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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.

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After a bit of investigation, it turned out many of them ARE still active but changed the feed url without redirecting or notifying subscribers – with a loss of subscribers as a result. How could this have been avoided?

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Blogs ABOUT Joomla!

After searching the web, receiving ideas from the Twittersphere plus going through the over 75 sources big Joomlaworks Joomla! news, my hunt for helpful blogs about Joomla (= blogs with more Joomla tips & tricks than self-promotion) is over for now.

Did I not include your favorite blog about Joomla? Please write a comment below and I’ll add it in the follow-up blog post (tip: use the CommentLuv feature to automatically pull in the latest post from their/your blog).

OFFICIAL JOOMLA.ORG

Read the Joomla leadership blog Read the Joomla community blog Follow @joomla on Twitter

JOOMLA EVENT ORGANIZERS

CMS Expo

Fantastic event organized by John and Linda Coonen! CMS Expo brings everybody involved in content management together and it’s growing bigger for each time. Read CMS Expo blog | Follow @cmsexpo

JOOMLA TIPS & TRIX

Joomlablogger

Tips, tutorials and news for all you Joomla addicts out there. Kristoffer blogs about Joomla and all things related to running a successful website based on it. Read Joomlablogger’s blog | Follow @joomlablogger

Joomla Podcast

News, tips and tutorials, 100% focused on Joomla. You can subscribe to Mike Brogan’s podcasts and blog posts via iTunes or rss. Read The Joomla Podcast blog | Follow @joomlapodcast

WriteNowDesign

Pat Fortino specializes in Joomla Website Design and X-Cart ecommerce websites. His blog has a really good section with Joomla tips! Read WriteNowWeb’s blog

Joomla Training

This team provides real-life Joomla training sessions and you get some very useful knowledge by reading their blog and registering for their newsletter where you receive one step-by-step Joomla tutorial per week. Read Joomla training blog | Follow @joomlatraining

Alledia

SEO tips, training classes and SEO optimized Joomla templates. Steve is providing really useful knowledge around Joomla SEO. He is also involved in Joomla Training (see above). Read Alledia’s blog | Follow @alledia

The Best of Joomla

Cyrus provides useful information, helpful articles, new content and unique resources for the Joomla! professional. This site is closely connected to the Linkedin Joomla! Professional Users Group. Read The best of Joomla’s blog | Follow @thebestofjoomla

PERSONAL BLOGS

Joe Sonne – JoeJoomla

From average Joes to webmaster superheros. Joe, the Joomla superman, is a professional presenter, trainer and public speaker and his blog is all about Joomla. Read JoeJoomla’s blog | Follow @JoeJoomla

Ahmad Alfy – Alfy Studio

Ahmad Alfy is running AlfyStudio.com on his spare time and he’s starting to regularly publish tips about Joomla! development and templating. Read Alfy’s blog | Follow @ahmadalfy

Joe LeBlanc – Design vs. Develop

Joe says he argues in code and I believe him. He works with PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, jQuery & Joomla. Checkout his Joomla tutorials & podcasts (see his blog’s about page). Read Joe’s blog | Follow @jlleblanc

Brian Teeman – agree or disagree

Joomla co-founder and quite an opinionated blogger (blog tagline: “agree or disagree… i don’t care”). Brian gives you a blog with both interesting and thought-provoking reading. Read Brian’s blog | Follow @brianteeman

Jen Kramer – Joomla4Web

Jen Kramer is the author of Joomla! Creating and Editing Custom Templates and Joomla! Advanced CSS. Her blog gives you easy-to-understand tips, trix and news. Read Joomla4Web’s blog | Follow @jen4web

Barrie North – Compass Designs

Barrie North is the author of the book The Joomla Book – A User’s Guide to Joomla 1.5. On his blog you can read about Joomla templates, tutorials, news and tips. Read Compass Design’s blog | Follow @compassdesign

TEMPLATES/EXTENSIONS PROVIDERS

JoomlaBamboo

Anthony from JoomlaBamboo creates beautiful, minimal and clean Joomla templates. On the (soon to be more active) blog you will find his Joomla related tutorials and interviews. Read JoomlaBamboos’ blog | Follow @joomlabamboo

Sakic

Joomla extensions developer and former member of the Joomla core dev team. Emir blogs about best practices using Joomla, programming for Joomla plus general web development hints. Read Emir Sakic’s blog | Follow @sakicnet

iJoomla

Merav and her team focus on usability and develop powerful extensions for SEO, RSS, news, ads and much more. Read their blog for reviews, Joomla tips and more. Read iJoomla’s blog | Follow @iJoomla

JoomlaTools

This is the team behind Nooku and DOCman. They are firm believers in Open Source and specialize in training, consulting and development for Joomla. Read JoomlaTools’ blog | Follow @joomlatools

Joomla Bear

This big Joomla bear has a friendly attitude, a good blog with videos and informative posts about Joomla tips & tricks plus an interesting Twitter feed. Read JoomlaBear’s blog | Follow @JoomlaBear

OPEN SOURCE

Open Source Network & Open Source Support Desk

These two blogs are run by the same team.

On the Open Source Network blog you find blog posts about Joomla, Magento and more. Read the Open Source Network blog Follow @osNetwork

Open Source Support Desk provides support for Joomla and blogs mainly about Joomla. Read the Open Source Support Desk blog Follow @osSupportDesk

JOOMLA PROFESSIONALS

Zuno Studios

Jon, Nick and Maribel are a fantasticly friendly and clued up team. Check out their blog and follow on Twitter for tips about Joomla, ecommerce, entrepreneurship and more. Read Zuno’ blog | Follow @zuno

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Posted by Tess
In CMS Industry News
October 13th, 2009
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October 13, 2009 @ 17:23

Kyle Ledbetter says:

Great list! I felt left out so I wanted to mention that we’ve started Joomla/Wed Dev tutorials and Joomla software reviews on our blog ;) http://www.joomlapraise.com/blog/
.-= Kyle Ledbetter´s last blog ..AdminPraise Lite 0.9.3 Released! =-.

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- October 13, 2009 @ 18:40
  
  Tess says:
  
  Wohoo! That’s really great Kyle! I see you started on the 8th of October so it make sense that I overlooked your blog, since the last week I’ve only gone through the shortlist that came out of the massive list of blogs I had originally.
  
  I might have been a bit heavy-handed on the scissors sometimes (cutting out blogs from the list above), but I’ll let somebody else write a blog post with a list of ALL Joomla blogs out there. :D
  
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October 13, 2009 @ 18:20

Jon Lackey @zuno says:

Thanks for including the Zuno blog!

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- October 13, 2009 @ 18:43
  
  Tess says:
  
  Actually, it was Maribel’s post about ecommerce etc that made me decide to subscribe to your blog. :) (http://zunostudios.com/blogs/Are-Social-Communities-Hurting-eCommerce-.html) Keep up the good work!
  
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  - October 13, 2009 @ 18:51
    
    Jon Lackey @zuno says:
    
    She’s really the only reason to visit our site ;)
    
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October 13, 2009 @ 18:41

Dusty says:

Thanks for the list. I’ve got them all in Google Reader now in a Joomla! folder.

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- October 13, 2009 @ 18:45
  
  Tess says:
  
  Thanks Dusty, I do the same. Works like a charm. I was considering creating an OMPL file for everybody to download and import in their favorite rss reader, but somehow ended up not doing that. If anybody else would like to do it I’d be happy to add it to this blog post :)
  
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October 13, 2009 @ 18:44

Kyle Ledbetter says:

@Tess – i figured, thanks! it’s a great list, added a couple i missed before to my reader as well

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October 13, 2009 @ 19:59

Steve Gorney says:

Tess, this is an excellent resource list. I am following new RSS feeds because of it.

I hope that we are considered in the future at s-go.net/blog/ We have been building/hosting and supporting Mambo/Joomla sites for 5 years. We write about Joomla and SEO with the potential client in mind. There is great stuff for developers as well. Thank you.
.-= Steve Gorney´s last blog ..Joomla SEO – Six Great Steps =-.

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- October 13, 2009 @ 21:29
  
  Tess says:
  
  Hi Steve,
  
  I really don’t understand how I could NOT include your blog on this list! It’s going up on the list tomorrow, for sure. You have a really useful blog with SEO tips and much more around Joomla. Thanks for letting me know – I really appreciate it!
  
  Cheers,
  Tess :)
  
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October 13, 2009 @ 21:29

Brian Teeman says:

Been waiting for this list for a while glad to see it finally happen. Not sure how you could possibly say I am “opinionated” ;)
.-= Brian Teeman´s last blog ..Joomla Hidden Secrets – the movie =-.

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- October 13, 2009 @ 21:33
  
  Tess says:
  
  LOL! Yeah, I don’t know where I got that from… :D It’s a huge part of what I love about your blog, you don’t seem to hold back and at the same time you’ve done your research. Hats off to you Mr Teeman.
  
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October 16, 2009 @ 14:49

JoeJoomla says:

What a great resource page Tess! It looks like you identified all the really great Joomla! bloggers and I am very honoured to be listed on a page amongst them.
.-= JoeJoomla´s last blog ..This is how to launch a Joomla! User Group! =-.

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- October 16, 2009 @ 14:56
  
  Tess says:
  
  You deserve it! Thanks for blogging good stuff!
  
  I know I’ve most likely missed a few other great blogs ( like http://www.joomlapraise.com/blog/ ) so I’ve decided to keep on updating this blog post with what’s being recommended in the comments, which means this page will change as time goes by.
  
  Keep up the good work!
  
  Cheers,
  Tess
  
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October 19, 2009 @ 19:15

Ahmad Alfy says:

Thanks for mentioning my small blog :)
.-= Ahmad Alfy´s last undefined ..If you register your site for free at =-.

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- October 20, 2009 @ 13:43
  
  Tess says:
  
  It was really cool finding a blog (yours) that I hadn’t seen before! I saw you started blogging about Joomla and I hope you keep up the good work. :)
  
  As previously mentioned, this list will grow based on feedback and new discoveries so let me know if you find a hidden gem somewhere in the Joomla blogosphere and I’ll definitely check it out.
  
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October 20, 2009 @ 02:58

Big Bear says:

Thanks for including us in your list Tess. I’m going to blog about this right now and spread the word ;-)

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- October 20, 2009 @ 13:40
  
  Tess says:
  
  Thank you for writing about us! Much appreciated. :)
  
  I see the word is spreading on Twitter as well and I really hope that everybody on this list see the number of their rss subscribers increase.
  
  Cheers,
  Tess
  
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October 20, 2009 @ 13:25

Andrew Eddie says:

Hi Tess. Would be grateful if you consider http://www.theartofjoomla.com/ worthy to add to the list. Thanks in advance.

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- October 20, 2009 @ 13:36
  
  Tess says:
  
  ehrm, funny thing is that I just discovered that I already have that page open in my browser, but somehow missed to include it in the list. Of course The Art of Joomla should go on this list – it’s a very good resource. I’ll update the list in one go this week (have a few more that should be included). Thanks for pointing it out! :)
  .-= Tess´s last blog ..Morph, Configurator & Vanilla updated to version 1.00RC4 =-.
  
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  - October 20, 2009 @ 14:48
    
    Andrew Eddie says:
    
    :) S’ok. Thanks. Just wish I had more time to blog more. Great list – I’d missed a few of these. Might also be worth adding http://community.joomla.org/connect.html as well.
    .-= Andrew Eddie´s last blog ..Introducing the new permissions in Joomla 1.6 =-.
    
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- October 20, 2009 @ 15:50
  
  JoeJoomla says:
  
  The Art Of Joomla! One of the best for sure!
  .-= JoeJoomla´s last blog ..This is how to launch a Joomla! User Group! =-.
  
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October 20, 2009 @ 19:18

farbige kontaktlinsen says:

After reading this usefull article how to use twitter. I even see some sens in twittering. Thx a lot.

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October 23, 2009 @ 00:00

Jen Kramer says:

Thanks so much for the mention, Tess!!! I am sorry I have not posted much lately, but the book is almost done… then I’ll be back to it!

Jen

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October 27, 2009 @ 17:09

Joomla Hosting says:

Also checkout http://interactiveonline.com/blog

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November 7, 2009 @ 16:55

Sherri says:

Thanks for the very helpful list.

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November 16, 2009 @ 22:19

Jennifer Nodwell says:

This is a very helpful list! Thanks.

I blog about Joomla! development topics at http://www.nodwell.net/site/in-dev. These are things I’ve discovered along the way as I work with Joomla! sites and particularly the source. I’m more comfortable with the php and mysql than the graphics, but I’ve turned to template making in my spare time.
.-= Jennifer Nodwell´s last blog ..Four New and Free Templates =-.

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December 8, 2009 @ 22:20

Paul says:

Nice, but what about blogs in another language for eg. blog.elimu.pl – about joomla! and some drupal.
.-= Paul´s last blog ..Grudniowe szablony cz.2 (Joomla!) =-.

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April 7, 2010 @ 15:33

Rajneesh saini says:

Hello All

I am also created a blog in joomla , as clients never let me do my work.So i will too place my link for joomla blog here soon.

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April 9, 2010 @ 15:27

Manonit saini says:

This is not a blog but a solid CMS website in joomla.You will not believe If i say that its is one of default template in joomla.
I customized it to full extend.

Thanks
Manonit

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July 5, 2010 @ 04:28

bads928 says:

Hi thanks for the great info. This is very useful articles. Check out also Joomla Template.
.-= bads928´s last blog .. =-.

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July 25, 2010 @ 18:50

Torkil Johnsen says:

Would be nice if you’d consider including torkiljohnsen.com in your list. I guess it’s a tips & tricks blog, or a personal one perhaps.

Thanks in advance :)

Torkil
.-= Torkil Johnsen´s last blog ..Using MySQL Workbench to manage your Joomla component’s db schema =-.

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- July 29, 2010 @ 13:09
  
  dukio says:
  
  That would be a shameless self advertise..just kidding :P, you got a nice blog though might be helpful to Joomla community :)
  
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September 15, 2010 @ 04:06

Mary says:

Thanks for valuable information. It’s what I am searching for. Thanks again.

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December 6, 2010 @ 15:33

Torkil Johnsen says:

I see that http://torkiljohnsen.com didn’t make it onto the list, but I’d like to suggest http://blog.bedre.no anyways, and see if that possibly makes the cut, even though it’s maybe got more Nooku than Joomla stuff in it :)

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March 11, 2013 @ 09:50

Katherin says:

Great list! I love it!
But I’d recommend you to add one more blog page that comprises Joomla info http://www.cms2cms.com/category/joomla-articles/

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