Joomladay Switzerland - Joomla! 1.5 and roadmap to future versions

Joomla! 1.5 and roadmap to future versions

Joomla!day Presentation

Luzern, Switzerland

15 November 2008

Joomla! 1.5 Released January 22, 2008

Joomla! 1.5 is easy to install

Joomla! 1.5 runs on many platforms

Joomla! 1.5 is easy to extend

Joomla! 1.5 is multi lingual

Joomla! 1.5 is easier to administer

Joomla! 1.5 has new template features

100% control

Custom layouts

Template parameters

Accessibility and standards

Module chrome

Module positions

Default system template

Additional Javascript

Error Handling

Joomla! 1.5 is build to scale

Joomla! 1.5 supports rapid development

Easy to install

Runs on many platforms

Multi-lingual

Easy to administer

New template features

Build to scale

Rapid development

So with…

4.000.000 visitors and 19.000.000 page hits past month

1.450.000 posts, 308.000 topics and 230.000 users in our forum

590.000+ downloads of Joomla! 1.5 in 2 months

82.000 registered developers and 2.255 registered projects on Gforge

4.000+ registered (active) projects on our extensions site

60+ supported languages

This project rockets off!!!

Thanks to an amazing army of volunteers who provide support in our forum , developers who maintain Joomla! core code and extensions, the translators and all who help with documentation this is a great open source project!

We’re still an incredibly young project!

Started in September 2005

Most installs are still Joomla! 1.0

Joomla! 1.5 is growing very fast!

… let draw the bigger picture Keep the following in mind...

Yes…but wait!

www.joomla.org

www.veronicamagazine.nl/

www.tazzu.com

www.quizilla.com

Maintenance releases driven by Joomla! Bug Squad

Test the patch before we commit approach

Around 55 team members

Team introduced mid- December just before we release Joomla! 1.5.0

Maintenance cycle targets at 6-8 weeks for a release

See also http://docs.joomla.org/Joomla%21_Maintenance_Procedures

The Joomla! Bug Squad

Access Control List

Installer improvements

Improved caching

Only 1.5 legacy (1.0.x dropped)

Re-factoring to native PHP 5.2+ moving to E-STRICT

Joomla! 1.6 (Sparrow)

Access Control Lists (ACL)

Sections/categories/articles; it will be possible to give people permissions on a subset of all available content

Modules (and module positions) can be managed via the additional access levels

See also http://jfoobar.org/blog/44-first-look-at-joomla-16-acl.html for a brief introduction of the 1.6 Acl plans

Rule type 1 allows you to set permissions on certain actions, for example: manage content, manage banners, install extensions, etc.

Rule type 2 is used to give people rights to specific content items (sections/categories/articles).

Rules type 3 gives permissions to actions that deal with access levels (public, registered, special).

Installer improvements Joomla! 1.6 (Sparrow)

Improved Caching

Module position caching

Caching on module level (was already possible in 1.5)

Control caching on the module position level

Optimization of handlers

Added Object handler

Code optimization (speed improvement, bug fixes)

Re-factoring to native PHP 5.2+ moving to E-STRICT

Core libraries fully PHP 5.2+ native

Class re-defined for optimal use of PHP 5.2+ features

Fully object oriented

Joomla! 1.6 (Sparrow) Joomla! 1.5 debug info Joomla! 1.6 debug info

Localization

So what is our race strategy?

We can use help with…

Development

Unit testing

Functional testing; the Joomla! Bug Squad

Joomla! Core framework

Documentation

Help screens

Technical documentation

Documentation of Joomla! 1.5

Translations

Translation of installation, front-and backend

Translate help screens

Translation of documentation

Sites and Infrastructure

Moderating

Help answering questions in forum

Re-structuring our site(s)

Joomla! “ All together”

Questions?

Joomladay Switzerland - Joomla! 1.5 and roadmap to future versions

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