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Joomla! 1.5 Stable Released Today PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 22 January 2008 15:12

All are happy in Joomville and Joomtown tonight after the long-awaited release of Joomla! 1.5 today. This version represents a major code overhaul which not only enhances Joomla's usability and extensibility for today but also sets the stage for future improvements. Visit Joomla.org for more information.

Not only does this version offer significant improvements both under the hood and in the actual drive, it also represents a unique development project with a level of developer/user community involvement that is unheard of in development circles. Witness the incredible community response to such events as the Bug Squashing weekend or the recent Doc Camp over the weekend. Massive numbers of Joomla! community members have been getting involved in development, testing, and documentation.

We'll be spending some time in tonight's meeting talking about Joomla! 1.5 and what it has to offer.

 


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Joomla! is a popular, free Content Management System (CMS) written in PHP and utilizing MySQL. It is free because it is an open-source project where individuals and teams contribute their skills to its development as well as its supporting systems. Joomla! can be used for everything from simple individual sites to large corporate sites.

Joomla! endeavors to separate out more technical tasks from the non-technical tasks making it easier for a non-technical person to install, update and maintain the website. In addition, (as with some other content management systems), multiple people can be given permissions to provide content or support the site in other ways.