The document discusses the history and future of the Joomla content management system. It describes how Joomla originated in 2005 and has since grown to over 65 million downloads currently. Community involvement has also increased substantially over the years. Looking ahead, the document outlines further planned versions of Joomla to improve features like installation, versioning, and access controls.

1. Joomla!
To Infinity and Beyond
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The Joomla!Sphere a look into the past
present and a prediction for the future
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About me
Johan Janssens ( Jinx )
Joomla! Core Member - Project Manager
Buzz I am Buzz Lightyear, I come in peace
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1. Looking back
2. Where are we now
3. Looking foward
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Where are we coming from
‘traveling to the joomlasphere’
Buzz This is an intergalactic emergency. I must commandeer this vessel to Sector 12.
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Past
On 31 augst 2005....
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Project philosophy
1. Rock solid architecture
2. Flexibility built on a powerfull framework
3. Developer tools
4. Outstanding user experience
5. International recognition (50+ languages)
6. A great community !
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Past
Project milestones
01 September 2005 Joomla! is born
15 September 2005 Joomla! 1.0 released
17 September 2005 Joomla! opens the forge
06 February 2006 Joomla! opens developer network
06 March 2006 Joomla! opens extensions site
12 October 2006 Joomla! 1.5 beta 1 released
27 October 2006 Joomla! releases official user manual for 1.0
14 March 2007 Joomla! releases new forge (GForge)
05 May 2007 Joomla! 1.5 beta 2 released
21 July 2007 Joomla! 1.5 RC1 released
01 September 2007 Joomla! 1.5 RC2 released
06 October 2007 Joomla! 1.5 RC3 released
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Project awards
Best Linux / Open Source Project 2005,
LinuxWorld London, United Kingdom
Best Linux / Open Source Project 2006,
LinuxWorld London, United Kingdom
2006 Best Open Source CMS,
Packt Publishing
2007 Best Open Source PHP CMS,
Packt Publishing
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Where are we now
Buzz Buzz Lightyear to Star Command, come in Star Command.
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On 12 november 2006
31.000.000
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Today 65.000.000
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The Joomla! community
a bit of statistics
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Members on forum.joomla.org
150.000
112.500
75.000
37.500
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Commnity structure
Joomla!.org
Italian
Dutch community
community
community
30 000 23 000
International International
community community
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Development
3 project managers 110 8
Sites and
Documentation
infrastructure
7 coordinators Hungarian
German community
Core Team
81
community (20) 26 3 700
5 workgroups 60 000 Translations
Foundation
250 contributors Contributor
community
International International
254
community community
Brazilian
French Joomla!.org
Community
community community
12 000
19 000 140 000
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Google analytics geo map overview
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Google analytics geo map overview
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Joomla! project in numbers
140.00 forum users
9500 registered developers (*)
1600 registered projects (*)
2250 extensions ( extensions.joomla.org )
2 miljon downloads since march 2007
5 TB traffic/month on main websites
Alexa rank 690 (1 nov)
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Joomla! development in numbers www.ohloh.net
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Joomla! development in numbers www.ohloh.net
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Joomla! development in numbers www.ohloh.net
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Joomla! development in numbers www.ohloh.net
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Future
A look into the future
Buzz This is a secret mission in uncharted space.
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Future
RC 4
RC 5
Joomla! 1.5 RC 6 ?
Stable
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Future
Versioning
Installer
Joomla! 1.6/1.7 Workflow
Package support
ACL
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Future
Maybe one day ....
Buffer overflow : too many hits reported
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26. Questions
Questions ?
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