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Written by Joomla! - Main
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Wednesday, 13 August 2008 |
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The Joomla! community is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla! 1.5.6 [Vusani]. This is a quick turnaround security release to address a high level security issue and it is recommended all users upgrade immediately.
For more information about this exploit, click here to visit the Joomla Security Blog. (http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/241-20080801-core-password-remind-functionality.html)
Instructions
New installation (http://help.joomla.org/content/category/48/268/302/)
Upgrade from an existing Joomla! 1.5 version (http://docs.joomla.org/Upgrading_1.5_from_an_existing_1.5x_version)
Migration from Joomla! 1.0.x (http://docs.joomla.org/Migrating_from_1.0.x_to_1.5_Stable)
See below for manual installation instructions
Download the Joomla 1.5.6 full package now (http://joomlacode.org/gf/download/frsrelease/8232/30034/Joomla_1.5.6-Stable-Full_Package.zip)
Downlaod update packages (http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/frs/?action=FrsReleaseBrowse&frs_package_id=3883)
Release Notes
SECURITY [HIGH] Fixed security hole in reset logic to check for proper token length.
Manual Installation
For some users a manual installation of the 1.5.6 Security Patch is a faster process. To manually apply the 1.5.6 Security Patch, upload the following files, replacing the existing files:
/components/com_user/models/reset.php
/changelog.php
/includes/framework.php
/administrator/includes/framework.php
/libraries/joomla/version.php
/libraries/joomla/environment/uri.php
This patch will only update installations of Joomla 1.5.5. If you're using an earlier version, it is recommended you update prior to updating these files.
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Written by Joomla! - Main
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 |
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The August 2008 Joomla! Community Magazine (http://community.joomla.org/preview/issue/4-2008-08-joomla-community-magazine.html) is available now and it's loaded with cool stuff about the World's Greatest Open Source CMS. (Biased? pfff!) Month after month, you will find articles on Joomla! 1.5 Web sites, GPL-compatiable extensions, events, communities around the world, ways to get involved, learning resources for beginners, site integrators, and developers, and the latest buzz on what's happening in the Joomla! project.
What kind of buzz, you ask? Well, this month, it's all about JoomlaConnect™ (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/article/535-introducing-joomlaconnect.html), a brand new service that aggregates Joomla! community news from all around the world. Joomla! Core Team member and Communications Team Lead Louis Landry (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/author/56-louis-landry.html) developed this nifty new tool for us to use. So, if you are interested in some RSS action, get your blog firing J!, and see Getting Connected to JoomlaConnect (http://community.joomla.org/connect/get-connected.html).
Feature Articles
This month, Joomla! Core Team member and Development Working Group Coordinator, Andrew Eddie (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/author/66-andrew-eddie.html) kicks off the Features Section by revealing an encouraging external market survey (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/article/519-cms-market-share-report-joomla-in-top-3.html) that shows Joomla!, WordPress (http://wordpress.org), and Drupal (http://drupal.org) as leading Open Source CMSs worldwide. Hat tip to our friends and partners in free software. Andrew also discusses training resources (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/author/66-andrew-eddie.html) for developers and calls on the faithful to lend a hand updating our dev doc. Come on, it'll make you feel good.
This is very cool --> International award winning author and illustrator Sarah Verroken (http://community.joomla.org/preview/author/77-sarah-verroken.html) shares her creative process (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/article/525-joomla-15-web-site-sarah-verroken-award-winning-illustrator-and-author.html) that resulted in a captivating J! 1.5 Web site showcasing her unique and beautiful work. Then, more cool design --> Per André Rønsen (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/author/78-per-andre-ronsen.html) combines creative talents in theology, music, and design into a hot J! 1.5 Web site for Soul Kids (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/article/526-joomla-15-web-site-per-andre-ronsen-soul-kids.html).
This month's Joomla! Forum Member of the Month (http://community.joomla.org/preview/article/523-joomla-forum-member--july-2008-marieke-van-der-tuin.html) is Marieke van der Tuin, undeniably one of the hardest working contributors in all of J! land. Oh, and make certain to check out the great, new GPL'ed extensions highlighted (http://community.joomla.org/preview/article/514-joomla-15-gpl-extensions-for-august-2008.html) by our very own Toni Marie (http://community.joomla.org/preview/author/57-toni-marie.html).
Involved Community
Joomla! is powered by an involved community all around the world. Case in point, Vancouver Joomla! Day organizer Wendy Robinson (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/author/80-wendy-robinson.html) shares Ten steps to a successful event (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/article/529-events-perspectives-from-a-joomla-day-organizer.html). On the other side of the planet, Chorn Sokun (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/author/82-chorn-sokun.html) and John T Denny (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/author/81-john-t-denny-phd.html) highlight what's going on with the Cambodian Joomla! community (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/article/530-international-joomla-users-group-of-cambodia-jugcam.html).
Then, from San Francisco, Ron Severdia (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/author/74-ron-severdia.html), founder of PlayShakespeare.com, discusses his J! 1.5 site, also the subject of his recent CNN Comcast Newsmakers (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/article/518-community-involvement-playshakespearecom-featured-on-cnn.html) interview.
Then, Joomla! developer, Alan Langford (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/author/72-.html) of Toronto shares a thoughtful piece on why he participates in Open Source (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/article/517-involvement-why-i-love-open-source-alan-langford.html) and Google Summer of Code participant, Mostafa Muhammad (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/author/83-mostafa-muhammad.html) sends Greetings from Wikimania 2008 (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/article/532-events-wikimania-conference.html) in Egypt. Core Team member and Fundraising Team Lead, Michelle Bisson (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/author/73-Michelle%20Bisson.html), (Wait a minute! Isn't that a lot of Mounties? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police)) invites the community to support Joomla! financially (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/article/516-involvement-support-joomla-2008-08-01.html). Give until it hurts. Well, at least give, if you are able, knowing every little bit helps...
Joomla! Learning
There are several great articles aimed at skill development for Joomla! community members. Those just starting with Joomla! 1.5 are encouraged to read the Learning Joomla! using Sample Data (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/article/522-introductory-learning-joomla-using-sample-data.html) written by Mark Dexter (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/author/75-mark-dexter.html). Site Integrators will get good value from Sam Moffatt (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/article/524-site-integrator-improve-the-security-of-your-joomla-administrator-sam-moffatt.html)'s Improve the Security of your Joomla! Administrator (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/article/524-site-integrator-improve-the-security-of-your-joomla-administrator-sam-moffatt.html) article; practical tips from Andrew (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/author/66-andrew-eddie.html)'s Legacy Mode in Joomla! 1.5 (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/article/513-site-integrator-legacy-mode-in-joomla-15.html) and Search in Joomla! 1.5 (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/article/512-site-integrator-search-in-joomla-15.html) pieces; and inspiration from J! talent Jennifer Marriott (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/author/79-jennifer-marriott.html)'s Resources for Designers (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/article/527-site-integrator-resources-for-designers.html) article.
For developers, Jens-Christian Skibakk's tutorial entitled Creating a single package for Admin and Site Languages (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/article/528-developer-creating-a-single-package-for-admin-and-site-languages.html) will help you take advantage of recent Installer improvements introduced by Jens. If you are geek enough, check out the tutorial Dynamic loading of lists using AJAX in a MVC component (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/article/531-developer-dynamic-loading-of-lists-using-ajax-in-a-mvc-component-mathieu-chauvinc.html) written by the very talented, Mathieu Chauvinc (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/article/531-developer-dynamic-loading-of-lists-using-ajax-in-a-mvc-component-mathieu-chauvinc.html).
Joomla! Project
Really good effort from the Joomla! project this month. Development Working Group Leads Sam Moffatt (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/author/64-sam-moffatt.html) and Anthony Ferrara (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/article/510-working-group-spotlight-joomla-bug-squad.html) share this month's release updates on Joomla! 1.5.4 and 1.5.5 (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/article/534-release-update-joomla-154-and-joomla-155.html) . The Joomla! Extensions Directory takes the Working Group spotlight (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/article/533-working-group-spotlight-joomla-extensions-directory.html) -- and exceeds 3,500 Joomla! Extensions! And, finally, there is that very cool announcement about JoomlaConnect™ (http://community.joomla.org/magazine/article/535-introducing-joomlaconnect.html).
Next month?
Much more, and even a bit more on top of that. So, come back and get some. September's line up is all firmed up but if you are interested in sharing an article with the Joomla! Community Magazine for October, we might have a spot for that. Just contact us at
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Written by Joomla! - Main
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Sunday, 27 July 2008 |
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The Joomla! community is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla! 1.5.5 [Mamni]. This is a quick turnaround release to address the Duplicate Title error from 1.5.4 (http://developer.joomla.org/coordinator-blog/188-154-duplicate-titles.html) . This release also contains important SEF URL improvements and fixes for com_content in addition to a number of bug fixes and improvements. It has been nearly three weeks since Joomla! 1.5.4 was released (content/view/5180/1/) on July 8, 2008. The Development Working Group (http://community.joomla.org/contributors/developers.html) 's goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla! community.
Instructions
New installation
Upgrade from an existing Joomla! 1.5 version
Migration from Joomla! 1.0.x
Download Joomla! 1.5.5 and update packages (http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/frs/?action=FrsReleaseBrowse frs_package_id=3846)
Want to test drive Joomla!? Try the online demo (http://demo.joomla.org/) . Documentation is available (http://docs.joomla.org/Beginners) for beginners.
Release Notes
Fix Duplicate Titles Bug (content/view/5216/1/#dup)
SEF URL improvements and fixes for com_content (content/view/5216/1/#sef)
Fixed error restricting Search to Article content, only
Archived Articles now link correctly with SEF URLs
Category Blog pagination and Link List corrected
Category List Menu Item and Frontend now allow List length selection
Fixed Contact Item Bad Word parameter that prevented email
Private Messaging Search now returns results
SWF Banner correction allowing definition of dimensions
Improved 403 reporting for Submit Article and Web link permission issues
Register to Read More fixes for Newsflash
Page Break and Read More fixes
JA Purity Hornav position, login token code, and language string fixes
BEEZ fieldset alignments for Search and Read More link corrections
Installer fixes for updates to Components and Modules
mosmsg now used by 1.0.x extensions
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Written by Joomla! Juice!
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Thursday, 17 July 2008 |
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Rocketheme founder and former core Joomla team member Andy Miller and Pete Russell meet Djamil Legato and James Spencer in the United Kingdom. Andy reveals news of Rocketheme templates for phpBB3.
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Written by Joomla! - Main
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Monday, 14 July 2008 |
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July 14, 2008 marks the beginning of year three of Packt's friendly competition between world class free software communities for who earns bragging rights to the much coveted 2008 Best Overall Open Source CMS (http://www.packtpub.com/award). Not only is this recognition a great way to encourage, support, and reward the incredible efforts of free software communities, but, there is also a nice cash award shared with those projects fortunate enough to win.
The time for the Joomla! community to act is now!
Head over to Packt and nominate Joomla! for the Best Overall Open Source CMS Award (http://www.packtpub.com/article/nominate-overall-open-source-cms-winner/system/Joomla) and for the Best PHP Open Source CMS (http://www.packtpub.com/article/nominate-open-source-php-cms/system/Joomla). While you are there, check out the new Open Source CMS Most Valuable Player (http://www.packtpub.com/article/nominate-open-source-cms-mvp) award. Nominate (http://www.packtpub.com/article/nominate-open-source-cms-mvp) someone who has worked hard to make Joomla! better and has made it easier and more fun for others to get involved.
Help get the word out. Fire up those blogs. Post it on forums. Share it in your newsletters. E-mail your friends. Activate your RSS feeds because nominations begin today and continue until August 25th, 2008 (http://www.packtpub.com/award_timeline). Let's bring home the Best Overall Open Source CMS (http://www.packtpub.com/award) award for Joomla! in 2008!
Show your support by voting for Joomla! today (http://www.packtpub.com/article/nominate-overall-open-source-cms-winner/system/Joomla)!
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Written by Joomla! - Main
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Monday, 07 July 2008 |
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The Joomla! community is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla! 1.5.4 [Naiki]. This is a normal maintenance release which includes a few low to moderate security issues, many bug fixes, and several very nice improvements. It has been a little over ten weeks since Joomla! 1.5.3 was released (content/view/4852/74/) on April 24, 2008. The Development Working Group (http://community.joomla.org/contributors/developers.html)'s goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla! community containing the latest bug fixes and minor enhancements.
Instructions
New installation (http://help.joomla.org/content/category/48/268/302/)
Upgrade from an existing Joomla! 1.5 version (http://docs.joomla.org/Upgrading_1.5_from_an_existing_1.5x_version)
Migration from Joomla! 1.0.x (http://docs.joomla.org/Migrating_from_1.0.x_to_1.5_Stable)
Download Joomla! 1.5.4 and update packages (http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/frs/?action=FrsReleaseBrowse frs_package_id=3786)
Want to test drive Joomla!? Try the online demo (http://demo.joomla.org/). Documentation is available (http://docs.joomla.org/Beginners) for beginners.
Release Notes
Big Fixes:
Major Cache overhaul, including unit testing for quality assurance
Router issues related to extending the router
Menu ordering issues when nested menus were used
Several Search component fixes, including the removal of HTML tags as possible search results
Menu permissions issues
Unpublished menu item issues, including fatal errors and allowing an unpublished menu item to be selected as default
Banners can handle Flash items
Polls and Latest and Most Popular articles listed in the Administrator now support GMT dates
Page titles now follow more consistent rules (see Page Title Parameters (content/view/5180/1/1/2/) for more information)
Several OpenID improvements
Security Fixes:
LDAP security fix to prevent unauthorized access to administration
Added security to file caching to prevent unauthorized access to cached pages
User Redirect Spam fix
htaccess global variable security fix when SEF is enabled (See .htaccess Security Fix (content/view/5180/1/1/1/#htaccess))
Additions/Changes:
OnBeforeContentSave and onAfterContentSave Event Triggers added (See Content Trigger Additions (content/view/5180/1/1/1/#Content_Trigger_Additions) for more information)
Ability to abort a save by returning false in the onBeforeContentSave trigger
Added JA_Purity template (See JA_Purity Template (content/view/5180/1/1/1/#JA_Purity_Template) for more information)
Help screens updated (See Help Screens (content/view/5180/1/1/1/#Help_Screens) for more information)
Supports installing site and admin languages in one package (See Language Installation Improvements (content/view/5180/1/1/1/#Language_Installation_Improvemen) for more information)
All line endings changed to \n instead of a mix of \r\n and \n
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Written by Joomla! - Main
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Tuesday, 01 July 2008 |
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The Joomla! Community Portal (http://community.joomla.org) is a new web site for the Joomla! community. There you will find a constant source of information about the activities powering the Joomla! project, learn about Joomla! Events (http://community.joomla.org/events.html) worldwide, and see if there is a Joomla! User Group (http://community.joomla.org/joomla-user-groups.html) nearby. A new, monthly Joomla! Community Magazine (http://community.joomla.org/magazine.html) promises an interesting overview of project activities, community accomplishments, and learning material.
Those who regularly contribute to Joomla! will tell you the best way to get more out of the project is to participate actively. In doing so, you learn. Your contributions help shape the project. You build a support network. You find business opportunities. You start to see the bigger picture and recognize the value of the Joomla! community. It is not always easy to know how to get started as a project contributor. The Joomla! Community Portal makes opportunities for involvement more visible for those interested.
At Joomla!, there are always a wide variety of activities underway. The Joomla! Core Team (http://community.joomla.org/core-team-blog.html), Documentation Working Group (http://community.joomla.org/contributors/documentors.html), Joomla! Extension Directory editors (http://community.joomla.org/contributors/jed-editors.html), Forum Moderators (http://community.joomla.org/contributors/forum-moderators.html), Translation Working Group, (http://community.joomla.org/contributors/translators.html) and Development Working Group's (http://community.joomla.org/contributors/developers.html) blogs and RSS feeds will help you keep up with everything that is happening.
The Joomla! Events Team helps coordinate activities all over the world and shares information about Joomla! Days (http://community.joomla.org/events/joomladays.html), Expo's and Trade Shows (http://community.joomla.org/events/expos.html), and other community meetings (http://community.joomla.org/events/community-meetings.html). Attending events is an excellent way to meet members of the community, find opportunities to collaborate, and have fun.
Review the Joomla! Event Calender (http://community.joomla.org/events/calendar/Joomla%21%20Official%20Events%20Calendar.html) to find an event of interest to you.
Joomla! User Groups (http://community.joomla.org/joomla-user-groups.html) are a great way to build a local Joomla! support network. On the Joomla! Community Portal (http://community.joomla.org), a list of groups and contact information is available to make locating a group easier. If there is no Joomla! User Group in your area, consider starting one (http://www.opensourcematters.org/content/view/99/70/).
The Joomla! Community Magazine (http://community.joomla.org/magazine.html) promises to be a must read each month. Community members will take turns sharing cool Joomla! 1.5 Web sites, Joomla! 1.5 GPL'd extensions, event information, involvement opportunities, and articles about local communities. A section on learning contains great material for introductory learners, professional Web site integrators, and talented developers. The project section of the magazine will keep you up to date on release information, working group profiles, and the latest project information.
We look forward to seeing you at the Joomla! Community Portal (http://community.joomla.org).
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Written by Joomla! - News
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Tuesday, 01 July 2008 |
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The incredible new RocketTheme (http://www.rockettheme.com) TerranTribune template features a lightning fast and clean news / magazine style design with one of the most versatile layouts we have ever assembled. An amazing 32 module positions allow for up to 7 columns of content as well as built in support for multiple standard advertising locations provide unending options for your site. TerranTribune balances this versatility with some powerful functionality including the all new RokMiniNews display system, menu assignable section colors, a new RokNewsRotator, and much more.
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Written by Joomla! - News
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Tuesday, 01 July 2008 |
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St. Michael's International School in Kobe, Japan, has just launched a
redesign of the school's website that uses Joomla and custom Joomla
templates.
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Written by Joomla! - News
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Tuesday, 01 July 2008 |
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With it's tongue firmly in it's cheek the new 'Would Love To Meet You' dating website opened it's doors today, powered by Joomla! Designed to prevent the usual annoyance of finding out that your date looks nothing like their profile picture, this new dating site actually encourages you to put up profile pictures that are more representative of what you actually look like - and in fact prefers you create a profile of you at your worst!
Created by Georgia Wonder to promote a song on their new EP, 'Would Love To Meet You' is the dating site of the song of the YouTube video. Georgia Wonder previously made Joomla news when they moved their entire site over to Joomla a couple of years ago - one of the first bands to do so, and as such their song 'Genius' was used on the YouTube video for the Joomla 'Red-Barchetta' release.
Julian Moore of the band said 'It's so easy to put together a community site with Joomla these days, we'd have been crazy not to take advantage of the one song we had which is about dating and actually create a fun and entertaining dating site. On the site we also have a pop at the proliferation of dating guides available on the net - and our YouTube video shows Steph from the band having a terrible time trying to find a date too!'
You can find the dating site at http://www.wouldlovetomeetyou.com and the Georgia Wonder site at http://www.gwonder.com
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