The Joomla! Project is pleased to announce that the first Joomla World Conference will occur in November 2012. We are very happy that eBay has graciously offered significant support for this event, inviting us to use their facilities in San Jose, California.
Here are the preliminary details for the Joomla! World Conference:
Date: 16th-18th November 2012
Location:
eBay Town Hall
2161 North First Street
San Jose, CA 95131
USA
Tickets: Price for a 3-day Ticket is $199 USD
More details will follow next year.
The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the availability of Joomla 2.5 Beta 1 for download. This is the second release made within the new six-month release cycle that started with the delivery of Joomla 1.6 in January 2011.
There are several goals for this release:
This beta version of Joomla 2.5 Beta1 is not suitable for production sites. It should be used for testing only.
38 Percent Year-Over-Year Download Increase Driven by Large Developer Community Support.
Joomla, one of the world's most popular open source content management systems (CMS) used for everything from websites to blogs to Intranets, today announced that downloads have risen 38 percent from December 2010 to December 2011. To date, Joomla has been downloaded more than 27 million times*, making it one of the most downloaded content management systems in the world.
In addition to download growth, Joomla also experienced double-digit growth in many other areas, including:
"We've seen double and in some cases triple digit growth in Joomla's adoption since 2007," said Ryan Ozimek, president of Open Source Matters, the not-for-profit created to provide organizational, legal and financial support to the Joomla project. "Part of what's driven this massive number of downloads is an explosion of community involvement in the project."
More than 225,000 registered developers participate in the joomlacode.org site where open source developers work together to build extensions and the core codebase. More than 852 commercial development firms and individual developers support the more than 8,000 extensions available for Joomla. About 3,000 individuals have directly contributed to the development of the core codebase via project tools at joomlacode.org.
Joomla recently received recognition for its continued growth when Packt Publishing honored Joomla with its "Top Open Source Content Management System" award. Joomla previously won the same award, the Packt Open Source CMS Award, in 2006 and also won the Packt Best PHP Open Source CMS Award 2007.
Info-Tech Research also recently praised Joomla in October 2011 calling it the "market pillar" of the Web content management market in a report. In the report, Info-Tech confirmed Joomla powers more than 1.5 million websites. These include Citibank, eBay, General Electric and many more.
*Joomla began tracking its CMS downloads in 2007, even though the system was launched in 2005. Furthermore, Joomla's open-source community only tracks English versions of downloads (Joomla is available in at least 64 languages). Considering these two factors alone, the real number of Joomla downloads is presumably much higher than 27 million.
The December issue of the Joomla Community Magazine is here:
Joomla in the Spotlight, by Paul Orwig
A Newbie Asks: What Mascot Best Represents Joomla!, by Sandra Ordonez
Mia, Who gave Everything to Everybody, by Christer Gerhardsson
Joomla Social Groups - Have you joined us yet?, by Huyen NT
Building the Future Mobile Web with Joomla!, by Andrew J. Holden
Leadership Highlights - November 2011, by Alice Grevet
JomSocial & K2 integration (Joomla! 1.7) - Part 1, by Grigor Mihov
Top 10 Joomla! Templates for 2011, by Peter Bui
Two Awesome Examples of Mapping with Joomla!, by Andrew J. Holden
Write your own App using Joomla! Platform, by Hagen Graf
The Joomla! Spanish speakers are one big family, by Willy Meléndez
This site is down for maintenance! How can I see it?, by Marian TANASE
Closed Source Complications, by John Hooley
An Eventful Year!, by Jacques Rentzke
Joomla User Group Roundup, by Liam Mandville
The Joomla! Project Wants You - December 2011, by Paul Orwig
Joomla! in the Press/Media - December 2011, by Mark W. Bender
Post your haikus for December, by Paul Orwig
We want to publish your Joomla! story in the next JCM issue! So take a look at our Author Resources content to get a better idea of what we are looking for, and then register to become a JCM author and submit your Joomla! story!
Joomla has won the Packt Publishing award for the top open source CMS.
Now in its sixth year, many consider the Packt Open Source Award as a top honor for an open source project. Joomla won the award based on a combination of public voting and input by a panel of judges consisting of open source luminaries.
Julian Copes of Packt Publishing said:
“Although around since 2005, Joomla really reinvented itself this year with the introduction of Joomla 1.6 and 1.7, the first product releases for the CMS since 2008. Furthermore, Joomla realized dramatic growth this year as evidenced by its number of downloads and documented government sites powered by Joomla. We are proud to honor Joomla with its third Packt Open Source Award since we launched it six years ago.”
Joomla previously won the same award, the Packt Open Source CMS Award, in 2006 and also won the Packt Best PHP Open Source CMS Award 2007. Some of the milestones the open source CMS reached this year that contributed to it winning the Packt award include:
Ryan Ozimek, president of Open Source Matters, the not-for-profit created to provide organizational, legal and financial support to the Joomla project, said:
“Joomla’s documented growth over the past year is a bi-product of our broad, diverse community spanning hundreds of thousands of people around the world. The people and open source experts have spoken with this award and we are honored that they have acknowledged what all of these people in our community passionately believe — Joomla is the absolutely best platform to power websites, Intranets and blogs.”
The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 1.7.3. This is a security release. The Production Leadership Team's goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community. Learn more about Joomla! developement at the Developer Site.
Want to test drive Joomla? Try the online demo or the Joomla JumpBox. Documentation is available for beginners.
Please note that you should always backup your site before upgrading.
Check the Joomla 1.7.3 Post-Release FAQs to see if there are important items and helpful hints discovered after the release.
Features Added
Issues Fixed
| Category | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Administration | Save as copy template style | 26608 |
| Administration | PHP Error Reporting Level cannot be set to "None";. | 26724 |
| Administration | view metadata.xml isn't considered for parameters | 26910 |
| Administration | Hathor missing notice images in rtl & some colors | 26913 |
| Administration | Bluestork tabs fix when more than one row of tabs | 26937 |
| Administration | Can't mass mail to SA group | 26959 |
| Administration | Missing menu ordering in edit | 26980 |
| Administration | *Patch #26980 breaks menu item saving | 27129 |
| Authentication and Login | User login problem with redirect | 26329 |
| Code Style | Code fixes for end of line inconsistencies | 26640 |
| Code Style | Remove batch process code from com_contact | 26903 |
| Code Style | Make sure there is a blank line at the end of every PHP file | 27075 |
| Code Style | Use elseif instead of else if | 27090 |
| Code Style | Use lowercase token | 27115 |
| Components | When Default-menuitem set to registerd homepage is 404 | 25782 |
| Components | page break broke when 'Table of Contents' set to Hide | 26226 |
| Components | Please reopen bug 23915 (trashed Items showing up in frontend) | 26600 |
| Components | xreference in 1.6+ is inconsistent with 1.5 | 26830 |
| Components | Small regression rev. 22054 skipping translation in <description> + BC 1.6.x issue | 26972 |
| Components | Weblinks entries do not delete correctly and display in the weblinks view | 26993 |
| Components | Show or hide the menu title does not exist for the type of menu alias | 27010 |
| Components | The Table in the Category List Layout Could Sort ONLY by Created Date Irrespective of What is Select | 27018 |
| Components | *Needed plural for a massmail message | 27070 |
| Database | JDatabasequery work in com_users front end | 26896 |
| Database | JDatabasequery work in com_plugins | 26897 |
| Database | JDatabasequery work in com_newsfeeds | 26898 |
| Database | JDatabasequery work in com_redirect and com_search | 26904 |
| Database | Apply the patch to fix the MySQL specific queries - com_installer | 27038 |
| Front End | *Ordering when editing in front-end | 26979 |
| Installation | Problem installing with another language than default | 26872 |
| Installation | upgrade from 1.6.3 and 1.6.4 to 1.7.2 | 26927 |
| Installation | Update overwrite language override file | 26994 |
| Installation | Remove unused title_alias column | 27119 |
| Languages | Back-end language switching is working only when Default is selected | 24664 |
| Languages | Tooltip partly matches the related options in Latest News module | 24697 |
| Languages | Support Forum URL as language file option | 25031 |
| Languages | No option to remove the default language from the URL and links | 25037 |
| Languages | poor english grammar | 26692 |
| Languages | Misplaced Bracket on Language Titles in Multilingual Sites Using RTL Language | 26813 |
| Languages | Wrong English Grammar | 26857 |
| Languages | *Implementing default offline message per language | 26868 |
| Languages | *Unique alias & Unicode alias issue | 26929 |
| Languages | *Multilanguage: adding custom Site Name per Content Language | 26977 |
| Languages | Incongruous Language Implementation in Article List Header | 26988 |
| Languages | Change Modified date to Modified Date for Consistency in en-GB.com_content.ini in the Front End | 27019 |
| Languages | *Adding column language tag in Language Manager Installed languages | 27029 |
| Languages | *Fatal Error in multilangstatus module when languagefilter plugin disabled | 27108 |
| Languages | *Validation error in mod_languages | 27128 |
| Modules | *Adding to the multilanguage status module a check for contacts assigned languages | 26995 |
| Modules | *mod_articles_category missing option to sort by feature articles ordering system. | 27007 |
| Platform | JHTML select.options with html entities | 24973 |
| Platform | Problem with preg_quote in function utf8_ireplace | 25199 |
| Platform | "Language string failed to load" showing up when sending an email | 25565 |
| Platform | More strict php OOP | 25728 |
| Platform | e_strict error prevents log into backend: incompatible JDate::setTimezone() | 26054 |
| Platform | Editors have problems with quotes in content plugins syntax | 26439 |
| Platform | Date Icon "string untranslated" | 26491 |
| Platform | replacePrefix return a null string due to __call() function | 26596 |
| Platform | Add language field to batch widget | 26788 |
| Platform | manifest_cache entry not generated for file packages on install | 26840 |
| Platform | JText do not recognize "" no-string | 26885 |
| Platform | Merge some code style changes from platform 11.3 | 26911 |
| Platform | Merge some code style changes from platform 11.3 | 26912 |
| Platform | Merge some code style changes from platform 11.3 | 26914 |
| Platform | Component updates not working in Joomla! 1.7.0 and later | 27023 |
| Platform | Merge more from the platform (images) | 27127 |
| Plugins | Allow ability to upload file (eg: profile picture) through com_users profile | 26940 |
| Plugins | System - Debug Not Allowed Any Groups to View when selected | 27056 |
| RTL | header items in the administrator panel are not in the right order on RTL template | 26427 |
| RTL | notices in RTL doesn't mirroring | 26866 |
| Sample Data | Inconsistent data type for access level | 26761 |
| Sample Data | Books module when installing without sample data | 27072 |
| Search Engine Friendly | JRouterSite or JURI fails not sure if it's a bug | 26150 |
| Templates | Some bluestork strings are no longer needed due to the commit of 25921 | 26853 |
| Templates | Remove Specific Author Information from Bluestork | 26915 |
| Templates | Beez5 have image path link to beez_20 | 27061 |
| User Interface | *Adding tip to batch function | 26907 |
Statistics for the 1.7.3 release period:
Thanks to the Joomla Bug Squad for their dedicated efforts investigating reports, fixing problems, and applying patches to Joomla. If you find a bug in Joomla, please report it on the CMS Issue Tracker.
Active members of the Joomla Bug Squad during this last release cycle include: Akarawuth Tamrareang, Andrea Tarr, Andrew Eddie, Bill Richardson, Brian Teeman, Christophe Demko, Denise McLaurin, Dennis Hermacki, Elin Waring, Ian Galpin, Jacob Waisner, James Brice, Jan Pavelka, Janich Rasmussen, Jean-Marie Simonet, Jennifer Marriott, Jon Neubauer, Juan Antonio Ruzafa, Kevin Griffiths, Matt Thomas, Michael Babker, Moe Samji, Nicholas Dionysopoulos, Nick Savov, Nikolai Plath, Ole Bang Ottosen, Prasit Gebsaap, Radek Suski, Rob Clayburn, Roland Dalmulder, Rouven Weßling, Rune Sjøen, Samuel Moffatt, Sudhi Seshachala, Troy Hall.
Bug Squad Leadership: Mark Dexter Coordinator; Elin Waring, Marijke Stuivenberg, and Omar Ramos, Team Leaders.
A big thanks to the Joomla! Security Swat Team for fixing all reported security issues with this release. Members include: Airton Torres, Alan Langford, Andrew Eddie, Bill Richardson, Elin Waring, Jason Kendall, Louis Landry, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Dexter, Omar Ramos, Rouven Weßling, Samuel Moffatt.
The Joomla Project announces the immediate availability of Joomla 1.5.25 [senu takaa ama mamni]. This is a security release. The Production Leadership Team's goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community. Learn more about Joomla! developement at the Developer Site.
Want to test drive Joomla? Try the online demo or the Joomla JumpBox. Documentation is available for beginners.
Please note that you should always backup your site before upgrading.
Check the Joomla 1.5.25 Post-Release FAQs to see if there are important items and helpful hints discovered after the release.
Issues Fixed
None.
Thanks to the Joomla Bug Squad for their dedicated efforts investigating reports, fixing problems, and applying patches to Joomla. If you find a bug in Joomla, please report it on the CMS Issue Tracker.
Active members of the Joomla Bug Squad during this last release cycle include: Akarawuth Tamrareang, Andrea Tarr, Andrew Eddie, Bill Richardson, Brian Teeman, Christophe Demko, Denise McLaurin, Dennis Hermacki, Elin Waring, Ian Galpin, Jacob Waisner, James Brice, Jan Pavelka, Janich Rasmussen, Jean-Marie Simonet, Jennifer Marriott, Jon Neubauer, Juan Antonio Ruzafa, Kevin Griffiths, Matt Thomas, Michael Babker, Moe Samji, Nicholas Dionysopoulos, Nick Savov, Nikolai Plath, Ole Bang Ottosen, Prasit Gebsaap, Radek Suski, Rob Clayburn, Roland Dalmulder, Rouven Weßling, Rune Sjøen, Samuel Moffatt, Sudhi Seshachala, Troy Hall.
Bug Squad Leadership: Mark Dexter Coordinator; Elin Waring, Marijke Stuivenberg, and Omar Ramos, Team Leaders.
A big thanks to the Joomla! Security Swat Team for fixing all reported security issues with this release. Members include: Airton Torres, Alan Langford, Andrew Eddie, Bill Richardson, Elin Waring, Jason Kendall, Louis Landry, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Dexter, Omar Ramos, Rouven Weßling, Samuel Moffatt.
The November installment of the Joomla Community Magazine is here! Here are the stories in this issue:
Leaf It to Joomla!, by Alice Grevet
US Latinos: Understanding their Importance Online and How to Reach Them , by Sandra Ordonez
Top 5 Holiday Tips for Joomla! Nerds, by Sandra Ordonez
Joomla! from a Japanese viewpoint, by Norito H.Yoshida
Leadership Highlights from October 2011, by Alice Grevet
Administrator Templates - Does your backend need an upgrade?, by Paul Orwig
Responsive Design, by Peter Bui
Sorting Articles by Recently Touched Date, by Ilagnayeru 'MIG' Manickam
Rebasing, by Arlen Walker
Build a Multilingual Site in Joomla! 1.7 , by Javier Gomez
Joomla SaaS – A Good Start for Joomla Newbie, by Huyen NT
Joomla!Day Events in November 2011, by Jacques Rentzke
The Joomla! Project Wants You - November 2011, by Paul Orwig
Joomla! in the Press/Media - November 2011, by Mark W. Bender
Post your haikus for November, by Paul Orwig
We want to publish your Joomla! story in the next JCM issue! So take a look at our Author Resources content to get a better idea of what we are looking for, and then register to become a JCM author and submit your Joomla! story!
The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 1.7.2. This is a security release. The Production Leadership Team's goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community. Learn more about Joomla! developement at the Developer Site.
Please note that you should always backup your site before upgrading.
Want to test drive Joomla? Try the online demo or the Joomla JumpBox. Documentation is available for beginners.
Need Joomla in your language? Find a language pack or localized version.
Check the Joomla 1.7.2 Post-Release FAQs to see if there are important items and helpful hints discovered after the release.
Issues Fixed
| Category | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Installation | Upgrade from 1.6.3 and 1.6.4 to 1.7.2 | 26927 |
Statistics for the 1.7.2 release period:
Thanks to the Joomla Bug Squad for their dedicated efforts investigating reports, fixing problems, and applying patches to Joomla. If you find a bug in Joomla, please report it on the CMS Issue Tracker.
Active members of the Joomla Bug Squad during this last release cycle include: A Firoozmandan, Akarawuth Tamrareang, Alain Rivest, Andrea Tarr, Andrew Eddie, Bill Richardson, Brian Teeman, Christophe Demko, Daniel Jackson, Dennis Hermacki, Detlef Volmer, Elin Waring, Harald Leithner, Jacob Waisner, Jean-Marie Simonet, Jennifer Marriott, Kevin Griffiths, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Dexter, Matt Thomas, Michael Babker, Nicholas Dionysopoulos, Nick Savov, Niels Braczek, Nikolai Plath, Omar Ramos, Pavel Poles, Peter Chovancak, Piotr Mocko, Rachmat Wakjaer, Rob Clayburn, Rouven Weßling, Rune Sjøen, Samuel Moffatt, Shaun Maunder, Thomas Jackson, Tim Plummer, Troy Hall, Viet Hoang Vu.
Bug Squad Leadership: Mark Dexter Coordinator; Elin Waring, Marijke Stuivenberg, and Omar Ramos, Team Leaders.
A big thanks to the Joomla! Security Swat Team for fixing all reported security issues with this release. Members include: Airton Torres, Alan Langford, Andrew Eddie, Bill Richardson, Elin Waring, Jason Kendall, Louis Landry, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Dexter, Omar Ramos, Rouven Weßling, Samuel Moffatt.
The Joomla Project announces the immediate availability of Joomla 1.5.24 [senu takaa ama naiki]. This is a security release. The Production Leadership Team's goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community. Learn more about Joomla! developement at the Developer Site.
Want to test drive Joomla? Try the online demo or the Joomla JumpBox. Documentation is available for beginners.
Please note that you should always backup your site before upgrading.
Check the Joomla 1.5.24 Post-Release FAQs to see if there are important items and helpful hints discovered after the release.
Issues Fixed
| Category | Issue Title | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Administration | 303 redirections cause page subresources to be reloaded on WebKit browsers (Nicholas Dionysopoulos). | 21622 |
Thanks to the Joomla Bug Squad for their dedicated efforts investigating reports, fixing problems, and applying patches to Joomla. If you find a bug in Joomla, please report it on the CMS Issue Tracker.
Active members of the Joomla Bug Squad during this last release cycle include: A Firoozmandan, Akarawuth Tamrareang, Alain Rivest, Andrea Tarr, Andrew Eddie, Bill Richardson, Brian Teeman, Christophe Demko, Daniel Jackson, Dennis Hermacki, Detlef Volmer, Elin Waring, Harald Leithner, Jacob Waisner, Jean-Marie Simonet, Jennifer Marriott, Kevin Griffiths, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Dexter, Matt Thomas, Michael Babker, Nicholas Dionysopoulos, Nick Savov, Niels Braczek, Nikolai Plath, Omar Ramos, Pavel Poles, Peter Chovancak, Piotr Mocko, Rachmat Wakjaer, Rob Clayburn, Rouven Weßling, Rune Sjøen, Samuel Moffatt, Shaun Maunder, Thomas Jackson, Tim Plummer, Troy Hall, Viet Hoang Vu.
Bug Squad Leadership: Mark Dexter Coordinator; Elin Waring, Marijke Stuivenberg, and Omar Ramos, Team Leaders.
A big thanks to the Joomla! Security Swat Team for fixing all reported security issues with this release. Members include: Airton Torres, Alan Langford, Andrew Eddie, Bill Richardson, Elin Waring, Jason Kendall, Louis Landry, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Dexter, Omar Ramos, Rouven Weßling, Samuel Moffatt.