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On November 6th 2017, CMS Critic announced the winners of the CMS Critic Awards 2017. Joomla! has been competing in the Best Free CMS category and won again!

Joomla! has received a CMS Critic award 4 times in a row. A great big thank you to everyone who helped make this happen.

Thanks to CMS Critic for the organization of the yearly competition and the constant follow up of the CMS scene.

Thank you to the entire Joomla! Community who supports and collaborates every day in the development of the platform. A 100% volunteer oriented organization faces lots of challenges to keep up with the fast paced evolution of technology. Way to pitch in everyone.

Finally, an acknowledgment to the commited core team of developers and testers who recently raised the bar of the content definition on Joomla! introducing Custom Fields for Articles, Users and more. The new Custom Fields are a game changer and reshapes the definition of our CMS ecosystem.

Looking forward to the 2018 awards. More amazing features are on the way!

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Is your Company or Organization website built on Joomla! CMS? Do you want to learn more about Joomla from leading experts around the globe? Is networking part of your marketing strategy? Are you an open source enthusiast who could use a break, or looking for some inspiration?

If you've answered yes to any of these questions then Joomla World Conference 2016 is for you!

Joomla World Conference Story

JWC started in 2012 in San Jose, CA, with a little over 200 attendees, and has grown every year, moving to Boston in 2013, Cancun in 2014 and Bangalore in 2015. JWC is planning for over 500 attendees in 2016 as it takes a big jump to Canada. The goal is to be able to include and engage our thriving and growing community. Help spread the word:#JWC16

Details

Date: November 11 - 13, 2016
Venue: Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre
City: Vancouver BC

For more information: Joomla World Conference 2016

Need to convince your boss to let you go? Top 6 Reasons to Send Me to Joomla World Conference 2016

I will be there as a long-standing Joomla Community Supporter & Sponsor, to network, meet old friends, and to make new ones. Hope to see you there!

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Congratulations Joomla!

CMS Critic - a CMS directory and resource website - had very strong competition in the Best Free CMS category with 116 great products like Drupal, Joomla and WordPress in the running.

On January 12, 2016 they announced the winner for the 2015 Best Free CMS Award: Joomla! CMS

Call me biased, but I'm not surprised. A big congratulations to everyone in the Joomla Community for a job well done!

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Have you ever wondered what all those Joomla version numbers mean, and how long each version will be supported?

The image below (by joomlacommunity.eu) effectively outlines the development cycles of current and upcoming Joomla versions.

Thanks to Joomla Community Netherlands for this helpful illustration.

If you are considering upgrading your existing Joomla website and are wondering when is the best time to do so, feel free to contact me for more information.

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With the very recent release of Joomla 2.5, many of you may be wondering whether or not to upgrade your existing Joomla 1.0 or 1.5 website.

ThemePartner has created an easy to understand flow-chart to help you decide. Work your way down by answering a series of questions, and you will have your answer!

Thanks to ThemePartner for this great flow-chart.

Don't hesitate to contact me if you are thinking about upgrading your existing Joomla website, or have any questions.

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I’m very happy to announce that the Vancouver Joomla Day event was well attended with over 120 people eager to learn about Joomla CMS.

Registration started at 9:00am. Attendees were given a raffle ticket, t-shirt (for those who RSVP'd in time) and Joomla Day name tag. What a friendly bunch. I got to meet each of them as I assisted Wendy (main organizer) with the registration process.

Coffee, tea muffins and cookies were in abundance thanks to Bread Garden, who also catered lunch with yummy wraps and subs.

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Joomla! CMS is one of the most powerful Open Source content management systems (CMS) on the planet. Joomla! is easy to manage, reliable to use, and is very popular with those of my clients using it.

The newest version of Joomla (version 1.5) is an ideal platform for building Corporate websites, Intranets and Social Networks.

So, it is with great pleasure that I make this announcement: Vancouver is officially hosting a Joomla! Day event – one of Joomla’s largest and most popular events!

As a sponsor and event organizer, you can probably imagine how excited I am to spread the word, and even more so… to invite you to join us.