Help Test Joomla! 1.5.15
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- Written by: Kochin
- Category: Joomla!
Joomla! 1.5.15 is coming! But, before it can be officially released, Joomla! Team needs you to help test it. The main purpose of this test release is to determine whether propsed fixes indeed allow Joomla! to run on PHP 5.3 correctly. The other reason is to make sure fixes for TinyMCE don't introduce additional bugs into Joomla! system.
In order to achieve those goals, three groups of users are needed: (1) those who use PHP 5.3 to see how this version runs on PHP 5.3; (2) those who don't use PHP 5.3 to see whether any things are broken; (3) those who use TinyMCE as the editor to check that bug fixes work as expected.
Since this is a test release, it should only be used for testing purposes, and should not run on any production environments.
Download for this test release is available at http://joomlacode.org/gf/download/frsrelease/11122/44166/Joomla_1.5.15-Test-Full_Package.zip.
In case you find any problems related to PHP 5.3, please report them at the tracker: http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_item_id=18008. For problems related to TinyMCE, please report them at http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_item_id=17438.
Joomla! 1.0.x Fades into History
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- Written by: Kochin
- Category: Joomla!
Four years ago, Joomla! Project was born and released Joomla! 1.0 on September 16, 2005. During these years, Joomla! quickly grows into a popular open source CMS attracting users from all over the world. Joomla! 1.0.x series has accumulated more than 1.6 million downloads on JoomlaCode site alone with more downloads on now defunct Joomla! Forge site.
As Joomla! 1.5.x series becomes the main stream release, the era of Joomla! 1.0.x has come to an end. Starting from July 22, 2009, the official support for Joomla! 1.0.x is no longer provided. Many extensions also have reduced or stopped updates for this widely used version.
Even though Joomla! 1.0.x is fading into history, you can still find it and its vast collection of extensions on JoomlaCode site. You can still utilize them to build great Web sites. Just keep in mind that its support has been terminated, and unlikey any new extensions will be coming for Joomla! 1.0.x.
Nominate Joomla!
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- Written by: Kochin
- Category: Joomla!
The 2009 Open Source CMS Award has begun. Joomla! is eligible for the Best PHP Open Source CMS Award, but needs users to submit nominations to enter the contest. The five CMS projects receive most nominations will advance to the voting stage. It is important for you to nominate your favorite CMS project.
To recognize hard-working people behind those great open source projects, you can nominate individuals for Open Source MVP Award. Please submit the name of the individual you think whose enthusiasm and effort have been the driving force for your open source CMS to develop and grow.
Being a previous winner of the Best Overall Open Source CMS Award, Joomla! will automatically participate in the new Hall of Fame Award with Drupal. There are also sub-category awards for its best extension and theme.
Here is the timeline for this year's nomination and voting:
- August 3: Nominations Open
- September 11: Nominations Close
- September 21: Voting Begins
- October 30: Voting Ends
- November 9: Winners Announced
So don't hestitate to nominate your favorite project and people, and don't forget to vote when the voting begins.
A Quick Update - Joomla! 1.5.14
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- Written by: Kochin
- Category: Joomla!
It seems that Joomla! development team realized how disrruptive those two bugs discovered in Joomla! 1.5.13 are. Yesterday they released Joomla! 1.5.14 after just 8 days since last release. The main purpose, of course, is to patch up the TinyMCE and Media Manager bugs described in a previous news report. They also threw in a low-level security fix:
- Low Priority - Core - com_mailto Timeout. In com_mailto, it was possible to bypass timeout protection against sending automated emails.
Please see the official announcement for details and downloads.
Joomla! 1.5.13 Post-release Bugs
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- Written by: Kochin
- Category: Joomla!
Two rather noticeable bugs were discovered quickly after Joomla! 1.5.13 were released. Because they will disrupt basic operations of a Joomla! site, it is incredible that those bugs could slip past the development team and were introduced to the latest version.
The first one is the mess-up view of the Media Manager at the adminitrator back end. On a site freshly upgraded to or installed with Joomla! 1.5.13, the Media Manager simply won't show up correctly. The problem is caused by a bug in the PHP program handling its view. To fix this problem, you need to download this file, then uncompress it and substitute the file view.html.php for administrator/components/com_media/views/media/view.html.php on your server.
The other isssue is related to a bug introduced into TinyMCE when removing the TinyBrowser feature. It causes the Save or Cancel button ineffective when editing in the front end. You can download and uncompresss this file, then substitute the tinymce.php for plugins/editors/tinymce.php.
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