2. See what's in your menus
It offers a quick overview system and you can instantly check what is displayed
on your website.
3. Updated CodeMirror editor
This update comes with the latest version of CodeMirror. The total supported
fonts have now increased up to 17 with Roboto Mono and Rubik Mono One being
added.
4. New “Showon” Option for fieldsets in
component config
It Introduces a great option for the Developers to show or hide a fieldset
depending on the output or value of another field.
5. Allow stream connections to support
proxies
If you want to use a proxy server to connect the internet, then you can use a
stream socket as well as cURL when making http requests.
6. Reverse Caching Support
Joomla! 3.6 allows reverse caching proxies like Varnish. This help to provide
increased speed, additional performance and as a result good ranking in search
engines.
7. Improved Validation Performance
Joomla! 3.6 considerably speeds up form validation. The improvement will be
most visible on sites with forms containing a huge number of fields both in core
Joomla! or any extension using JForm.
8. Get Extensive Details in Systeminfo
Provides a closer overview of the enabled and disabled extensions for
debugging.
9. SASS & SCSS File Support in
Joomla! Template Manager
You can edit sass/scss files quickly from Joomla Template Manager.
10. Protostar adds a new override for the
Site Offline Page
Joomla 3.6 comes with the latest design for the offline page via an override in the
Protostar template.
11. Delete and rebuild Extension Update
Sites
Now, you are able to delete/update site completely or rebuild the correct update
on site and path from the XML of the extension.
12. Multilanguage Terms of Service
If you have a multilingual website, then it is quite important your Terms of Service
is also available in multiple languages. With Joomla! 3.6 you can offer your Terms
of Service in multiple languages.
13. Delete all cache quickly
The new Delete All button allows you to delete all cache files instantly. It saves
your precious time.
14. ACL
It exists in the backend. It can enable or disable certain user groups, and also
helpful in the access of a specific menu.
15. Create categories on the fly
Joomla! 3.6 now allows you to create a category on the fly for articles, contacts,
newsfeeds and banners.
16. Sub Form Field
With the latest Sub Form Field function in Joomla 3.6, you can nest XML forms
inside each other or reuse your existing forms inside your current form.
17. New position settings for Bootstrap
tooltips extended
It offers an amazing facility to the developers and they can change the standard
positioning of Bootstrap tooltips in their extensions. It also supports RTL.
18. New Log folder
you can move the default logs folder to the inside of the administration folder.
This increases compatibility with some specific web hosts.
19. Enhanced Storage of dynamic
JavaScript variables
Advanced container improves JavaScript variable storage with the help of a
common interface for extensions.
20. Deeper JLayout integrations for
template development
Joomla! 3.6 introduces JLayouts for more form fields. It makes the task easier for
template creators to overwrite the core output of fields.
21. htaccess authentication for calls
Adds the potential to provide login details for htaccess protected URLs and
directories when making HTTP requests.
22. jQuery Update
Get the updated version of jQuery and jQuery Migrate in the Joomla! Core.