Discover some of the differences between J! 3.4 and J! 3.5 and see why this version is fast becoming so popular

1. New features
New PHP support
Better — Faster — Safer
A presentation by Michael Russell

2. 34 new features added
PHP 7 support
A presentation by Michael Russell

6. Before J! 3.5 After J! 3.5

7. So? What’s the point of this?
https://developer.joomla.org/about/stats.html

9.  ISIS template has some
neat “advanced”
features.
 Extensions » Templates » Styles »
isis – Default » Advanced

10.  Change the look of the
login screen

11.  This is really a fix.
 Saving permissions within Global Configuration, Components, Articles,
Modules, and anywhere else where permissions can be configured.
 Too many permission changes ⇒HTTP request too large (because
everything transmitted in one big form).
 Can result in data loss (data not stored in the database).
 Fix splits the form when the save button is clicked.
 Permissions are stored immediately via AJAX.
 If something goes wrong, an error message is displayed.
 How to test:
• Login as administrator
• Go to Global Configuration / Components / Articles / Modules / ...
• Switch to permission tab
• Change any permissions
• A green or red checkmark will light up

12.  Demonstration
• http://j3xdemo.enduring.com.au

13.  Previously
• http://www.kuneze.com/blog/31-what-css-file-should-i-change
 Now you only have to create a file in the folder
• /templates/protostar/css/user.css
 Why would you want to do this?
• When testing CSS ideas, put all the CSS changes in one file and then
transfer this file to your own “real” website and adapt as needed.

14.  Counts for
• News feeds
• Banners
• Contacts
• Articles

15.  Display the aliases and hits for featured items
 Drag and drop images into articles
 Single button to add modules in articles
 New “random” order for blog lists
 Update Joomla! notification email facility
 ... and too many others to cover in this
presentation —
• https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pulls?page=2&q=is%3Apr+milestone%3A%22Joomla!+3.5.0%22+is%3Aclosed+label%3A%22New+Feature%22

16.  PHP version 7 is the latest version.
 J! 3.5 is the only version compatible with PHP7
 J! 3.5 will work on PHP 5.
• Minimum 5.3.10+ (PHP 5.6 or higher, recommended)
 Not all Joomla extensions will work with PHP 7
• Check with your extension author
• Some versions of PHP 7 are known to be “buggy”
(e.g. PHP 7.0.6)
 Benchmark testing indicates a 200-300%
improvement in speed

17.  Unlikely to interest to most users
• Current take-up <5% of all Joomla websites
• For most of us, it’s not an option
 Not expected to be in widespread use for the
next 12 months (check with your webhost)
 Mainly for “commercial” sites hosted on VPS
 If in doubt, stay with PHP 5.6 at this time.