Joomla! 3.3 is the latest release from the Joomla! Project due around 30th April. In this talk, we will be looking at the new features such as Microdata, Clound Storage APIs, and other changes such as moving from MooTools to JQuery Javascript.

1. What's new in Joomla! 3.3
North-Western Sydney Joomla!
Meetup
Presented by Tim Plummer
29/04/2014

2. New release strategy
• 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, …… 3.10
• No more STS & LTS
• Moving from Calendar based releases (every 6
months) to Feature based releases (when they
are ready, possibly every month or so)
• Don’t wait until Joomla 3.5, upgrade now!

3. Advantages of new release strategy
• No more feature bombardment in the week
prior to release
• Features can go in when they are ready
(Google Summer of Code)
• No need to break everything and go to Joomla
4 just for the sake of it.
• Every major release resets support clock
– (2 years)

4. What this means for you
• Longer lifespan of Joomla 3
• Ongoing incremental improvements
• New features better tested and documented
• No more waiting, use Joomla 3 now!
– Note EOL Joomla 2.5 is still December 2014

6. “Most stable Joomla! release, ever”

7. Current PHP Technical Requirements

8. New System Requirements
• 3.3+ requires PHP 5.3.10+
• Due to this, Joomla 3.2 will
have extended support until
October 2014
• 3.2.4 is targeted for users
with PHP 5.3.1 – 5.3.9 and
includes all bug fixes from
3.3.0

9. Release Dates for 3.3.0
• Beta 1 – 03/4/2014
• Beta 2 – 9/4/2014
• Beta 3 – 21/4/2014
• Release candidate – 25/4/2014
• Stable release due around 30/4/2014
– Usually US date/time so maybe around 1/5/2014 for
Australia

10. Microdata
• Improved SEO
• More accessible information

11. Microdata
• Turned on automatically (com_content and com_contact)
• Hard coded, only way to configure is by
creating a template override for the view
• http://docs.joomla.org/Microdata

12. Cloud Storage APIs
• Amazon S3
• Dropbox
• Google
• Rackspace
• Aimed at extension developers, none of core
uses it yet

13. Router Performance
• Improved caching
• OOP based router classes
• Testing has shown a 10% increase in website
speed, and over 2.5 seconds faster page load
times

14. Moving from MooTools to jQuery
Javascript
• Less MooTools, more jQuery (started with 3.2)
• GSoC 2013 Project
• Over 25 script elements rewritten

15. Security
• PHP 5.3.10+ (every site
can use Bcrypt)
• Improved ‘Remember
Me’
• Flag users to reset
passwords

16. Joomla 3.4
• Due around July 15, 2014
• Continued Microdata Implementation
• Front-End Module Editing
• Composer Integration
• Docouple com_weblinks

17. Joomla 3.5
• Decouple Banners, Contacts, Newsfeeds,
Messaging, Redirect, Old Search

18. Questions?

19. Tim Plummer
www.timplummer.com.au
@bfsurvey