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Summer of Code 2007 - Final Deadline for Student Applications |
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Google has decided to extend the Summer of Code student
application deadline until March 26. Applications must be received by
5:00 PM Pacific time (12:00 AM UTC March 27, 2007).
So there is still time! Time to get off your backsides and send in those crazy ideas. Don't feel intimidated by the code! To help you, we've created a project proposal page.
It provides step-by-step guidance to give you the best chance to gain a
place. It outlines skills, responsibilities, commitment required and
rewards should you qualify for this prestigious program.
This
year, the focus lies on the implementation and use of the new Joomla!
1.5 framework, soon to be released as Beta 2. We want to give students
the opportunity to learn to develop on a cutting-edge web application
framework. We also want to reach out to wider open source community by
developing extensions for 1.5 that can be leveraged by other
communities and developers. To achieve these goals we will be working closely with other projects, like Mootools, EasyEclipse and the Software Freedom Law Center.
This means that our Summer of Code 2007 is not strictly for PHP
students only. Students that want to develop in different languages
(JAVA, javascript, ...) can also find interesting challenges. We have a
group of highly motivated mentors lined up to welcome the students and
give them the experience of a lifetime!
Stick to the Code!
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It's official — Joomla! has the largest Open Source CMS focused forum
on the planet. In fact, by reaching 100,000 users signed up
(validated), Joomla! contends with some of the biggest forums on the
Internet. We reckon forum.joomla.org is in the top 10 of all comers.
Reaching
this 100k watershed is significant as the heart of this reveals true
Open Source source spirit with many of these members sharing their
knowledge and experience. And this strength — the backbone of the
project in many ways — manifests in a mature 'eco-system' that's
self-supporting. Thousands of helping hands and minds.
"Joomla's
success rides on the support available to end users through (among
other places) our community forum," said Core Team member Brad Baker.
"Time and time again, we hear users thanking us for the software, yet,
without the active community Joomla! would not be where it is today ...
one of the world's most popular Open Source projects. You are all a
part of this and deserve a hearty thanks."
What's particularly
heartening is that despite Joomla's phenomenal growth, the forum
continues to engender friendly, helpful advice. When we started
Joomla! back in September 2005 there were naysayers, and plenty of
them. In fact one so-called industry expert said Joomla! would "be a
niche CMS". There's something rather gratifying in proving people
wrong. Everyone who's taken the time to answer a question, solve a
problem or submit a bug report is part of this success.
We could
start quoting the ever-increasing statistics in this story however a
quote from a pragmatic new user sort of sums up how things are working:
"To
make my decision, I finally decided to look at the community that
surrounded and supported each product. As a test, I made an inquiry
into the general support message boards of each product. My Joomla post
received a number of helpful responses in a relatively short time
frame. My ****** (another Open Source software) post languished for
days, and even after asking a second time for feedback, was still
unanswered. As I'm going to be learning each system, and relying on
others to help me, this experience ultimately swung the pendulum to
Joomla."
Okay, we couldn't resist, here's some numbers:
- An average of 172 new user sign-up each day
- 765,000 posts
- More than 1200 posts daily
Again, congratulations particularly to those of you who've taken the
time to extend a helping hand. We are made stronger by those helpful
souls around us.
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JoomlaCode.org Shifts Forge's Gears |
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gForge (http://www.joomlacode.org/). Yes, the new 'V8 hot rod' has arrived — and we believe it will provide the best development environment for a number of reasons but primarily to future-proof and cope with huge load. The Paint Dried TodayWhen we announced the move last week, we still had plenty left to do to 'Pimp our Ride (content/view/2936/1/)' but the team has done an amazing job. Today we've sent out emails to project administrators to inform them they will get best benefit by: 1. registering on the new Forge (http://www.joomlacode.org/) asap, 2. reconciling their download links on their Extensions Directory (http://extensions.joomla.org/) projects. We've had to throw a lot of time at the Forge, said Louis Landry. This has been extremely resource hungry in terms of development team hours but we're happy with the end result — and we believe Joomla's army of third party developers (3PDs) will be too. This was a challenge that had to be taken on full-frontal — the outcome should be self-evident in the biggest Open Source development environment on the planet. The Process for 3PD Projects Louis said 3PDs of larger projects can make individual requests for migration from the old Forge. We've managed to migrate Joomla! including our subversion repository ... but this has been very taxing time wise, he said. We recommend developers start afresh where they can. Owners of larger projects which merit migration should contact the Forge team and make a request to that end, he said. Driving Lessons for Project Admins The new Forge has detailed instructions which can be read here (http://joomlacode.org/gf/download/docmanfileversion/7/333/forge-intro.pdf). It's worth noting that the Forge is primarily a place for code and development. Note: If you're a non-developer looking for Joomla! extensions, the Extensions Directory is the place to search. Feedback LoopAs the Forge in itself is a work in progress, we would appreciate any feedback (http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/board,152.0.html) with issues you discover which may need attention. Enjoy the ride.
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March 2007 - Themesclub.com Theme |
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 Pearl - We are proud to present a new elegant
table-less css driven business template called "pearl". This theme is
a great choice if you're looking for a business theme, really flexible
and with many features included. Our Suckerfish menu system is
complete re-written to enhance the look and feel and it presentation.
Some of the features are listed here:
Templates Features:
- Tableless design and 100% CSS based
- Very lightweight and fast loading
- Optimized for search engines
- Joomla 1.0+ compatible, Mambo 4.5.2/4.5.3 compatible.
- Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional and valid CSS
- Collapsible module positions.
- Flexible layout with various module placement positions
- Thirteen module position available on this template.
- Compatible with FireFox, IE 6 and 7, Opera, Safari and Netscape 8.1.
You can see it live here. Visit Themesclub today !
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Celebration at Themesclub ! |
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 March 10, 2007 - Themesclub released this theme in celebration of two great occasion at themesclub office. Themesclub is blessed with a new baby today March 10, 2007 born to the family of Rajesh and Vijay Kannan. Today also mark the 40th birthday of one of thier team members, David Owolabi. Themesclub take this opportunity to congratulate both the Kannan and Owolabi families. With this celebration in the air, we are releasing the Aqua theme to the community.
Aqua - Themesclub is proud to present a new elegant table-less css driven business template called "Aqua". This theme is a great choice if you're looking for a business theme, really flexible and with many features included. The tool options are loaded with several options such as: font selector, font size selector and the template is fluid with a three size option via the tool. Some of the features are listed here:
Template Features:
- Tableless design and 100% CSS based
- Very lightweight and fast loading
- Optimized for search engines
- Joomla 1.0+ compatible, Mambo 4.5.2/4.5.3 compatible.
- Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional and valid CSS
- Collapsible module positions.
- Flexible layout with various module placement positions
- Eleven module position available on this template.
- Built in tools
- Template compatible with IE 6.0 , IE 7.0 , Netscape 8.1, FireFox , Safari, Opera and Mozilla browsers.
- Special: There are not 1, but 2 colored themes inside a single template.
You can see the theme here. By the way, Themesclub is a hacker safe site, see site for verification. Visit theme's club today for more exciting news.
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