The open source project Joomla recently announced the brand new Joomla 3.0. This brand new version of Joomla is a huge step forward in the CMS community. Bringing together some of the latest and modern web technologies into a content management system. It is a huge leap forward for one of the worlds leading CMS's. Championing a new way to develop extensible features that create a cohesive feel across Joomla websites.

jQuery has risen to the top in its category of javascript libraries. No other js library powers more websites than jQuery. On top of it being just jQuery it has multiple distributions such as jQuery UI and jQuery Mobile. Both of which have become huge success in the web world. So what happens when you combine the awesome power of jQuery with Joomla? Well, it's easy to see why so many people love it.

Have you ever wanted to see the statistics for the CMS you use? Well when it comes to Joomla the numbers are truly impressive. Joomla already powers 2.7% of the web and has one of largest online followings. Here is a look at some of the amazing achievements Joomla has accomplished.

Site optimization in Joomla has become a big topic as of late and there have been quite a few new Joomla extensions that show off the power that Joomla has. I am talking about Content Delivery Networks. This is the technology has been around since the mid 1990's but not widely used. It has recently become the latest web trend due to inexpensive solutions such as the Amazons S3, VoxCAST CDN, or MaxCDN.  Now with the help of a few great extensions we can use these systems on our Joomla websites and ultimately give Joomla the good name it deserves.