J and Beyond – international Joomla conference in Germany May 30

Since the date of the event is getting closer you might want to pencil in this event in your calendar.

The organizers are planning on launching the new version of the website shortly, with more information about the event, so stay tuned.

To help you keep your ear to the ground and get the news as they happen, check out these online places and subscribe where possible:

• http://jandbeyond.org/
• http://twitter.com/jandbeyond (hashtag on twitter is #jab10)
• http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=236760178690
• http://events.linkedin.com/J-Beyond-International-Joomla-Conference/pub/191478
• http://www.alltogetherasawhole.org/group/internationalevent

Let us know if we forgot to add a resource around this event in the list above.

Tags: events, Joomla

Joomla blogosphere – Recommended reading Jan 25-31

We read so many good blog posts and articles from all the Joomla (and web development) bloggers out there, but figured ‘what’s the benefit for others if we don’t share it‘?

So, here we are, starting a new weekly series of blog posts with the creme de la creme of the written words about Joomla, web development, design and whatever else you recommend. (more…)

Tags: blogging, inspire change

It’s mah birthday!

Happy Birthday to me, happy birthday to me…..blah blah blah…

For my birthday surprise today I will not post a tip. I know, bummer right? Today is all about digging into my birthday cake.

Wish me a Happy Birthday on any of my millions of social networking accounts.

http://twitter.com/matthewlking
http://www.facebook.com/matthewlking
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewlking/
http://www.last.fm/user/matthewlking
You get the idea.

Tags: matt king, matthewlking, mattking

20+ blogs about Joomla you should subscribe to

Before you start reading, this is a list of helpful blogs about Joomla, which means these blogs have more Joomla tips, tricks, tutorials etc than self-promotion of own products (IMHO). Fine line maybe, but an important one in this case.

Being fairly new to Joomla I’m constantly searching for online places to learn more and stay up-to-date. I get most of “what’s hot or not” via Twitter, but my favorite source of information and inspiration is Google reader.

I subscribed to quite a few good Joomla related rss feeds over the past year, but something was bothering me…surely this couldn’t be all active blogs about Joomla? Many of the blogs in my reader hadn’t been updated for donkey years, like nothing was happening in the Joomla sphere…or nobody blogged about it. (more…)

Tags: blogging, Joomla, Online Presence, open source

Magento Enterprise Edition 1.6.0.0-rc1 released

Key features include the new CMS+ Content Management Engine and the new Targeted Merchandising Suite.

This release candidate gives a preview of new features and functionality which are planned for the release later this month and it’s a great opportunity for those of you already on Magento Enterprise Edition to get prepped for upgrading.

For more information read the Magento blog post.

Tags: Magento