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The guys over at JoomlaShack started a voting last month to find out what the community thinks is the best Joomla! extension. So they asked "What are the top ten Joomla! extensions" and 2.591 people voted.
And now guess what: The "grand prize" winner is: VIRTUEMART!! JoomlaShack will donate $200 to the VirtueMart Project, which can be used for the extension development.
Thank you so much for making us #1 of the Top Ten Joomla! Extensions, we really appreciate it. Congratulations to JoomlaPack, which was voted #2, and #3 goes to JCE (which is my favourite!).
I was really surprised to find VirtueMart at #1, because there so many good Joomla! Extensions. This "eco-system" of Joomla! Extensions is so important for all of us and makes the joomla! community grow each day. Basically you can use Joomla! for anything you want - just create an extension or a plugin ;-) A plugin system for VirtueMart is planned and probably VirtueMart 1.2 will bring it, so you can easily extend VirtueMart as you do with Joomla!.
For some more information about good Joomla! Extensions I can recommend the article 50 Top Joomla! Extensions by "Water&Stone".
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We are happy to announce the second VirtueMartDay in Germany starting on the September
24th, 2009. Together with the german Joomla!Day, we are planning a 3-day
conference about Joomla! and VirtueMart in Bad Nauheim (near Frankfurt/Main).
The first day of the
conference will be 100% VirtueMart. The second day - called Businessday
- will cover all business aspects of Joomla! and also VirtueMart. The
third day will be the so called "CommunityDay" with a wide range of topics.
On the VirtueMartDay, we are planning different tracks and workshops:
- Virtuemart Basics,
- Setting up an online shop from A-Z,
- Extending VirtueMart,
- VirtueMart Themes,
- Legal Questions,
- FAQ,
- Virtuemart Roadmap / Next versions.
The exact schedule will be posted here as soon as possible.
Some well known names in the Virtuemart-World will be at the conference for your questions and workshops:
- Sören Eberhard-Biermann
- Tom Bohacek
- Thomas Kahl
- Martin Blascyk (Author of the German VirtueMart Book)
and more...
Tickets for the Virtuemartday and the other conference-days are available online at www.joomladay.de. The conference language is German, but most of the speakers are able to answer your questions in English.
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On Saturday, 28 March 2009, the Joomla Development Team has released a new version of Joomla! 1.5, which is now the 10th maintenance release: 1.5.10. "Wohmamni" - that's the name of this release is a security release and users are strongly encouraged to upgrade immediately. Although no critical errors have been found, you are at risk for XSS-attacks and CSRF (cross-site request forgery) if you don't update your installation.
Make sure you read the full announcement at joomla.org.
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"The
official VirtueMart Book" in German has recently been published by Addison-Wesley!
This book covers the VirtueMart software and explains its practical
use. Beyond this, it aims at leading the interested reader from
understanding the oroginal idea to developing the final
online-shop-product. The VirtueMart Shop is conceived as a handbook and
reference source. This is what makes the difference to other books and
is expected to make the book attractive to large audiences. Enclosed
you will find a CD with all the software covered in this book The
french translation will be published this summer, an english
translation will be available later this year.
If you like to translate it into other languages please contact the author, Martin Blasczyk.
The VirtueMart Project will receive 1€ for each sale of the book, so if you want to support VirtueMart, this book gives you a great chance!
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VirtueMart 1.1.3 is a recommended security update, which provides fixes for some security issues, other enhancements and fixes a lot of minor bugs (see the changelog for full details).
Full installation packages and patch packages are available on the download page.
To update to version 1.1.3, login to your VirtueMart administration area and choose "Check for Updates" from the "Admin" menu, then click the "Check now!" button and follow the instructions there. (Or, you can download the 1.1.3 patch package directly , save it to your local hard drive, and choose to "Upload a Patch Package" from the "Upload a Patch" tab.)
If you are using VirtueMart 1.1.0, you must first update to VirtueMart 1.1.1 before updating to VirtueMart 1.1.3.