This presentation was given by Kendall Cabe at our JoomlaChicago user group meeting on March 14, 2012 in Palatine, IL>

1. Joomla 2.5:
What’s Under the Covers

2. Kendall Cabe
Times Two Technology
Email: kendall.cabe@timestwotechnology.com
Direct: 312.376.8288

3.  All about Joomla 2.5
 What’s New
 A look under the hood…
 The Path Ahead – Joomla 3.x and Beyond
 TheRelease Cycle
 Joomla! Roadmap

5.  End of the latest development cycle – Joomla
1.6, 1.7, 2.5
 Most stable release of this cycle
 Next “Long Term Support (LTS)” Release
 Supported until December 2013
 Current Version – 2.5.2*
* as of 03/05/2012

6.  Joomla Platform 11.3  Mobile Enhancements
 Smart Finder – New site  Language Overrides
search replacement  Update Notification
 Multi-database support Module
 MySQL, MS SQL Server  Captcha Support
with Oracle and
PostgreSQL coming soon
 Article Images

7.  Joomla Community Magazine
http://magazine.joomla.org/issues/Issue-
Jan-2012/item/654-What-s-new-in-Joomla-2-5
 JoomlaShowroom
http://www.joomlashowroom.com/Blog/What-
to-expect-in-Joomla-2.5-New-Features.html

8.  Activating Smart Search
 Language Overrides
 Update Notification Modules (Admin side)
 Article Images

9. JOOMLA! 3.X AND BEYOND

10.  Releases every 6 months*
 Start of next release cycle has been moved to September
2012
 Joomla 1.5 –
EOS April 2012; End of Security Updates – September 2012
 Joomla 2.5 –
Security and major bug fixes only;
EOL - December 2013
 Joomla 3.x series –
3.0 (STS) – Sept 2012, 3.1 (STS) – Mar 2013,
3.5 (LTS) – Sept 2013; EOL – Jun 2015

11.  Project releases a “Vision” for the upcoming version
 Joomla 3.0
 Vision – Rediscover Content
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/general-
news/5321-rediscover-content-the-vision-for-next-
years-release.html
 UX Roadmap
http://magazine.joomla.org/issues/issue-
feb-2012/item/673-roadmap-for-a-great-Joomla-3-UX
http://ux.joomla.org

12. End of Presentation
Q&A and
Thank You!