Mastering Joomla! 1.5 Extension and Framework Development is a new book from Packt that is packed with expert advice on all aspects of programming with Joomla! Written by James Kennard, this book is an invaluable reference guide that users will turn to again and again as they work with Joomla!

Packt is pleased to announce Joomla! 1.5 Beginner's Guide, a new book that will help newbies to get started with Joomla! and quickly go beyond the basics. Written by Eric Tiggeler, an experienced Joomla! tutorial writer as well as the author of a Dutch Joomla! Manual, this beginner's guide will help readers build and maintain impressive user-friendly websites with Joomla! 1.5.

Packt is pleased to announce a new book on designing Joomla! templates. Written by Tessa Blakeley Silver, Joomla! Template Design is a complete guide for web designers to all aspects of designing unique website templates for the free Joomla! PHP Content Management System.

Joomla! Accessibility is a new book from Packt that helps readers create accessible websites with Joomla! Written by Joshue O Connor, Senior Accessibility Consultant with CFIT, this book is designed to help readers gain a deeper understanding of Joomla! and accessibility.

Joomla! Cash is a new book from Packt, which has all the ingredients to make money making Joomla! websites. Written by Brandon Dawson and Tom Canavan, this book is a fast and easy read, taking the reader from the inception of an idea, to a fully working cash-generating website built on Joomla!

The fight for any good cause demands sacrifice. So, Joomla admins, get ready to clean house.

The Core Team of the open-source content management system project has announced its commitment to full compliance with the Gnu General Public License, the leading free software license.

The Joomla website proclaims that, "Joomla is one of the most powerful open source content management systems on the planet." Sure, they're biased about their collaborative open source creation. But there's no arguing that Joomla is quickly becoming one of the top content management system (CMS) platforms on the Internet. Late last year Joomla won the best PHP Open Source Web CMS award.

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.

Joomla! is a world class content management system that allows you to easily create high-quality, professional Websites. Out of the box, provides a very robust feature set, and with the recent release of 1.5 Stable, the programing API allows it to be extended far beyond most people's wildest dreams. Highlighting some of the features Joomla!