• 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

• 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

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

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.

• 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]]> mailbox@joomlablogger.net (Kristoffer Sandven, JoomlaBlogger) frontpage Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:00:00 +0000 http://www.joomlablogger.net/blog/joomla-news/joomla-blog-posts-from-around-the-web-4911/ http://www.joomlablogger.net/blog/joomla-news/joomla-blog-posts-from-around-the-web-4911/ 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]]> mailbox@joomlablogger.net (Kristoffer Sandven, JoomlaBlogger) frontpage Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:00:00 +0000 http://www.joomlablogger.net/blog/joomla-extension-news/virtuemart-200-is-here/ http://www.joomlablogger.net/blog/joomla-extension-news/virtuemart-200-is-here/ After years of waiting, the new, major version of Virtuemart was released today. This new iteration of Virtuemart is completely rewritten, and is compatible with both Joomla 1.5 and 1.7 (soon to be 2.5).

Built on the Joomla MVC framework, VM 2.0 takes a long step forward in improving the most popular and widespread ecommerce solution for Joomla.

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

In this post, I take another look at the premium business Joomla templates released. This time for the month of November 2011. The post is a bit delayed, as we are already in December, but the templates are worth looking at nonetheless.

There are templates from Yootheme, RocketTheme, JoomlArt, Joomla Shack and Shape5 on display this month. Enjoy!

Last week, a reader emailed me about some problems with the content on his site. For some reason, the content was showing nicely on all browsers except on Internet Explorer 8. Was I able to help?

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

• 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?

So, the first thing I told him was to upgrade his Joomla site to the latest version. At first, he hestitated. It's too hard! But after a few words of caution, he came around and changed his mind. And I think you should, too.

• A Closer Look at LOGman
• Framework, Security and Unified Extension Updates
• Premium stock photo resources for your Joomla website (Part 2)

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.

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 44:

• Hiring a Writer
• Meet FILEman and LOGman
• Joomla SaaS – A Good Start for Joomla Newbie
• Top 10 most popular Joomla FAQs from newbies
• Languages: 1.7.3 improvements
• The Busiest Year Ever for Joomla!Days
• Proposed 2012 CLT Goals
• Proposed PLT 2012 Goals
• Community feedback requested on OSM's top 2012 goal ideas
• Important Security Vulnerability Fixed
• Premium stock photo resources for your Joomla website (Part 1)

The Packt Open Source Awards is a yearly award that is presented to various open source projects. There are several categories of awards, and the Open Source CMS is perhaps the major one.

If you're an end-user of Joomla, you probably don't care too much about this. As long as it works, it's all good, right? Still, I believe you should know why the J!Platform can be part of what will ensure the solid future of the Joomla project.

As a PHP developer, you should really take a look at the J!Platform and what it can do.

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 43:

• Hidden Joomla 1.7 Secrets - Live in your living room
• No Upgrades? You'll Scare Your Users Away
• 2011 Joomla Day New York Recap
• 2012 Goal setting and budget planning proposed process
• Forms for Joomla 1.7 – Just released!
• Six free must-have Joomla extensions – Have you installed them all?
• The Joomla 1.7 extensions native: Round 2
• Simon Says Get K2 Important News

• Roadmap Meeting Recap
• FAQs About the Recent Updates
• Introducing Zen Grid Framework 2
• Excellent Joomla 1.7 Extensions Native: Round 1
• Product Version View - A convenient tool for compare Joomla templates
• K2 v2.5.1 (maintenance release) now available