
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*NEW* JoomlaDay Speaker - Robbie Adair

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This just in! Robbie Adair, CEO of Media A-Team and OSTraining has joined JoomlaDay Chicago 2020. Robbie will be giving a talk titled Filezilla Tips.  Her session is on Oct 17th at 9 am Chicago time (click to view in your timezone). Head over to https://summit.joomladaychicago.com, log in with the email address you signed up with (or sign...
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So Excited That JoomlaDay Chicago is HERE

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Alright, all of the blood, sweat, and tears that went into planning this event has paid off. Today is THE day. JoomlaDay Chicago 2020 kicks off with the Beginner's Workshop on Friday, October 16th starting at 10 am Chicago Time. There's still room to hope in. This all-day series is perfect for those new to Joomla or curious about the power it has t...
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JoomlaDay Chicago Starts Tomorrow

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Woo Hoo!  JoomlaDay Chicago 2020 is finally HERE! Things kick off tomorrow, October 16th with the Beginner's Workshop, an all-day, 3-session event for those curious about the power of Joomla and are just getting started. Joomla is a top content management system (CMS), great for all types of websites. Beginner's Workshop attende...
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October 2020 Update

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The temperatures are starting to cool and that means that JoomlaDay Chicago is just around the corner.  In two short weeks to be exact.  There is still space in the Beginner's Workshop on Friday, October 16th starting at 10 am Chicago Time.  The fantastic talks on October 17th start with a Welcome Address at 8:30 am Ch...
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Updated JoomlaDay Chicago 2020 Schedule

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In less than a month JoomlaDay Chicago 2020 will be LIVE online with a fantastic group of speakers that will be presenting live from the USA and beyond. REGISTER today and for $20 you can view any that you missed or just want to watch again. On Friday, October 16th, is the Beginner's Workshop online and the Joomla Certification Exam on lo...
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September 2020 Update

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     JoomlaDay Chicago Online Oct 16-17th A weekend of Joomlers helping Joomlers! JoomlaDay Chicago 2020 has sessions for beginners, advanced developers, and more.  Joomla! President Brian Mitchell is our Keynote Speaker. Beginner's Workshop The weekend starts with a Beginner's Workshop on Friday, October 16th.  T...
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Be a Speaker at JoomlaDay Chicago 2020

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JoomlaDay Chicago is all about information sharing. While we may not be able to get together in-person, let's get together online.   Engaging with this technologically and culturally diverse audience is a great opportunity to interact with and contribute to the Joomla! Community.  This community supports the top-rated content managem...
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Thank YOU JoomlaStars For Your Support!

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Joomla! events such as JoomlaDay Chicago are only possible through the support received from the fantastic Joomla Joomla Community. We thank JoomlaStars for supporting our event by becoming a CATEGORY sponsor.  We are Joomlastars, Joomla themes developers. We build themes for your business, You can Make Your Own Website in minutes using Q...
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Thank YOU The Turn Group For Your Support!

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 Joomla! events such as JoomlaDay Chicago are only possible through the support received from the fantastic Joomla Joomla Community. We thank The Turn Group for supporting our event by becoming a CATEGORY sponsor. The Turn Group is a Joomla Website Design, Development and Hosting Company located in Kansas City, MO. Our market we target ar...
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Thank YOU YellowWebMonkey For Your Support!

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Joomla! events such as JoomlaDay Chicago are only possible through the support received from the fantastic Joomla Joomla Community.  We thank YellowWebMonkey for supporting our event by becoming a MAIN sponsor.  YellowWebMonkey Web Design is a full-service web design company specializing in Joomla since 2009. Our emphasis i...
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August 2020 Update

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     JoomlaDay Chicago is now Online Thanks again for all of the feedback and support you've shown over the past few weeks.  As was mentioned in the July update, we are going online.  In addition to not feeling comfortable with travel to and from Chicago, there were many comments regarding the way the online event shou...
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July 2020 Update

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     We Asked You Answered Thank you for your feedback regarding this year's event. After going through the results and comments, the event is going online.  The details are still being worked out but here's what we have so far.    Beginner's Workshop - Friday, October 16th We want the newbies to have the opportunity t...
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Ready for a new world of possibilities? Joomla 4 Beta 2 is here

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The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the availability of the Joomla 4.0 Beta 2 release.

We believe we can improve on what is already a great product.

Introducing Joomla 4, a brand new way for people to create and manage their content, developed and sustained by a global community of volunteers. Joomla 4 offers you a platform that is reliable, steady, secure and fully equipped with a wide variety of options to build any website.

We invite you to download, install and test the package to improve quality assurance for the forthcoming 4.0 release and to discover the new features introduced in this major release.

What’s new in Joomla 4.0?

We are genuinely committed to making the next generation of Joomla the best Joomla ever. Joomla 4 will provide simplicity and a better user experience while also being a more robust system for developers.

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10 Reasons Why Joomla Should Be Your CMS of Choice

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Whether you want to create a business website or start a blog, the most efficient way to do so is with a Content Management System (CMS). A CMS is ideal for the entrepreneur who does not have HTML or CSS coding skills or cannot access developer talent.

In the last decade, there have been numerous CMS solutions to choose from, one of which is Joomla. Having relied on this CMS for many years, I have put together the 10 reasons why it works for me and why it should be your CMS of choice:

1. A self-hosted CMS

A self-hosted CMS means it is open-source software. This allows you to download it and put it on any server. Being open-source provides more control over the look and functionality of your website. 

It helps to have the flexibility to create any type of blog or website you want versus being limited by only a few options. 

That’s why so many different types of businesses and organizations use Joomla, including nonprofits, startups, freelancers, media, corporations, and more. For example, I build my company calendar as an open-source software so that anyone can download it and run it on their own site. Lots more creative options including flexibility to customize it to your needs.

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Joomla 4.0 is on the horizon… the Beta is here

Joomla 4.0 is on the horizon… the Beta is here

 

The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the availability of the Joomla 4.0 Beta release.

We believe we can improve on what is already a great product.

Introducing Joomla 4, a brand new way for people to create and manage their content, developed and sustained by a global community of volunteers. Joomla 4 offers you a platform that is reliable, steady, secure and fully equipped with a wide variety of options to build any website.

We invite you to download, install and test the package to improve quality assurance for the forthcoming 4.0 release and to discover the new features introduced in this major release.

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Getting extensions ready for Joomla 4

Getting extensions ready for Joomla 4

The release of Joomla 4 Beta is getting closer. Reaching this milestone is a crucial moment in the development roadmap of a product, and it means that the stable version is almost there. However, there is still plenty of work to do.

One key feature of Joomla is its extensibility, with thousands of third-party extensions and templates allowing further customization to meet specific needs. This new version of Joomla is a major version, which implies a more significant change in the compatibility of extensions.

To hear first-hand an extension developer approach, we talked with Geraint Edwards, YourSites lead developer.

First of all, we are very grateful for giving us your time in answering these questions.

What will happen with the extensions when J4 is released? Will they be compatible or will the developers have to provide complete new versions?

It is likely that most extensions will need to be updated to varying degrees to make them compatible with Joomla 4. For many ‘straightforward’ extensions this isn’t a particularly difficult exercise and, from my experience, it's feasible to make a single version of an extension compatible with both Joomla 3.9 and Joomla 4.0. Joomla 3.0 has flagged many classes, methods and functions as deprecated and the suggested replacements often work in Joomla 3 and 4 - so the need to version-specific code is limited.

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May 2020 Update

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Wow! The last couple of months have been beyond different with stay-at-home orders, mandatory masks, and such.  JoomlaDay Chicago is still planned for this October.  We are hopeful that we will be able to gather together in-person, but if not, we will gather online.  To that end, here's our May Update. Speaker Update  We are ple...
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Community Openings: Joomla wants you!

Community Openings: Joomla wants you!

Would you like to get more involved with Joomla? Read more about this month’s highlighted volunteer positions below.

Community Translation Team Lead

The role involves the following:

  • Liaise with the marketing team regarding resources that need translation, for example, landing pages, advertisements, video scripts, and other marketing materials
  • Set up and manage the translation projects on Crowdin
  • Maintain regular communication with the translators
  • Monitor the translation progress and contact / find translators to achieve 100% translation levels
  • Review all translations in all languages
  • Inform those involved with publishing information when a translation is completed / available 
  • Expected commitment: minimal  2 hours a week

Read more about the team’s activities here: https://volunteers.joomla.org/teams/community-translation-team 

Accessibility Testers

The role involves the following:

  • Testing Pull Requests (PRs) relating to Accessibility (A11y) and hopefully continue testing Joomla! 4 to make it fully accessible
  • Expected commitment: averages 2-3 hours a week
  • Having an understanding of accessibility and WCAG 2.1 guidelines
  • Being able to perform a A11y Audit

Read more about the team’s activities here: https://volunteers.joomla.org/teams/jat-at

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