The Joomla Template Review has just launched and we want to know which template is your favourite and which designer or club you like the most.

We will be giving away templates and addons to the best reviewer every two months just to make it worth your while.

Last week the new website http://joomla.taalbestand.nl was presented to the public. The goal of the website Joomla Taalbestand.nl is to become a gathering place for all Dutch language files for Joomla and extensions. At first there are only Dutch language files for the Joomla 1.0.x series and Joomla 1.5 BETA.

The WE!joomla Network announces the release of the free Joomla HELP Toolbar. The browser-based toolbar provides instant access to Joomla news, themes, extensions and downloads. The toolbar also enables users to quickly query the official Joomla forum and popular search engines for answers to their Joomla-related questions. 

[White River Junction, VT] Joomlashack.com, a leading provider of website designs and tools for the Joomla CMS, announced today its Five Charity Finalists for its first-ever "Charity Starts at a Joomla Homepage" Contest. Any visitor to Joomlashack's website can vote for one of five charities nominated by the Joomlashack community to win either a free website design or a $1,000USD. Voting ends Sunday, January 28th by midnight GMT.

Joomla Equipment is happy to announce about new section ‘Tutorials’opening. All of you are welcome to see and use materials presented here absolutely for free. These tutorials surely will be of great use for both professionals and users of Joomla! CMS. Those of you developing or studying to develop components and plugins for Joomla will find various tips and tricks and howtos on creating. 

JoomlaPoweredSites.com provides a showcase of joomla powered sites. Add your joomla site for free (no backlink) and have it reviewed and rated by members ! All submitted sites will be handled manualy and non-joomla sites will be rejected. 

With the release of the private beta testing of Vinco Concepts Email Campaign Manager -VECM (previously codenamed project Prometheus) just round the corner Vinco Concepts have some GREAT news for the Joomla! community. They are pleased to announce the Vinco Concepts 70 20 10 Quest.

It is not easy to manage Joomla implementation projects. The Mamboassistance.com Team (Joomla World Support Center) is pleased to publish Joomla Implementation Guide. Registered users can also download pdf file and distribute it for free from http://www.mamboassistance.com/download section (under miscellaneous).

Joomla! 1.0.12 [ Sunfire ] is available as of Monday the 25th of December 2006 1:00 UTC for download here. We suggest that all Joomla! users upgrade to this version. Joomla! 1.0.12 features:

• 140+ General Bug Fixes
• Several low level security fixes
• A full security audit of SQL queries
• SSL switchover support

[White River Junction, VT] Joomlashack.com, a leading provider of website designs and tools for the Joomla CMS, announced today it's first-ever "Charity Starts at a Joomla Homepage" Contest.

Any visitor to Joomlashack's website can nominate a charity to win either a free website design or a 1,000USD donation by visiting www.joomlashack.com . Nominations will be accepted until midnight GMT on Friday, December 29th.