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Joomladay Switzerland - Joomla! 1.5 and roadmap to future versions
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Joomla! 1.5 and roadmap to future versions
Joomla!day Presentation
Luzern, Switzerland
15 November 2008
Joomla! 1.5Released January 22, 2008
Joomla! 1.5 is easy to install
Joomla! 1.5 runs on many platforms
Joomla! 1.5 is easy to extend
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Joomla! 1.5 is multi lingual
Joomla! 1.5 is easier to administer
Joomla! 1.5 has new template features
• 100% control
• Custom layouts
• Template parameters
• Accessibility and standards
• Module chrome
• Module positions
• Default system template
• Additional Javascript
• Error Handling
Joomla! 1.5 is build to scale
Joomla! 1.5 is build to scale
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Joomla! 1.5 supports rapid development
• Easy to install
• Runs on many platforms
• Multi-lingual
• Easy to administer
• New template features
• Build to scale
• Rapid development
So with…
• 4.000.000 visitors and 19.000.000 page hits past month
• 1.450.000 posts, 308.000 topics and 230.000 users in our forum
• 590.000+ downloads of Joomla! 1.5 in 2 months
• 82.000 registered developers and 2.255 registered projects on Gforge
• 4.000+ registered (active) projects on our extensions site
• 60+ supported languages
This project rockets off!!!
Thanks to an amazing army of volunteers who provide support in our forum, developers who maintain Joomla! core code and extensions, the translators and all who help with documentation this is a great open source project!
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We’re still an incredibly young project!
• Started in September 2005• Most installs are still Joomla! 1.0• Joomla! 1.5 is growing very fast!
…let draw the bigger picture
Keep the following in mind...
Yes…but wait!
www.joomla.org
www.veronicamagazine.nl/
www.tazzu.com
www.quizilla.com
Maintenance releases driven by Joomla! Bug Squad
• Test the patch before we commit approach• Around 55 team members• Team introduced mid- December just before
we release Joomla! 1.5.0• Maintenance cycle targets at 6-8 weeks for
a release
See also http://docs.joomla.org/Joomla%21_Maintenance_Procedures
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The Joomla! Bug Squad
• Access Control List• Installer improvements• Improved caching• Only 1.5 legacy (1.0.x dropped)• Re-factoring to native PHP 5.2+ moving to
E-STRICT
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Joomla! 1.6 (Sparrow)
Access Control Lists (ACL)
• Sections/categories/articles; it will be possible to give people permissions on a subset of all available content
• Modules (and module positions) can be managed via the additional access levels
• See also http://jfoobar.org/blog/44-first-look-at-joomla-16-acl.html for a brief introduction of the 1.6 Acl plans
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Joomla! 1.6 (Sparrow)
Access Control Lists (ACL)
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Access Control Lists (ACL)
Rule type 1 allows you to set permissions on certain actions, for example: manage content, manage banners, install extensions, etc. 33
Access Control Lists (ACL)
Rule type 2 is used to give people rights to specific content items (sections/categories/articles).
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Access Control Lists (ACL)
Rules type 3 gives permissions to actions that deal with access levels (public, registered, special).
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Installer improvements
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Joomla! 1.6 (Sparrow)
Installer improvements
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Joomla! 1.6 (Sparrow)
Installer improvements
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Joomla! 1.6 (Sparrow)
Improved Caching
– Module position caching•Caching on module level (was already possible in
1.5)
•Control caching on the module position level
– Optimization of handlers•Added Object handler
•Code optimization (speed improvement, bug fixes)
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Joomla! 1.6 (Sparrow)
Re-factoring to native PHP 5.2+ moving to E-STRICT
• Core libraries fully PHP 5.2+ native• Class re-defined for optimal use of PHP
5.2+ features• Fully object oriented
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Joomla! 1.6 (Sparrow)
Joomla! 1.5 debug info Joomla! 1.6 debug info
Localization
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So what is our race strategy?
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We can use help with…
Development
• Unit testing
• Functional testing; the Joomla! Bug Squad
• Joomla! Core framework
Documentation
• Help screens
• Technical documentation
• Documentation of Joomla! 1.5
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Translations
• Translation of installation,front-and backend
• Translate help screens
• Translation of documentation
Sites and Infrastructure
• Moderating
• Help answering questions in forum
• Re-structuring our site(s)
Joomla!
“All together”
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Questions?
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