2011 has been a big year in the Joomla world.

The year that was ...

With the rise of Joomla template frameworks and Joomla CCK's, a new release cycle, two new Joomla versions, and download numbers hitting a staggering 27 million, Joomla's position and reach in the competitive open source CMS market hit new heights and the Joomla ecosystem itself became richer and even more diverse.

What's not in store for 2012 ...

So in the spirit of predicting and forecasting for the year ahead - here are ten Joomla headlines that you are not likely to read on blogs and press releases in 2012.

Special mentions

With thanks to Steve Burge, TJ Baker, Corey Webb and Michel van Agtmaal for helping to curate and refine the list.

The ten headlines

1. Brian Teeman admits he can't find any more Joomla hidden secrets.

2. Rocket theme, Yootheme, Joomlart, Gavick, Joomlashack and Joomlabamboo merge to create the ultimate Joomla template club.

3. Users of Akeeba Backup start reading the manual, much to the dismay of Nikosdion's followers on twitter.

4. Kyle Ledbetter re-releases the Joomla 1.0 admin theme for Admin praise as a part of his retro collection.

5. Ryan Ozimek decides to start riding a bike to his Joomladays across the globe.

6. Brian Teeman stops attending Joomladays all together and decides to just invite everyone to his house to see how Joomla works.

7. A day passes where all Joomla developers are nice to each other on twitter.

8. Joomlabamboo release a World of Warcraft theme.

9. CorePHP release Sharepoint for Joomla.

10. Attendees at JAB12 take a vow of sobriety, and no alcohol is consumed during the entire event.