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The Joomla! Project is pleased to announce that the first Joomla World Conference will occur in November 2012. We are very happy that eBay has graciously offered significant support for this event, inviting us to use their facilities in San Jose, California.
Here are the preliminary details for the Joomla! World Conference:
Date: 16th-18th November 2012
Location:
eBay Town Hall
2161 North First Street
San Jose, CA 95131
USA
Tickets: Price for a 3-day Ticket is $199 USD
More details will follow next year.
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The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the availability of Joomla 2.5 Beta 1 for download. This is the second release made within the new six-month release cycle that started with the delivery of Joomla 1.6 in January 2011.
What is this release for?
There are several goals for this release:
- To allow advance testing of sites and custom extensions so that site administrators and developers can report any problems before the final release.
- To raise awareness that the end of the current development cycle is fast approaching.
- To allow testing of the upgrade from version 1.7 to 2.5.0.
What is this release NOT for?
This beta version of Joomla 2.5 Beta1 is not suitable for production sites. It should be used for testing only.
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38 Percent Year-Over-Year Download Increase Driven by Large Developer Community Support.
Joomla, one of the world's most popular open source content management systems (CMS) used for everything from websites to blogs to Intranets, today announced that downloads have risen 38 percent from December 2010 to December 2011. To date, Joomla has been downloaded more than 27 million times*, making it one of the most downloaded content management systems in the world.
In addition to download growth, Joomla also experienced double-digit growth in many other areas, including:
- Joomla extensions developed by outside vendors increased by 41 percent annually to 8,475 as of October 31, 201.
- The number of forum users jumped 23 percent annually as of October 31, 2011, meaning more and more people are interacting to help shape Joomla.
Read more: Joomla! Experiences Substantial CMS Growth in 2011
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The December issue of the Joomla Community Magazine is here:
Editor's Introduction
Joomla in the Spotlight, by Paul Orwig
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Joomla! has won the Packt Publishing award for the top open source CMS.
Now in its sixth year, many consider the Packt Open Source Award as a top honor for an open source project. Joomla won the award based on a combination of public voting and input by a panel of judges consisting of open source luminaries.
Julian Copes of Packt Publishing said:
“Although around since 2005, Joomla really reinvented itself this year with the introduction of Joomla 1.6 and 1.7, the first product releases for the CMS since 2008. Furthermore, Joomla realized dramatic growth this year as evidenced by its number of downloads and documented government sites powered by Joomla. We are proud to honor Joomla with its third Packt Open Source Award since we launched it six years ago.”