As spotted by Steve Burge at joomla.org , IKEA uses Joomla! and VirtueMart to power his Kuwait and Saudi Arabia websites.

Time goes by so fast and 5 years can be very short:

"On September 1st, 2005 the joomla.org sites were launched. Today Joomla! is one of the most popular software projects in the world. Approximately 2.5% of the web runs on Joomla. It is used by organizations as large as Apple, McDonald’s and the United Nations and ...by millions of people for their companies, hobbies and charities."

Success shows that it was the best decision to leave the Miro/Mambo Project and create an independent fork. VirtueMart has grown together with Joomla! and we would like to thank all the former and current members of the Joomla! Team for all of their efforts and work put into the project.

The Joomla! Team says "Thank you"

Facts about 5 years with Joomla! by JoomlaBlogger

Francesco Abeni is the lead developer of VirtueMart 1.1 branch since June.

Today he's giving us some insights about the upcoming 1.1.6 release

Did you know that there's a "VirtueMart Toolbar" available for your browser? We are offering this free Conduit service since some years now and I've updated it recently to reflect the new forum structure.

The toolbar can easily be added to Firefox and Internet Explorer. It gives you quick access to all VirtueMart Sites, the VirtueMart Search (+Forum Search) and the Boards on our Forum. You can read the RSS feeds from VirtueMart and besides that you can even stay connected with Facebook and email accounts.

It's free, so just try it and let us know if you like it...