Joomla 1.6 summary improvements and cutbacks
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Current Joomla 1.6 version is 1.6 Beta 8:
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Joomla 1.6 improvements explained
The main improvement for Joomla 1.6 is the new completely configuratable ACL (Access Control List) acces management. This system enables users to create user groups and to configure access right for extensions and articles for specific user groups. User profiles are now also much more configurable for applying different access levels which gives Joomla 1.6 even more enterprise qualities.
Another great improvement is the new infinite hierarchy management. In Joomla 1.6 there are no more sections but you will be able to create an infinite number of catagories. Also the new comment sytem for articles and the improved and more dynamic output for forms will be interesting for the average user. Joomla 1.6 also contains an extended template manager which enbles users to style templates without having to upload new templates. The code output in Joomla 1.6 will be tableless.
Joomla 1.6 is written with 3 times less code but will have 2 times more possibilities and performance has been improved by 50%.
Mootools has been updated to version 1.2 and PHPMailer to 5.0 which makes it possible to send emails from within Joomla with your Gmail account.
Joomla 1.6 cutbacks explained
The minimum requirements for Joomla 1.6 is now PHP 5.2.
The GeSHi plug-in, DOMit, patTemplate, questionaire component and the pdf function have dissappeared in Joomla 1.6 because they were redundant or didn't meet high standards.
Joomla 1.0 extensions can't be upgraded to Joomla 1.6 because of drastic changes.
Download Joomla 1.6 second alpha version
Download free Joomla 1.6 alpha version from the Joomlacode website. Because this is a alpha version, you shouldn't use this joomla version on a production site because joomla 1.6 still has many bugs.
Joomla 1.6 second alpha version demo site
We have set up a Joomla 1.6 second alpha demo site for you to make it possible for you to test the second alpha version of Joomla 1.6
You can login to the Joomla 1.6 demo site with:
Username: demo
Password: demo
To see the result of changes you have made to the Joomla 1.6 demo site go to the front end of the Joomla demo site. For security reasons you will have limited administrator rights. Nonetheless you will be able to see that the Joomla 1.6 version will be great.
Joomla 1.6 update Februari 2010
The next videos give a quick update about the development of Joomla 1.6:
Joomla evolution, Joomla history, the road to Joomla 1.6
Joomla was born out of the Mambo project in 2005. Since then this CMS has been downloaded more than 10 million times. The extension database currently consists of nearly 3000 extensions. Almost 300.000 people have registered at the Joomla forums.
After a huge upgrade from 1.0 to 1.5, Joomla is now evoluating to Joomla 1.6. With Joomla 1.6 the developpers have made Joomla even more user friendly. The first Joomla 1.6 alfa has been released on June the 22nd and new beta's will be released about every 6 weeks. After about four beta's Joomla 1.6 will be a fact between October 2009 and February 2010.