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Joomla 1.5 released
Designers now have greater control over how their layouts, and can automatically override a custom solution over the table-heavy output from Joomla! of old. This model is being adopted into third-party extensions. Additionally designers can now create custom modules to have greater control over how their sites look.
For developers, significant changes to the API are aimed to make Joomla! easily workable with future enhancements. The Joomla! 1.5 API is object oriented and pattern based, while also offering compatibility with both PHP 4.3 and PHP 5.




Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
kingkool68 said 5:37PM on 1-22-2008
O goody gum drops. I need to move my website over to a content management system! Can't wait to see your comparison!
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kabura said 11:25AM on 1-23-2008
I'm using Joomla 1.0 right now. Will my 1.0 plug-ins still work with 1.5? It's a very tempting update, but I don't want to do it if my plug-ins won't work.
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Christina Warren said 11:25AM on 1-23-2008
Joomla! has a migration guide in their wiki (http://docs.joomla.org/Migrating_from_1.0.x_to_1.5_Stable) but they are going to be optimizing the process over the next few weeks, so if you might want to wait a couple of weeks before jumping in. If you do decide to migrate, just make sure you back-up your databases beforehand, just in case.
Maffu said 4:20AM on 2-26-2008
Is it just me or is it impossible to actually download the package at the moment.
The download links on all sites go to Joomlaforge where you get an Access Denied message even if you are a member.
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Maffu said 4:32AM on 2-26-2008
Ignore that - they have now released 1.5.1 so the 1.5 downloads have been removed.