2. Hi. I am Mat t .
I am a J oomlaholic.

3. W hat is a dist ribut ion?
• Collection of software bundled into an
easy-to-use package.
• There are hundreds of distributions of Linux,
evidence of the strength of their community.
http://distrowatch.com
http://www.linux.org/dist/list.html

4. Linux Dist ro T imeline
http://distrowatch.com
http://www.linux.org/dist/list.html

5. Dist ribut ions
SIGN O F O P E N SO UR CE CMS
MAT UR AT IO N

6. Dist ribut ions
• Broaden appeal to vertical markets
• Rapid deployment == easier adoption
• Create innovation and inspire development
• Incubators

7. Drupal
• Drupal has many distributions
that help that community offer
innovative solutions quickly.
http://drupaldistrowatch.com/drupal/distributions
http://groups.drupal.org/distribution-profiles

8. Drupal
• Pressflow
• Acquia
• Open Atrium
• Open Publish

9. J oomla! Dist ribut ions
in t he wild
• Template companies
• Language-specific Distributions
• Non-profit Soapbox
• Most site builders

10. Nooku Ser ver
• Nooku Server, a multi-site
distribution of Joomla! 1.5
http://blog.nooku.org/2010/12/nooku-server-joomla-on-steroids

11. Molajo
“FR O M J O O ML A ”

12. Molajo
• The Molajo logo symbolizes Collaboration
and Unity. It represents two crocodiles that
share a single stomach.
• Based on an ancient West African symbol
that is still used today as a reminder that
we are all one, despite cultural differences.
• It teaches that these differences must be
embraced, not battled.

13. Molajo
• Collaborative, community driven distribution
of Joomla! 1.6
• Focus on engaging the Joomla! developer
and site builder community
• Contributes back to core project - all code
available for inclusion
• Compatible licenses – GPL

14. W ho is behind Molajo and jZenGarden?
• All Together, As A Whole Initiatives
• Specialized teams and elders council
http://AllTogetherAsAWhole.org

15. ATA AW Admins
• Amy Stephen, lead
• Hils Cheyne
• Nicholas Dionysopoulos
• Robert Vining

16. E lders Council
• W ilco J ansen • O le B ang O t tosen
Former OSM board member, Former Core team member,
Development Coordinator of member of OSM Community
Joomla! 1.5 Oversight Committee (COC)
• J ohan J anssens • B rian Teeman
Co-founder of Joomla!, lead Co-founder of OSM and Joomla!
developer and architect of
Joomla! 1.5, founder of Nooku
• A rno Zijlst ra
Co-founder of Joomla!

17. A growing number of cont ributors
building a collaborat ive,
communit y-driven environment .

18. Coordinat ion Team
• Hils Cheyne, lead • Manoel Silva
• Bo Astrup • Cristina Solana
• David Deutsch • Matt Thomas
• Babs Gösgens • Seth Warburton
• Jen Kramer

19. jZenGarden
• Cristina Solana, lead
• Ercan Özkaya
• Stian Didriksen
• Michael Babker

20. Development Team
• Matt Thomas, • Nicholas • Hannes
lead Dionysopoulos Papenberg
• Michael Babker • Stian Didriksen • Chris Rault
• Marco Barbosa • Babs Gösgens • Gobezu Sewu
• Klas Berlič • Ercan Özkaya • Cristina Solana
• Jeff Channell • Amy Stephen

21. Usabilit y Team
• Manoel Silva, lead • Hils Cheyne
• Bo Astrup • Seth Warburton
• Marco Barbosa • Arno Zijlstra
• David Deutsch

22. Translat ions Team
• Ole Bang Ottosen, lead
• Manoel Silva
• Parth Lawate
• Svein Wisnaes

23. Maintainer Teams
• Seth Warburton, lead
• Each developer
• Support staff

24. J oomla! 1.6 and what else?
FIR ST MO L A J O DIST R IB UT IO N

26. Installer
Chris Rault
• Proposed Joomla! 1.7 installer from
JUX group
• Integrated language support

28. Minima
Marco Barbosa
• Administrator Template
• Completely different administrative
experience

30. Molajo Tools
Nicholas Dionysopoulos
• Molajo version of Admin Tools Pro

32. R esponses – social plugin suite f or all content
Amy Stephen
• Voting, comments, social network icons,
subscriptions/notifications, hit counts,
tags …
• Utilizes new unified content events in 1.6

34. Const ruct Template Framework
Matt Thomas
• Designer/developer oriented
template framework.

36. J B etolo
Gobezu Sewu
• Front and back-end CSS/JS file
merging, minimization and
compression utility with CDN support
and control over CSS/JS ordering.

38. Tweet Display B ack
Michael Babker
• Comprehensive Twitter display
module

40. Access Cont rol
• Simplified – View treated like other
actions (ex Edit or Delete) so the
same groups can be used
• Proper override of core functionality
with system plugins that fire
onAfterInitiatialize that load a library
and layout overrides

42. A nd much more …
• Many other tools that help site builders
implement a Joomla! web site

43. Molajo Web site
• Babs Gösgens, lead
• Cristina Solana
• Matt Thomas
http://molajo.org

44. jZenGarden
• Cristina Solana, lead
• Stian Didriksen
• Ercan Özkaya
• Michael Babker
http://jzengarden.org

45. jZenGarden:
Learning f rom Wordpress
• Free GPL Templates
• Install from within the Administrator
Control Panel
• Compatible with Molajo, Nooku Server
and Joomla! 1.5/1.6

46. T he Fut ure …

47. Fut ure
• ATAAW Site rebuilt with Molajo
• Strengthen and expand collaboration
with other Joomla! developers
• Continue contributing back to the
Joomla! Project
• You decide!
http://tinyurl.com/MolajoSong

48. collaborate@molajo.org