If you are in the Dallas area on Monday, May 11, you can come to the Dallas Joomla! User Group meeting and hear me speak about one of my favorite topics, Joomla!. We are still getting feedback from the group about specific topics to cover during the evening, but you can take this opportunity to get some free training from a Joomla! specialist (well, almost free - the group has a small fee of around $5 or $10 per meeting to cover their costs). I plan to bring a couple of copies of my upcoming Joomla! book, Beginning Joomla! Website Development to give away as door prizes, so you definitely won't want to miss it.

The Dallas Joomla! User Group is an active group that provides mentoring and training opportunities for people who are new to Joomla!, and a great community for new and veteran Joomla! users alike. Check out their Meetup.com group or their website to get more information about the group.

If you have any topic suggestions, please feel free to add them here in the comments.

Calling all Joomla! tweeters... I have just started a topic of discussion on Twitter with the tag #t10jx where I list my top 10 favorite Joomla! extensions. The whole point of this is to share what my favorite extensions are and to find out what other people's favorite extensions are. Who knows? We may all discover some new extensions we've never used before. If you love Joomla! and you are on Twitter, I would like to invite you to take part of this discussion. Remember to use the tag #t10jx so we can all track the discussion and see what everyone's favorites are.

What happens in Vegas will definitely be blogged about here, because I have just signed up to attend Joomla! Day Las Vegas on April 4. I haven't yet decided if I want to attend any of the training classes on April 3, but they all look really interesting.

Joomla! Day promises to be a great event, with an A-List line-up of speakers, including multiple core developers. These events are always a great time to meet other Joomla! enthusiasts and learn a few tricks of the trade. I can't wait!

If you have a general question or comment, the best way to get an answer on this site is to join the HowToJoomla group and start a new discussion there. I will be monitoring that discussion board for new questions and comments, and I will do my best to answer each question if I can.