Joomla! Lombardia is a nonprofit association that spreads web knowledge and, in particular, of Joomla!, the well-known software that allows the creation of professional websites.
In fact, Joomla! Lombardy through its training courses promotes digital culture to professionals, startups, companies and organizations. What do we at Isola do in Joomla! Lombardy? We are part of the supporters and we are glad to be there.

What is Joomla!

As was mentioned earlier Joomla! Lombardy deals with spreading awareness of the well-known CMS Joomla! But what is it? Joomla! is a CMS (Content Management System) for the creation of websites. Through this software and thanks to its simple graphical interface you can manage, display and insert multimedia and textual information.
Joomla! is an intuitive platform with which it is possible to create and publish websites. In fact, without writing or modifying any lines of code, users can publish content without difficulty. In addition to this, being free and open source it is freely modifiable by users. In fact, thanks to their skills or by using specialized marketing agencies they can shape their website.
Overall, no specific computer knowledge is needed for basic settings, just a lot of curiosity and desire to experience the potential of Joomla! to join the great network of the internet!
Joomla! Lombardy: a Social Utility Association
In addition to being an association, Joomla! Lombardy is first and foremost a group of people.
In fact, thanks to the cooperation and support of volunteers and teachers, who are also members, Joomla! Lombardy or“JL!” continues to grow and promote awareness of Joomla!
But how does one become a member and what do they do?
Associates of Joomla! Lombardy: volunteers, faculty and members
First of all, who are the members of Joomla! Lombardy? Members are divided into volunteers, teachers and ordinary members.
Joomla! Lombardy volunteers
Joomla! Lombardy volunteers are the allies of the organization. In fact, they offer their time and skills fororganizing events, writing texts, promoting on social networks, and managing and maintaining the Joomla! Lombardy website.
Why become a volunteer? It is aneducational opportunity, also for unemployed people, which gives the opportunity to participate in free training courses in order to learn or improve one’s knowledge about the CMS Joomla! or all topics of communication and the Internet.
In fact if you are passionate about the web this is an opportunity not to be missed!
Teachers of Joomla! Lombardy
Then we have the teachers of Joomla! Lombardy. They, too, offer their time and, above all, their knowledge and skills for theorganization and management of courses, workshops and seminars. It is thanks to them that Joomla! Lombardy can spread the knowledge of Joomla! and all the subjects related to it.
Joomla! Lombardy members
Last, but not least, are the members, it is for them that Joomla! Lombardy wants to promote the knowledge of the CMS Joomla! Becoming an associate you will be able to participate in all the courses offered by JL! about which we will talk later.
Become a Joomla! Lombardy associate
How do you become a member of Joomla! Lombardy? All it takes is a small contribution. You can choose between a fee of 20 euros or 50 euros.
- 20 euros per year is the membership amount reserved for individuals, students, retirees, and employees;
- 50 euros per year is the fee for companies, associations, entities, professionals, and the self-employed.

Joomla! Lombardy promotions
The promotions addressed to Joomla! Lombardy members are varied. In fact, those who become members will get several of the exclusive benefits that are very useful for those who work in the marketing and web industry. We list some examples of promotions reserved for Joomla! Lombardy members.
- Get 30% offforhosting your own website with Ergonet. A company specializing in hosting Joomla!
- SeoZoom Convention: a software designed for Web Marketing professionals. Ideal for those involved in content marketing and keyword research.
- Akeeba convention, the manufacturer of Joomla extensions. This convention provides 20% discount on all subscriptions made.
Joomla! Lombardy courses
In short, what is Joomla! Lombardy all about? Of events, conferences, cultural activities and courses. In fact, speaking precisely of courses, JL! presents a very wide rangeof educational offerings. For example, for members we have:
- Joomla for associations
- Basic Joomla courses for everyone
- Advanced Joomla course
- Free general interest training courses
- Paid courses
1 Joomla for Associations and 2 Basic Joomla Courses for Everyone
The first two are ideal for those starting from scratch. But they are also very useful for those with a basic knowledge because they provide a working method with which to get started with Joomla!
3 Advanced course Joomla!
Instead, the advanced course, deepens your knowledge of the Joomla! CMS and helps you prepare for certification exams.
4 Free general interest training courses
In addition to this Joomla! Lombardy also offers free training courses open to everyone to also foster knowledge all web subjects related to it. For example copy writing, blogging, communication, SEO, programming, etc.
5 Fee-based courses
Sometimes the Joomla! association of Lombardy can organize advanced courses on topics of interest promoted by the members themselves. In this thing thanks to the strength of Joomla! Lombardy it will be possible to invite experts, who at competitive prices, compared to industry benchmarks, hold specialized classes for those who wish to take part in them.

Isola and Joomla! Lombardy
Joomla! Lombardy members? We of Isola we are. Our Lighthouse has been collaborating for 5 years with JL!
Our Web Marketing agency in Milan collaborates with Joomla! Lombardia because it wants to participate in promoting knowledge of the well-known CMS Joomla! and training in the field of marketing. In addition, Isola cares about another important mission: theaccessibility of sites by all web users. Indeed, for us, training is very important. In fact, we have already talked about the digital world and free Google Digital Training courses on our article: The best free online web marketing course.
With the goal of knowledge and awareness with respect to accessibility JL! experiments with the new resources offered by the market for the benefit of operators who can then use them in favor of the weakest parts of society. After all, in doing so, Joomla! Lombardy remains faithful to its constituent soul of a Social Promotion Association.
And we at Isola, as Google Partners, are happy to help spread the word about training and accessibility issues by giving our little help through Strategy courses and Google Ads (formerly Google Adwords). For example, Google Grants is Google’s free tool for nonprofits. Isola will explain how this tool can be used and leveraged by Nonprofit Organizations. We look forward to meeting with you to explain in detail how to activate and leverage Google Grants.
Want to learn about the association? Go to the website: Joomla!
Want to find out more about Joomla! Lombardy’s training offerings? Visit the courses section of the site: Sign up!
Visit the Joomla! Lombardy website to learn more details about the course: Google Grants: The Free Pay per Click for Nonprofits
If you would like more information about training and our Marketing agency, you can instead contact us through the contact page: contact page