Joomla Announcements

Joomla! 1.5.26 Released

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Category: Project Release News

Created on Tuesday, 27 March 2012 00:00

The Joomla Project announces the immediate availability of Joomla 1.5.26 [senu takaa ama busani]. This is a security release. The Production Leadership Team's goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community. Learn more about Joomla! developement at the Developer Site.

Download

Click here to download Joomla 1.5.26 (Full package) »

Click here to download Joomla 1.5.26 (Upgrade packages) »

Instructions

• New installation and technical requirements
• Upgrade from an existing Joomla 1.5 version
• Migration from Joomla! 1.0.x

Want to test drive Joomla? Try the online demo or the Joomla JumpBox. Documentation is available for beginners.

Please note that you should always backup your site before upgrading.

Release Notes

Check the Joomla 1.5.26 Post-Release FAQs to see if there are important items and helpful hints discovered after the release.

Security

• High Priority - Core - Password Change Vulnerability. More information »
• Low Priority - Core - Information Disclosure. More information »

Issues Fixed

None.

Joomla! Bug Squad

Thanks to the Joomla Bug Squad for their dedicated efforts investigating reports, fixing problems, and applying patches to Joomla. If you find a bug in Joomla, please report it on the CMS Issue Tracker.

Joomla! Security Strike Team

A big thanks to the Joomla! Security Swat Team for fixing all reported security issues with this release. Members include: Airton Torres, Alan Langford, Bill Richardson, Elin Waring, Jason Kendall, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Dexter, Michael Babker, Rouven Weßling, Samuel Moffatt.

Joomla! Accepted for 2012 Google Summer of Code

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Category: General News

Created on Friday, 16 March 2012 21:54

The Joomla! project is proud to announce that our application has been accepted to be a mentoring organization for the 2012 Google Summer of Code™ program (GSoC). The GSoC helps support university level students who get the opportunity to work with mentors on a variety of coding projects that will all be contributed back to the student's mentoring organization.

This year's Joomla! GSoC application was led by Chad Windnagle (Primary Administrator), Andrea Tarr (Secondary Administrator), and Elin Waring. Key supporters and contributors to the application process include Michael Babker, Robert Deutz, Andrew Eddie, Louis Landry, Jacques Rentzke, and Matt Thomas.

After learning of Joomla!'s acceptance into GSoC, Chad had this to say:

I'm really proud of the community effort that got put forth to be successfully accepted into GSoC this year. When I first found out that we were working on the application, and we had a week to go, I was really worried we wouldn't make it in time. A lot of really great people have put their heads together to make this opportunity possible, and the project can't thank those folks enough.

We have gotten accepted into the Google program, but now the fun is just beginning. This is a major win, and now we have a whole summer to mentor students and run this program successfully. I hope when we reach the end of the summer we can all feel just as successful about Joomla!'s participation in GSoC as we do right now.

Those interested in serving as a mentor for a Joomla! 2012 GSoC student project may register here:
http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2012/joomla

Here is the Frequently Asked Questions page for the 2012 GSoC:
http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/faqs

Joomla 2.5.3 Released

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Category: Project Release News

Created on Thursday, 15 March 2012 00:00

The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 2.5.3. This is a security release. The Production Leadership Team's goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community. Learn more about Joomla! developement at the Developer Site.

The update process is very simple, and complete instructions are available here. Note that there are now easier and better ways of updating than FTPing the files.

Download

New Installations: Click here to download Joomla 2.5.3 (Full package) »

Update Package: Click here to download Joomla 2.5.3 (Update package) »

Note: Please read the update instructions before updating.

Instructions

• New installation and technical requirements
  
• Migration from Joomla! 1.5.x

Want to test drive Joomla? Try the online demo or the Joomla JumpBox. Documentation is available for beginners.

Please note that you should always backup your site before upgrading.

Release Notes

Check the Joomla 2.5.3 Post-Release FAQs to see if there are important items and helpful hints discovered after the release.

Statistics for the 2.5.3 release

• Joomla 2.5.3 contains:
  
  • 2 security issues fixed

Security Issues Fixed

• High Priority - Core - Privilege Escalation. More information »
• High Priority - Core - Password Change. More information »

Joomla! Bug Squad

Thanks to the Joomla Bug Squad for their dedicated efforts investigating reports, fixing problems, and applying patches to Joomla. If you find a bug in Joomla, please report it on the Joomla! CMS Issue Tracker.

Active members of the Joomla Bug Squad during this last release cycle include: A Firoozmandan, Akarawuth Tamrareang, Alain Rivest, Andrea Tarr, Andrew Eddie, Bill Richardson, Brian Teeman, Chris Davenport, Christophe Demko, Denise McLaurin, Dennis Hermacki, Elin Waring, Emerson Rocha Luiz, Francisco Marzoa, Ian MacLennan, Jacob Waisner, Jacques Rentzke, James Brice, Janich Rasmussen, Jean-Marie Simonet, Jennifer Marriott, Jeremy Wilken, Kevin Griffiths, Loyd Headrick, Mark Dexter, Matt Thomas, Michael Babker, Mutuga Kigumi, Neil McNulty, Nikolai Plath, Ofer Cohen, Prasit Gebsaap, Rachmat Wakjaer, Rob Clayburn, Roland Dalmulder, Rouven Weßling, Rune Sjøen, Samuel Moffatt, Shaun Maunder, Sudhi Seshachala, Tim Plummer, Tom Fuller, Troy Hall, Viet Hoang Vu.

Bug Squad Leadership: Mark Dexter Coordinator; Elin Waring and Marijke Stuivenberg, Team Leaders.

Joomla! Security Strike Team

A big thanks to the Joomla! Security Strike Team for their ongoing work to keep Joomla secure. Members include: Airton Torres, Alan Langford, Bill Richardson, Elin Waring, Jason Kendall, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Dexter, Michael Babker, Rouven Weßling, Samuel Moffatt.