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Today we will show you how to create a featured articles page in the first place! When you install Joomla 2.5, the front page is by default a featured articles type of page. You can however create as many featured articles pages as you'd like. For example, for each category of articles you have, you can create a featured articles landing page.

To create a featured articles menu item in Joomla 2.5:

1. Log into your Joomla 2.5 admin
2. In the top menu, hover over Menus, then hover over the menu you want to add to, and then click Add New Menu Item.
3. Next to Menu Item Type, click Select. From the list of possible menu item types, click Featured Articles.
   
4. Next to Menu Title, enter a name for your new menu item
5. In the right hand column, adjust the settings under Layout Options. Be sure to select all categories and sub categories that you want to show featured articles for under Select Categories.
   
6. Click Save in the top right menu. Congratulations, you have just added a new featured articles menu item in Joomla 2.5!
   

If you're like most of us, you may install and test several extension in Joomla 2.5 before you find the best one for your website. To keep your website organized, those extensions that you've decided not to use should be uninstalled. Not only will this help keep your site more organized, but it will also help eliminate any security vulnerabilities your site may have because those files are on your server.

In this article, we'll walk you through the steps for uninstalling Joomla extensions. An extension is something that extends the base functionality of Joomla. For example, modules, plugins, and components are all referred to as extensions for Joomla 2.5.

The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the availability of Joomla CMS 3 Beta1. Community members are asked to download and install the package in order to provide quality assurance for Joomla 3.1. Joomla 3.1 is scheduled for release on or around March 25th, 2013.

Joomla 3 is the latest major release of the Joomla CMS, with Joomla 3.1 the second short term support release in this series.  Please note that going from Joomla 3.0 to 3.1 is a one-click upgrade and is NOT a migration.  The same is true is for any subsequent versions in the Joomla 3 series.  That being said, please do not upgrade any of your production sites to the beta version as beta is ONLY intended for testing.

Now the 2013 Vietnamese Lunar New Year is coming soon, please be informed that our company will be closed during the following period: February 08, 2013 - February 15, 2013

During above period of time, our servies will be limited. Still, we will do our best to answer all of your requests.

After much deliberation and consideration, the JCM Team has come up with the very first Top Ten Community Choice Extensions! We had almost 150 submissions and the competition was tough!

Each month the Joomla Community Magazine team will be selecting up to 10 extensions. Previous selections will not be repeated. These extensions will also be listed as Featured Extensions on the JED (Joomla Extension Directory).

*Author's note: Links to the individual JED listing have been added on 04 December 2012.