Joomla! Community Magazine

1. The January Issue

   Congratulations! You've found the January issue of the Joomla Community Magazine! We're starting the year with a great variety or articles that hold something for everyone: tutorials and how-to's, community news (yes, elections coming up) and other interesting articles.  

2. Episode I: CMSs in the WYSIWYG and AI age - setting the stage

   A new year is upon us and with a new year means new possibilities… and it seems perfect timing to start this series…

3. Evolving Joomla: User-friendly, Privacy-first, Independent Built-in-Captcha coming to Joomla Core

   With the release of Joomla 5, the reCAPTCHA plugins were removed from Joomla core, for a number of good reasons. The downside was that the Joomla core was left without a captcha integrated by default, meaning that forms could only be protected against spam using third-party plugins. The good news is: that is going to change again. We’re introducing a better, native and user-friendly solution, built in Joomla’s core and not depending on third-party services.

4. Making Joomla Blog Layouts Work Harder: Using Full Images for Leading Articles

   Small layout changes can make a big difference to how content is perceived. One of the most effective improvements you can make to a category blog layout is to treat the leading article differently from the rest — visually signalling that it matters more.

5. The hidden power of Joomla’s Articles - Categories Module (and how to use it)

   What if you could have different colors and other styling for each category? With the Articles - Categories Module, you can - and all it takes is a few small tweaks. Joomla offers many modules, but some powerful ones go unnoticed. The Articles - Categories Module is one of them, and with a few small code and CSS tweaks, it can do far more than expected.