Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 27:
• What You Need To Know About Joomla 1.7
• Cloud.com, recently acquired by Citrix for $250m is running on Joomla! & K2
• New Joomla templates from Joomlashack
• Ecolift Joomla 1.6 Template Released
• Our Tienda Joomla Templates Updated
• Powerplay Joomla 1.6 Template now available
• News Cycle Joomla 1.6 Template now available
What You Need To Know About Joomla 1.7
Written by Jen Kramer
Absolutely you should. In fact, you must. Joomla 1.6 will reach the end of its life in August 2011, just a month away. After that, Joomla 1.6 will have no further security updates, meaning that if a security problem is discovered, it will not be addressed. And that means if your site is hacked due to a 1.6 vulnerability, you will have no recourse to fix the site, other than to move it to 1.7 anyway. You might as well move it sooner than later!
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Cloud.com, recently acquired by Citrix for $250m is running on Joomla! & K2
Written by Fotis Evangelou
I'm really proud today for our K2 project. I'm proud for 2 reasons. First of all, K2 is used by one more big company. And it's not just any company. Citrix/Cloud.com are top at what they do. Secondly, it's because Cloud.com just got acquired by Citrix for a whopping $250 million deal by Citrix. It's probably the first ever acquisition deal we've ever heard of that magnitude that one way or another involves Joomla! in. And not just that, K2 is at the heart of Cloud.com :)
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New Joomla templates from Joomlashack
We're excited to announce that we've added more Joomla templates from Joomlashack to the JoomlaPraise downloads area. For more information and support you'll need to go to the Joomlashack website. The corresponding links are provided for each template.
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Ecolift Joomla 1.6 Template Released
Written by Anthony Olsen
The next Joomla Template on the list to be ported to Joomla 1.6 from our catalogue is the Ecolift template from August last year. Ecolift is a grungy textured template that has been used a lot for businesses that specialise in ecofriendly, clean, natural and green living type of industries. For a refresher on what Ecolift looks like be sure to check out the demo site or visit the features page to see what it has to offer. Members can download the ecolift template now.
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Our Tienda Joomla Templates Updated
Written by Anthony Olsen
Yesterday the good folk over at Dioscouri announced the availability of Tienda v0.7.3. If you are on the Tienda bug tracking mailing list you would have thought something was up given the hundreds, nay, thousands of emails that have come through in the last week or so.
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Powerplay Joomla 1.6 Template now available
Written by Anthony Olsen
One of our more popular Joomla templates from last year was the business template called Powerplay. The Joomla 1.6 version of Powerplay has just been released so if you need a business template for Joomla 1.6 be sure to check this one out. You can see the features available over here or go straight to the demo if you need a little refresher. Club members can download the 1.6 version of Powerplay here.