
You enter a crowded bar and across the room you spot a beautiful person. They're dressed in the latest fashions and they have a welcoming smile that draws you across the room to say hello.
We all know that beauty is only skin deep and that it's what's inside that really matters and yet despite that we are still attracted to the one with the stunning looks.
Read more: Happy 5th Birthday Joomla!

I thought long and hard about what to write for this Birthday blog post.
I started to look back at the early days, back in September and October 2005, to see if the aims and ideas of the co-founders have come to fruition.
Then I realised that we had no grand aims of world domination just a desire to work together with a wider community to build something special.
Read more: Top 10 Joomla extensions

Wherever I am I always seem to be asked for my top 10 joomla extensions.
So instead of keep repeating myself I'm writing them here and I can just point people at the blog and talk about something more interesting instead when I meet you.
This is MY list and I'm sure people will have other some other ideas so please add them in the comments.

Flaws in Joomla management - or - Why we need 2 years for a release

JomSocial - You cannot be serious - chmod 777!!!

Making the upgrade to Joomla 1.6 easy

Protect Joomla! passwords on public WiFi networks

