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Written by: Kochin

Category: Joomla!

Published: 04 November 2010

On Nov. 1 Joomla! 1.6 Beta 13 was released. In this release 71 issues in the tracker have been fixed, and additionally 28 tracker issues have been closed. That leaves only 13 issues blocking the release of Joomla! 1.6 Release Candidate 1. There is a good chance those issues will be fixed in the current release cycle. If that happens, potentially we will see Joomla! 1.6 RC 1 as the next release, instead of Beta 14.

In the mean time, please download and test the current Beta 13 release at http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/frs/?action=FrsReleaseBrowse&frs_package_id=5496.

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Written by: Kochin

Category: Joomla!

Published: 22 October 2010

While Joomla! Team is working on Joomla! 1.6 and released 1.6.12 Beta, they didn't forget to provide updates for the current stable Joomal! 1.5.x and released Joomla! 1.5.21. This latest update only contains a single security fix:

• Medium Priority - Core - XSS Vulnerabilities: Inadequate filtering of multiple encoded entities permits XSS attacks in some circumstances.

As usual, please update your Joomla! 1.5.x installation as soon as possible. Full and upgrade packages can be downloaded through the official announcement page.

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Written by: Kochin

Category: Joomla!

Published: 22 July 2010

In quick succession Joomla! Development Team released Joomla! 1.5.19 and 1.5.20. Version 1.5.19 is supposed to fix some security issues and adds a Mootools 1.2.4 upgrade plugin. However, for some unknown reasons, those security fixes were not included in version 1.5.19. Thus Joomla! Team re-released it, and bumped the version number to 1.5.20.

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Written by: Kochin

Category: Joomla!

Published: 29 June 2010

Joomla! Development Team so far has been following its committed Beta release schedule closely. Ever since it started Joomla! 1.6 Beta phase, every other week we receive a new Beta version. Yesterday (6/28) Joomla! 1.6 Beta 4 was put online for download.

If you are interested in trying it out, you may download it at http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/frs/?action=FrsReleaseBrowse&frs_package_id=5300.

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Written by: Kochin

Category: Joomla!

Published: 18 June 2010

Ever since Mootools 1.2 was released in 2008, many Joomla! developers have faced the dilemma of whether to upgrade by applying a unofficial hack so as to enjoy the improvement provided in the new version or stay with the default Mootools 1.1 to ensure stability and compatibility. All of that will change when Joomla! 1.5 with Mootools 1.2 is released on July 15, 2010.

The coming Joomla! 1.5 release will include a plugin which, once activated, replaces the core JHtmlBehavior class with its own implementation that enables Mootools 1.2. A compatibility layer will be loaded with Mootools 1.2 to allow legacy applications written in older Mootools 1.1 continue to function. However, in case of problems after enabling the plugin, administrators can disable the plugin and revert back to using Mootools 1.1.

You can read the original announcement and download the code to try it out.