Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 3: 

• The Process of Building Joomla Web Sites
• JoomlaPraise News & Updates, January 2012
• New Year Release of the DOCman Manual
• Introducing Colour Shift
• Revealed - 6 essential extensions for a Joomla magazine website

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 2: 

• JCal Pro 3 BETA now available for testing
• How we optimized JSN Epic template to be a SEO friendly template
• Build a Joomla photo gallery website by yourself

During the last couple of years, the Production Leadership Team (PLT) has churned out quite a few versions of Joomla. This is great, but it leaves some users confused as to how to approach all these versions.

If you are one of them, reading this post will help you understand how the different versions of Joomla follow each other. And how to upgrade or migrate from each one.

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 1:

• New Features in 2.5 - Windows Azure support
• New Features in Joomla! 2.5
• 30% Discount New Year Coupon
• The bamboo working bee bamboo
• Resizing images with Zentools
• 10 Joomla headlines you won't see in 2012
• Joomla 2.5 - new features and version system

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 50: 

• Spreading the Joomla!Love a Little Wider
• Support for Joomla 1.5, 2.5 and the Future!
• An Early Christmas Present
• A bright Joomla template to end the year
• Introducing Platform - A responsive Joomla template
• Bamboo christmas coupon
• Virtuemart 2 released today
• Picking up free Joomla extensions for education websites within minutes
• Joomla book review: Joomla 1.7 Beginner's Guide

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 49: 

• Thanks to Pizza, Bugs and Fun Participants!
• DOCman 1.6.3 released
• Introducing Zentools
• How to add a default menu item in Joomla
• Celebrate Christmas by taking 100% off redSHOP with purchase of sh404SEF
• Flexible Desktop Browser and Mobile Grid Layout Template Framework for Joomla v1.7
• Remarkable Joomla powered websites - Amazing illustrations for your desirable websites

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 48:

• Do you use Social Media?
• Getting Ready for Mutli-Database Support
• CCK Capabilities: In the Core, How to Discuss?
• Basic Rules for creating a core CCK for Joomla
• Sorting out Joomla DB before moving to a CCK
• DOCman Secrets: Large file distribution
• Upgrade Joomla template from old version in a detail guideline
• Beautiful JoomlaShine templates customization with popular Joomla Extensions
• K2 v2.5.4 (maintenance release) now available

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 47: 

• Joomla! is not one community
• Last Steps to Joomla 2.5!
• Mexico CIty Runs Joomla
• Adding Drag & Drop uploads to Joomla
• DOCman 1.5.12 & 1.6.2 released
• The Bamboo state of the union
• How to make your joomla content socially engaging and improve seo
• Joomla Solution To Push Any Form Data Into Salesforce CRM
• The web development tools to start working with Joomla templates
• K2 v2.5.3 (maintenance release) now available

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 46:

• A Report From Joomla!day Italy 2011
• Pizza, Bugs, and Fun 2011Bugs
• Languages: 1.7.3 improvements
• Weever Apps for Joomla goes Free
• A Coffee joomla! for a new "distro" Joomla! from Latin American
• Under the hood of FILEman
• Social media is changing SEO, is your Joomla web site ready?
• 9 Joomla Template framework solutions for developers
• Build a Joomla website within 2 minutes. Is it possible?

Yesterday, the main Joomla site, joomla.org, got a new design. The design has been in the works for quite a while, and finally it's here.

Personally, I think the new front page is a lot cleaner and structured in a better way than the previous one. It conveys a more professional and perhaps corporate (is that a good thing...?) look than before. Focus is on where to get Joomla, what is Joomla, who uses it, as well as news items from different sources. The news sections are easier to spot now, and you spend less time looking at the page to determine if something is new or not.