Recent announcement from Joomla CMS (Jan 22/08) for Joomla 1.5.

Excellent templates for the 1.x version, but not much for ver 1.5 ... yet!

We'll see what examples come up in the DP Forums for Joomla 1.5 templates

Quick search in Google comes up with FREE templates from the following site:
http://www.siteground.com/joomla-hosting/joomla-templates.htm

In search for a CMS system, I was referred to Joomla today.

What a wonderful surprise to come across information about Joomla! Day in Rome, Italy - my former home.

http://www.joomladay.it/

http://www.joomla.org/content/view/4460/1/

The official program for JoomlaDay Italy:

8,45 Welcome and delivery of welcome pack.
9,30 Presentation and starting. - Andrea Marzilli
9,45 VirtueMart: e-commerce solution for Joomla. - Stefano Bagnatica e Alessandro Chessari
10,30 The importance of having a specific hosting for joomla.. - Marco Mangione, Carlo Granisso
11,00 Coffee Break

11,30 Migration from Joomla! 1.0 to Joomla! 1.5. - Gianmarco Odorizzi
12,15 Joomla become multilanguage with joomfish. - Luca Curatola
13,00 Lunch

14,30 Joomla FAP. - Alessandro Pasotti
15,15 Analysis of the template structure of joomla 1.5, what changes and how. - Franco Danese
16,15 The TV in Joomla! : WebTv and digital terrestrial. - Massimo Marchetto, Roberto Borghi, Stefano Ciammarughi e Isacco Occhiali
17,15 CMS's optimization and positioning. - Zaffi Alessandro
18,00 Conclusion