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30 Developers, 6 Extensions, 2 Days, 1 eCommerce PlatformLast week 30 Magento employees, developers and partners gathered for a two-day hackathon in Munich, Germany. Like many of our community members, these attendees were eager further their Magento knowledge as well as show off their skills. This hackathon enabled them to do both, combing expert lectures with a team-based competition to create a Magento extension. Attendees were divided into 6 teams and given 2 days to build their extensions. The teams coded deep into the night, and produced some impressive results.
6 ExtensionsGridControl – provides functionality to control grids in Magento using XML layouts. Discount For a Tweet – Enables merchants to reward their customers with discounts for tweeting about their stores. TemplateCleanup – This administrative tool helps merchants easily search for and remove unused templates inside their Magento administrative control panels. Magento-Responsive-Theme – This innovative theme automatically adjusts the store’s layout based on the screen resolution of the customer’s device. Logger – This centralized logging tool combines various log inputs from e-mail, XAMPP, and Graylog. MongoDB-OrderTransactions – This extension writes transaction data to a MongoDB database during the checkout process. Congratulations to Damian Luszczymak who organized and hosted the event. Congratulations also to all teams and participants for the hard work and fantastic results. Their efforts show that with the skills and passion of Magento developers combined with the flexibility of Magento, anything is possible. Go Go Magento!
As it turns out, a new analysis of code contributions for the OpenStack ESSEX release shows that Red Hat developers contributed more code than Canonical developers. == PostgreSQL Weekly News – April 08 2012 == == PostgreSQL Product News == LuaPgSQL, a Lua binding for PostgreSQL, released: == PostgreSQL Jobs for April == http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-jobs/2012-04/threads.php == PostgreSQL Local == London PostgreSQL Evening Meetup, 17 April 2012 PGCon 2012 will be held 17-18 May 2012, in Ottawa at the University of PGDay France will be in Lyon on June 7, 2012. == PostgreSQL in the News == Planet PostgreSQL: http://planet.postgresql.org/ PostgreSQL Weekly News is brought to you this week by David Fetter Submit news and announcements by Sunday at 3:00pm Pacific time. == Applied Patches == Peter Eisentraut pushed: - Add support for renaming domain constraints Hi friends. I’m hoping that you’ll support another Drupal community initiative that I’ve recently dreamed up. All you have to do is add a /drupalgive page to your organization’s web site. Two organizations have published already at http://www.acquia.com/drupalgive and http://www.chapterthree.com/drupalgive. These pages are based on a design by Nica Lorber of Chapter Three. Feel free to reuse this design or just publish a plain listing page. It is better to publish a plain page than none at all. Or use the Feature at http://drupal.org/project/drupalgive. A /drupalgive page highlights the great work that your organization is doing for the Drupal project. Not only does your organization receive credit for the work you do, but we also nudge other organizations to give back as well. I expect that employees and potential hires from non-contributing organizations will start demanding to give back. This initiative gives those folks something to point to when advocating and educating inside their organization. Here are examples of appropriate and inappropriate items for a /drupalgive page: Appropriate
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Your /drupalgive page should also emit an RSS feed at /drupalgive/rss. We’ll add your feed to the new Planet Drupalgive (page, RSS). To get added to the feed, follow the Drupal Planet process. Lastly, please include a link to http://drupal.org/project/drupalgive so that folks can learn more about the initiative. One simple way to build a /drupalgive page is to add a ‘drupalgive’ term to your site taxonomy and tag posts with it. Alias the term detail page to /drupalgive and you are done. An alternative is to create a dedicated content type for these entries and a simple View at /drupalgive will show the listing. Please comment below and lend your support or provide other input. lovinglinux is an Ubuntu Forums moderator who I have long admired for his participation with firefox addon development. Time to get to know him a little better, as always enjoy!
For 3 days in May (18th -20th) Joomla! developers and site builders from over 30 countries will gather in Bad Nauheim, near Frankfurt, right in the heart of Europe. The programme for J and Beyond is created by the participants through a public “Call for Papers” and this year for the first time we will be integrating the Joomla! Project Roadmap sessions. J and Beyond is your opportunity to:
You can find out more by visiting http://jandbeyond.org. Joomla Roadmap MeetingsThe second Joomla Roadmap meeting will be taking place during J and Beyond 2012. The purpose of this meeting is to get more people more intensely involved with the development of Joomla itself. While there will be room for on-the-fly topics, the main topics or features have been selected ahead of time based on suggestions from the community. You can find our more by clicking here. LocationBad Nauheim is right in the centre of Europe not far from Frankfurt (approx 35km). This historic spa town has become a world leading centre for medical care and recovery but is perhaps more famous for being the place where Elvis Presley was stationed during his time in the US Army. You can find our more by clicking here. J and Beyond News in More Languages
It’s often been said that the secret of success is knowing when to run with a good idea. The Eat’n Park Hospitality Group certainly feels this way. When the organization noticed how many of its restaurant customers were raving about the “smiley face” cookies served at the end of meals, they wasted no time in launching a brand new company to sell the treats nationwide. In fact, they moved so quickly that their online presence couldn’t quite keep up. At first, their site consisted of little more than a simple shopping cart. It soon became clear that they needed something much more robust to handle their expansion. Eat’n Park selected Magento Gold Solution Partner Lyons Consulting Group to build an enhanced website on the Magento Enterprise platform. The result is an interactive eCommerce store that lets users select their own combinations of size, shape, icing, and colors; displays images of the custom cookies; and recommends the best shipping method to ensure maximum freshness. Since launching the new site, the Smiley Cookie Company has experienced year-over-year triple-digit growth, fewer cart abandonments, more visits, and higher conversions. Success has never been so sweet! Thousands of companies – including many of the world’s biggest brands – are using Magento Enterprise to grow their online businesses. Wondering how Magento Enterprise can help your business?
Have a Magento success story you’d like to share? Contact success@magento.com.
The LMDE repositories are currently being migrated to Update Pack 4 and all packages currently in Romeo (http://packages.linuxmint.com/list.php?release=Debian#romeo) are being moved to the main components of the repositories. Please stay tuned for more information about Update Pack 4 and the upcoming LMDE release. In the meantime, we recommend you do not apply updates until this process is finished. Joomla today announces that its core files have been downloaded more than 30 million times from Joomla.org. Joomla now averages around 1 million downloads every month. The Joomla community attributes the continued growth in the number of individuals, companies and organizations using the CMS to an aggressive development road map that included the release of Joomla 1.7 in July 2011. The CMS also began adhering to a six-month release cycle meaning more product enhancements being introduced more often. New features in the latest version included multi-database support, one-click version updating, predefined search options and language-specific font settings. Another key factor in the growth in use of Joomla is that a significant number of government agencies have adopted Joomla, which powers about 3,100 government agencies’ Websites, blogs and intranets. Some features that have driven government adoption include one-click version updates, access control oversight, multilingual capabilities and the Joomla Platform that enables developers to build multipurpose, multi-device applications like mobile and cloud computing apps and enterprise business systems that can run independent from the core CMS. However, organizations using Joomla are not just isolated to government agencies. Recently, an industry research firm reported that Joomla powers at least 1.6 million Websites. Moreover there has been an explosion in the number of Joomla extensions. More than 2,000 Joomla extensions have been introduced since March 2011. These extensions developed by Joomla’s community of thousands of developers provide added features not found in the core Joomla CMS. By providing compelling new features, these extensions drive Joomla’s widespread adoption in every imaginable industry, from nonprofits to some of the world’s largest financial institutions. “It is an exciting time for Joomla given its strong position powering 2.7 percent of the Web, combined with its unique opportunity to influence the next wave of mobile and cloud Web development,” Paul Orwig, the new president and former treasurer of Open Source Matters, a nonprofit created to provide organization, legal and financial support to the Joomla project, said in a statement. “The platform split that enables Joomla to be used for developing mobile and cloud computing apps is a welcomed new wave of innovation for the Joomla community.” As of the end of March 2011, Joomla was downloaded about 22 million times, meaning its adoption rate has grown about 40 percent over the last year. Joomla began keeping track of the number of CMS downloads in 2007. However, the Joomla CMS was first made available in 2005, which means the real number of downloads is presumably much higher. With 2.7 percent of the Web running on Joomla, it is used for everything from small personal Websites and blogs to some of the largest enterprise, highest trafficked Websites and Intranets, including those operated by Citibank, eBay, General Electric, Harvard University, Ikea, McDonald’s, Sony, many large nations and more. Due to its power and elegance, the most inexperienced user to the most seasoned Web developer can use it.
Approximately 7,800 different developers at around 800 companies have contributed changes to the Linux kernel since Linux 2.6.11 was released in March 2005. Almost 18% of modifications were developed by volunteers who are known to contribute to Linux in their spare time; however, at least 75% were contributed by developers who make their living by working on Linux. These figures are based on the number of changes – this results in a one-line change counting the same as a large patch. Gentoo Linux is proud to announce the availability of a new LiveDVD to celebrate the continued collaboration between Gentoo users and developers. The LiveDVD features a superb list of packages, some of which are listed below. A special thanks to the Gentoo Infrastructure Team. Their hard work behind the scenes provide the resources, services and technology necessary to support the Gentoo Linux project.
The LiveDVD is available in two flavors: a hybrid x86/x86_64 version, and an x86_64 multi lib version. The livedvd-x86-amd64-32ul-12.1 version will work on 32-bit x86 or 64-bit x86_64. If your CPU architecture is x86, then boot with the default gentoo kernel. If your arch is amd64, boot with the gentoo64 kernel. This means you can boot a 64-bit kernel and install a customized 64-bit user land while using the provided 32-bit user land. The livedvd-amd64-multilib-12.1 version is for x86_64 only. If you are ready to check it out, let our bouncer direct you to the closest x86 image or amd64 image file. If you would prefer to take it easy on the bandwidth and help the community, torrents are also provided. If you need support or have any questions, please visit the discussion thread on our forum. Thank you for your continued support, Thanks for your partipation in our April Fool’s joke. This release is 100% real, it just has an extra feature when the date happens to be April 1st: The most intelligent Gentoo Install Wizard yet! If you want to check it out, just set your date before you boot the LiveDVD, and be sure to have a Linux-supported webcam plugged in. Much awaited game Trine 2 is now available for Linux. Made by Frozenbyte, the game is sequel to one of the most popular action/platfomer game Trine which was released in 2009 and debuted on Linux with Humble Frozenbyte Bundle. About Trine 2 You play as one of the Three Heroes who make their way through dangers untold in a fantastical fairy tale world. Solve physics-based puzzles with fire, water, gravity and magic and climb the tallest trees and towers in the enchanted forest. Trine 2 also has online co-op mode. THE fight against TomTom gave considerable force to Microsoft’s extortion-esque attacks on Linux. Unlike the Novell deal, this court case was about resistance to Microsoft, whereas Novell was the one that came to Microsoft, asking for the deal. Here we are in 2012, merely 3 years after the TomTom case and nearly 6 years since Novell came to Microsoft. “Microsoft [is running scared from Germany because of #swpats”, writes Alan Lord, noting that just after the FAT decision and involvement from Linus Torvalds the Motorola case is weakened even further. We wrote about FAT recently because Microsoft is losing its patent teeth, which are rooted in lousy patent gums. One report on this subject comes from Reuters: If first person shooters aren’t your thing, you are not interested in Trine 2, or just too impatient waiting for Source games on Linux, there’s a new Linux game that was released today: Linux Tycoon. Linux Tycoon is an interesting game, for better or worse. Linux Tycoon is a game where you build your own Linux distribution. Yes, it’s really a Linux distribution building simulation game. For this “game” you get to analyze and select software packages, fix bugs, manage volunteers and paid staff, and manage to keep your distribution at a reasonable size, among other tasks. Hot on the heels of 0.12.0, the OpenMW team is proud to announce the release of version 0.13.0! Release packages for Ubuntu are now available via our Launchpad PPA. Release packages for other platforms are available on our Download page. This release notably includes functional NPC dialogue, and beautiful sky! Please note: - On OSX, the path to the application cannot contain spaces, or the launcher will not work properly. Changelog: - NPC Dialogue window and mechanics implemented The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 2.5.4. This is a security release. The Production Leadership Team’s goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community. Learn more about Joomla! development at the Developer Site. The update process is very simple, and complete instructions are available here. Note that there are now easier and better ways of updating than FTPing the files. DownloadNew Installations: Click here to download Joomla 2.5.4 (Full package) »Update Package: Click here to download Joomla 2.5.4 (Update package) »Note: Please read the update instructions before updating. InstructionsWant to test drive Joomla? Try the online demo or the Joomla JumpBox. Documentation is available for beginners. Please note that you should always backup your site before upgrading. Release NotesCheck the Joomla 2.5.4 Post-Release FAQs to see if there are important items and helpful hints discovered after the release. Statistics for the 2.5.4 release period
Joomla 2.5.4 uses version 11.4 of the Joomlal Platform. New Features AddedThe following new features have been added, with links to the Feature tracker issue.
Security Issues Fixed
The April issue of the Joomla Community Magazine is here!
Our stories this month:Editor’s IntroductionThe Reel Deal, by Alice Grevet Feature StoriesWorksy Makes Joomla User-Friendly for Non-Techies, by Ronni K. G. Christiansen Project NewsLeadership Highlights from March 2012, by Alice Grevet EventsJoomlaDay in Iran, Algier, and The Netherlands, by Jacques Rentzke Joomla! in EducationJoomla! GSoC 2012, by Jon Neubauer AdministratorsJoomla! Versions and Updates Explained, by Mark Dexter Designers
DevelopersNew from Joomla! Press: Joomla! Programming, by Jacques Rentzke Site buildersWebsite Case Study: Global Online Magazine, by Adam D’arcy Business MattersMaximizing Your Agency’s Joomla! Expo Experience, by Luke Summerfield In our next issueWe want to publish your Joomla! story in the next JCM issue! So take a look at our Author Resources content to get a better idea of what we are looking for, and then register to become a JCM author and submit your Joomla! story! Elementary GTK theme 3.0 has been updated to version 3.0, this being the first stable release that supports GTK3. Here’s Changes in elementary GTK theme 3.0 since the previous stable release: GTK3 support, including :backdrop class WordPress 3.4 is ready for beta testers! As always, this is software still in development and we don’t recommend that you run it on a production site — set up a test site just to play with the new version. If you break it (find a bug), please report it, and if you’re a developer, try to help us fix it. If all goes well, we hope to release WordPress 3.4 in May. The more help we get with testing and fixing bugs, the sooner we will be able to release the final version. If you want to be a beta tester, you should check out the Codex article on how to report bugs. Here’s some of what’s new:
And some of the under-the-hood changes:
Remember, if you find something you think is a bug, report it! You can bring it up in the alpha/beta forum, you can email it to the wp-testers list, or if you’ve confirmed that other people are experiencing the same bug, you can report it on the WordPress Core Trac. (We recommend starting in the forum or on the mailing list.) Theme and plugin authors, if you haven’t been following the 3.4 development cycle, please start now so that you can update your themes and plugins to be compatible with the newest version of WordPress. |
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