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Peeking at 1.7

Written by Joomla Extension Editor Sunday, 19 June 2011 12:04

It’s less than a month until Joomla! CMS 1.7 is scheduled for release, and developers have been busy writing, testing and committing new features, working on the platform, and fixing bugs. So what are some of those new features? There’s something for everyone, webmasters, developers, and designers. Let’s take a look at a few of them.

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Joomla! Night Chile to be broadcast LIVE!

Written by Joomla Extension Editor Monday, 13 June 2011 19:00

On Wednesday, 6 July 2011, from the Joomla Community Livestream channel, Joomla! Night Chile 2011 will be broadcast live. Joomla! Night Chile has requested the ability to provide free access world-wide to the event. Starting at 6:45 pm CST on Wednesday 6 JULY 2011 the event will be accessible anywhere in the world! Visit the channel and s...

Joomla Community Magazine | June 2011

Written by Joomla Announcements Wednesday, 08 June 2011 19:00

The June installment of the Joomla Community Magazine is here!

Joomla! is a huge, worldwide community, encompassing many languages and many cultures. When we are able to work and collaborate together, we can do amazing things with incredible results. When we bring our joy into what we do, it is shared with all.

In this issue:

Editor’s Introduction

J...

Smart Money: Promise, drama in Yahoo's Asian assets (Reuters)

Written by Yahoo Business Tuesday, 31 May 2011 23:21

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz is known as a strong-willed and straight-talking leader, but some top money managers are betting she can mend fences and compromise with crucial partners in China.

Shares of Yahoo Inc, at around $16, are just over half what they were in 2008 when Microsoft came calling, never mind the Internet bubble...

Smart Money: Hedge funds sell faltering U.S. banks (Reuters)

Written by Yahoo Business Tuesday, 31 May 2011 23:19

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The recovery of Citigroup (C.N) and Bank of America (BAC.N) provided famed hedge fund managers like Lee Ainslie and Jeff Altman some of their biggest gains last year, but now the smart money is getting out while the getting is good.

With Ainslie's Maverick Capital, Altman's Owl Creek Asset Management and other major funds...

Debt-limit hike fails in House in symbolic vote (Reuters)

Written by Yahoo Business Tuesday, 31 May 2011 18:28

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The House of Representatives on Tuesday defeated a bill to raise the debt limit in a vote staged by Republicans to strengthen their push for deep spending cuts in negotiations with the White House.

By a vote of 318-97, the chamber overwhelmingly rejected President Barack Obama's call to increase the $14.3 trillion debt limit...

Weak data point to sluggish economy (Reuters)

Written by Yahoo Business Tuesday, 31 May 2011 17:57

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A double-dip in home prices, pessimistic consumers and a slowdown in regional manufacturing raised concerns on Tuesday that the economy's soft patch could become protracted.

"The question is, 'Is the softer data we're seeing transitory, or is it likely to persist throughout the remainder of 2011?' Right now, that's an open...

Greece hopes buoy Wall Street, but investors still wary (Reuters)

Written by Yahoo Business Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:04

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street bulls took the upper hand with a 1 percent rally on Tuesday as hopes for a new plan to deal with Greece's debt crisis relieved some investor worry, but grim economic data suggested more hurdles ahead as the S&P 500 closed out its worst month since August.

Stocks rebounded late in the session, nearing levels...

JED Listing Redesign and Enhanced Features

Written by Joomla Extension Editor Tuesday, 31 May 2011 07:00

The JED is planning to redesign the listing details pages and offer enhanced premium features to the community. The individual listing pages haven’t really grown with the needs of the extensions which are listed and the users that are reviewing them, so we have decided to change that.

So, what’s the plan?

We are planning to completely redesign the...