The first release candidate for WordPress 3.6 is now available. We hope to ship WordPress 3.6 in a couple weeks. But to do that, we really need your help! If you haven’t tested 3.6 yet, there’s no time like the present. (But please: not on a live production site, unless you’re feeling especially adventurous.) Think […]
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It’s time for our third annual user and developer survey! If you’re a WordPress user, developer, or business, we want your feedback. Just like previous years, we’ll share the data at the upcoming WordCamp San Francisco (WCSF). Results will also be sent to each survey respondent. It only takes a few minutes to fill out […]
The July issue of the Joomla Community Magazine is here! Our stories this month:
Editors Introduction
Happy 3rd Birthday JCM!, by Alice Grevet
Google Summer of Code
Improve Joomla! Frontend Semantics & Accessibility, by Pruteanu Alexandru
Creating com_services for Front-end Website Administration for CMS 3, by Buddhima Wijeweera
Convert JavaScript from MooTools to jQuery, by Ashan Fernando
Template Manager Improvements for CMS 3, by Ram Tripathi
Module Modernization, by Lasindu Charith
Automated Testing and System Test, by Puneet Kala
New Media Manager, by Nguyen Tran Quan
Improve Form Fields, by Achal Aggarwal
Support for Cloud Storage APIs, by Alex Marin
Designers
Thoughts on Web Design from an Inbound Marketer, by Shannon Good
Sitebuilders
How to Choose an Extension? Part 2: Support, by Mike Veeckmans
Business Matters
How to Select the Best Social Network for Roaring Business Promotions?, by krish kash
404 Error Page Best Practices [Hilarious Examples Included], by Hannah Kaufman
Joomla Industry Scenario in Brazil, by Helvecio da Silva
Administrators
How I Got My Website to Load in 1.29 Seconds, by David Attard
Is Your Joomla Site Optimized to Receive the Maximum Amount of Leads & Sales?, by John Rampton
Project News
Leadership Highlights – July 2013, by Alice Grevet
Building the Vulnerable Website, by Mandville
The Joomla! Haikus
Post your Haikus for July, by Dianne Henning
International Stories
Browse the international articles submitted this month.
In our next issue
We want to publish your Joomla! story in the next JCM issue! So take a look at our Author Resources content to get a better idea of what we are looking for, and then register to become a JCM author and submit your Joomla! story!
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WordPress 3.5.2 is now available. This is the second maintenance release of 3.5, fixing 12 bugs. This is a security release for all previous versions and we strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately. The WordPress security team resolved seven security issues, and this release also contains some additional security hardening. The security fixes included: […]
The June issue of the Joomla Community Magazine is here! Our stories this month:
Editors Introduction
Joomla! World Conference 2013…, by Dianne Henning
Feature Stories
Help the JCM Go Dutch!, by Dianne Henning
Interview with Dutch Joomla Leader Sander Potjer, by John Rampton
Events
Houston, we have a JoomlaDay!, by Robbie Adair
A Word from the Community, by Helvecio da Silva
Local User Group Celebrates 50th Anniversary With Joomla 3.1 Launch Party, by Victor Drover
Project News
Meet The Joomla Global Sponsors, by Mike Carson
Leadership Highlights – June 2013, by Marijke Stuivenberg
Business Matters
Easy Tips for Using Blogging as a Lead Nurturer, by Hannah Kaufman
How to Create a Socially Friendly Website, by Shannon Good
Sitebuilders
Website Case Study: Building Multilingual Hotel Websites, by Sully Sullivan
How to Create a High Converting Landing Page, by Luke Summerfield
Duplicate Pages in Joomla: Causes, Most Common Errors, Solutions, by Alex Bulat
The Joomla! Haikus
Post your Haikus for June, by Dianne Henning
Extensions and Services Evaluations
How to Choose an Extension? Part 1: Selection Steps, by Mike Veeckmans
International Stories
Browse the international articles submitted this month.
In our next issue
We want to publish your Joomla! story in the next JCM issue! So take a look at our Author Resources content to get a better idea of what we are looking for, and then register to become a JCM author and submit your Joomla! story!
The Next 10 Starts Now
May27
All around the globe today, people are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the first WordPress release, affectionately known as #wp10. Watching the feed of photos, tweets, and posts from Auckland to Zambia is incredible; from first-time bloggers to successful WordPress-based business owners, people are coming out in droves to raise a glass and share the […]
WordPress 3.6 Beta 3
May11
WordPress 3.6 Beta 3 is now available! This is software still in development and we really don’t recommend that you run it on a production site — set up a test site just to play with the new version. To test WordPress 3.6, try the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (you’ll want “bleeding edge nightlies”). Or you can download the beta here (zip). Beta […]
The May issue of the Joomla Community Magazine is here! Our stories this month:
Editors Introduction
Introducing the JCM/ES, by Alice Grevet
Feature Stories
Interview with Victor Drover, Expert Behind Multilingual Joomla Magazine, by John Rampton
Interview with Mark Dexter About Joomla 3.1, by John Rampton
Events
Upcoming Joomla! Events, by Jacques Rentzke
You’ve Got a Friend…, by Dianne Henning
Project News
Leadership Highlights – May 2013, by Marijke Stuivenberg
New Home for the Vulnerable Extensions List, by Mandville
Designers
Beauty and the Beach, by Alice Grevet
Business Matters
Maximizing Your Blog’s ROI – JCM Whiteboard, by Luke Summerfield
Developers
Thinking Outside the Platform, by Chris Davenport
CiviCRM Interview with Paul Delbar, by Alice Grevet
Joomla! 3.0 Extension Development Series: Admin Configuration and Code Cleanup, by David Hurley |
Tools To Do LESS, by Peter Bui
Dead Links Walking, by Arlen Walker and Martin Raja
Help Wanted – Testing Joomla! Multi-Database Compatibility, by Michael Babker
The Joomla! Haikus
Post your Haikus for May, by Dianne Henning
On the Lighter Side
Are You Joomla?, by Helvecio da Silva
International Stories
Browse the international articles submitted this month.
In our next issue
We want to publish your Joomla! story in the next JCM issue! So take a look at our Author Resources content to get a better idea of what we are looking for, and then register to become a JCM author and submit your Joomla! story!
As an open source, free software project, WordPress depends on the contributions of hundreds of people from around the globe — contributions in areas like core code, documentation, answering questions in the support forums, translation, and all the other things it takes to make WordPress the best publishing platform it can be, with the most […]
The Joomla! Project is pleased to announce the availability of Joomla! CMS 3.1.0 Stable. Joomla 3 is the latest major release of the Joomla CMS, with Joomla 3.1 the second minor release in this series. The Production Leadership Team’s goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community. Learn more about Joomla! development at the Developer Site.
Please note that going from Joomla 3.0 to 3.1 is a one-click upgrade with backward compatibility and is NOT a migration. The same is true is for any subsequent versions in the Joomla 3 series. If you’re running a Joomla 3.0 site, please use the one-click upgrade to get the new features and the latest bugs fixes for 3.1.
Download
New Installations: Click here to download Joomla 3.1.0 (Full package) »
Update Package: Click here to download Joomla 3.0.x to 3.1.0 (Update package) »
Note: Please read the instructions below.
Note: Just in case you need it, we also have 3.0.4 packages available. Version 3.0.4 is exactly the same as version 3.0.3 except that the seven security fixes listed below have been added. We encourage all 3.0 users to upgrade from 3.0 to 3.1 right away as 3.1 contains the security fixes and is a one-click upgrade with full backward compatibility support from 3.0.
Instructions
- New installation and technical requirements
- FAQ on updating from 2.5.x (if desired). Please read the entire FAQ to get all the pertinent information.
- Migration from Joomla! 1.5.x
Want to test drive Joomla? Try the online demo or the Joomla JumpBox. Documentation is available for beginners.
Please note that you should always backup your site before upgrading.
What are the new features of Joomla! 3.1?
- 29855 – Tags (click here to see the recent blog post about it)
- 30298 – Added note form field
- 29822 – Show logs in debug console
- 30085 – Refactor installation to use new application and MVC classes
- 29965 – Added pagination in COM_SEARCH component
- 29770 – Added triggers on save for com_config
- 30230 – JPlugin autoloadLanguage property
- 28924 – Added SQL Server subclass for FinderIndexer
- 30318 – Media wiki package
- 30369 – OpenStreetMap package
- 30364 – UNION ALL feature
Miscellaneous: 28574 – Removed the GeSHi plug-in
What are the other new features of the Joomla! 3 series?
- Incorporation of Twitter Bootstrap into a jui media package.
- A new responsive administrator template–Isis– and interface.
- A new front end template–Protostar– built using Twitter Bootstrap
- Updated accessible template called Beez3
- PostgreSQL Driver. You will be able to run Joomla 3.0 sites using the PostgreSQL database.
- PHP Memcached Driver
- Use of JFeed for feed management rather than SimplePie
- Installation of language packages directly from the extension manager
- Guest user group present by default
- Saving blank articles allowed
- New administrator statistics module
- Update TinyMCE to version 3.5.6
- Continued clean up of older unused code, files and database fields and tables and improved standardization of tables.
- Improvements to Smart Search
- Extensive work on code style standardisation and consistency
- Unit testing in the CMS
- Updated system tests in the CMS
- Multilanguage: adding items associations in remaining core components.
- Language Installation tool for the Joomla Installer.
- Items associations in multi-language
- Allow different update packages for different version dev levels
What security issues have been fixed in Joomla! 3.1?
- Moderate Priority – Core – XSS Vulnerability. More information »
- Moderate Priority – Core – DOS Vulnerability. More information »
- Low Priority – Core – XSS Vulnerability. More information »
- Low Priority – Core – Information Disclosure. More information »
- Low Priority – Core – XSS Vulnerability. More information »
- Low Priority – Core – Privilege Escalation. More information »
- Low Priority – Core – XSS Vulnerability. More information »
What bugs have been fixed in Joomla! 3.1?
There are a whopping 242 bug fixes for Joomla 3.1. Because of the large number of fixes, we have listed them separately on the following page:
http://developer.joomla.org/version-3-1-0-release-notes.html
How can I update from Joomla! 3.0 to 3.1?
Joomla 3.0 to 3.1 is a one-click upgrade with backward compatibility and is NOT a migration. The same is true is for any subsequent versions in the Joomla 3 series. Thus, if you’re running a Joomla 3.0 site, please one-click upgrade, within the Joomla! Update component, to Joomla 3.1 to get the new features and the latest bugs fixes.
What is the status of Joomla! 2.5?
Version 2.5 of the Joomla! CMS is a Long Term Support release and support for it will continue until shortly after the release of Joomla 3.5 scheduled for Spring 2014. Joomla 2.5 users do not need to migrate to Joomla 3.1.
Will I be able to update directly to Joomla! 3 from Joomla! 2.5?
Moving to Joomla 3.x from Joomla 2.5 will be a mini-migration not an upgrade, although for the core of Joomla! the migration should be simple. However, it is likely that templates for Joomla 2.5 will need modification to work with Joomla 3 as will many extensions. Always test prior to migrating and consult with the developers of any extensions and templates you use.
What is the status of Joomla! 1.5?
Support for Joomla 1.5 ended in April of 2012 and we continued to support it unofficially until the end of 2012 for medium to high priority security issues.
Does that mean your 1.5 site will suddenly stop working? No, your site will continue to work as it always has. However, Joomla’s developers will not be releasing new versions for Joomla 1.5, so you won’t be getting bug fixes or security fixes. For this reason, it’s recommended to migrate from 1.5.
Moving from 2.5 to any Joomla 3 version is relatively simple, since Joomla has made the process easy for newer versions. Unfortunately, moving from 1.5 is not a trivial task. Fortunately, there are two good extensions that make the process easier: jUpgrade and SPUpgrade.
You have a choice of going straight to Joomla 3.0 or going to 2.5 first. Both jUpgrade and SPUpgrade have versions ready for both versions. Please consult with their documentation on how to migrate from Joomla 1.5 to 3.0/2.5.
For most new/migrated sites, the Joomla! 3 series is the preferred series and starting on it avoids a mini-migration from Joomla 2.5 later down the road. Starting on the Joomla 3 series for a new/migrated site, also provides you with longer backward compatible support (with one-click upgrades) than starting a new site on 2.5 right now, because support for 3.x ends in 2016.
Joomla! Bug Squad
Thanks to the Joomla Bug Squad for their dedicated efforts investigating reports, fixing problems, and applying patches to Joomla. If you find a bug in Joomla, please report it on the Joomla! CMS Issue Tracker.
Active members of the Joomla Bug Squad during past 3 months include: Akarawuth Tamrareang, Aleksander Linkov, Alonzo Turner, Andrea Tarr, Andrew Matthew, Angelika Reisiger, Artur Alves, Arunas Mazeika, Ashan Fernando, Ashwin Date, Ben Tasker, Benjamin Trenkle, Brian Teeman, Chad Windnagle, Chris Smith, Constantin Romankiewicz, David Hurley, Dennis Hermacki, Don Gilbert, Edgars Piruška, Elijah Madden, Elin Waring, Emerson Rocha Luiz, George Wilson, Harald Leithner, Jacques Rentzke, Janich Rasmussen, Javier Gómez, Jean-Marie Simonet, Jon Neubauer, Julien Vonthron, Jurian Even, Kevin Griffiths, Khai Vu Dinh, Lu Nguyen, marco dings, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Dexter, Michael Babker, Mihàly Marti, Mihir Chhatre, Mike Biolsi, Nick Savov, Ofer Cohen, Parth Lawate, Patrick Alt, Peter van Westen, Piotr Konieczny, Ram Tripathi, Richard McDaniel, Robert Deutz, Robert Gastaud, Roberto Segura, Roland Dalmulder, Ruth Cheesley, sajal soni, Seth Warburton, Stefania Gaianigo, Tessa Mero, Thomas Hunziker, Thomas Jackson, Tobias Zulauf, Tom Hutchison, Valentin Despa, Yannick Gaultier.
Bug Squad Leadership: Mark Dexter and Nick Savov, Co-Coordinators. Super-star contributors and leaders by example: Jean-Marie Simonet, Elin Waring, David Hurley, and Brian Teeman.
Joomla! Security Strike Team
A big thanks to the Joomla! Security Strike Team for their ongoing work to keep Joomla secure. Members include: Airton Torres, Alan Langford, Andrea Tarr, Bill Richardson, David Hurley, Elin Waring, Gary Brooks, Jason Kendall, Jean-Marie Simonet, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Boos, Mark Dexter, Michael Babker, Nick Savov, Pushapraj Sharma, Rouven Weßling.
This release is the result of thousands of hours of work by dozens of volunteers. Thank you so very much for making Joomla the best CMS on the planet!
How can you help Joomla! development?
There are a variety of ways in which you can get actively involved with Joomla! It doesn’t matter if you are a coder, an integrator, or merely a user of Joomla!. You can contact the Joomla! Community Development Manager, David Hurley, david.hurley@joomla.org, to get more information, or if you are ready you can jump right into the Joomla! Bug Squad.
The Joomla Bug Squad is one of the most active teams in the Joomla development process and is always looking for people (not just developers) that can help with sorting bug reports, coding patches and testing solutions. It’s a great way for increasing your working knowledge of Joomla, and also a great way to meet new people from all around the world.
If you are interested, please read about us on the Joomla Wiki and, if you wish to join, email Mark Dexter, one of the Bug Squad co-coordinators.
You can also help Joomla development by thanking those involved in the many areas of the process. The project also wants to thank all of the people who have taken the time to prepare and submit work to be included in Joomla 1.6,1.7, 2.5, & 3.0, 3.1, and to those who have worked very hard on the Joomla Framework.
Joomla! 2.5.10 Released
Apr24
The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 2.5.10. This is a security release. The Production Leadership Team’s goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community. Learn more about Joomla! development at the Developer Site.
The update process is very simple, and complete instructions are available here. Note that there are now easier and better ways of updating than copying the files with FTP.
Download
New Installations: Click here to download Joomla 2.5.10 (Full package) »
Update Package: Click here to download Joomla 2.5.10 (Update package) »
Note: Please read the update instructions before updating.
Instructions
Want to test drive Joomla? Try the online demo or the Joomla JumpBox. Documentation is available for beginners.
Please note that you should always backup your site before upgrading.
Release Notes
Check the Joomla 2.5.10 Post-Release FAQs to see if there are important items and helpful hints discovered after the release.
Statistics for the 2.5.10 release period
- Joomla 2.5.10 contains:
- 7 security issues fixed
- 38 tracker issues fixed
All 2.5 Help Screens Now Complete!
Thanks to heroic efforts by George Wilson and Tom Hutchison, we are pleased to announce that the online help screens for version 2.5 are 100% complete. If you have corrections or improvements to these screens, just register on the Wiki at docs.joomla.org and start editing.
Security Issues Fixed
- Moderate Priority – Core – XSS Vulnerability. More information »
- Moderate Priority – Core – DOS Vulnerability. More information »
- Low Priority – Core – XSS Vulnerability. More information »
- Low Priority – Core – Information Disclosure. More information »
- Low Priority – Core – XSS Vulnerability. More information »
- Low Priority – Core – Privilege Escalation. More information »
- Low Priority – Core – XSS Vulnerability. More information »
Tracker Issues Fixed
Joomla! Bug Squad
Thanks to the Joomla Bug Squad for their dedicated efforts investigating reports, fixing problems, and applying patches to Joomla. If you find a bug in Joomla, please report it on the Joomla! CMS Issue Tracker.
Active members of the Joomla Bug Squad during past 3 months include: Akarawuth Tamrareang, Aleksander Linkov, Alonzo Turner, Andrea Tarr, Andrew Matthew, Angelika Reisiger, Artur Alves, Arunas Mazeika, Ashan Fernando, Ashwin Date, Ben Tasker, Benjamin Trenkle, Brian Teeman, Chad Windnagle, Chris Smith, Constantin Romankiewicz, David Hurley, Dennis Hermacki, Don Gilbert, Edgars Piruška, Elijah Madden, Elin Waring, Emerson Rocha Luiz, George Wilson, Harald Leithner, Jacques Rentzke, Janich Rasmussen, Javier Gómez, Jean-Marie Simonet, Jon Neubauer, Julien Vonthron, Jurian Even, Kevin Griffiths, Khai Vu Dinh, Lu Nguyen, marco dings, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Dexter, Michael Babker, Mihàly Marti, Mihir Chhatre, Mike Biolsi, Nick Savov, Ofer Cohen, Parth Lawate, Patrick Alt, Peter van Westen, Piotr Konieczny, Ram Tripathi, Richard McDaniel, Robert Deutz, Robert Gastaud, Roberto Segura, Roland Dalmulder, Ruth Cheesley, sajal soni, Seth Warburton, Stefania Gaianigo, Tessa Mero, Thomas Hunziker, Thomas Jackson, Tobias Zulauf, Tom Hutchison, Valentin Despa, Yannick Gaultier.
Bug Squad Leadership: Mark Dexter and Nick Savov, Co-Coordinators. Super-star contributors and leaders by example: Jean-Marie Simonet, Elin Waring, David Hurley, and Brian Teeman.
Joomla! Security Strike Team
A big thanks to the Joomla! Security Strike Team for their ongoing work to keep Joomla secure. Members include: Airton Torres, Alan Langford, Andrea Tarr, Bill Richardson, David Hurley, Elin Waring, Gary Brooks, Jason Kendall, Jean-Marie Simonet, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Boos, Mark Dexter, Michael Babker, Nick Savov, Pushapraj Sharma, Rouven Weßling.
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: All
- Severity: Low
- Versions: 2.5.9 and earlier 2.5.x versions. 3.0.3 and earlier 3.0.x versions.
- Exploit type: XSS Vulnerability
- Reported Date: 2013-April-17
- Fixed Date: 2013-April-24
- CVE Number: CVE-2013-3267
Description
Inadequate filtering leads to XSS vulnerability in highlighter plugin.
Affected Installs
Joomla! version 2.5.9 and earlier 2.5.x versions; and version 3.0.2 and earlier 3.0.x versions.
Solution
Upgrade to version 2.5.10, 3.1.0 or 3.0.4.
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Center.
Reported By: Vertical Pigeon
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: All
- Severity: Low
- Versions: 2.5.9 and earlier 2.5.x versions. 3.0.3 and earlier 3.0.x versions.
- Exploit type: XSS Vulnerability
- Reported Date: 2013-February-26
- Fixed Date: 2013-April-24
- CVE Number: CVE-2013-3059
Description
Inadequate filtering leads to XSS vulnerability in Voting plugin.
Affected Installs
Joomla! version 2.5.9 and earlier 2.5.x versions; and version 3.0.2 and earlier 3.0.x versions.
Solution
Upgrade to version 2.5.10, 3.1.0 or 3.0.4.
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Center.
Reported By: Yannick Gaultier and Jeff Channell
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: All
- Severity: Moderate
- Versions: 2.5.9 and earlier 2.5.x versions. 3.0.3 and earlier 3.0.x versions.
- Exploit type: XSS Vulnerability
- Reported Date: 2013-March-9
- Fixed Date: 2013-April-24
- CVE Number: CVE-2013-3058
Description
Inadequate filtering allows possibility of XSS exploit in some circumstances.
Affected Installs
Joomla! version 2.5.9 and earlier 2.5.x versions; and version 3.0.2 and earlier 3.0.x versions.
Solution
Upgrade to version 2.5.10, 3.1.0 or 3.0.4.
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Center.
Reported By: James Kettle
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: All
- Severity: Low
- Versions: 2.5.9 and earlier 2.5.x versions. 3.0.3 and earlier 3.0.x versions.
- Exploit type: Information Disclosure
- Reported Date: 2013-March-29
- Fixed Date: 2013-April-24
- CVE Number: CVE-2013-3057
Description
Inadequate permission checking allows unauthorised user to see permission settings in some circumstances.
Affected Installs
Joomla! version 2.5.9 and earlier 2.5.x versions; and version 3.0.2 and earlier 3.0.x versions.
Solution
Upgrade to version 2.5.10, 3.1.0 or 3.0.4.
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Center.
Reported By: Francois Gauthier
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: All
- Severity: Low
- Versions: 2.5.9 and earlier 2.5.x versions. 3.0.3 and earlier 3.0.x versions.
- Exploit type: XSS Vulnerability
- Reported Date: 2013-February-15
- Fixed Date: 2013-April-24
- CVE Number: None
Description
Use of old version of Flash-based file uploader leads to XSS vulnerability.
Affected Installs
Joomla! version 2.5.9 and earlier 2.5.x versions; and version 3.0.2 and earlier 3.0.x versions.
Solution
Upgrade to version 2.5.10, 3.1.0 or 3.0.4.
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Center.
Reported By: Reginaldo Silva
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: All
- Severity: Low
- Versions: 2.5.9 and earlier 2.5.x versions. 3.0.3 and earlier 3.0.x versions.
- Exploit type: Privilege Escalation
- Reported Date: 2013-March-29
- Fixed Date: 2013-April-24
- CVE Number: CVE-2013-3056
Description
Inadequate permission checking allows unauthorised user to delete private messages.
Affected Installs
Joomla! version 2.5.9 and earlier 2.5.x versions; and version 3.0.2 and earlier 3.0.x versions.
Solution
Upgrade to version 2.5.10, 3.1.0 or 3.0.4.
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Center.
Reported By: Francois Gauthier
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: All
- Severity: Moderate
- Versions: 2.5.9 and earlier 2.5.x versions. 3.0.3 and earlier 3.0.x versions.
- Exploit type: Denial of service vulnerability
- Reported Date: 2013-February-18
- Fixed Date: 2013-April-24
- CVE Number: CVE-2013-3242
Description
Object unserialize method leads to possible denial of service vulnerability.
Affected Installs
Joomla! version 2.5.9 and earlier 2.5.x versions; and version 3.0.2 and earlier 3.0.x versions.
Solution
Upgrade to version 2.5.10, 3.1.0 or 3.0.4.
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Center.
Reported By: Egidio Romano
In honor of the upcoming 10th anniversary celebrations, we’ve put a special 10th anniversary tshirt in the swag store at cost — $10 per shirt plus shipping. They’ll be on sale at this price until the anniversary on May 27, and they’ll start shipping out the week of April 29. Some people who are planning […]
The Joomla! Project is pleased to announce the availability of Joomla! CMS 3 Beta5. Community members are asked to download and install the package in order to provide quality assurance for Joomla 3.1. Joomla 3.1 is scheduled for release on April 24th, 2013.
Joomla 3 is the latest major release of the Joomla CMS, with Joomla 3.1 the second short term support release in this series. Please note that going from Joomla 3.0 to 3.1 is a one-click upgrade and is NOT a migration. The same is true is for any subsequent versions in the Joomla 3 series. That being said, please do not upgrade any of your production sites to the beta version as beta is ONLY intended for testing.
What is this release for?
This is a beta release and not for use on production sites.
Extension developers are encouraged to work with this release in order to prepare extensions for the General Availability release of Joomla 3.1, though there shouldn’t be any backward compatibility issues. Users are encouraged to test the package for issues and to report issues in the Joomla! issue tracker.
What are the new features of Joomla! 3.1?
- 29855 – Tags (click here to see the recent blog post about it)
- 30298 – Added note form field
- 29822 – Show logs in debug console
- 30085 – Refactor installation to use new application and MVC classes
- 29965 – Added pagination in COM_SEARCH component
- 29770 – Added triggers on save for com_config
- 30230 – JPlugin autoloadLanguage property
- 28924 – Added SQL Server subclass for FinderIndexer
- 30318 – Media wiki package
- 30369 – OpenStreetMap package
- 30364 – UNION ALL feature
Miscellaneous: 28574 – Removed the GeSHi plug-in
What are the other new features of the Joomla! 3 series?
- Incorporation of Twitter Bootstrap into a jui media package.
- A new responsive administrator template–Isis– and interface.
- A new front end template–Protostar– built using Twitter Bootstrap
- Updated accessible template called Beez3
- PostgreSQL Driver. You will be able to run Joomla 3.0 sites using the PostgreSQL database.
- PHP Memcached Driver
- Use of JFeed for feed management rather than SimplePie
- Installation of language packages directly from the extension manager
- Guest user group present by default
- Saving blank articles allowed
- New administrator statistics module
- Update TinyMCE to version 3.5.6
- Continued clean up of older unused code, files and database fields and tables and improved standardization of tables.
- Improvements to Smart Search
- Extensive work on code style standardisation and consistency
- Unit testing in the CMS
- Updated system tests in the CMS
- Multilanguage: adding items associations in remaining core components.
- Language Installation tool for the Joomla Installer.
- Items associations in multi-language
- Allow different update packages for different version dev levels
What is the status of Joomla! 2.5?
Version 2.5 of the Joomla! CMS is a Long Term Support release and support for it will continue until shortly after the release of Joomla 3.5 scheduled for Spring 2014. Joomla 2.5 users do not need to migrate to Joomla 3.0 or 3.1.
Will I be able to update directly to Joomla! 3?
Moving to Joomla 3.x from Joomla 2.5 will be a mini-migration not an upgrade, although for the core of Joomla! the migration should be simple. However, it is likely that templates for Joomla 2.5 will need modification to work with Joomla 3 as will many extensions. Always test prior to migrating and consult with the developers of any extensions and templates you use.
What is the status of Joomla! 1.5?
Support for Joomla 1.5 ended in April of 2012 and we continued to support it unofficially until the end of 2012 for medium to high priority security issues.
Does that mean your 1.5 site will suddenly stop working? No, your site will continue to work as it always has. However, Joomla’s developers will not be releasing new versions for Joomla 1.5, so you won’t be getting bug fixes or security fixes. For this reason, it’s recommended to migrate from 1.5.
Moving from 2.5 to any Joomla 3 version is relatively simple, since Joomla has made the process easy for newer versions. Unfortunately, moving from 1.5 is not a trivial task. Fortunately, there are two good extensions that make the process easier: jUpgrade and SPUpgrade.
You have a choice of going straight to Joomla 3.0 or going to 2.5 first. Both jUpgrade and SPUpgrade have versions ready for both versions. Please consult with their documentation on how to migrate from Joomla 1.5 to 3.0/2.5.
For most new/migrated sites, the Joomla! 3 series is the preferred series and starting on it avoids a mini-migration from Joomla 2.5 later down the road. Starting on the Joomla 3 series for a new/migrated site, also provides you with longer backward compatible support (with one-click upgrades) than starting a new site on 2.5 right now, because support for 3.x ends in 2016.
How can you help Joomla development?
There are a variety of ways in which you can get actively involved with Joomla! It doesn’t matter if you are a coder, an integrator, or merely a user of Joomla!. You can contact the Joomla! Community Development Manager, David Hurley, david.hurley@joomla.org, to get more information, or if you are ready you can jump right into the Joomla! Bug Squad.
The Joomla Bug Squad is one of the most active teams in the Joomla development process and is always looking for people (not just developers) that can help with sorting bug reports, coding patches and testing solutions. It’s a great way for increasing your working knowledge of Joomla, and also a great way to meet new people from all around the world.
If you are interested, please read about us on the Joomla Wiki and, if you wish to join, email Mark Dexter, one of the Bug Squad co-coordinators.
You can also help Joomla development by thanking those involved in the many areas of the process. The project also wants to thank all of the people who have taken the time to prepare and submit work to be included in Joomla 1.6,1.7, 2.5, & 3.1, and to those who have worked very hard on the Joomla Platform separation project.
Related information
If you are an extension developer, please make sure you subscribe to the general developer mailing list as this is a place where you can discuss extension development and news that may affect custom development will be posted from time to time.
Following is a list of previous news and information about Joomla and other sites of interest:
- Working with the Joomla Feature Tracker
- General developer mailing list
- Joomla developer network
- Joomla development strategy
A Huge Thank You to Our Volunteers!
This beta release is the result of thousands of hours of work by dozens of volunteers. Thank you so very much for making Joomla the best CMS on the planet!
The Joomla! Project is pleased to announce the availability of Joomla! CMS 3 Beta4. Community members are asked to download and install the package in order to provide quality assurance for Joomla 3.1. Joomla 3.1 is scheduled for release on April 15th, 2013.
Joomla 3 is the latest major release of the Joomla CMS, with Joomla 3.1 the second short term support release in this series. Please note that going from Joomla 3.0 to 3.1 is a one-click upgrade and is NOT a migration. The same is true is for any subsequent versions in the Joomla 3 series. That being said, please do not upgrade any of your production sites to the beta version as beta is ONLY intended for testing.
What is this release for?
This is a beta release and not for use on production sites.
Extension developers are encouraged to work with this release in order to prepare extensions for the General Availability release of Joomla 3.1, though there shouldn’t be any backward compatibility issues. Users are encouraged to test the package for issues and to report issues in the Joomla! issue tracker.
What are the new features of Joomla! 3.1?
- 29855 – Tags (click here to see the recent blog post about it)
- 29822 – Show logs in debug console
- 30085 – Refactor installation to use new application and MVC classes
- 29965 – Added pagination in COM_SEARCH component
- 29770 – Added triggers on save for com_config
- 30230 – JPlugin autoloadLanguage property
- 28924 – Added SQL Server subclass for FinderIndexer
- 30318 – Media wiki package
- 30369 – OpenStreetMap package
- 30364 – UNION ALL feature
Miscellaneous: 28574 – Removed the GeSHi plug-in
What are the other new features of the Joomla! 3 series?
- Incorporation of Twitter Bootstrap into a jui media package.
- A new responsive administrator template–Isis– and interface.
- A new front end template–Protostar– built using Twitter Bootstrap
- Updated accessible template called Beez3
- PostgreSQL Driver. You will be able to run Joomla 3.0 sites using the PostgreSQL database.
- PHP Memcached Driver
- Use of JFeed for feed management rather than SimplePie
- Installation of language packages directly from the extension manager
- Guest user group present by default
- Saving blank articles allowed
- New administrator statistics module
- Update TinyMCE to version 3.5.6
- Continued clean up of older unused code, files and database fields and tables and improved standardization of tables.
- Improvements to Smart Search
- Extensive work on code style standardisation and consistency
- Unit testing in the CMS
- Updated system tests in the CMS
- Multilanguage: adding items associations in remaining core components.
- Language Installation tool for the Joomla Installer.
- Items associations in multi-language
- Allow different update packages for different version dev levels
What is the status of Joomla! 2.5?
Version 2.5 of the Joomla! CMS is a Long Term Support release and support for it will continue until shortly after the release of Joomla 3.5 scheduled for Spring 2014. Joomla 2.5 users do not need to migrate to Joomla 3.0 or 3.1.
Will I be able to update directly to Joomla! 3?
Moving to Joomla 3.x from Joomla 2.5 will be a mini-migration not an upgrade, although for the core of Joomla! the migration should be simple. However, it is likely that templates for Joomla 2.5 will need modification to work with Joomla 3 as will many extensions. Always test prior to migrating and consult with the developers of any extensions and templates you use.
What is the status of Joomla! 1.5?
Support for Joomla 1.5 ended in April of 2012 and we continued to support it unofficially until the end of 2012 for medium to high priority security issues.
Does that mean your 1.5 site will suddenly stop working? No, your site will continue to work as it always has. However, Joomla’s developers will not be releasing new versions for Joomla 1.5, so you won’t be getting bug fixes or security fixes. For this reason, it’s recommended to migrate from 1.5.
Moving from 2.5 to any Joomla 3 version is relatively simple, since Joomla has made the process easy for newer versions. Unfortunately, moving from 1.5 is not a trivial task. Fortunately, there are two good extensions that make the process easier: jUpgrade and SPUpgrade.
You have a choice of going straight to Joomla 3.0 or going to 2.5 first. Both jUpgrade and SPUpgrade have versions ready for both versions. Please consult with their documentation on how to migrate from Joomla 1.5 to 3.0/2.5.
For most new/migrated sites, the Joomla! 3 series is the preferred series and starting on it avoids a mini-migration from Joomla 2.5 later down the road. Starting on the Joomla 3 series for a new/migrated site, also provides you with longer backward compatible support (with one-click upgrades) than starting a new site on 2.5 right now, because support for 3.x ends in 2016.
How can you help Joomla development?
There are a variety of ways in which you can get actively involved with Joomla! It doesn’t matter if you are a coder, an integrator, or merely a user of Joomla!. You can contact the Joomla! Community Development Manager, David Hurley, david.hurley@joomla.org, to get more information, or if you are ready you can jump right into the Joomla! Bug Squad.
The Joomla Bug Squad is one of the most active teams in the Joomla development process and is always looking for people (not just developers) that can help with sorting bug reports, coding patches and testing solutions. It’s a great way for increasing your working knowledge of Joomla, and also a great way to meet new people from all around the world.
If you are interested, please read about us on the Joomla Wiki and, if you wish to join, email Mark Dexter, one of the Bug Squad co-coordinators.
You can also help Joomla development by thanking those involved in the many areas of the process. The project also wants to thank all of the people who have taken the time to prepare and submit work to be included in Joomla 1.6,1.7, 2.5, & 3.1, and to those who have worked very hard on the Joomla Platform separation project.
Related information
If you are an extension developer, please make sure you subscribe to the general developer mailing list as this is a place where you can discuss extension development and news that may affect custom development will be posted from time to time.
Following is a list of previous news and information about Joomla and other sites of interest:
- Working with the Joomla Feature Tracker
- General developer mailing list
- Joomla developer network
- Joomla development strategy
A Huge Thank You to Our Volunteers!
This beta release is the result of thousands of hours of work by dozens of volunteers. Thank you so very much for making Joomla the best CMS on the planet!
Save the Date: May 27
Apr11
What’s on May 27, you ask? May 27, 2013 is the 10th anniversary of the first WordPress release! We think this is worth celebrating, and we want WordPress fans all over the world to celebrate with us by throwing their own parties. We’re using Meetup Everywhere to coordinate, and will be putting up a website […]
J and Beyond, an International Joomla! Conference, is back for a fourth year.
From May 31st to June 2nd, Joomla! developers and site builders from over 30 countries will gather in Noordwijkerhout, near Amsterdam.
J and Beyond is one of two big international Joomla conferences every year, with the Joomla World Conference being the other.
Why Come to J and Beyond?
Come to J and Beyond for all these reasons and more:
- Learn from others
- Share your ideas
- Plan for the future
- Meet the people behind the avatar
- AND most importantly – to have fun!
Keynote Speakers Announced
The J and Beyond team are excited to have such a great and varied lineup of Keynote speakers including Pierre Joye from php.net who has made over 6000 commits to php.net.
It’s not just about the code – it’s about the relationships that are made. Chiara Aliotta will be speaking about the relationship between the designer and the developer and Xavier Dutoit will be there to build bridges between the Joomla and CiviCRM communities.
David Hurley (community development manager) and Andy Tarr (PLT) will be speaking on what have we accomplished in the past few years? Where are we in the current state of the web? Where are we going?
Finally there are two wildcards. Rod Martin and Peter van Westen will be bringing their unique, thought provoking and truly entertaining presentation styles with “Life Is Short And So Am I” and “What Nothing – Regular Expressions and other confusing s(?:tu|h[1i])([f]{2}|t)$”
Click here to find out more about our keynote speakers.
2013 Location
Noordwijkerhout, is very conveniently located. The venue is near Amsterdam and is only 25km away from the Netherlands largest airport, Schiphol
Free Beer!
Well almost. The early bird ticket sales end at the end of April and with the money you save you can buy more beer (or soda).
Click here to buy tickets now.
Do you have something to say or share?
You can only win a speaker slot if you enter the competition. If you were waiting for an invitation to speak: THIS IS YOUR INVITATION. Submit your session proposal today. The deadline is the 15th April (no exceptions).
This year we are offering three different session lengths:
- Show and Tell (5 to 10 minutes)
- Regular (1 hour)
- Super-sized (2 hours)
We want you to present.
WordPress 3.6 Beta 1
Apr04
WordPress 3.6 Beta 1 is now available! This is software still in development and we really don’t recommend that you run it on a production site — set up a test site just to play with the new version. To test WordPress 3.6, try the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (you’ll want “bleeding edge nightlies”). Or you can download the beta here (zip). We’ve […]
Over the last few months, the Platform team of maintainers and developers have been talking about future directions. One of our goals for this year is to introduce namespacing. This has been a very large undertaking and as work has progressed, it became obvious that backward compatibility was going to be a constant battle. One of the negative side-effects of this would be that the Joomla CMS wouldn’t be able to use the planned 13.1 release of the Platform for some time if we introduced namespacing in that version.
After a lot of discussion both internally and with other developers in the community, in order to address the problem, as well as to take advantage of some new opportunities, we’ve decided to make some changes to the Platform.
The April issue of the Joomla Community Magazine is here! Our stories this month:
Editors Introduction
Listen Up!, by Alice Grevet
Feature Stories
Interview with Community Development Manager David Hurley, by John Rampton
Joomla! is the People, by Helvecio da Silva
Interview with CMSExpo Founder John Coonen, by John Rampton
The X Factor and Women in Tech, by Dianne Henning
Events
JoomlaDay Boston, No Blarney!, by Dianne Henning
Project News
Leadership Highlights – April 2013, by Marijke Stuivenberg
Designers
Progressive Enhancement: Flip the Script on Your Responsive Ways, by Ryan Boog
Sitebuilders
Tips to Find a Joomla Developer, by Johans Empuerto
Business Matters
Creating Call-to-Actions that Will Actually Get Action, by Hannah Kaufman
Easy To Use Joomla Search Operator Commands, by John Rampton
Developers
Head in the Tag Clouds, by Elin Waring
4 Ways Joomla Developers Can Monetize Free Extensions, by Pravin Daryani
Joomla! 3.0 Extension Development Series: More Functionality, by David Hurley
Joomla! 3.1.0 Tag Field, by Roberto Segura
Administrators
CDNs for Joomla – A Beginners Guide, by Steven Johnson
Community Choice Extensions
Community Choice Extensions – UPDATE, by Dianne Henning
The Joomla! Haikus
Post your Haikus for April, by Dianne Henning
International Stories
Browse the international articles submitted this month.
In our next issue
We want to publish your Joomla! story in the next JCM issue! So take a look at our Author Resources content to get a better idea of what we are looking for, and then register to become a JCM author and submit your Joomla! story!
The Joomla! Project is pleased to announce the availability of Joomla! CMS 3 Beta3. Community members are asked to download and install the package in order to provide quality assurance for Joomla 3.1. Joomla 3.1 is scheduled for release on April 15th, 2013.
Joomla 3 is the latest major release of the Joomla CMS, with Joomla 3.1 the second short term support release in this series. Please note that going from Joomla 3.0 to 3.1 is a one-click upgrade and is NOT a migration. The same is true is for any subsequent versions in the Joomla 3 series. That being said, please do not upgrade any of your production sites to the beta version as beta is ONLY intended for testing.
What is this release for?
This is a beta release and not for use on production sites.
Extension developers are encouraged to work with this release in order to prepare extensions for the General Availability release of Joomla 3.1, though there shouldn’t be any backward compatibility issues. Users are encouraged to test the package for issues and to report issues in the Joomla! issue tracker.
What are the new features of Joomla! 3.1?
- 29855 – Tags (click here to see the recent blog post about it)
- 29822 – Show logs in debug console
- 30085 – Refactor installation to use new application and MVC classes
- 29965 – Added pagination in COM_SEARCH component
- 29770 – Added triggers on save for com_config
- 30230 – JPlugin autoloadLanguage property
- 28924 – Added SQL Server subclass for FinderIndexer
- 30318 – Media wiki package
- 30369 – OpenStreetMap package
- 30364 – UNION ALL feature
Miscellaneous: 28574 – Removed the GeSHi plug-in
What are the other new features of the Joomla! 3 series?
- Incorporation of Twitter Bootstrap into a jui media package.
- A new responsive administrator template–Isis– and interface.
- A new front end template–Protostar– built using Twitter Bootstrap
- Updated accessible template called Beez3
- PostgreSQL Driver. You will be able to run Joomla 3.0 sites using the PostgreSQL database.
- PHP Memcached Driver
- Use of JFeed for feed management rather than SimplePie
- Installation of language packages directly from the extension manager
- Guest user group present by default
- Saving blank articles allowed
- New administrator statistics module
- Update TinyMCE to version 3.5.6
- Continued clean up of older unused code, files and database fields and tables and improved standardization of tables.
- Improvements to Smart Search
- Extensive work on code style standardisation and consistency
- Unit testing in the CMS
- Updated system tests in the CMS
- Multilanguage: adding items associations in remaining core components.
- Language Installation tool for the Joomla Installer.
- Items associations in multi-language
- Allow different update packages for different version dev levels
What is the status of Joomla! 2.5?
Version 2.5 of the Joomla! CMS is a Long Term Support release and support for it will continue until shortly after the release of Joomla 3.5 scheduled for Spring 2014. Joomla 2.5 users do not need to migrate to Joomla 3.0 or 3.1.
Will I be able to update directly to Joomla! 3?
Moving to Joomla 3.x from Joomla 2.5 will be a mini-migration not an upgrade, although for the core of Joomla! the migration should be simple. However, it is likely that templates for Joomla 2.5 will need modification to work with Joomla 3 as will many extensions. Always test prior to migrating and consult with the developers of any extensions and templates you use.
What is the status of Joomla! 1.5?
Support for Joomla 1.5 ended in April of 2012 and we continued to support it unofficially until the end of 2012 for medium to high priority security issues.
Does that mean your 1.5 site will suddenly stop working? No, your site will continue to work as it always has. However, Joomla’s developers will not be releasing new versions for Joomla 1.5, so you won’t be getting bug fixes or security fixes. For this reason, it’s recommended to migrate from 1.5.
Moving from 2.5 to any Joomla 3 version is relatively simple, since Joomla has made the process easy for newer versions. Unfortunately, moving from 1.5 is not a trivial task. Fortunately, there are two good extensions that make the process easier: jUpgrade and SPUpgrade.
You have a choice of going straight to Joomla 3.0 or going to 2.5 first. Both jUpgrade and SPUpgrade have versions ready for both versions. Please consult with their documentation on how to migrate from Joomla 1.5 to 3.0/2.5.
For most new/migrated sites, the Joomla! 3 series is the preferred series and starting on it avoids a mini-migration from Joomla 2.5 later down the road. Starting on the Joomla 3 series for a new/migrated site, also provides you with longer backward compatible support (with one-click upgrades) than starting a new site on 2.5 right now, because support for 3.x ends in 2016.
How can you help Joomla development?
There are a variety of ways in which you can get actively involved with Joomla! It doesn’t matter if you are a coder, an integrator, or merely a user of Joomla!. You can contact the Joomla! Community Development Manager, David Hurley, david.hurley@joomla.org, to get more information, or if you are ready you can jump right into the Joomla! Bug Squad.
The Joomla Bug Squad is one of the most active teams in the Joomla development process and is always looking for people (not just developers) that can help with sorting bug reports, coding patches and testing solutions. It’s a great way for increasing your working knowledge of Joomla, and also a great way to meet new people from all around the world.
If you are interested, please read about us on the Joomla Wiki and, if you wish to join, email Mark Dexter, one of the Bug Squad co-coordinators.
You can also help Joomla development by thanking those involved in the many areas of the process. The project also wants to thank all of the people who have taken the time to prepare and submit work to be included in Joomla 1.6,1.7, 2.5, & 3.1, and to those who have worked very hard on the Joomla Platform separation project.
Related information
If you are an extension developer, please make sure you subscribe to the general developer mailing list as this is a place where you can discuss extension development and news that may affect custom development will be posted from time to time.
Following is a list of previous news and information about Joomla and other sites of interest:
- Working with the Joomla Feature Tracker
- General developer mailing list
- Joomla developer network
- Joomla development strategy
A Huge Thank You to Our Volunteers!
This beta release is the result of thousands of hours of work by dozens of volunteers. Thank you so very much for making Joomla the best CMS on the planet!
As part of the normal budgeting process, the Production Leadership Team has come up with six goals for 2013. Those goals concern releases of the Joomla Platform and the Joomla CMS, continuing maintenance updates, and outreach and promotion to a technical audience.
Goal #1: Complete Three Iterations of the Joomla Platform Project.
Our goal is to release at least three new versions of the Joomla Platform in 2013. The timing of releases is not exact and only used for the benefit of planning. As such, we anticipate the following releases this year.
- Platform Release 13.1 on or about 31 March, 2013
- Platform Release 13.2 on or about 30 June, 2013
- Platform Release 13.3 on or about 31 October, 2013
The following sub-goals are also envisioned for the Joomla Platform.
1.1 Define and Ratify the Version and Deprecation Strategy for the Platform.
The release strategy for the Joomla Platform differs a little from the CMS because we generally consider work within a “year” as opposed to work within a particular “version”. However, the system is a little ad hoc and we’d like to bring some clarity to releasing the Joomla Platform. In addition, we aim to ratify the deprecation policy.
1.2 Implement Tools to Assist with Collaboration
We aim to look at tools that can be used to assist people working collaboratively on features within the Joomla Platform, and also help people work out what they can do, be that in the area of development, documentation or even general administrative maintenance. Possible outcomes could include a better policy by which we use Joomla Platform’s issue tracker on Github, or looking at other tools like Jira.
1.3 Introduce Namespacing
We aim, this year, to introduce namespacing to the Joomla Platform and to bring the core source tree in compliance with PSR-1. Doing so will allow the Joomla Platform to be integrated with other PHP projects and give developers using the Joomla Platform more options.
1.4 Lift Code Coverage for Each Package to a Minimum of 50%
We want to challenge the Joomla development community to raise our code quality and, this year, to ensure that all packages in the core platform have no less than 50% code coverage (lines of code).
1.5 Add Complete Documentation for 5 New Packages in the Platform Manual
We want to encourage the Joomla development community to add complete documentation for at least five package that currently do not have documentation.
Goal #2: Complete two full iterations of the Joomla CMS project.
We will release new versions of the Joomla CMS according to this schedule:
- CMS Release 3.1 in March, 2013
- CMS Release 3.2 in September, 2013
We will use PLT summits to discuss issues regarding the releases, supplemented by virtual meetings. We will examine and discuss ideas from the Joomla Ideas Pool, the Joomla Feature Patch Tracker and other sources. We will use these to announce visions or themes for CMS releases.
To accomplish this, we need volunteer developers, documenters, and translators. We will facilitate Pizza, Bugs and Fun (PBF) events, code and documentation sprints, working group meetings, Student programmes, Roadmap Sessions and other such events.
The following sub-goals are also envisioned for the Joomla CMS.
2.1 Lift Code Coverage for the CMS Libraries to 30%
We want to challenge the Joomla development community to raise our code quality and, this year, to ensure that the CMS libraries (the code found under /libraries/cms) have no less than 30% code coverage (lines of code).
2.1.1 Expand Test Coverage to Additional Code
In addition to unit testing the CMS libraries, unit test coverage should be expanded to other areas of the code, with a future goal of all PHP classes being testable. Prime candidates for unit testing would be the classes in the various /includes folders (application classes) and the FinderIndexer classes (administrator/components/com_finder/helpers/indexer).
2.2 Enforce Joomla Coding Standards in All CMS Files
Presently, the CMS is only enforcing a small subset of the Joomla Coding Standard, and excludes numerous files from being scanned for the various rules. Developers are encouraged to assist in bringing all files in compliance with the Joomla Coding Standards. This recognizes that the Joomla Coding Standard has different rules for alternate syntax in layout files.
2.3 Enforce Test Compliance Pre-Commit
The Joomla! CMS has numerous automated testing tools to assist in maintaining a high quality of code, however, patches to the CMS are not tested for compliance with these tests prior to being merged into the code base. Determine a method to enforce automated test compliance (unit and system testing, code standard compliance) without making the user contribution process more difficult.
Goal #3: Release maintenance updates to the current LTS and STS releases as required.
While the fun part is new features and releases, a major part of our responsibility is to the existing releases. Normal maintenance releases of an existing long term support release will be made until 3 months after the general availability of the next long term support release. Ongoing support of the short term releases continues until a month after a superseding release. The number, timing, and nature of the maintenance releases depends on the circumstances.
The Joomla Bug Squad and the Joomla Security Strike Team are the main volunteers spearheading this effort.
Goal #4: Outreach and promotion of Joomla to a technical audience.
The PLT aims to expand its outreach and promotion of Joomla to technical audiences, both those within and outside the Joomla project. We will do this by attending technical conferences and events, and speaking about current and future development within the project.
Members of the Joomla community will be invited to speak about and promote Joomla at events worldwide.
4.1 Participate in Google Summer of Code program
The Google Summer of Code program 2012 edition was very sucessful with several contributions to the Joomla Project (see http://conference.joomla.org/speakers/sessions/session/session/83-joomla-and-google-summer-of-code-2012.html). This year the Joomla Project plans to maintain support of this initiative and encourages the community to actively participate in the program.
4.2 Review and improve developer.joomla.org
We will be asking the development community to help us review the developer.joomla.org site to ensure that information is up-to-date, relevent and accurate. Our aim is that when people have questions about Joomla development, there is an easily found link on developer.joomla.org that they can be directed to that answers their question, or at least directs them to a place where they can find answers.
To do this, we will need a team of volunteers to help identify areas of the site that are missing content and need content modified.
Goal #5: Improve processes in Translating the Joomla Software and support the enhancement of the Joomla CMS multilingual system.
5.1 Support the creation of at least 3 new features on internationalization in Joomla CMS
Support the production teams in implementing improvements in the language areas of the project (“multilingual” and “language packages”). See these examples from 2012:
- News in Languages in Joomla 3.0.3: http://community.joomla.org/blogs/community/1714-languages-in-303-what-is-new.html
- News in Languages in Joomla 3.0.2: http://community.joomla.org/blogs/community/1695-multilanguage-in-302-whats-new.html
5.2: Halve the dedicated time needed by a Translation Team member to provide a language package for Joomla.
In agreement with the Translation Team, dedicate resources on improving processes and tools to automate the creation of translation packages and uploading them to the Joomla Languages Server.
5.3: Meet 3rd party developers needs by translating their Joomla extensions and find ways to improve and cooperate together.
Projects like Facebook (http://www.insidefacebook.com/…), RememberTheMilk (http://www.rememberthemilk.com/…/) or other projects using https://www.transifex.com are taking advantage of their communities in order to localize their software. Joomla is being translated by its community into 64 languages but there is plenty of space for more languages and more community participation. At the same time many Joomla 3rd party developers are searching for a solution on how their communities can contribute in the translation of their extensions. It is a goal for 2013 to study and identify common needs between the Joomla project and 3rd party developers interested in joining efforts to plan a solution for increasing the international community involvement in the translation of software. Some tools already exist that can be improved:http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/languages/language-edition/17755
Goal #6: Refine and improve the user contribution process.
Since transitioning from SVN to Git in late 2011, the PLT has recognized that there have been struggles with the contribution process, particularly towards the CMS. Much of this headache exists in the issue/feature tracking processes, which are not connected to GitHub at present. The PLT aims to improve this process in 2013 by investigating ways to improve the existing Joomlacode infrastructure or evaluating the potential of implementing a new tracking system which suits the project requirements and improves the native integration with GitHub.
Community feedback requested
Feedback, comments, and discussion on the 2013 production goals are welcome. In order to facilitate communication, we encourage users to respond with their feedback on this thread on the Joomla General Development mailing list – https://groups.google.com/d/topic/joomla-dev-general/6K-mnKwzC2E/discussion.