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Happy 20th Anniversary

Happy 20th Anniversary

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Over two decades, the project has embodied three core values: freedom (open licensing and transparent governance), flexibility (a powerful extension ecosystem and robust templating), and innovation (modern architecture, accessibility, and performance improvements across major releases).

Looking Back

  • 2005: The community launches Joomla, establishing a vibrant new chapter for open-source CMS development.
  • 1.x–2.x: Rapid adoption, a growing extension directory, and a strong developer ecosystem.
  • 3.x: Responsive templates, improved UX, and a mature ACL framework become hallmarks of the platform.
  • 4.x–5.x: Accessibility-first design, performance gains, modern PHP standards, and streamlined workflows for administrators and developers.

The Community

Joomla’s success is powered by people—maintainers, extension developers, designers, translators, documentation teams, event organizers, and users worldwide. Their volunteer spirit and shared purpose have sustained the project’s momentum and quality for two decades.

Why Joomla Still Matters

  • Open and sustainable: Community-driven governance and transparent development.
  • Built-in power: Advanced ACL, multilingual support, and content workflows out of the box.
  • Extensible by design: Thousands of extensions and flexible templating for custom solutions.
  • Secure and performant: Ongoing security reviews, modern PHP standards, and performance enhancements.

Looking Ahead

As we celebrate 20 years, we also look to the future: continued improvements in usability, accessibility, and developer experience; deeper integration with modern tooling; and a renewed focus on performance and sustainability. The roadmap remains guided by real-world needs and the open-source ethos that has defined Joomla from the start.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed time, code, documentation, support, and inspiration. Joomla is more than software—it is a community that builds the web together.

Happy 20th Birthday, Joomla! Here’s to the next chapter.

How to get JCE Editor to display full URLs

JCE Editor is the best and most used Editor in Joomla; only TinyMCE as the core editor can beat it. Every Joomla site should have the JCE Editor installed because it is free and easy to use.

 

However, there are a few tweaks to the basic installation to customize the Editor even more. One of these settings is to set JCE to display full URL to images. By default, this setting is not to use this (or, as it says, set to “Relative”).

How to add styles in Joomla without HTML Code in JCE Editor

How do I modify the settings in JCE Editor?

Joomla icon 2.5 Joomla icon 3.x Joomla icon 4.x

You can use this approach for Joomla 2.5, Joomla 3.x, and also in Joomla 4. The method is similar in all Versions.

Go to JCE Editor -> Profiles

JCE Profiles in Joomla 3.x

JCE Profiles in Joomla 4.x

Select your profile (this setting must be set in all profiles if they are in use)

 

Go to Editor parameters.

Change URL Conversion

Change the option in “URL Conversion” from “Relative” to “Absolute”.

Click "Save & Close".

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