Joomtrain provide specialised Joomla Training Services for new Administrators, teaching new users how to setup and use their Joomla website and administration section via a realtime live training session with Joomtrain staff.

Joomlaspan has published a tutorial on "How to Recover Super Administrator Status of Joomla!"

Joomla-SMF Bridge by Orstio available for download after registration at Simplemachines Community Forum is an excellent utility to integrate the superb SMF into the excellent Joomla!

Martin Bailey, author of Marketing your Business has announced the release of a book focussing specifically on the Joomla! CMS.

The book, published through Management Books 2000 Ltd is aimed and individuals and companies that are new to CMS and need help and advice understanding the benefits of a CMS (over a static HTML site, perhaps currently designed in-house) and how to implement such a system.

Joomla! 1.0.9 [ Sunshine ] is now available as of Monday 05th June 2006 18:00 UTC for download here.

We suggest that all Joomla! users upgrade to this version. 

1.0.9 contains the following changes:

• 12 Low Level Security Fixes
• 160+ General bug fixes
• Several Performance enhancements

Today in Italian WebDesigner magazine featured an article about Joomla!

Also included in the attached CD was Joomla! 1.0.8 ITA Version.

The article was written by Joomla.it TTI  (LucaZone, miki89, Ste and alexred).

UK Startup Company "Joomla Magic" releases its first product 1st June 2006. 

JoomLa Magic is a new video series for training newcomers, particularly those in business to the benefits of Joomla.

JoomlaJack.com hosted a very successful inverview session with Joomla! Guru Barrie North.

The secrets to a successful placement in the top pages of search engines were discussed and Barrie proved to be a source of great insight and knowledge.

JoomlaPlug.com is now offering an affiliate program for all webmasters interested in advertising JoomlaCloner product with a 20% payout for each sale!

Just a small reminder that the UHP2 logo competition closes on 1st JuneYou can see the entries here 

And you can read the full details of the competition on teh Ravenswood IT website at http://www.ravenswoodit.co.uk/ 

joomlaDemo, a leading provider of free flash tutorials for Joomla, announced the release of a 6 tutorial set of DocMAN tutorials.

According to the company, these email tutorials give Joomla users step-by-step instructions on how to setup and use DocMAN. The following 6 areas are covered: Categories, Configuration, Documents, Files, Groups and Licenses.