The Joomla Project is pleased to introduce a new team focused solely on managing and improving Joomla security—the Joomla Security Strike Team—and their new home at the Joomla Security Center.

The JSST replaces the previous Joomla Security Team by assembling a top-notch group of Joomla experts, complemented by security talent recruited from outside Joomla. Together, part of their goal is to investigate and respond to security matters.

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The August 2008 Joomla Community Magazine is available now and it's loaded with cool stuff about the World's Greatest Open Source CMS. (Biased? pfff!) Month after month, you will find articles on Joomla 1.5 Web sites, GPL-compatiable extensions, events, communities around the world, ways to get involved, learning resources for beginners, site integrators, and developers, and the latest buzz on what's happening in the Joomla! project.

What kind of buzz, you ask? Well, this month, it's all about JoomlaConnect™, a brand new service that aggregates Joomla! community news from all around the world. Joomla Core Team member and Communications Team Lead Louis Landry developed this nifty new tool for us to use. So, if you are interested in some RSS action, get your blog firing J!, and see Getting Connected to JoomlaConnect.

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This morning, Joomla.org was defaced a few hours after releasing our new design. This is not a new security issue, but only poor system administration practices on our part. When we updated our Web sites with the Joomla 1.5.6 security fix released yesterday, we simply forgot to update one of our small, non-public development sites.

Now, we could offer many excuses why it was overlooked—we were focused on fixing this vulnerability, creating the packages, and getting the word out. But the truth is, there is no excuse. This is an obvious and sobering reminder to the Joomla Project that staying current with upgrades is the most important step towards protecting your Web site.

Nothing but good will come of this experience. There's nothing like first hand experience to remind us of the trust our end user community places in us and the importance of working harder and smarter towards improving security.

Please, upgrade to Joomla 1.5.6 now, if you have not already done so. In retrospect, we wish we'd followed our own advice more diligently.

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The Joomla! community is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla! 1.5.6 [Vusani]. This is a quick turnaround security release to address a high level security issue and it is recommended all users upgrade immediately.

For more information about this exploit, click here to visit the Joomla Security Blog.

Instructions

• New installation
• Upgrade from an existing Joomla! 1.5 version
• Migration from Joomla! 1.0.x
• See below for manual installation instructions

Download the Joomla 1.5.6 full package now

Downlaod update packages

Release Notes

• SECURITY [HIGH] Fixed security hole in reset logic to check for proper token length.

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The South African Joomla! community is pleased to invite you to Joomla! Day CAPE TOWN, South Africa, an event to be held 19 July 2008, at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology.

Joomla! Days offer an excellent opportunity to learn, network with other Joomla! users and developers, and discover ways to contribute to the Joomla! Project. The South African Joomla! community has been hard at work to ensure that this year's Joomla! Day event is at least as informative and fun as the three previous successful South African events held during 2007.

Click here to register.

The Joomla! Day South Africa - CAPE TOWN Agenda presents one full day of activities which include the following speakers:

• Brendon Hatcher (Brilliantweb)
• Rob Clayburn (Fabrik)
• Ryan Demmer (JCE)

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Click here for more details:
http://www.joomladay.co.za/component/option,com_attend_events/Itemid,/task,view/id,2/

Important: The users who have registered already do not need to re-register, please take note that the DATE has changed.

Date: Saturday 19 July 2008
Venue: Cape Peninsula University of Technology.

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In Joomla! 1.5, website administration process has been significantly improved. Thanks to more usable interface and new features webmasters now have a lot more control under the website and less time to spend on learning. In this article we will review top 10 most remarkable changes in Joomla! 1.5.

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The South African Joomla! community is pleased to invite you to the first Durban Joomla! Day South Africa event on June 20 & 21, at Varsity College, Durban North. 

Joomla! Day is a great opportunity to learn, network with other Joomla! users and developers, and to discover ways you can contribute to the uptake of Joomla! in South Africa.

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This year has started off really fast, however the team at Joomla Day has been organising 3 events to take place this year.

We are also looking for Joomla Users to help with organising these events, if you would like to help out, please contact us, and let us know how you can assist.

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Valentine's day is creeping up and the shops are advertising Easter with Easter Eggs displayed in tantalising temptations. They really know how to move time along. No wonder it feels like the year flies by, its because its only February and they already have you dreaming about your Easter Weekend. As a great Afrikaans person of note once said "skanda"!

We're in the second month of the year and for some of you work has taken off like a rocket, for others who are more prone to vintage vehicles which have incredible value and longevity but need a bit of warming up first - work is slowly coming to life.

Either way, make sure you send us your Brag Rapsheet. We want to show all those looking in what Joomla! can do and how creative you can get. Often we can try and talk loads but websites speak for themselves and they are often the best advertisements for Joomla! If you would like to add the websites you have designed to the "Showcase" page , remember to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it the links and we will do the rest.

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