Learn about Joomla! 1.6 Access Control
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It is now well known that the single most important improvement in Joomla! 1.6 is the newly designed and implemented Access Control. This is also the most discussed and expected feature for everyone using Joomla!
With Joomla! 1.6 Alpha available for people to conduct tests and get familiar with, there come a couple of good introduction articles on this much anticipated ACL feature. The first one, ACL Tutorial for Joomla! 1.6, was written by a Joomla! user and forum moderator, Mark Dexter. In the article he sort of establish some conventions how to describe the ACL mechanism in diagrams. These conventions were picked up by Andrew Eddie, a Joomla! Master Developer in the Core Team, when he wrote his Introducing the new permissions in Joomla! 1.6.
Mark's article focuses more on how the Access Control is presented in the system, while Andrew tries to explain how it is in action. They are both very helpful read in understanding this new Access Control in Joomla! 1.6.
Have you voted yet?
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- Category: Joomla!
Voting for the 2009 Open Source CMS Awards has started. Don't forget to cast your votes for your favorite open source CMS. Joomla! is competing in two categories:
Please click on those links and cast your votes!
Help Test Joomla! 1.5.15
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- Written by: Kochin
- Category: Joomla!
Joomla! 1.5.15 is coming! But, before it can be officially released, Joomla! Team needs you to help test it. The main purpose of this test release is to determine whether propsed fixes indeed allow Joomla! to run on PHP 5.3 correctly. The other reason is to make sure fixes for TinyMCE don't introduce additional bugs into Joomla! system.
In order to achieve those goals, three groups of users are needed: (1) those who use PHP 5.3 to see how this version runs on PHP 5.3; (2) those who don't use PHP 5.3 to see whether any things are broken; (3) those who use TinyMCE as the editor to check that bug fixes work as expected.
Since this is a test release, it should only be used for testing purposes, and should not run on any production environments.
Download for this test release is available at http://joomlacode.org/gf/download/frsrelease/11122/44166/Joomla_1.5.15-Test-Full_Package.zip.
In case you find any problems related to PHP 5.3, please report them at the tracker: http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_item_id=18008. For problems related to TinyMCE, please report them at http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_item_id=17438.
Joomla! 1.0.x Fades into History
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- Category: Joomla!
Four years ago, Joomla! Project was born and released Joomla! 1.0 on September 16, 2005. During these years, Joomla! quickly grows into a popular open source CMS attracting users from all over the world. Joomla! 1.0.x series has accumulated more than 1.6 million downloads on JoomlaCode site alone with more downloads on now defunct Joomla! Forge site.
As Joomla! 1.5.x series becomes the main stream release, the era of Joomla! 1.0.x has come to an end. Starting from July 22, 2009, the official support for Joomla! 1.0.x is no longer provided. Many extensions also have reduced or stopped updates for this widely used version.
Even though Joomla! 1.0.x is fading into history, you can still find it and its vast collection of extensions on JoomlaCode site. You can still utilize them to build great Web sites. Just keep in mind that its support has been terminated, and unlikey any new extensions will be coming for Joomla! 1.0.x.
Nominate Joomla!
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The 2009 Open Source CMS Award has begun. Joomla! is eligible for the Best PHP Open Source CMS Award, but needs users to submit nominations to enter the contest. The five CMS projects receive most nominations will advance to the voting stage. It is important for you to nominate your favorite CMS project.
To recognize hard-working people behind those great open source projects, you can nominate individuals for Open Source MVP Award. Please submit the name of the individual you think whose enthusiasm and effort have been the driving force for your open source CMS to develop and grow.
Being a previous winner of the Best Overall Open Source CMS Award, Joomla! will automatically participate in the new Hall of Fame Award with Drupal. There are also sub-category awards for its best extension and theme.
Here is the timeline for this year's nomination and voting:
- August 3: Nominations Open
- September 11: Nominations Close
- September 21: Voting Begins
- October 30: Voting Ends
- November 9: Winners Announced
So don't hestitate to nominate your favorite project and people, and don't forget to vote when the voting begins.