Joomla News for 2020-11-19

Alison Meeks has stepped down from leading the Joomla Social Media Team after over 6 years. Hans van der Meer will be taking over the lead
ThemeXpert shared UX Design Principles for Newcomers
DJ-Extensions shares about Accessibility support in Joomla 4
JED Team October Meeting - spam checking reviews, JED Design updates, Quality Requirements of Extension list (English, download page in english, screenshots in english, links to the correct page, etc.)
Joomla Vendor Listing is updating in December - if you have been listed there before be sure to update your listing - check your email for info

In the latest Joomla Magazine (October)

Joomla Chicago provided a JoomlaDay Chicago 2020 Recap of the October 17th event
"A first approach to accessibility testing" helps you learn how to test accessibility on your Joomla site
Meet the Joomla Marketing and Communications Department Coordinator in this month's "Leadership Interview"
"Privacy by design and GDPR" explains and helps you implement an intentional focus on privacy for your Joomla site.
"Where to find the best Joomla tutorial videos" gives you ways to find the bst Joomla video tutorials
"How the Speed of Your Website Can Impact Your Sales" gives reasons why and instructions on how to speed up your web site
"The progression of Joomla! software" is a great introduction to learn how the Joomla CMS is developed
"Community Openings - October 2020" lists several areas within the Joomla community that need your help at this time
"Forum for the Future: where are we now?" - a look back at the Marbella, Spain event and progress since then
"Join the Joomla Override Challenge!" - challenges you to begin exploring and then develop your skills in overriding many aspects of Joomla to acheive creative results
"Google and Joomla bringing Lazy-Loading to the web" - outlines a new sponsorship of Google to support Joomla
In "An image is worth a thousand words" Joomla Co-founder Brian Teeman outlines a focus on Accessibility for Joomla

The latest update for Joomla was released October 6th - Joomla 3.9.22 - this update includes bug fixes and minor improvements
Joomla 4 Beta 5 is available, along with Joomla 3.10 Alpha 3

JCE Pro 2.9.0 - Adds Editable Code Blocks for <script>, <style>, and <xml>
- Followed by a bug-fix release of 2.9.1
Regular Labs - Article Anywhere v10.5.1 - a bug-fix update
Joomlashack - Jcal Pro 4.5.0
TechJoomla Jticketing 3.1 - SMSNotifications
Kunena has released RC2 of Kunena 5.2
Payplans 4.2.3 bug-fix update
PhocaMaps 3.0.9 - bug-fix and minor translation improvements
VirtueMart 3.8.6 addresses a new Cross-site Scripting security vulenrability
EasySocial 3.2.21 - bug fixes, and native app update
TechJoomla released TJ Notifications 2.0 - providing SMS notifications within Joomla

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