3. April 2001: Releasing Mambo Site Server under the GPL on Sourceforge (Wikipedia.org)
Joomla Version Release Type Release Date End of Life
Joomla 1.0 LTS Sep-2005 Jul-2009
Joomla 1.5 LTS Jan-2008 Sep-2012
Joomla 1.6 STS Jan-2011 Aug-2011
Joomla 1.7 STS Jul-2011 Feb-2012
Joomla 2.5 LTS Jan-2012 Dec-2013
Joomla 3.0 STS Sep-2012 Apr-2013
Joomla 3.1 STS Mar-2013 Oct-2013
Joomla 3.5 LTS Sep-2013 Jul-2015
LTS : Long Term Support | STS : Standard Term Support
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4. If you are new to Joomla
• Start with Joomla 2.5
• Documentation for Joomla 1.6 or 1.7
will usually be the same
• Don't worry about the past versions,
focus on the 2.5 and future versions
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5. if you are familiar with Joomla 1.6+
• Joomla 2.5 should not be hard to
grasp
• There are many minor tweaks and
features you will stumble upon
• Most 1.7 compatible extensions should
work fine (verify with developer)
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6. A trip down memory lane
Joomla 1.6 Changes
• New ACL system
• Removal of Sections, nested Categories
• New templates
• Minor features additions
Joomla 1.7 Changes
• Update system functionality
• Minor feature additions
• Many tweaks for consistency
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8. Joomla 2.5.4
• The base of the CMS is the Joomla Platform has
been updated to version 11.4
• image manipulation (JImage)
• creation of web applications (JWeb)
• generation of HTML tables (JGrid)
• package for strings added (JString)
• migration to mootools 1.4
• curl, socket and stream support (JHttp)
• github API (JGithub)
• MultiDB support
• Implement Github Forks API
http://developer.joomla.org/news/380-version-11-4-of-the-joomla-platform-released.html
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10. Check for Native ZIP Support During the Installation
let you know if you have native ZIP enabled on your host. Native ZIP
is recommended because it is much faster than using PHP to unzip
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11. Multi Database support
• SQL Server in 2.5.0
• Others on the way
• Extensions need to be updated
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21. Text Filter Options
• • Applies to all content,
not just articles
• Category descriptions
• All components
• Customer Blacklist
add
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28. Other 2.5 Featuers
• Menu Item Note
• Linking New Menus with a Module
• Better Performance in Menu Item Edit page
• Filter the Frontend Who's Online by User Group
• Alternate meta tags for multi-lingual sites
• Menu Items for different languages can have same
alias in Multi-lingual
• Improving SEO: New system plugin: language code
• Debug Plugin Gets Formatting
• And more!
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