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Following the adventures of Nicholas as he continues to use Joomla!® to develop Artist Run Initative website Crawl.net.au

PBF?…PBF!!

Wilco, of the Joomla core developers has coined a new open source software term: PBF.

  • Pizza
  • Bugs
  • Fun

There will be an ultra cool period of pizza, fun, and the squashing of Joomla 1.5 bugs! It was announced recenty on the official Joomla Blogs. It will be on December 8 – 9 in New York, Washington and California, in the US.

Filed under: Joomla Events, Joomla! 1.5 Development

A tinsy bitsy glimpse into Joomla! 1.6

Earlier in the year, the event Joomla! Day Sydney was held. Part of the day was a Question & Answer section by Andrew Eddie. You can read the entire notes here at the Joomla! Day website. But here is a little tidbit that made me sit up straight:

 Why hasn’t the admin interface been re-written?
It has certainly been ‘freshened’. Where 1.5 is a under-the-hood front end blitz, 1.6 will be an under-the-hood backend blitz – among other things.

This is the first I have heard of plans for Joomla! 1.6, and it took my breath away.

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Filed under: Joomla Events

A look back at Joomla! Day in Melbourne

I was going back through The Joomla! Team Blog today, looking for some info on RC3, when I came across this post by Brad Baker. Here’s a snippet:

Joomla! 1.5 was the most talked about topic, and everyone just can’t wait for it. It’s certainly made me re-think my priorities and what I might be able to do to help towards the goal of getting 1.5 out as soon as possible.

It feels like a long time ago now, I was in a different job, and was growing a moustache. I had to run from work to get to the cafe on time.

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Filed under: Joomla Events, Joomla! in Melbourne

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This blog follows my experiences using the Joomla!® CMS as I continue to develop the website Crawl.net.au. This is an unofficial Joomla!® news blog run by a fan of the Joomla! project. Here you will find news and updates about future Joomla! releases as well as third party addons. The Joomla!® name is used under a limited license from Open Source Matters the worldwide trademark holder.

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