Joomla Community Magazine | May 2011

IN THIS ISSUE:A special thanks to the members of our Joomla! community who contributed articles to this month's issue: Merav Knafo, Anh Tuan Bui, Paul de Raaij, Abolhassan Firoozmandan, and Meta Krujis!Editor’s IntroductionLessons about openness and transparency from a budget discussion, written by Paul OrwigFeature storiesNicholas G. Antimisiaris shares his thoughts on how to best move our project forward in Push me, pull you....Anh Tuan Bui summarizes key features of Helpful E-mailMarketing Components for Joomla! Powered Websites.Robert Vining gives a shoutout to all of the Joomla! Voices Heard Around the World.International storiesAbolhassan Firoozmandan has submitted an article written in Farsi for this issue.Opportunities are now open for community members to submit articles in 22 different languages.Website Case StudiesRobert Vining reveals how Joomla! powers the CMS Expo (this major event is happening May 2-4 in Chicago).Leadership ConnectionsAlice Grevet shares updates on what OSM has been doing during April on behalf of the Joomla! project.JUGs and EventsMeta Krujis shares some secrets of success in Organizing Dutch Joomla! days and back to life again.Hagen Graf talks about the Awesomenimity at J and Beyond 2011.Developers WorkbenchCristina Solana invites you to join her with your pail and shovel in The Sandbox Manifesto.Merav Knafo counts down the 5 ways to document your Joomla! extension.Paul de Raaij shares the benefits of using an Object Relational Mapping framework in Using Doctrine ORM in Joomla!.Designer's studioAnthony Olsen sparks the flame in How to put more love into your Joomla! dates... The Joomla! HaikusProlific poets,punsters and word masters too,spread the Joomla! love...Post your haikus for May!Joomla! BooksBo Astrup reviews "Joomla! 1.5 Top Extensions Cookbook".Joomla! in the Press/MediaMark Bender bring us Joomla! in the Press/Media — May 2011.On the lighter side...Yepr has contributed another Jane Beyond & friends cartoon.In our next issueWe want to publish your Joomla! story in the next JCM issue! So take a look at our Author Resources content to get a better idea of what we are looking for, and then register to become a JCM author and submit your Joomla! story!

Posted on Fri, 13 May 2011 03:50:25 +0000 at http://www.joomla.org/announcements/general-news/5371-joomla-community-magazine-may-2011.html
Author: wendy.robinson@community.joomla.org (Wendy Robinson)