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A new Joomla! how-to guide has just been released by Packtpub and was written by Allan Walker. Joomla! 1.5 Multimedia book is an excellent step-by-step guide, that is loaded with background information as well as screen shots, to help anyone looking to create a multimedia-rich website with Joomla! It was designed to help new developers and long time Joomla! site administrators alike. At face value, it seems to have the perfect combination for success. A well-known and successful technology publisher, an author that has been a major player in the Joomla! community, and the simple goal of making Joomla! easier to work with and easier to understand.

Drupal is among the most widely used and customizable content management systems on the web today. Drupal 6 Performance Tips is a new book written by Drupal gurus Trevor James and TJ Holowaychuk that lays out tips for getting the most from Drupal 6 in a number of areas, from module optimization to layout design. The book is suitable for users at any level of familiarity with this powerful and popular CMS.

Plone 3 for Education shows a technically savvy educator or school web group exactly how to deploy this free, open source content management system in any educational environment. The author, Erik Rose, worked on the Plone 4 and 5 framework teams and explains how to dig beneath the surface and put the full power of Plone to work for your institution. Plone has several features that make it particularly suited for use in the education sector, including its security capabilities and powerful back-end tools.

Joomla Day 2010 is upon us, and Joomla enthusiasts from around the world are set to converge on Melbourne for three days in February. This year’s event will also have a special afternoon non-profit showcase – and much, much more.

Movable Type 5 has finally been released. It contains a number of upgrades that made it a legitimate contender once again. The changes are quickly noticed by people who have upgraded to MT5 from a previous version, especially with regard to usability and overall look and feel. MT5 has already been considered a huge success by users of previous versions and has made some fundamental changes that will make it a much more popular option for users searching for their first Content Management System.

Popular open source CMS platforms Joomla and Drupal now have the added benefit of the Google Friend Connect plugin on their open source CMS platforms. Google Friend Connect allows website owners to make the registration process for their users even easier (which means more registered visitors) while offering them a set of social features.

The Search Engine Strategies Advisory Board, which includes search engine marketing luminaries from Google, IBM and multiple web marketing firms, has come together with SearchEngineWatch.com to organize the SES Conference and Expo London for the 2010 year. The event will last three days from February 16th to the 19th and includes seminars on topics ranging from PPC management to traffic flow to using your mobile web presence to its fullest. The SES conference has established itself over the past decade as one of the most respected and enriching career experiences for its attendees, and it continues to grow in size and value.

Having a presence on the web is quickly becoming a mandatory requirement for businesses to remain competitive in today's market. However, many small business owners know they need a website and have big expectations for what it could do for them, but the process can seem intimidating when their first unanswered question is, “Where do I start?”