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• Joomla Community Magazine | May 2012
  

   

  The May issue of the Joomla Community Magazine is here!

  Our stories this month:

  EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION

  Joomla! Around the World…, by Dianne Henning

  FEATURE STORIES

  5 Steps Towards Successful Time Management, by Gabe Wahhab

  Joomla Events Website Launch, by Mike Carson

  Pros and Cons of Partnering with a Web Design Agency, by Luke Summerfield

  PROJECT NEWS

  Leadership Highlights for April 2012, by Alice Grevet

  SITEBUILDERS

  Drupal to Joomla! Migration - Truthout.org, by Jon Neubauer

  Best Ukrainian sites made ​​on Joomla CMS, Part 3, by Denys Nosov

  DESIGNERS

  Design Trends - Parallax Designs, by Peter Bui

  How to convert Joomla 1.5 template to Joomla 2.5 template, by Tuan Bui

  Free Your Fonts From the Web Safe Straight Jacket, by John Hooley

  BUSINESS MATTERS

  6 Powerful Tips for Every Multilingual Website, by Gabe Wahhab

  Skyrocket Your Joomla! Business By Leveraging Subcontractors, by Luke Summerfield

  RFP's, Proposals, and Contracts – Part 1, by Mike Carson

  ADMINISTRATORS

  Joomla ACL: Configuring back-end ACL, by Jen Kramer

  EVENTS

  A Tale of Two Cookies, by Paul Orwig

  Joomla Events Around the World in May 2012, by Jacques Rentzke

  The First Joomla!Day in Iran, by Hagen Graf

   

  In our next issue

  We 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!

  
  

  
  
  
  
• J and Beyond, an International Joomla! Conference
  

  J and Beyond, an International Joomla! Conference, is back for the third year.

  For 3 days in May (18th -20th) Joomla! developers and site builders from over 30 countries will gather in Bad Nauheim, near Frankfurt, right in the heart of Europe.

  The programme for J and Beyond is created by the participants through a public "Call for Papers" and this year for the first time we will be integrating the Joomla! Project Roadmap sessions.

  J and Beyond is your opportunity to:

  • Learn from others
  • Present your ideas
  • Plan for the future
  • Meet the people behind the avatar
  • AND most importantly - to have fun!

  You can find out more by visiting http://jandbeyond.org.

  Joomla Roadmap Meetings

  The second Joomla Roadmap meeting will be taking place during J and Beyond 2012.

  The purpose of this meeting is to get more people more intensely involved with the development of Joomla itself. While there will be room for on-the-fly topics, the main topics or features have been selected ahead of time based on suggestions from the community. You can find our more by clicking here.

  Location

  Bad Nauheim is right in the centre of Europe not far from Frankfurt (approx 35km). This historic spa town has become a world leading centre for medical care and recovery but is perhaps more famous for being the place where Elvis Presley was stationed during his time in the US Army. You can find our more by clicking here.

  J and Beyond News in More Languages

  • Italian
  • French
  • Hebrew
  • Spanish
  • Dutch
  • Polish

  
  

  
  
  
  
• Joomla Has Been Downloaded Over 30 Million Times
  

  Joomla today announces that its core files have been downloaded more than 30 million times from Joomla.org. Joomla now averages around 1 million downloads every month.

  The Joomla community attributes the continued growth in the number of individuals, companies and organizations using the CMS to an aggressive development road map that included the release of Joomla 1.7 in July 2011. The CMS also began adhering to a six-month release cycle meaning more product enhancements being introduced more often. New features in the latest version included multi-database support, one-click version updating, predefined search options and language-specific font settings.

  Another key factor in the growth in use of Joomla is that a significant number of government agencies have adopted Joomla, which powers about 3,100 government agencies’ Websites, blogs and intranets. Some features that have driven government adoption include one-click version updates, access control oversight, multilingual capabilities and the Joomla Platform that enables developers to build multipurpose, multi-device applications like mobile and cloud computing apps and enterprise business systems that can run independent from the core CMS. However, organizations using Joomla are not just isolated to government agencies. Recently, an industry research firm reported that Joomla powers at least 1.6 million Websites.

  Moreover there has been an explosion in the number of Joomla extensions. More than 2,000 Joomla extensions have been introduced since March 2011. These extensions developed by Joomla’s community of thousands of developers provide added features not found in the core Joomla CMS. By providing compelling new features, these extensions drive Joomla’s widespread adoption in every imaginable industry, from nonprofits to some of the world’s largest financial institutions.

  “It is an exciting time for Joomla given its strong position powering 2.7 percent of the Web, combined with its unique opportunity to influence the next wave of mobile and cloud Web development,” Paul Orwig, the new president and former treasurer of Open Source Matters, a nonprofit created to provide organization, legal and financial support to the Joomla project, said in a statement. “The platform split that enables Joomla to be used for developing mobile and cloud computing apps is a welcomed new wave of innovation for the Joomla community.”

  As of the end of March 2011, Joomla was downloaded about 22 million times, meaning its adoption rate has grown about 40 percent over the last year. Joomla began keeping track of the number of CMS downloads in 2007. However, the Joomla CMS was first made available in 2005, which means the real number of downloads is presumably much higher.

  With 2.7 percent of the Web running on Joomla, it is used for everything from small personal Websites and blogs to some of the largest enterprise, highest trafficked Websites and Intranets, including those operated by Citibank, eBay, General Electric, Harvard University, Ikea, McDonald’s, Sony, many large nations and more. Due to its power and elegance, the most inexperienced user to the most seasoned Web developer can use it.

  
  

  
  
  
  
• Joomla Community Magazine | April 2012
  

   

  

  The April issue of the Joomla Community Magazine is here!

   

  Our stories this month:

  Editor's Introduction

  The Reel Deal, by Alice Grevet

  Feature Stories

  Worksy Makes Joomla User-Friendly for Non-Techies, by Ronni K. G. Christiansen
  When in Rome, do as the Romans do, in Japan!, by Norito H.Yoshida
  10 Joomla! Prejudices, by Angie Radtke
  Best Ukrainian sites made on Joomla CMS. Part 2, by Denys Nosov

  Project News

  Leadership Highlights from March 2012, by Alice Grevet

  Events

  JoomlaDay in Iran, Algier, and The Netherlands, by Jacques Rentzke
  2012 CMS Expo Learning and Business Conference, by Dianne Henning

  Joomla! in Education

  Joomla! GSoC 2012, by Jon Neubauer

  Administrators

  Joomla! Versions and Updates Explained, by Mark Dexter
  Are You Sure You Want To Do It Yourself?, by Theo van der Zee
  Customizing the Admin Menu, by Randy Carey

  Designers

  Award-winning Joomla web site featured by Apple in the new iPad campaign, by Victor Drover

  Developers

  New from Joomla! Press: Joomla! Programming, by Jacques Rentzke
  J!Day Guatemala & J!Platform, by Guillermo Bravo
  Check username availability with Ajax, by Nicola Galgano

  Site builders

  Website Case Study: Global Online Magazine, by Adam D'arcy

  Business Matters

  Maximizing Your Agency's Joomla! Expo Experience, by Luke Summerfield
  Nine Points to Leverage when Selling a Joomla! 2.5 Upgrade, by Don Cranford
  5 Vital Items to Consider When Raising Your Hourly Rate, by Gabe Wahhab

  In our next issue

  We 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!

  
  

  
  
  
  
• Joomla 2.5.4 Released
  

  

  The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 2.5.4. This is a security release. The Production Leadership Team's goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community. Learn more about Joomla! development at the Developer Site.

  The update process is very simple, and complete instructions are available here. Note that there are now easier and better ways of updating than FTPing the files.

  Download

  New Installations: Click here to download Joomla 2.5.4 (Full package) »

  Update Package: Click here to download Joomla 2.5.4 (Update package) »

  Note: Please read the update instructions before updating.

  Instructions

  • New installation and technical requirements
    
  • Migration from Joomla! 1.5.x

  Want to test drive Joomla? Try the online demo or the Joomla JumpBox. Documentation is available for beginners.

  Please note that you should always backup your site before upgrading.

  Release Notes

  Check the Joomla 2.5.4 Post-Release FAQs to see if there are important items and helpful hints discovered after the release.

  Statistics for the 2.5.4 release period

  • Joomla 2.5.4 contains:
    • 3 new features added
    • 157 tracker issues fixed

  Joomla 2.5.4 uses version 11.4 of the Joomlal Platform.

  New Features Added

  The following new features have been added, with links to the Feature tracker issue.

  • Add option to show full CMS version number in generator tag (Mark Dexter)
  • Implementing Access levels for Content Languages (JM Simonet, Dennis Hermatski, Christophe Demko)
  • Make the auto-update process more reliable across different hosts (Nicholas Dionysopoulos)

  Security Issues Fixed

  • Low Priority - Core - Information Disclosure. More information »
  • Low Priority - Core - XSS Vulnerability. More information »

  Tracker Issues Fixed

  ID	Summary/Link	Category
  27941	Add warning/no warning icons on Database screen	Administration
  27842	Batch processing broken	Administration
  28175	Calendar readonly="true" status prevents loading custom calendars.	Administration
  27923	com_menus item model calls non-existing method	Administration
  28190	com_search: Show Search Results results in PHP fatal error	Administration
  27052	Content menu displayed when disable component content	Administration
  28252	Don't show the site secret and optimize ConfigModelApplication	Administration
  28180	fix for com_modules getListQuery returning too many rows [patch attached]	Administration
  28158	Fix for override manager regarding plugins	Administration
  27868	Joomla 1.7.x batch processing allow move items to trashed categories	Administration
  28007	Languages overrides not showing content when showing is set to all	Administration
  27893	New version module interferes with license notice in Hathor	Administration
  28269	Protected extensions can be disabled through the toolbar	Administration
  27844	Version Module for Admin to show Joomla version in Footer admin Template	Administration
  28237	PHP Notice in back end login when cache enabled.	Authentication and Login
  27600	Editor-XTD buttons Issues in FireFox 9	Browsers
  28314	#28299 can cause performance issue if root category is loaded in non multilanguage mode	CMS Libraries
  24338	Autoupdate fails for components after applying a patch from issue #24305	CMS Libraries
  28226	Incorrect SQL statement for MenuItems in menuitem library	CMS Libraries
  28093	JVersion::getHelpVersion() unnecessarily checks the version	CMS Libraries
  28091	Move the check if multilang is enabled to the libraries	CMS Libraries
  28299	SEF issue when using article button in multilanguage	CMS Libraries
  27829	$app variable can possibly not be set, causing a PHP error	Code Quality
  25423	$message not initialized in ~/components/com_users/controllers/reset.php	Code Quality
  28023	Backport JSession::checkToken() from the platform	Code Quality
  28262	Bug with Rebuild button in the Menu Manager	Code Quality
  28125	Database change broke JUser getGroups() API	Code Quality
  27410	Don't use DS anymore	Code Quality
  28286	Fix @since tags for 2.5.4. Code style in CMS libraries.	Code Quality
  28265	Fix use of deprecated API in com_installer	Code Quality
  27870	Joomla 2.5 com_content generates non-valid xhtml	Code Quality
  28186	PHP Strict Standards: Non-static method UsersHelperRoute::getResetRoute() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context	Code Quality
  28088	Strict error with JSite::getMenu()	Code Quality
  27818	Update 1.7 strings to 2.5	Code Quality
  27886	An unpublished linked contact leads to articles not being displayed.	Components
  27581	Basic Search contact search is broken	Components
  26986	Batch processing of articles doesn't work for users with restricted rights	Components
  27700	com_redirect redirects should use 301 redirect, not 303	Components
  28174	com_wrapper doesn't support iframe without border	Components
  27780	Dublicate Template Styles	Components
  27872	Error in Banner Track Clicks	Components
  27853	error notice using search in joomla 2.5	Components
  27956	Missing security check of file default_links.php	Components
  28187	Notice in com_contact when sendEmail fails	Components
  23021	Notice message in banners model	Components
  28280	Regression in the com_installer warnings	Components
  28206	Result Description "if condition" was missing in com_finder	Components
  28154	RSS feed of com_finder throws fatal error	Components
  27716	Saving 'Start Publishing' updates 'Finish Publishing' not 'Start Publishing'	Components
  28277	Wrong 'category' tag in category feed	Components
  28172	Backslashes are added every time you save Wrapper menu item	Database
  27774	Joomla on Windows Azure - Load time is slow	Database
  28001	path delimiter doesn't work properly on SQL Server and SQL Azure	Database
  28318	Remove duplicate SQL Server directories.	Database
  28266	Sql error generated in menus	Database
  28222	SQL error generated in system redirect plugin	Database
  28008	sql syntax error in libraries/joomla/database/table/session.php:137	Database
  27961	Template is not displayed in the Styles (backend)	Database
  27960	Unable to create an article	Database
  27888	users notes categories	Database
  26602	Front end article creation in unpublished category	Forms
  28150	ContentBuildRoute does not remove layout if link attached to menu item	Front End
  27890	mod_menu invalid rendering of items of type alias and url	Front End
  27824	Offline image overflow	Front End
  27931	Profile fields not available in edit, only registration	Front End
  28134	Typo in com_content view	Front End
  28145	Add uninstall support for possibly installed media files	Installation
  28323	com_joomlaupdate does not delete joomla.xml file in root folder	Installation
  28325	Deleted files not being deleted during version update	Installation
  28259	Error in Database tab in Extension Manager	Installation
  28261	Error message contains the string Joomla 1.7	Installation
  27919	Extension Manager: Database does not fix text filter problem	Installation
  27887	Extension Manager: Database does not fix update problem	Installation
  28122	Fix installation for Joomla 3.0	Installation
  27751	Installation - Check to ensure the schema file exists	Installation
  28188	Javascript issue on IE7 during install	Installation
  27916	Path of home sub-menu items contain "News Feeds"	Installation
  27568	Remove the use of all deprecated functions (except JRequest and JException) in the installation.	Installation
  28132	Typo in joomla-cms / installation / models / configuration.php	Installation
  26468	Unable to install multiple updates at once	Installation
  27920	Update SQL query requires temp table permissions	Installation
  27895	Version Number Module Not Assigned to Menus	Installation
  28329	Joomla Update component requires Purge Cache to change Update Server	Installation
  27863	JHtmlGrid::sort broken	Javascript
  27843	media.php jInsertFieldValue	Javascript
  27880	Please first make a selection from the lis't: Huge error on 40+ sites	Javascript
  28268	Update MooTools to 1.4.5	Javascript
  28046	Update MooTools to version 1.4.4	Javascript
  27905	Upgrade MooTools to version 1.4.3	Javascript
  27889	Change permissions in language manager changes default language to english	Languages
  28090	Changes to the Administrator Language Strings	Languages
  27796	COM_USERS_FITLER_NOTES	Languages
  28072	Content Languages ordering broken	Languages
  28098	Entering link to article via Article button -making it Multilanguage aware	Languages
  28036	Implementing Access levels for Content Languages	Languages
  28157	Inconsistent Language Constants in the Beez_20 Language Files	Languages
  27929	Installing sample data and defining as site lang another lang then English breaks links	Languages
  28151	Joomla! 2.5 - Multilanguage feature - external links end with 404	Languages
  28115	PHP 5.3.8 Notice for some language packs with iconv	Languages
  27975	smart search author not translated.	Languages
  27966	Wrong constants in article menu item	Languages
  27959	Wrong redirection when login on multilang site with SEF on.	Languages
  27779	Articles; H1 tag appearing before the article title...	Layouts
  27864	User profile page does not HTML escape the user's name	Layouts
  23414	Flash uploader rtl - browse button disabled	Media Manager
  28199	Archive module error when no articles are archived	Modules
  28099	Editor buttons in Custom HTML module	Modules
  28000	Featured articles parameter does not work in mod_articles_popular	Modules
  28316	Incorrect ordering value if editing last module	Modules
  28017	JModuleHelper All but selected does not work correctly when there is no itemid	Modules
  27659	joomla 2.5beta1 module alternative layout on admin side don't work	Modules
  27536	mod_articles_category ordering	Modules
  27902	mod_languages html 5 validation error empty action attribute	Modules
  28021	mod_login module does not HTML escape the user's name	Modules
  27896	mod_search head search link title not escaped	Modules
  28068	Module weblinks does not import needed JModel class	Modules
  28086	No access to params "images" in mod_articles_news	Modules
  28181	Notice in weblinks module	Modules
  27150	PHP Fatal error when detele a article category assigned to a artcle categories module**	Modules
  27873	The related articles modules (mod_related_items) are not showing	Modules
  27972	Multilanguage Status module report version 1.7.1 should be 2.5.x	None
  27802	The package installer insert two database entries on templates	None
  27784	Use less deprecated functions	None
  28120	XHTML 1.0 Transitional	None
  28303	Change 28026 so it doesn't modify platform files	Platform
  28264	Fix JSession::checkToken() to be forward compatible with Joomla 3.0	Platform
  27706	JAccess::getGroupsByUser doesn't work as expected in case of guest user	Platform
  28133	JMail addAttachment ignores parameters (filename, encoding, type)	Platform
  27951	Missing parameter handling in magic proxy methods for name quotes	Platform
  26346	Sync some changes from the platforum	Platform
  26906	Zip Archive native unpack wrong result	Platform
  27662	Can't update #__update_sites table at extension install on SQL Server	Plugins
  27990	Captcha Typo (with solution)	Plugins
  27862	Code error plgUserProfile line 188	Plugins
  27918	Date format in /plugins/usr/profile/profile.php is wrong	Plugins
  28179	JText values in js of quick icons force to escape single quotes	Plugins
  27477	languagefilter: build rule is deleting "option" param	Plugins
  27770	loadposition strips the $ character from html modules	Plugins
  28118	Notice 'Only variable references should be returned by reference'	Plugins
  28044	Plugin Loadmodule ignores selected style	Plugins
  28075	Recapthca image doesnt show up, maybe because of https secure website	Plugins
  27898	System cache throws warning on Ajax requests with JSON response	Plugins
  28284	System messages included in cached pages	Plugins
  28255	Update TinyMCE to version 3.4.9 + optimizations	Plugins
  28028	Entering an article link via the Article button=>links broken in SEF	Search Engine Friendly
  27759	Alternative Sample Data Files (blog and brochure)	SQL Files
  28121	Empty trash not trashing some sample data articles	SQL Files
  27885	TinyMCE settings in SQL don't reflect recent changes in options.	SQL Files
  27992	Beez 2.0 has one css file still hardcoded with template name	Templates
  28198	Beez 5 generating warings/notices	Templates
  28117	Hathor forgotten in #28072	Templates
  28140	JText values in js beez templates force to escape single quotes	Templates
  27938	labels missing for Smart Search / Finder module	Templates
  28114	missing css .icon-32-print class in bluestork template	Templates
  27907	Sitename not escaped	Templates
  28263	27052 does not work as should for System Links menu items	User Interface
  28162	Creating menu items saves selection when it shouldn't	User Interface

   

  Joomla! Bug Squad

  Thanks to the Joomla Bug Squad for their dedicated efforts investigating reports, fixing problems, and applying patches to Joomla. If you find a bug in Joomla, please report it on the Joomla! CMS Issue Tracker.

  Active members of the Joomla Bug Squad during this last release cycle include: A Firoozmandan, Akarawuth Tamrareang, Alain Rivest, Andrea Tarr, Andrew Eddie, Ashwin Date, Bill Richardson, Brian Teeman, Chris Davenport, Christophe Demko, Denise McLaurin, Dennis Hermacki, Elin Waring, Emerson Rocha Luiz, Francisco Marzoa, Ian MacLennan, Jacob Waisner, Jacques Rentzke, James Brice, Janich Rasmussen, Jean-Marie Simonet, Jennifer Marriott, Jeremy Wilken, Kevin Griffiths, Loyd Headrick, Mark Dexter, Matt Thomas, Michael Babker, Mutuga Kigumi, Neil McNulty, Nikolai Plath, Ofer Cohen, Prasit Gebsaap, Rachmat Wakjaer, Rob Clayburn, Roland Dalmulder, Rouven Weßling, Rune Sjøen, Samuel Moffatt, Shaun Maunder, Sudhi Seshachala, Tim Plummer, Tom Fuller, Troy Hall, Viet Hoang Vu, Holger Brandt, Leo Lammerink, Herve Boinnard.

  Bug Squad Leadership: Mark Dexter Coordinator; Elin Waring and Marijke Stuivenberg, Team Leaders.

  Joomla! Security Strike Team

  A big thanks to the Joomla! Security Strike Team for their ongoing work to keep Joomla secure. Members include: Airton Torres, Alan Langford, Bill Richardson, Elin Waring, Jason Kendall, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Dexter, Omar Ramos, Rouven Weßling, Samuel Moffatt.