Being a Joomla administrator has just become easier. Joomla mobile app developer CovertApps has released Joomla Admin Mobile (JAM) for Android OS 2.2+, together with a new version of the app for the iOS 3.2+.

The HTML5 standard does not come out of the box with Joomla, though it may be used through template overrides. Using your own custom HTML5 markup, you can add HTML5 tags to your Joomla website through the template manager.

Pimping the default Joomla admin panel can help you not only to better manage your Joomla website, but also enjoy more being an admin.

The two most popular hosting companies are without a doubt Hostgator and GoDaddy. Each of them offers affordable web hosting plans with Joomla support. But how well do these two web hosts perform when it comes to Joomla hosting?

While building a social network in Joomla is not necessarily easy, it can be great fun. As one of the most popular open source content managements systems around, Joomla boast a huge number of extensions that can help you build a social network, and many of these are interesting to play with.

With the release of Joomla 1.7 the team behind the open source CMS has announced a new development lifecycle for its popular platform.

As one of the best forum extensions for Joomla, Kunena is free and fully integrated. There are many free extensions available for Kunena, all of which help make it a more feature-rich forum extension.

Upgrading to Joomla 2.5 right after its release in January 2012 is well worth it because the move ensures the stability of your platform for 18 months, during which security updates are officially provided. But upgrading to 2.5 is not necessarily straightforward, and if you have many extensions and templates, it will be hard work.

Websites that don’t display properly or are a pain to navigate on mobile devices can lose many visitors because today more and more people use their smartphones on a daily basis to browse the Web.