JED – Joomla! Extensions Directory

How to run the popular Extensions Directory with 85.000 daily visitors

Who Am I?

Lorenzo Garcia (LorenzoG)

• JED Editor since October 2006• OSM Board Member since March 2008

• Started in March 2006• 4400+ extensions• Over 85.000 daily visits• Generate 5000 GB traffic each month• Is managed by a team of 9 editors• 270-280 new extensions / month• 1800 reviews per month• Reports

Lorenzo

Paulo

Lee

Norm

Geoff

Toni MarieSteve

Aaron

The JED Team

Victor

What are the editors doing?

• Approve new Extensions• They must be able to download• They must be installable• Right category, license, type• Trademark and logotype• Nothing strange in the code

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How do we communicate with each other?

• Email• Skype group chats• Forum• Notes in JED• Google Docs• In the past – Mailing list

Trademarks and Logotypes

• The logotype is used according to the guidelines• The use doesn’t create confusion• Permission has been given

Joomla! Extensions Directory

3rd party developers

Communication Team

Users

Sites & InfrastructureTranslation Team

Open Source Matters Core

Committee’s LTC, Capital etc.

15th June 2007

13th October 2008

27th December 2008

1st March 2009

15th June 2007

The project announce that Extensions need to be licensedGPL for to be in accordance with Joomla’s license.

End-of-life for Joomla 1.0.xIs announced to 22nd July 2009

Giving 6 month premonition that JED only will list GPL extensions

JED doesn’t include newpropietary extensions

JED will only listGPL exetensions and 1.5 legacy and native extensions

March 20071397 extensions

March 2006334 extensions

March 20094300 extensions

March 20082850 extensions

Total submitted extensions 8600

Today

80% Non-Commercial 20 % Commercial80% GPL 20 % Non-GPL

3300 1.5 – extensions1100 1.0 – extensions

910 extensions licensed as other

Questions?