Danico Enterprises is proud to be a Community Sponsor of JoomlaDay USA 2022! JoomlaDay USA 2022 is a FIRST-EVER IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE of individuals, including web designers, site managers and other Joomla users—from novice to experienced—for a two day-long conference. We invite you to join us for this unique and exciting opportunity to learn fro...

The Joomla! Project is thrilled to announce the features-packed and timely release of Joomla 4.1.

This release sets new standards in accessible web design and brings exciting new features, highlighting Joomla's values of inclusiveness, simplicity and security into an even more powerful open-source web platform.

Happy Thanksgiving to our Danico Family!  Our office will be closed Wednesday, November 24th at 3 pm and will return on Monday, November 29th at 9 am. Wishing you a happy, healthy and safe holiday. Danico is closed for all US Federal holidays available only for site down or compromised services only.

When you're new to Joomla (or just new to Joomla 4), your first impression of the Joomla administrator can be a little overwhelming. So many possibilities, and what do all these things even mean? Don’t worry. We’ve all been there. In this series, experienced Joomla users help you find your way. In this month’s issue, Vivana Menzel gives you a guided tour through the heart of the backend: the dashboard. Enjoy!

Joomla 4's now available, but if you're thinking about upgrading from Joomla 3.9, here's some important things to keep in mind before you click the Update button.

With the release of Joomla 4.0, Joomlers - Joomla's hard-working volunteers - are as important as ever. Whether you're completing an occasional task to support the project, a regular contributor to a team's activities, a member of a team or working group, right through to the various levels of leadership in the organisation, I thank you on behalf of Joomla and look forward to many years of contributions to come.

As documented in the announcement of Joomla 3.10 as well in a recent magazine article, Joomla 3.10 is a bridge between the Joomla 3.x series and 4.x. It will be initially released together with 4.0.0 and starting from there gets two years of official support.

New to Joomla? The JCM has got your back! In our Explore the Core series, experienced Joomla users help you discover Joomla's powerful core features. In this month's issue, Sigrid Gramlinger explains one of Joomla's most amazing features: the built-in Privacy Tool Suite. Find out what it’s all about!

After a series of 4 episodes published in the previous editions of the Joomla Community Magazine, hopefuly you already know a lot about Custom Fields.

But learning is a continuous process and it is always nice to learn from each other. This is exactly what I like about the Joomla Community: the fact that many people share their knowledge and enthousiasm.

On Monday, July 5th our offices will be closed to spend time with vaccinated family and friends, in real life. Here in Chicagoland, the weather looks like it will be sunny, if not a little on the hot side but still good for outdoor grilling and socializing, especially in the shade. Wishing everyone a happy, healthy, and safe holiday. Danico is closed for all US Federal hol...

Listen, understand and help solve the existing problems: that’s what Philip Walton planned to do once he got elected as Joomla’s new Marketing and Communications Department Coordinator (and had started doing already in the weeks before). JCM had the pleasure of interviewing this highly committed brand new DC, who is, according to his Manifesto, happy to roll up his sleeves and get on with the job - but he may need you and me and a couple of others to become a ‘unified force’ and really get the job done.

When you hover around in the Joomla Sphere long enough, you’ll see that, like every community, it comes with its own personality types. In this article, you’ll meet a few of them. And if you recognise yourself in one (or more) of these Joomlers, we also advise you on what role you could play in the Joomniverse. Have fun finding your personality type!

Friendly Neighborhood Joomler

Everyone should have one around: the Joomler always ready to help us out when we’re stuck. We can find you at a JUG meeting, Googling away before the Doctor Joomla-question is even asked, or answering questions in forums or on social media. If you are the friendly neighborhood Joomler, you can be someone who knows everything, but more likely you like to search for the right answer to help out in the best possible way.

The JCM Team is glad to present you the April issue of the Joomla! Community Magazine.

This month's edition features:

No matter if it’s a travel blog, a recipes collection or a company page, all websites have something in common: they present some kind of content to the visitors. With Joomla, it is easy to create and organise your web content.

What is content?

Content is any kind of textual or visual information that is encountered as part of the user experience on websites (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_content).

Psst!  Have you heard? Joomla! 4 is coming. Yeah, I know that you’ve heard that before, but it’s TRUE!  Earlier this month Joomla 4 Beta 7 was released and you know what that means?! It means that a Joomla 4 Release Candidate is dropping soon, and where there’s a release candidate, a new Joomla release is soon to follow. To get over the finish line, we need a hand, make that several hands to get things done. There’s a saying, something about many hands, making light work, or something like that. We could use MANY hands to write, test, bugfix, market, document, translate and more. 

In this special edition of Community Openings we are highlighting opportunities for anyone, even YOU to be a part of this new major release of Joomla. If you have an hour or many hours, are a writer, coder, marketer, and something in-between, here’s your chance to be one-of-the-many hands to help this next release happen.

Danico Enterprises is proud to be a Community Sponsor of JoomlaDay USA 2021! JoomlaDay USA 2021 is the  FIRST-EVER IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE of individuals, including web designers, site managers and other Joomla users—from novice to experienced—for a two day-long conference. We invite you to join us for this unique and exciting opportunity to learn from ...

On February 4th, 2021, Microsoft announced Viva, an intranet portal based on SharePoint.  For many who have been working with or struggling with creating an intranet using SharePoint on-prem or Online, this may be the welcome news you've been looking for.  This is more of an out-of-the-box SharePoint portal, Microsoft is terming an "employee experience platform"....

We made it to the end of one of the most challenging years. A year that affected all parts of life, in all parts of the world. As we ring in the new year, I carry hope for the future. A hope that it is filled with peace, joy, and healing, as well as a few less pivots. In 2020, we saw many businesses pivot a few times to adjust to the changing world around them. Some were s...

Joomla is a favorite tool for building websites and I have been leading the Joomla User Group Chicago North for a few years.  Check out the year in review shared below, on magazine.joomla.org and on joomlachicagonorth.com The end of 2020 is here. Looking back at JUGCN, we've covered some great topics, hosted fantastic guest speakers, and are looking forward to 2021. J...

December is a time to celebrate many holidays, holidays that typically bring family and friends together for joyous celebrations. Whether you Zoom, drive-by or participate in some other socially-distanced activity, wishing you holiday cheer. Please note that Danico will be closed, Friday, December 25th through Saturday, December 26th, returning to normal hours on Monday, D...

The JCM Team is proud to publish the December Issue of the Joomla! Community Magazine.

Featured this month, the brand new WebAuthn passwordless login method of Joomla 4.

 A short time ago I was interviewed as part of a series called Women's Portaits at Joomla and recently that interview was posted.   You can check out the interview here: https://www.web-eau.net/blog/women-s-portraits-at-joomla-shirielle-sd-williams

 Often Thanksgiving is the time that we look back on the year and reflect on what we're grateful for. With 2020 being a year like none other, that grateful list may look quite a bit different. These past few months have been the most challenging in both business and personal aspects of life. Business owners around the world have had to pivot, once, twice, and con...

The JCM Team is proud to publish the November Issue of the Joomla Community Magazine.

Thank you seems too small for all that you have done. 

Now in the Midwest, the air is already turning chilly signaling that the end of the year is near. But before that happens there are a few things to do to prepare your business. My top 3 business to-dos for November are: Update Google My BusinessEvaluate Product and Service OfferingsThank supporters, customers, and most of all employees 1. Update Google My Business If you h...

Once again the Joomla Project is pleased to announce the availability of the Joomla 4.0 Beta 5 release, and Joomla 3.10 Alpha 3.

Columbus Day is a U.S. holiday that commemorates the landing of Christopher Columbus in the Americas in 1492, and Columbus Day 2020 is on Monday, October 12. It was unofficially celebrated in a number of cities and states as early as the 18th century but did not become a federal holiday until 1937. For many, the holiday is a way of both honoring Columbus' achievements and ...

What a ride! After a year of planning (and re-planning), JoomlaDay Chicago 2020 is a week away on October 17th.  This year's event is an online summit (you know already know why so I won't go over it) which is good and bad.  The obvious bad part is that we will not be able to have our Sip'n Social event to just hang out with each other.  Last year'...

The latest edition of the Joomla! Community Magazine was released on September 20th.   The magazine went through a sort of rebirth this year. It now uses EasyBlog, the same extension used for this blog and several client blogs.  It also has new energy.   There are three that I really would like you to read, really I want you read all of them but if you ...

JoomlaDay Chicago is Oct 16-17th A weekend of Joomlers helping Joomlers! JoomlaDay Chicago 2020 has sessions for beginners, advanced developers, and more. Joomla! President Brian Mitchell is our Keynote Speaker. Beginner's Workshop The weekend starts with a Beginner's Workshop on Friday, October 16th. This is a full-day event led by Laura Gordon from RytechSites and Joomla...

The Labor Day holiday was signed into law on June 28, 1894, by President Grover Cleveland to celebrate the American workforce. The long holiday weekend with its backyard picnics, parades, and other celebrations, has also come to signal the end of summer. As you gather together to enjoy the last few days of warm temperatures, take a moment to breathe, to thank someone, or t...

 A weekend of Joomlers helping Joomlers! JoomlaDay Chicago 2020 has sessions for beginners, advanced developers, and more. Joomla! President Brian Mitchell is our Keynote Speaker. Beginner's Workshop The weekend starts with a Beginner's Workshop on Friday, October 16th. This is a full-day event led by Laura Gordon from RytechSites and Joomla User Group New Jersey. The...

The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the availability of the Joomla 4.0 Beta 3 release, and the first Alpha of Joomla 3.10. We invite you to download, install and test the package to improve quality assurance for the forthcoming 4.0 release and to discover the new features introduced in this major release. Do you want to try Joomla 4.0 Beta without migrating one of yo...

During this, let's call it, unusual time, I have been working more remotely than in the office (no surprise there) and as such I've made a few observations.

Lawn Care Happens Daily

Living in a condo I don't think about lawn care much other to remark on how nice our neighborhood always looks.  One of my neighbors and friend maintains the flower beds for our building and we have a lawn service.  Recently, I've learned that lawn care happens daily and I do mean daily, including Sundays.  Each morning, I hear a lawnmower, not always on the same property of course.  Now it is obvious why the neighborhood always looks so nice. 

Recently, I had the opportunity to help a colleague teach teens Joomla! It was a great experience, being able to share with newbies what Joomla can do.  Below is the write-up that appeared in the July 2020 edition of the Joomla Community Magazine.

So what do you do when the state of New Jersey is on quarantine, and 15 teens want to learn web? You teach them Joomla!

May the 4th of July bring you and those you hold dear some joy.  It may be awkward and weird. You may be a socially-accepted distance apart. Hugs may be replaced with air high-fives, jazz hands, or some other non-touch action.  But most of all you will have each other to share a smile and laugh, maybe even a plate of barbeque.

Be safe, stay cool, and look up to the sky, you might catch a firework or two.