What's New in Version 1.5

The following outlines the highlights of second major release of Joomla.

Important Notes

NOTE: JOOMLA 1.5 IS NOT READY FOR PRODUCTION SITES!

There are several important changes in Joomla 1.5 that you should be aware of. These include:

 

Bug Fixes

Several crucial fixes have been applied to this version:

Check the CHANGELOG.php file for more information.

 

Security Fixes

Several important vulnerabilities have been patched in this version:

 

Templates 

The first thing you will notice about Joomla 1.5 are the fresh new Installation, Frontend and Backend Templates.

 

Joomla! Site (Front End)

 

Joomla! Administrator (Back End)

 

Menu and Menu Types Manager

 

Modules Manager

 

Contacts Component

 

Banners Module

 

Language Support

 A number of major changes have been made to facilitate the localisation of Joomla.

 

Miscellaneous Bits

 

Database

Several changes have been made in the area of table support and schema. These include:

 

Library Upgrades

The following developer libraries have been upgraded:

 

Useability and Accessibility

Joomla continues to strive to be compliant with web standards for useability and accessibility.  The following steps have been taken to achieve this goal:

 

Developer Extras

This is the release that Developers' have been waiting for. A massive effort has been made to refactor and reorganise the core of Joomla into a true extensible framework. The new features in the framework are too many to give justice here, but include:

 

Compatibility

We have made every effort to make this version backwardly compatible with Joomla 1.0 but there are a few changes that may affect a small selection of existing addons.

Please note that addons written for Mambo 4.5.3 and above are probably not compatible with Joomla 1.5.

If you are a developer of Joomla extensions then your attention should be drawn to the following points:

More information is available at the Joomla Developer Portal