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Joomla! is software; that we all know. But if its popularity was rated in radioactivity, it would well-and-truly be considered as having reached critical mass. The world's most-popular, award-winning, Open Source CMS (Content Management System) has topped One Terabyte (1024 Gigabytes) of data transfer for the month of April (excluding the Forge). This is enormous, and it reflects the exponential growth the project has been enjoying in recent times.Sure, we know the metaphor defies nuclear physics, but you should appreciate the humour. Core Team member Brad Baker cracked open the statistics package during the weekend to notice all the dials were glowing . In fact, Brad and Chris Adams, of Rochen (http://www.rochen.com/), have had to upgrade our servers to deal with amazing loads they've not seen before. Traffic to Joomla! sites has doubled since February. To cope with the server load, we increased the server RAM to 4 Gig, Brad said. We knew that Joomla! was popular but it's a shock to see such huge demands and user growth. A lot of the traffic increase is due to the popularity of our unique Extensions (http://extensions.joomla.org/) site — as far as we know there is nothing as comprehensive as this anywhere in the Open Source CMS world. Smashing into the Terabyte zone is a milestone for Joomla! Moreover, we've had more than 130 million hits and about 1 million unique visitors during the last month. The Forum (http://forum.joomla.org/) continues to grow: we've got 33,000 members (4,500 joining in April) and last month alone 37,000 posts. We all remember the Intel advertisements with technicians in Intel bunny (http://www.jeffbots.com/bunnypeople.jpg) flame-proof suits; perhaps we'll have to buy Brad a Joomla! bunny radiation-proof suit. We will have further updates about other exciting Joomla! news this week.
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Gettin' in the Joomla! Groove |
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Joomla! today announces the launch of its official merchandise shop (http://shop.joomla.org/). To kick things off we've got T-shirts in abundance, supplied by PrintMojo.com and our Amazon bookshop.
Joomla! shop co-ordinator Levis Bisson said he hoped the shop would provide Joomla! fans with a strong visual statement to demonstrate their support. All profits from the shop will go back to the project to further its not-for-profit aims and ambitions, he said. We've always welcomed donations from Joomla! users ... now there is a way to donate to the project and receive a cool J! T-shirt.
The creation of the shop has been a joint effort, with contributions from Johan Janssens, Levis, Andy Miller, Marko Schmuck, Brad Baker and Michelle Bisson.
Levis believes the shop is a good starting point for Joomla! merchandise. Andy Miller has created some vibrant buttons so you can link your Joomla! site to the shop showcase. You can download the banners .
Official Joomla! T-shirt
Spread the word with the official Joomla! T-shirt. Available in fancy black with the Joomla! logo in 4 vibrant colors on the front, and www.joomla.org on the back. 100% Pre-shrunk quality cotton for great feel and comfort.
Our clothing supplier is PrintMojo.com
PrintMojo.com (http://www.printmojo.com/) is a all-in-one solution for selling custom printed products online by providing professional quality screen printing, warehousing, checkout processing and international shipping services.
Launched in 2003, PrintMojo.com (http://www.printmojo.com/) handles printing and fulfillment for online communities, non-profit organizations, companies selling branded merchandise, as well as startup clothing lines. PrintMojo.com is backed by an in house screen printing and embroidery shop based out of Chico, California, that has been providing custom printing services to local and international clients for more than 20 years.
Joomla! Shop FAQs (http://shop.joomla.org/index.php?option=com_content task=view id=12 Itemid=31) page.
If you still have any questions or comments please visit the Joomla! Shop forum (http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/board,364.0.html). Levis Bisson, Joomla! Shop Team Leader, and the Shop forum moderator team will be happy to answer your questions.
Look cool and support Joomla! at the same time.
Purchase your Joomla! Official T-shirt! today. (http://shop.joomla.org/index.php?option=com_mojo Itemid=27 ?_=view ProductID=7899)
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Summer Hots up with Google Summer of Code 2007 |
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Google has confirmed it will sponsor the Google Summer of Code 2007,
and Joomla! will again be participating in this great event. Last year
we had six sponsored projects, guided by twelve mentors and six
students working on research for the future Joomla! 2.0. This year we
will try to be even more productive and more successful than we were in
2006.
For Joomla!, the Summer of Code brings several benefits.
It helps bring fresh ideas and talents together in a co-ordinated way
and has provided the project with four new development workgroup
members who are now active in creating Joomla! 1.5. We expect one of
these students to be a mentor within the 2007 Summer of Code Campaign.
What is the "Summer of Code (SOC)"?
Google's Summer of Code is an innovative idea where Google pays
students an allowance to work on open source campaigns during the
Summer. Students are mentored by the Joomla! core team and highly
skilled working group members. Google is extremely active in the
promotion and advocacy of open source. SOC is its most visible
program. FAQs and Knowledge Base.
As
you will read on the Google announcement, project acceptance cannot be
done any earlier than March. The interim period will be used for the
program preparation that will actually start with the selection of a
mentoring team. A mentor guideline document will be published in our Summer Of Code forum and the developers blog
so you can see what it means to be a Summer Of Code mentor. We will
regularly blog on the development area to keep you informed about this
year's Summer Of Code.
Interested?
If you are interested in joining this program as either a mentor or as a student, please let us know in the Summer Of Code 2007 forum area.
Keep in mind that the official start of the program is from March 14;
until then we can only discuss your interest and share ideas about
possible projects.
The program management of the Joomla!
Summer Of Code will be done by Louis Landry and Wilco Jansen.
Prospective students need to suggest proposed projects. The mentor
group will "judge" these proposals and when they are selected, one or
more mentors will be assigned to the student. The way students can
propose a project will be worked out in more detail later on.
More Questions?
You can leave any further question you may have in the Summer Of Code 2007 forum area feel free to jump in.
Let the Summer begin!
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Summer Heats up with Google Summer of Code 2007 |
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Google has confirmed it will sponsor the Google Summer of Code 2007, and Joomla! will again be participating in this great event. Last year we had six sponsored projects, guided by twelve mentors and six students working on research for the future Joomla! 2.0. This year we will try to be even more productive and more successful than we were in 2006.
For Joomla!, the Summer of Code brings several benefits. It helps bring fresh ideas and talents together in a co-ordinated way and has provided the project with four new development workgroup members who are now active in creating Joomla! 1.5. We expect one of these students to be a mentor within the 2007 Summer of Code Campaign.
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