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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

JOOMLA 3.0.0 RELEASED

Friday, September 28, 2012

The Joomla! Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 3.0.0. This is the next major release of the Joomla CMS in the Standard Term Support (STS) track. All 3.0 users will need to plan to update to the new versions available in the STS release cycle every six months until version 3.5 is released. These updates are expected to be simple and backwards compatible.

Who is this release for?

The standard-term releases are designed for users who need access to the new features. Most users with existing 2.5.x sites will not want to update to version 3.0. Users creating new sites can use either version 2.5 or 3.0, depending on which best suits their needs. Please consider the availability of third-party templates and extensions when deciding which Joomla version to use. Also, if you decide to use version 3.0, please be aware that you will need to update your site every six months (to 3.1, 3.2, and so on) until version 3.5 is available. These updates are expected to be simple and backwards compatible.

What is the status of Joomla! 2.5?

Version 2.5 of the Joomla! CMS is a Long Term Support (LTS) release and support for it will continue until shortly after the release of Joomla 3.5, scheduled for Spring 2014. Users on version 2.5 do not need to migrate to Joomla 3.0.

What is the status of Joomla! 1.5?

Support for Joomla 1.5 will end shortly after the release of Joomla 3.0. It is currently supported only for security issues.

Will I be able to update directly from 2.5 to Joomla! 3?

Yes. Any update issues will be a top priority and will likely be resolved early in the 3.x release train. However, it is likely that many templates and extensions for Joomla 2.5 will need modification to work with Joomla 3. Always test prior to migrating and consult with the developers of any extensions and templates you use. Be aware that the technical requirements for running Joomla 3.0 are different. In addition to requiring newer versions of software, certain settings that were once recommmened are now required such as requiring that magic quotes is off. See the Technical Requirements page for the specifications. See the Joomla 3.0.0 Post-Release FAQs for more detailed information about updating from 2.5 to 3.0.

What are the new features of Joomla! 3?

Incorporation of Twitter Bootstrap into a jui media package.
A new responsive, mobile device friendly administrator template--Isis-- and interface.
A new front end template--Protostar-- built using Twitter Bootstrap.
Updated accessible template called Beez3.
A simplified 3-step installation process.
PostgreSQL Driver. You will be able to run Joomla 3.0 sites using the PostgreSQL database.
PHP Memcached Driver
Use of JFeed for feed management rather than SimplePie
Installation of language packages directly from the extension manager
Guest user group present by default
Saving blank articles allowed
New administrator statistics module
Update TinyMCE to version 3.5.6
Continued clean up of older unused code, files and database fields and tables and improved standardization of tables.
Improvements to Smart Search
Extensive work on code style standardisation and consistency
Unit testing in the CMS
Updated system tests in the CMS
Custom active menu item for menu module
Let the SEF plug-in add the canonical url to the head
Version 12.2 of the Joomla Platform

This release also includes the current version (12.2) of the Joomla! Platform, which includes a large number of new and improved packages.

Download

New Installations: Click here to download Joomla 3.0.0 (Full package) »

See the Download page for other packages and information on updating.

Note: Please read the Joomla 3.0 FAQ and the update instructions before updating.

Joomla 3.0 Test Packages are Available

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

JOOMLA 3.0 BETA1 RELEASED

Friday, September 07, 2012

The Joomla! Project is pleased to announce the availability of Joomla! CMS 3 Beta1. Community members are asked to download and install the package in order to provide quality assurance for Joomla 3.0 scheduled for release on September 27, 2012.

Joomla 3 will be the next major release of the Joomla CMS, with Joomla 3.0 the first short term support release in its life cycle. The beta release follows two alpha releases.

What is this release for?

This is a beta release and not for use on production sites.

Extension developers are encouraged to work with this release in order to prepare extensions for the General Availability release of Joomla 3.0. Users are encouraged to test the package for issues and to report issues in the Joomla! issue tracker.

Click here to download.

What is the status of Joomla! 2.5?

Version 2.5 of the Joomla! CMS is a Long Term Support release and support for it will continue until shortly after the release of Joomla 3.5 scheduled for Spring 2014. Users do not need to migrate to Joomla 3.0.

What is the status of Joomla! 1.5?

Support for Joomla 1.5 will end shortly after the release of Joomla 3.0. It is currently supported only for security issues.

Will I be able to update directly to Joomla! 3?

Moving to Joomla 3.0 from Joomla 2.5 will be a migration not an upgrade, although for the core of Joomla! the migration should be simple. However it is likely that templates for Joomla 2.5 will need modification to work with Joomla 3 as will many extensions. Always test prior to migrating and consult with the developers of any extensions and templates you use.

What are the new features of Joomla! 3?

Incorporation of Twitter Bootstrap into a jui media package.
A new responsive administrator template--Isis-- and interface.
A new front end template--Protostar-- built using Twitter Bootstrap Updated accessible template called Beez3
PostgreSQL Driver. You will be able to run Joomla 3.0 sites using the PostgreSQL database.
PHP Memcached Driver
Use of JFeed for feed management rather than SimplePie
Installation of language packages directly from the extension manager
Guest user group present by default
Saving blank articles allowed
New administrator statistics module
Update TinyMCE to version 3.5.6
Continued clean up of older unused code, files and database fields and tables and improved standardization of tables.
Improvements to Smart Search
Extensive work on code style standardisation and consistency
Unit testing in the CMS
Updated system tests in the CMS

In addition the beta release of CMS includes the current version of the Joomla! Platform, which includes a large number of new and improved packages.

Source : http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5460-joomla-3-0-beta1-released.html

G3t R3ady for Joomla 3.0

Thursday, September 06, 2012

As expected, Joomla 3.0 will be launched in the second half of September, I think many users of Joomla are quite curious about this new version of Joomla and the hottest keywords are "Bootstrap" and "Responsive Design "( adaptive design ). Understand that these concerns were followers of Joomla, did conduct a thorough investigation of the features of Joomla 3.0 we wanted to share with everyone.

I think a lot of Joomla users are curious about this new version of Joomla and the hottest keywords are "Bootstrap" and "Responsive Design" (adaptive design). Understand that these concerns were followers of Joomla, we did make a thorough investigation of the features of Joomla 3.0 we wanted to share with everyone.

Furthermore, I will introduce the demo of Joomla 3.0 JoomlaShine's team has created for Joomla users, a test area for fans to discover its features.

Figure 1: Joomla 3.0 will be launched in September 2012

Joomla 3.0 unleashes new features

The new version 3.0 will offer new improvements along with a user interface based on the Bootstrap of HTML / CSS / JS on Twitter. These changes will create a great overall user experience for both Joomla site administrators, and users of websites. In addition, next to Mootools, jQuery to be included in Joomla 3.0, you give developers more creative possibilities with a friendly back-end as well as a deeply enhanced user interface. Many new features have been implemented, offering an impressive improvement compared to the current version of Joomla 2.5. Then we present some of the main features of the new version, Joomla 3.0.

Joomla 3.0 - New installer

The words "quick and easy" to describe very well serve as the installation of Joomla 3.0. Not only has improved the aesthetic appearance, but it is much faster, friendly and intuitive: The installation has three steps, Hardware, Database and Overview. Each section requires only a few clicks, to have it perfectly configured for installation of Joomla 3.0.

Figure 2: New installation interface

Twitter Bootstrap

The Bootstrap is a set of free tools to create websites and applications. It contains a simple and flexible HTML, JavaScript and CSS based design templates for typography, forms, buttons, graphics, navigation and other interface components.

Figure 3: Start Twiter (Bootstrap). Included in Joomla 3.0

Furthermore, Twiter Bootstrap offers a basic CSS file, common for all developers. You can use common elements of the user interface such as buttons, designs, alert messages, modal boxes, drop down menus, tooltips, icons, tables, form elements and possibilities in the framework otrs Bootstrap.

Excellent user experience

The Joomla 3.0 Verion could define it as the user-friendly experience (UX), since it is based on a process based on a Bootstrap . That means developers can build templates and extensions products based on the same set of standards labeled (labels) or marked consistent. You know, controlling your website would be much easier when all extensions look and function in a unified way. So you do not have to get to be familiar with a new interface for each extension.

Mobile Adaptive Design

You might know the "adaptability" ( Responsive Design ) feature some Joomla templates. Now, also included in Joomla 3.0. With adaptive design , can control your Joomla site for mobile devices easily. An adaptive site will change the screen size that occurs in any browser or device.Moreover, since it is adaptive, is presented in the mobile, not only for the user, but also for the administrator (back-end). This helps users to use the administrator easily from any device. For example, all the lists are on a page that makes the process easier to control.

Figure 4: Design adaptive to different screens. Included in Joomla 3.0

It really works great, both in the administration of the site, such as the user interface. We tested it with a smartphone and a tablet with Android, and a laptop and a PC with different browsers and operating systems and have found no faults and is very quick loading, especially in the smartphone, which is appreciated.

Drag and Drop *

The drag and drop (Drag & Drop) applies to the management of items and categories of these, can be made more easily. All arrows in the column level management have been removed, you can now drag and drop the article freely in their categories to change the order of list elements.

To use drag and drop, you must click on the drop down menu at the top right, first list table, select Order, then in the "Sort by table" can Select a Size much a choice as the other. Now you can see the icon of "drag" in the upper right column of each item, move the cursor to drag and drop the item in the desired position.

Figure 5: The drag and drop

This action feel great, it saves you the annoying click click behind you to lose a lot of time and I was testing the patience.

Tooltips *

The tooltips Joomla 3.0 is based on a Bootstrap and provides a very easy to use extensions in 3rd.

Figure 6: The tooltip display in Joomla 3.0

The overall configuration of the system has also been upgraded, improving their use of it. In addition to optimizing the space creating a menu to the right, which, until now, were the top flanges are offered to view more configuration possibilities. Since this option is set all the accessories, which is new and improved management of the administration of these.

Another novelty is that this menu, you can go directly to the installation of extensions without having to access the top menu "Extensions".

Context menu *

In Joomla 3.0 will have listings of jobs in the "context menu" of each element, which helps you get quick access to basic functions such as edit, publish / unpublish, delete, default settings, etc..

Figure 7: The context menu in Joomla 3.0

Source : http://magazine.joomla.org/international-stories-all/articles-in-spanish-all/Joomla-3-0-Que-hay-de-nuevo-Descubramoslo

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Thursday, September 06, 2012

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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

JOOMLA! 3.0 ALPHA-2 RELEASED

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the availability of Joomla 3.0 Alpha 2 for download. This alpha release is intended primarily for extension developers to test their extensions. More information is available on the Development Site.

Don’t use it on production

I know this has been said over and over, but please don’t use an alpha on a production site. This release serves two main purposes:
1) Developer preview so devs can get their extensions ready
2) Marketing preview so the world can know what’s coming.

New Features

Some of the new 3.0 features can’t be missed such as the new installation process and admin template. Other gems may be tucked away, but they’re certainly worth noting.

Consolidated installation

The installation process has been completely overhauled for an optimized user experience. The entire process now takes only 3 steps. You can optionally email the configuration to archive the settings for later as well as optionally emailing the password (off by default for security reasons). It’s worth noting that you must meet the requirements to begin the installation process.

Isis, the new admin template

Isis is the name of the new admin template, following in the Egyptian god/goddess names of previous templates Hathor and Khepri. Built on Bootstrap, Isis takes full advantage of the new core Bootstrap markup and is of course completely responsive. Isis also uses jQuery UI for drag’n’drop, Icomoon font icons for all its icons, and Chosen select boxes for all select inputs. All of this is available to devs, more on this in a bit.

Protostar, the new site template

Alpha-2 ships with an updated version of Beez, but you can preview the new Protostar template by enabling it in the template manager. Protostar continues the “space” naming theme of Solarflare and Milkyway. Like Isis, Protostar is completely built to support Bootstrap and is also responsive (a protostar is a star that’s in a constant state of flux and changes size after all). If you are a developer and want to test your extension against full Bootstrap styles, test against Protostar.

JUI - Joomla User Interface Library

The new JUI files used for all the new features can be found in /media/jui. Think of the JUI as your Joomla SDK. All the tools you’ll need are now in the core and will be continuously upgraded.
JUI includes:

Bootstrap
Extended Bootstrap for Joomla
jQuery
jQuery UI
Icomoon font icons
Chosen js select boxes

jQuery Migration

3.0 Alpha 2 ships with both jQuery (in noconflict mode) and Mootools enabled. jQuery is the javascript library of choice for the JUI, naturally, since Bootstrap is designed for jQuery and we’re using jQuery UI for drag’n’drop (and other things). The goal is to ship 3.0 stable with only jQuery required and enabled for the core, but to maintain Mootools support for extension developers and backwards compatibility.

Drag’n’drop reordering, Select to Sort

The admin content manager views now use jQuery UI for drag’n’drop reordering. To preview, make sure you change the sorting to Order using the all new sorting select boxes.
If you’re a developer and want to start adding the new drag’n’drop, sorting, and more new features to your component check out these docs. The JoomlaShine team provided the drag’n’drop and Michael Babkerprovided the Sort/Order select boxes.

Bootstrap JHtml behaviors in the core

3.0 Alpha-2 ships with new Bootstrap tooltips, tabs and collapsible accordions. Developers can optionally use the native Bootstrap markup or they can take advantage of the JHtml behaviors. If you’ve used JPane in the past, these should look very familiar. Detailed documentation and development has been provided by Dave Horsfall of HWD. Expect more Bootstrap behaviors in the coming releases.

Icomoon font based icons

145 vector font icons are included in the JUI for standard and consistent icons across the frontend and backend. The beauty of a font icon is that it’s infinitely scalable (just change the font size), retina-friendly, crisp, requires 1 http request, and fully accessible. Retina support is important for the new Macs, iPhones, iPads and any device above 72dpi in which image icons appear pixelated. We’ve implemented the Icomoon icons exactly like Bootstrap icons, meaning you can use the <i class=”icon-home”></i> markup just as you would in Bootstrap. Even better, you don’t need to use the Bootstrap “icon-white” class since these icons automatically take on the font color! You can find the 145 icons currently supported in 3.0 here.

New advanced module chrome options

In the Advanced Options tab of modules you’ll now find options to change the Module Tag from a div to and html5 wrapper like section, Bootstrap Size to change the Bootstrap span grid class, Header Tag to change header h3’s to h1, h2, etc, for SEO purposes, Header Class to add a class such as the Bootstrap “page-header” class, and Module Style to change the Joomla module chrome to any chrome from any installed template. Thanks to Paulo Griiettner andAnderson Grüdtner Martins for this one.

Bootstrap Grid Layouts

One of the major benefits of moving to Bootstrap is the responsive web design support for all browser widths. It is strongly advised for extension devs to upgrade their component layouts using these styles so they can automatically take on the responsive support. While the frontend layout will have more variation, the admin layouts are recommended to settle on standard layouts such as:
span2/span6/span4 for Control Panels with left and right sidebars
span2/span10 for List/Table Views with left sidebar and submenu (more info here)
span10/span2 for Edit Views with right sidebar
span12 for full width

New module position selector

Anderson Grüdtner Martins developed a much more simple select box for module position selection in lieu of the modal window. The select box uses Chosen js for real-time searching, and Anderson customized it to allow a new/custom module position if the search returns no results.

LESS CSS for 3.0 templates

One of the biggest changes in development templates for Joomla 3.0 will be harnessing the power of LESS. Site and admin templates will now have a /less directory and a template.less file, which will import all the Bootstrap and JUI less files from /media/jui/less. Templates devs can now easily choose which LESS files to import from the JUI and which ones they’d like to include for their template. For instance, to easily change all the colors in the theme, use your own variables.less instead of the Bootstrap default. You can similarly change the icons in icomoon.less. Check out /templates/protostar/less and /administrator/templates/isis/less in 3.0 Alpha 2 for examples. The beauty of this approach is that you’ll have all the CSS for your entire site and all components right in 1 compiled template.css file! All without overriding with duplicate CSS like the “old” days of Joomla :)

Of course, if you want to be nostalgic you can just use CSS in your template and import the JUI/Bootstrap CSS from /media/jui/css, but that’s no fun.

Bootstrap Button Groups for Radio Fields

You’ll quickly notice radios as grouped toggles in 3.0 Alpha 2. Extension devs can simply add a class=”btn-group” to their <field parameters in the form .xml for their component, and the radios will magically transform into button groups in the admin.

New features in development

We’ll continue to add and update the features in 3.0 until the Beta release, which is when the features are frozen. Here’s some of the things in the works:

New module menu assignment

Pedro Gonçalves (iMaQma) and Peter van Westen (NoNumber) have been collaborating on an all new UI for assignment modules to menu items. This is one of the more complex UIs in the Joomla admin so we’ve had many rounds of updates to handle all the nested menus, menu items and the potential number of menu items. The new UI will of course use Bootstrap and jQuery, here’s a preview.

Administrator menu manager

Jeremy Wilken (gnomeontherun) and Daniel Dimitrov (compojoom) are porting the full blown admin menu manager from SquareOne to Joomla 3.0 to provide full control over the admin menu.

Bootstrap menu module enhancements

Philip Locke and René Kreijveld will be graciously donating some features from their Joostrap menu module so the default Joomla mod_menu can better handle all the Bootstrap menu/nav features.

Bootstrap 2.1 and jQuery 1.8

JUI will be continuously improved and updated as planned, to provide the latest and greatest for extension developers. jQuery 1.8 was recently released and Bootstrap 2.1 comes out Monday, so we’ll be updating those for the next release.

More jQuery Features

We’ll continue to port over features from Mootools to jQuery so both libraries aren’t required to load. Things like the color picker and data picker will likely be moved to jQuery UI in the next release.

More RTL Support

Chalak Kareem has been a tremendous help with the RTL support for Bootstrap and JUI. He’ll continue to improve overall 3.0 RTL support and help by adding RTL support for Chosen js.

More Accessibility

Andrea Tarr recently attended a Bootstrap accessibility meeting and will continue to provide accessibility improvements to 3.0.

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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

JOOMLA 2.5.4 RELEASED

Monday, April 16, 2012

Who is this release for?

What is the status of Joomla! 2.5?

What is the status of Joomla! 1.5?

Will I be able to update directly from 2.5 to Joomla! 3?

What are the new features of Joomla! 3?

Download

What is this release for?

What is the status of Joomla! 2.5?

What is the status of Joomla! 1.5?

Will I be able to update directly to Joomla! 3?

What are the new features of Joomla! 3?

Joomla 3.0 unleashes new features

Joomla 3.0 - New installer

Twitter Bootstrap

Excellent user experience

Mobile Adaptive Design

Drag and Drop *

Tooltips *

Context menu *

Explore Government Websites built with Joomla!®

Don’t use it on production

New Features

Consolidated installation

Isis, the new admin template

Protostar, the new site template

JUI - Joomla User Interface Library

jQuery Migration

Drag’n’drop reordering, Select to Sort

Bootstrap JHtml behaviors in the core

Icomoon font based icons

New advanced module chrome options

Bootstrap Grid Layouts

New module position selector

LESS CSS for 3.0 templates

Bootstrap Button Groups for Radio Fields

New features in development

New module menu assignment

Administrator menu manager

Bootstrap menu module enhancements

Bootstrap 2.1 and jQuery 1.8

More jQuery Features

More RTL Support

More Accessibility

Download

New Installations: Click here to download Joomla 2.5.4 (Full package) »

Update Package: Click here to download Joomla 2.5.4 (Update package) »

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