• The Joomla production team has released an article focused on The Day After Joomla 4.0 - Planning the Future - an explanation of future release plans
• JoomlaShack shared how you can Customize your site's emails in Joomla 4
• In the JoomlaShack Blog you can read an overview of PHP notices, warnings and errors in Joomla - along with ways to fix the errors
• Joomla Group 1 Election Results have been announce for Vice President and several department coordinators
• The Joomla Community is looking for Accessibility Testers, a Template Directory Web Designer, and many others to help Joomla development - you can browse the openings in the August 2020 Community Openings list
• You can participate in Pizza, Bugs and Fun AND have authentic Italian pizza with a special Italian-style Homemade Pizza Recipe from the PBF team

In the latest Joomla Magazine

• Getting extensions ready for Joomla 4 - an interview with Marco Biagioni, the man behind the J! Extensions Store
• The UE-US Privacy Shield Framework invalidated by the Court of Justice of the European Union
• Kids build websites - new blood for the Joomla project
• The impact of the EU 2019/1150 Regulation on eCommerce and Marketplaces
  
  
  
• 15 Milestones in 15 years - celebrating Joomla's Birthday
• The Joomla! Identity Portal
• Joomla Web Services API 101 - Tokens, Testing and a Taste Test in Joomla 4
• Joomla extensions: where to find them?
  Meet Joomler David Jardin, Team Leader for the Security Strike Team
  
  

Tips and tricks

• You can find out how to restrict access to only one component in admin with this tip from Joomla Tips
• Auto redirect guests to login with this tip from the Joomla! Documentation site

Code Update

• The latest update for Joomla was released last week -  Joomla 3.9.21 - this update fixes 3 low priority security vulnerabilities and includes over 20 bug fixes and improvements
• Joomla 4 Beta 3 is available, along with Joomla 3.10 Alpha 1

Extension Updates

• TechJoomla has released the latest versions of Shika ver. 1.3.34 their Learning Management Extension
• TechJoomla has also updated their online crowdfunding system jGive to ver. 2.5.1 fixing several issues since the last release
• The Joomla Content Editor team has released JCE Pro 2.8.17 with micro-data and short-code improvements as well as a number of fixes
• JoomlaShack has released JCal Pro version 4.3.59
• The Community Builder team has released CB Auto Actions 8.1.0 - significantly improving cron job based auto action configurations

New Extensions

• Magic Image Resize - a content plugin that will automatically scale content images to a web friendly size
• HelpScout  - a JoomlaShack extension to allow you to integrate the HelpScout system into your Joomla site

Events

• September 15 - Joomla User Network Twin Cities - will host their next regular meeting online
• October 17 - Joomla Day Chicago - an online event with many sessions including Keynote Speaker Joomla! President, Brian Mitchell
• October 17 - Pizza, Bugs, and Fun - ONLINE event
• Every Saturday - 6:00-18:00 UTC - Bugs and Fun @ Home - you can help Joomla move forward

link:August 26 2020 - Week 30