Following today's announcement of the release of Joomla 2.5 (a long term release scheduled to last at least 18 months), Joomtraders is pleased to announce the compatibility of allArticleAnnounce and allChimpRegister with Joomla 2.5. The current versions for Joomla 1.6 and 1.7 are ready for 2.5.

Unsure if it's a good idea yet to update to Joomla 2.5? Check with this infographic.
Download or upgrade your Joomla website here! 

allChimpRegister for Joomla 1.5, 1.6 and 1.7 has been updated. Following a couple of support queries, this latest release contains a fix for allowing dashes/hyphens in email addresses, for example me@subdomain-withdash.domain.com. Head on over to the download area to update!

The September Joomla! User Group Adelaide has come up quickly this month, and will be going ahead this Tuesday night here at Alltraders in Albert Park.

During the last meeting, August Boehm, our resident SEO-go-to-guy, ran through ways of using the various browser development tools available for Firefox (Firebug), Chrome and even for debugging sites in Internet Explorer 7+. This lead to several mentions of several helpful and time saving extensions, and were discussed in detail between the attendees. Of particular note was the advanced search tool Ace Search to replace the standard Joomla search, and the speedy blog updating functionality via the Firefox/Chrome add-on Scribefire.

The next JUGA will have an open floor for attendees of issues that they are encountering, where the group can work to assist. Also, Sasha from Thinkwebs will be doing a small presentation on his new website development if time permits.

So regardless of your Joomla experience level, come along to share your knowledge, and experience with about this fantastic CMS. You never know what you may learn from a room filled with web bothans.

As always, if you'd like to come, network and get some free web advice and share in some awesome company, let us know by sending an email to Eli or tweet me.

When:
6pm on Tuesday the 13th of September, 2011

Where:
Alltraders
1 Hawke St
Albert Park, South Australia

What:
Open Floor Discussion, Joomla and web advice, $5 pizza

If you have recently received an "API login() Shutdown Notice" warning email from MailChimp, do not worry - your component already has a fix. The email states:

"Your MailChimp account is using the login() API method which will be disabled in the near future."

In plain English, it's basically saying that you have set up allChimp or allChimpRegister to connect to MailChimp using a Username and Password (an older method), instead of using an API key (a newer method, which our components already have implemented). As the older 'login()' method will be slowed and eventually disabled in January of next year, it is recommended to change your login method to using an API key as soon as possible.

Every time we speak with other developers, whether they are tinkering with pre-built templates or building from the bottom up, in-browser Web Developer Tools always seems to play an important part of the conversation. They're normally brought into the conversation with the sentence "If I didn't have insert-tool-set-here I would have insert-pain-here".

With this in mind, the next Joomla! User Group Adelaide will feature a presentation on Firefox (Firebug) and Chrome Developer Tools by our resident Search Engine Optimist August Boehm.

So if you are new to developing templates or already enjoy spending hours elbows deep in CSS, come along to share your experiences with these quintessential development tools. You never know what you may learn from a room filled with web bothans.

As always, if you'd like to come, network and get some free web advice and share in some awesome company, let us know by sending myself an email to myself or tweet me.

Do you want a free Newsletter Subscription module for Joomla! 1.7 that's easy to install and configure? Well, allChimpRegister 2.0 from Joomtraders has just been released for the latest versions of Joomla (including 1.6).

New features in version 2.0 of this popular free extension include additional error messages (should the unexpected happen), updated parameter descriptions (Ahh, so that's what this field is for!), and all features of previous versions have been carried over (including multiple language support - inc. English and German).