Joomla 1.6.2 Released
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- Created on Thursday, 14 April 2011 00:00

The Joomla Project announces the immediate availability of Joomla 1.6.2. 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 1.6.2 (Full package) »
Click here to download Joomla 1.6.2 (Upgrade packages) »
Instructions
- New installation and technical requirements
- Upgrade from an existing Joomla 1.6 version
- 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 1.6.2 Post-Release FAQs to see if there are important items and helpful hints discovered after the release.
Security
- Low Priority - Core - Information Disclosure. More information »
- Low Priority - Core - Information Disclosure. More information »
- Low Priority - Core - XSS Vulnerabilities. More information »
- Medium Priority - Core - XSS Vulnerabilities. More information »
- Medium Priority - Core - XSS Vulnerabilities. More information »
- Medium Priority - Core - Unauthorised Access. More information »
- Medium Priority - Core - SQL Injection. More information »
- Medium Priority - Core - Clickjacking. More information »
Issues Fixed
| Category | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| ACL | JModelForm enables 'com_checkin' for 'core.manage' - should be 'core.admin' | 25540 |
| Administration | Improve .htaccess rewrite efficency | 22425 |
| Administration | Don't always load Mootools (More) in the backend. | 24736 |
| Administration | Administrator (with a capital A) does weird stuff | 24835 |
| Administration | *Systeminformation > Directory Permissions: List incomplete | 25088 |
| Administration | Logout in administration menu not working | 25262 |
| Authentication and Login | Gmail authentication fails (Verify Peer variable mistyped) | 25576 |
| Automated Test | Automated ACL system test to test manage permission | 22618 |
| Automated Test | Fix failing unit test for JDocument | 25286 |
| Automated Test | Xcache can not be tested using phpunit | 25301 |
| Automated Test | Add more unit tests for JURI | 25348 |
| Automated Test | Fix failing unit test for JDocumentRenderRSS | 25359 |
| Browsers | Font Size not working with Internet Explorer 7 | 25403 |
| Code Style | Unused JElement classes in core | 23458 |
| Code Style | Don't use the javascript pseudo protocol when it isn't necessary | 25111 |
| Code Style | Several places calling getXMLparser instead of getXMLParser | 25213 |
| Code Style | Many places calling JHTML:: instead of JHtml:: | 25224 |
| Code Style | Fix a number of incorrect comment in components | 25247 |
| Code Style | Don't use sizeof() | 25372 |
| Code Style | Optimize for loops | 25385 |
| Code Style | Empty file administrator/components/com_users/helpers/levels.php | 25467 |
| Components | Unable to create external menu item type with an alias that is a folder name | 24430 |
| Components | Blog pagination options missed in Gobal configuration (com_content) | 24836 |
| Components | Contact form not using Jform makes event not work as expected | 24987 |
| Components | Featured articles are reordered when editing one of them | 25118 |
| Components | 1.6.1 breaks wrapper menu links | 25238 |
| Components | *Issue with Articles created in front-end and set to featured | 25240 |
| Components | *Missing weblink ini strings when submit/edit weblink from a content | 25252 |
| Components | *Weblinks adding words "Web links" before the actual link text | 25276 |
| Components | Media form field is not allowed access to media manager in the front end | 25288 |
| Components | Wrong CSS class declaration | 25305 |
| Components | Article Title will not go away no matter what. | 25308 |
| Components | *Unused show title parameter for archives menu item | 25338 |
| Components | new layouts - No pagination on articles category page if first visit | 25370 |
| Components | *Combined patch for various meta issues in menu items | 25481 |
| Components | Extra quote in com_weblinks | 25522 |
| Components | Apply (Save and present in Editor again) does not checkout row | 25541 |
| Components | Wrong header output in com_contact vCard view makes IE handle vCard downloads wrong... | 25545 |
| Components | com_contact vCard link not using JRoute::_() which causes download issues with System - Language Filter plugin enabled and SEF | 25550 |
| Components | Category Blog - More Article links don't have limitation | 25563 |
| Components | *ROOT parent category wrongly displays in featured and blog layout | 25572 |
| Components | *Unused Jtoolbarhelper title in Language Manager Content Languages | 25585 |
| Components | Sort in Article Category List broken | 25602 |
| Database | failure to delete error message showing incorrectly | 25098 |
| Database | performance of assets table query with > 40 articles on website in registered mode | 25617 |
| Forms | onchange event does not fire in JFormFieldAMedia | 25071 |
| Front End | Article edit page permits you to attempt to edit checked-out articles causing 403 errors. With patch. | 25259 |
| Front End | Menu alias not respecting "active" | 25347 |
| Front End | Undefined notice on 404 page | 25486 |
| Installation | *joomla.xml still exists after install of install | 24345 |
| Installation | Typos in sample data | 25397 |
| Installation | Installer missing client-side check that package was selected prior to pressing Upload and Install Button. | 25451 |
| Javascript | No javascript form validation after clicking submit button | 25228 |
| Joomla! Libraries | access levels - pagination::orderDownIcon appearing before last item | 21809 |
| Joomla! Libraries | Improved fix for XSS issue found in Joomla 1.5.20 | 22870 |
| Joomla! Libraries | browser detection script reports wrong informations | 22926 |
| Joomla! Libraries | Installation of tar.gz packages fails in xampp under Windows | 23364 |
| Joomla! Libraries | Remove remaining ereg* functions - Obscolete in PHP 5.3 | 23878 |
| Joomla! Libraries | Module plugin and component scriptfile are not copied to final install point | 24954 |
| Joomla! Libraries | The word Array appears below the document when Cache is turned on | 24974 |
| Joomla! Libraries | *rev 20974 breaks normal sliders/tabs behavior | 25399 |
| Joomla! Libraries | *Content language ordering not implemented | 25401 |
| Joomla! Libraries | JPane slider effect not functioning properly | 25417 |
| Joomla! Libraries | Extension "upgrade" method re-installing component | 25425 |
| Joomla! Libraries | #24285 change breaks module cache functionality needs to be reverted | 25551 |
| Joomla! Libraries | the package strings are not translated when installing or managing" | 25569 |
| Languages | *Contact language is ignored in frontend | 24710 |
| Languages | Plugin instead of Module in en-GB.lib_joomla.ini | 25136 |
| Languages | Incorrect SMTP security option | 25145 |
| Languages | Typo in en-GB.lib_joomla.ini | 25231 |
| Languages | Some errors and warnings are not translated due to missing JText::_() | 25232 |
| Languages | The front end rendering of the media field is missing srings | 25289 |
| Languages | Incorrect language keys in error.php of atomic template | 25319 |
| Languages | Typos on the 404 page | 25320 |
| Languages | com_menus translation is missing for list items | 25355 |
| Languages | *Although en-GB language is protected by default in db it can be uninstalled | 25416 |
| Languages | *en-GB.files_joomla.sys.ini not loading | 25614 |
| Media Manager | media manager folder names hidden when long | 25257 |
| Modules | Hiding "Add New Shortcuts" removed Groups and Levels in admin menu | 24321 |
| Modules | Module latest user parameter link to contact does not work | 24917 |
| Modules | Static caching of language switcher ruins the correct class lang-active behaviour (patch included) | 25021 |
| Modules | Changing modules doesn't reflect changes with enabled caching. | 25139 |
| Modules | * hr.gif and sr.gif are transparent | 25177 |
| Modules | Wrong order in Module Latest Users | 25318 |
| Modules | Ordering of two modules options are inconsistent | 25360 |
| Modules | *langswitcher module can display content languages with no specific home page | 25400 |
| Modules | Database error not handled in mod_users_latest and mod_articles_archive | 25496 |
| Modules | *Notices with module Articles category | 25497 |
| Modules | Minor Bugs in mod_whosonline | 25519 |
| Modules | Module Articles Category takes server timezone instead of Joomla one | 25593 |
| Plugins | Form onchange event pointing to non-existant event | 25074 |
| Plugins | *Plugin System cache error when debug is on. | 25174 |
| Plugins | Language filter redirecting breaks image uploading in frontend. Patch included. | 25210 |
| Plugins | Following http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_item_id=25210 | 25356 |
| Plugins | *Wrong lang load order when editing plugin | 25495 |
| Plugins | Update CodeMirror to Version 1.0 | 25508 |
| Plugins | *Email Cloak Plugin outputs preformatted code in email "to" field | 25603 |
| RTL | RTL issues with beez 2 and beez 5 | 25172 |
| Search Engine Friendly | Content pictures aren't displaying if SEF is on and System Cache plugin is enabled | 25170 |
| Search Engine Friendly | 404 after pagebreak in <--prev next --> footer | 25176 |
| Search Engine Friendly | The robots.txt file offers no protection for a site installed in a folder. | 25340 |
| Search Engine Friendly | Menu item type Alias not editable alias | 25349 |
| Search Engine Friendly | *Metatag Robots not working for menu items | 25436 |
| Templates | Don't add aria role breadcrumbs | 24998 |
| Templates | *Save & Copy template styles issue | 25269 |
| Templates | tooltips in high contrast mode (bluestork) | 25412 |
| Templates | Hathor: minor bug that causes hidden Date values in com_templates | 25432 |
| Templates | admin templates does not add a border on fielset when using tabs | 25571 |
| Templates | RTL in Atomic | 25581 |
| User Interface | Native support for IIS Rewrite | 24016 |
| User Interface | Inconsistency in the naming of the items statuses | 24514 |
| User Interface | Fix New and Save icons for other components | 25025 |
| User Interface | module assignment slider gives inaccurate information for modules with "all except" | 25027 |
| User Interface | Media manager popup - Change of directory don't reflect in list of images and folders on windows system (XAMPP) | 25129 |
| User Interface | *Normalizing com_messages UI | 25285 |
Statistics for the 1.6.2 release period:
- Joomla 1.6.2 contains:
- 115 tracker issues fixed in SVN
- 8 security issues fixed
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 1.6 Bug Tracker.
Active members of the Joomla Bug Squad during this last release cycle include: Andrea Tarr, Andrew Eddie, Bill Richardson, Brian Teeman, Christophe Demko, Dennis Hermacki, Elin Waring, Harald Leithner, Ian MacLennan, Jacob Waisner, Janich Rasmussen, Jean-Marie Simonet, Jennifer Marriott, Jeremy Wilken, Marc STUDER, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Dexter, Matt Thomas, Michael Babker, Nicholas Dionysopoulos, Niels Braczek, Nikolai Plath, Ole Bang Ottosen, Omar Ramos, Pete Nurse, Peter Chovancak, Piotr Mocko, Radek Suski, Reinhard Hiebl, Roland Dalmulder, Rouven Weßling, Rune Sjøen, Samuel Moffatt, Zachary Draper.
Bug Squad Leadership: Andrew Eddie, Ian MacLennan, and Mark Dexter Coordinators; Bill Richardson, Elin Waring, Marijke Stuivenberg, Matt Thomas, and Omar Ramos, Team Leaders.
Joomla! Security Swat 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, Andrew Eddie, Bill Richardson, Elin Waring, Ian MacLennan, Jason Kendall, Louis Landry, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Dexter, Omar Ramos, Rouven Weßling, Samuel Moffatt.
Joomla! 1.5.23 Released
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- Created on Monday, 04 April 2011 00:00

The Joomla Project announces the immediate availability of Joomla 1.5.23 [senu takaa ama baji]. This is a security release, and we recommend users upgrade immediately.
The Development Working Group's goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community.
Download
Click here to download Joomla 1.5.23 (Full package) »
Click here to download Joomla 1.5.23 (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 1.5.23 Post-Release FAQs to see if there are important items and helpful hints discovered after the release.
Security
- Low Priority - Core - Information Disclosure Vulnerability. More information »
Issues Fixed
| Category | Issue Title | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Administration | PHP notice when selecting a menu type | 16605 |
| Authentication & Login | Password reset invalid token | 21252 |
| Components | Article Manager - Select Author | 21676 |
| Components | Category Blog Layout - View Article - Editing Article - Click Images - 500 Layout "blog" not found | 20536 |
| Components | Articles archive years are HARDCODED!!! | 22520 |
| Components | Section blog ordering changed in 1.5.22 | 23135 |
| Components | **PDFs not showing when icon clicked in IE... | 16149 |
| Components | com_mailto Spam Email Relay | 24289 |
| Installation | *SQL installation issue with TYPE | 25162 |
| Installation | Improve .htaccess rewrite efficency | 25090 |
| JavaScript | Mootools 1.2.4 Squeezebox Problems in MSIE | 25450 |
| Joomla Libraries | Warning: realpath() [function.realpath]: Unable to access .../path.php | 20423 |
| Joomla Libraries | Joomla! broken on CGI web servers | 22629 |
| Libraries | Upgrade Geshi to 1.0.8.10 | 25024 |
| Plugins | security string missing on file toolbar.php | 20234 |
| Plugins | Add a system plugin event called onBeforeCompileHead | 23746 |
| Templates | 1.5.21 admin template params.ini error | 23053 |
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 1.5 Bug Tracker.
Active members of the Joomla Bug Squad during this last 1.5 release cycle include: Akarawuth Tamrareang, Andrea Tarr, Andrew Eddie, Bill Richardson, Dennis Hermacki, Elin Waring, Ian MacLennan, Jacob Waisner, Jan Pavelka, Jean-Marie Simonet, Mark Dexter, Matt Thomas, Michael Babker, Nicholas Dionysopoulos, Niels Braczek, Ronald Pijpers, Rouven Weßling, and Tim Plummer.
Bug Squad Leadership: Andrew Eddie, Ian MacLennan, and Mark Dexter Coordinators; Bill Richardson, Elin Waring, Marijke Stuivenberg, Matt Thomas, and Omar Ramos, Team Leaders.
Joomla! Security Strike Team
Thanks to the Joomla Security Strike Team for their dedicated efforts investigating reports, and fixing security issues in Joomla. Current active members of the Joomla! Security Strike Team are: Alan Langford, Claire Mandville, Ian MacLennan, Jason Kendall, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Dexter, Omar Ramos, Pierre Gazzola and Sam Moffatt.
Joomla 1.6.1 Released
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- Created on Monday, 07 March 2011 00:00

The Joomla Project announces the immediate availability of Joomla 1.6.1. 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 1.6.1 (Full package) »
Click here to download Joomla 1.6.1 (Upgrade packages) »
Instructions
- New installation and technical requirements
- Upgrade from an existing Joomla 1.6 version
- 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 1.6.1 Post-Release FAQs to see if there are important items and helpful hints discovered after the release.
Security
- Moderate Priority - Core - SQL Injection / Interal Path Disclosure. More information »
- Moderate Priority - Core - Path Disclosure. More information »
- Moderate Priority - Core - XSS Vulnerabilities. More information »
- Moderate Priority - Core - XSS Vulnerabilities. More information »
- Low Priority - Core - Information Disclosure. More information »
- Moderate Priority - Core - Redirect Vulnerabilities. More information »
- Moderate Priority - Core - Information Disclosure. More information »
- Low Priority - Core - Unauthorised Access. More information »
- Moderate Priority - Core - CSRF Vulnerabilities. More information »
- Moderate Priority - Core - DOS Vulnerabilities. More information »
- Moderate Priority - Core - XSS Vulnerabilities. More information »
- Moderate Priority - Core - CSRF Vulnerabilities. More information »
Issues Fixed
| Category | Issue Title | Link |
|---|---|---|
| ACL | group perms list should be expand/collapsible at will | 24397 |
| ACL | new user group assignement doesn't work | 24707 |
| ACL | A registered user can change their user name | 24890 |
| ACL | No save icon in article editor for new article with category level permission | 24886 |
| ACL | Users with create permission in a category cannot see the image button below the editor | 24857 |
| Administration | Fix background color in high contrast batch fieldsets | 24255 |
| Administration | Refresh Cache in Extension Manager: Failed loading XML file | 24292 |
| Administration | Inconsistent term for User Group | 24328 |
| Administration | Multiple groups are a problem in the user manager | 24475 |
| Administration | Improve the cpanel of admin templates + correting some errors | 24523 |
| Administration | Language fixes and new warnings for com_installer | 24457 |
| Administration | Templates filter searches all extensions | 24599 |
| Administration | Improve the Directory Permissions in com_admin | 24558 |
| Administration | 3rd party components install in location "site" instead of "administrator" | 24305 |
| Administration | *PHP warning in extension manger | 24336 |
| Administration | Missing messages for some menu item types having no Basic Options | 24884 |
| Administration | Problems with aliases when there is a menu alias menu type | 24881 |
| Administration | Alternative Layout Not Implemented in com_search, com_users | 25006 |
| Authentication & Login | *Issue in back-end login module with Languages not installed in db but present in the admin language folder | 24681 |
| Authentication & Login | *Multilanguage on and site offline: loggin front-end gets in a loop | 24912 |
| Authentication & Login | Login form does not use https | 24307 |
| Code Style | PHP Strict Standards Message, Category Blog | 24309 |
| Code Style | CRLF instead of LF in some files | 24876 |
| Code Style | Systematic elimination of DS as directory separator - Round 2 | 24589 |
| Code Style | Wrong class in kategory list mode | 24914 |
| Components | Unescaped value should be filtered. | 24252 |
| Components | Getting 500 errors editing from category blog on front end with default sef on | 24280 |
| Components | SQL Injection can result in information disclosure | 24232 |
| Components | com_contact, wrong string is used in config.xml (COM_CONTACT_FIELD_PROFILE_SHOW_LABEL used twice) | 24491 |
| Components | com_contact view contact links | 24269 |
| Components | com_newsfeeds doesn't set default view in frontend | 24444 |
| Components | com_mailto Spam Email Relay | 24288 |
| Components | SQL error in com_contact if id not set | 24371 |
| Components | Strict standards: Declaration of WeblinksModelCategory::getItems() should be compatible with that of JModelList::getItems() in | 24265 |
| Components | Inconsistency in the Add new newsfeed screen | 24665 |
| Components | Missing tooltip in Web Links Manager | 24694 |
| Components | *menu items metadata not implemented | 24704 |
| Components | Link Author option lacks in Archived Articles menu item | 24726 |
| Components | com_menu not looking for component xml file | 24562 |
| Components | Details of the components are in different orderings | 24731 |
| Components | duplicate case in switch in ~/components/com_users/controller.php | 24711 |
| Components | *Weblinks icon hardcoded | 24776 |
| Components | *Contacts Category model tries to load params from menu even if no Itemid is set | 24446 |
| Components | Clicks on a custom banner are not counted | 24417 |
| Components | *Banners unique alias | 24882 |
| Components | *Search lower and upper limit do not take into account localise.php settings | 24932 |
| Components | *Accommodating for longer string value in Banners Edit page | 24869 |
| Components | com_categories doesn't properly update paths of children categories when moved to a new parent | 24506 |
| Components | Redirect component does not list 404 errors for missing child page when parent page does exist (patch supplied) | 24911 |
| Components | Get error after save options for component | 24856 |
| Components | duplicate code weblink .php | 24978 |
| Components | *Category Save as Copy does not save with different title/alias | 24909 |
| Components | *modal_contacts field type problems | 24433 |
| Components | Joomla displaying error after uploading an image using Media Manager and the path does not stay where it is after the upload | 24489 |
| Components | Double category strings in URLs | 24799 |
| Components | A banner with limited impressions will never show | 24908 |
| Components | Multiselect not implemented in all views | 24929 |
| Components | Can't display teaser text in full article view. | 24880 |
| Components | Extra markup in some component views | 25042 |
| Components | extra closing div in \components\com_weblinks\views\form\tmpl\edit.php | 25035 |
| Database | Issue with MySQL compatibility in joomla.sql with params fields | 24299 |
| Database | in sql file bug | 24825 |
| Forms | Contact form typo - duplicate tag <label> for Email and Message | 24743 |
| Forms | JHtml select.radiolist produces unnecessary label class suffix | 24423 |
| Forms | The "Ordering" form field type defaults to "0", causing accidental changes to ordering of plugins, modules, banners, etc (with patch) | 24933 |
| Front End | Cannot edit a weblink from the frontend | 24249 |
| Front End | Wrong description language code for email1 field | 24619 |
| Front End | *Submitting two articles in the same category with the same title but different aliases doesn't work on frontend | 24322 |
| Installation | Sample data - Wrapper module issue | 24001 |
| Installation | Installation IE fixes | 24253 |
| Installation | J!1.6 lacks a remove installation folder screen | 24283 |
| Installation | com_installer Admin XSS | 24281 |
| Installation | Sample data links | 23792 |
| Installation | Javascript error in installation | 24294 |
| Installation | Internationalisation of sample data options list | 23083 |
| Installation | *Localise xml default language is not highlighted in the drop down | 24580 |
| Installation | *Languages not installed in db but present in the language folders in joomla issue | 24582 |
| Installation | Enabling debug language mode in installation application | 24657 |
| Installation | Add a button to the installation to remove the installation folder | 24097 |
| Installation | Improve installation.js | 24496 |
| Installation | bug: old extension version reported from cache after automatic extension update** | 22624 |
| Installation | Plugins installed via discover are enabled | 24389 |
| Installation | Sample Data Typo | 25091 |
| Javascript | Error parameters formated in tinymce | 24233 |
| Javascript | None of the JS files have been compressed. | 24260 |
| Javascript | Don't use the $() function in JavaScript. | 24519 |
| Javascript | Make some scripts compatible with Mootools 1.3 | 24740 |
| Joomla! Libraries | Some article code can send JFilterInput into an endless loop | 24258 |
| Joomla! Libraries | Fatal error: Cannot use object of type stdClass as array in ../libraries/joomla/updater/updater.php on line 108 | 24276 |
| Joomla! Libraries | response headers show wrong joomla version | 24273 |
| Joomla! Libraries | Manifest data is not being serialized as JSON during install and discovery install. | 24550 |
| Joomla! Libraries | Joomla! Web Application Framework library is uninstallable | 24644 |
| Joomla! Libraries | Library JURI has an optional parameter: it should be mandatory | 24405 |
| Joomla! Libraries | Unused JDate code causing"Catchable fatal error" | 24532 |
| Joomla! Libraries | JController class lacks a unregisterTask method | 24419 |
| Joomla! Libraries | Abort during install of component and module fail due to rollback methods being protected instead of public. | 24548 |
| Joomla! Libraries | typo in databasequery.php - udpate | 24675 |
| Joomla! Libraries | Add support for defer/async to JDocument | 24821 |
| Languages | Hathor status module jtext plurals | 24254 |
| Languages | Missing Language string Cache Unwritable | 24384 |
| Languages | MODULES_ERR_XML incorrectly called | 24396 |
| Languages | Missing language string JLIB_INSTALLER_ABORT_PACK_INSTALLER_COPY_SETUP | 24426 |
| Languages | Incomplete language strings in Mass Mail | 24466 |
| Languages | missing translation for COM_WEBLINKS_DEFAULT_PAGE_TITLE | 24448 |
| Languages | Incorrect language definition in 'List Contacts in a Category' menu item type | 24464 |
| Languages | Incorrect tooltips in Articles Categories module | 24520 |
| Languages | Incorrect tooltip in Module Manager | 24518 |
| Languages | In Bluestork, longer labels are being cut off especially radio button labels | 24525 |
| Languages | *Extra language definitions for icon tooltips in Messages component | 24615 |
| Languages | *Incorrect error string after saving default menu item with set 'Default Page' radio button to 'no' value | 24513 |
| Languages | *No translation of options (plugin names) in ordering field of plugins | 24607 |
| Languages | Incorrect term in a tooltip in the Menu Items screen | 24642 |
| Languages | *Incorrect tooltip for the Enabled column in Plug-In Manager | 24698 |
| Languages | *Incorrect tooltip in News Feed Manager | 24695 |
| Languages | Incosistency in the Link Author article option | 24724 |
| Languages | Contact language is ignored in frontend | 24710 |
| Languages | Untranslated strings TPL_BEEZ5_ISCLOSED and TPL_BEEZ5_LOGO | 24897 |
| Languages | Debug Language showing up | 24859 |
| Languages | The strings used for the display column in the module assignment slider are confusing | 24999 |
| Languages | Cannot Translate Option Values using JForm SQL Field Type** | 24903 |
| Layouts | Extra div element in Category List for unpublished articles | 24873 |
| Layouts | Missing class blog_children | 24916 |
| Layouts | Missing class default_children | 24915 |
| Modules | *Langswitcher module needed display improvement parameters | 24461 |
| Modules | New Window without navigation | 24540 |
| Modules | Backend mod_status private messages pluralisation | 24573 |
| Modules | mod_articles_category creates wrong html code | 24564 |
| Modules | Disabling modules on a page leaves error messages | 24287 |
| Modules | Empty tooltips in module edit screens | 24674 |
| Modules | Mod popular and latest article processing events in content plugins | 24557 |
| Modules | *Don't show empty divs in mod_login | 24702 |
| Modules | Module articles category - fatal error | 24317 |
| Modules | Articles Category Module Gropu by Author error | 24693 |
| Modules | Modules do not have Trashed state | 24927 |
| Modules | Module Banners: "All categories" option does not include all categories | 24896 |
| Modules | Incorrect ID attribute's value in backend menu | 24947 |
| Modules | Stripped code in contents and custom html module | 24545 |
| Modules | JNO/JYES instead JSHOW/JHIDE in mod_weblinks.xml | 25008 |
| Modules | Missing "parent" css class if menu is collapsed | 24963 |
| Modules | mod_articles_category generates a PHP warning when using language filter | 24838 |
| Modules | Fatal error in mod_articles_category when showing readmore | 24528 |
| Modules | *Duplicated module is published | 25110 |
| Plugins | Language switcher broken by #24210 | 24256 |
| Plugins | *debug plugin does not display results if gzip is on | 24267 |
| Plugins | Update GeSHI to 1.0.8.9 | 24404 |
| Plugins | If a system plugin tries to load its language file, Joomla! falls back to setting the default site language to English. | 24750 |
| Plugins | PATCH: Change pagination pagelist | 24797 |
| Plugins | plg_user_profile "Website" field XSS | 24372 |
| Plugins | *Detect browser lang and cookie broken when using languagefilter | 24767 |
| Plugins | *Redundant call to load language in tinymce causes lang load issue | 24840 |
| Plugins | [#24767] *Detect browser lang and cookie broken when using languagefilter | 24837 |
| Plugins | Improve the voting plugin | 24497 |
| Plugins | * Menu manager Multilanguage Deactivate Home | 24877 |
| Plugins | Alias URL does not work with Language filter plugin active - sef off | 24455 |
| Plugins | Plugin User-Profile Birthday field alpha entry crashes Profile Fields in Admin | 24883 |
| Plugins | Upgrade Geshi to 1.0.8.10 | 25022 |
| Plugins | Upgrade Codemirror to Version 0.94 | 23491 |
| Plugins | Codemirror update causes improper characters in template html/css editing | 25038 |
| RTL | *Implementing RTL pagination in beez | 24391 |
| RTL | *RTL/LTR issues in Beez2 and 5 (News feeds and debug) | 24409 |
| RTL | breadcrumbs doesn't look good on rtl templates | 24428 |
| RTL | uppear right toolbar on rtl template isn't align well | 24460 |
| RTL | *Correcting icon message display in installation with rtl lang | 24570 |
| RTL | modifying Beez 20 to compatibility with RTL | 24983 |
| RTL | *modifying Beez5 to compatibility with RTL | 25034 |
| Search Engine Friendly | Transliteration does not work in Category Manager | 24872 |
| Search Engine Friendly | Send HTTP result code 503 for the offline page | 24646 |
| Search Engine Friendly | 404 errors when using pagebreak with sef enabled | 24816 |
| Search Engine Friendly | Remove com_search SEF encoding of search term | 24314 |
| Search Engine Friendly | Redirect is Not Working with SEF | 24524 |
| Search Engine Friendly | sef plugin results in a blank page for large content | 24865 |
| Templates | Missing image in Beez2 and Beez5 | 24162 |
| Templates | /templates status indicator in backend | 24301 |
| Templates | Bluestork administrator template template.css typo | 24327 |
| Templates | In Users, Mass Mail Users, the tooltips are not being styled. | 24459 |
| Templates | beez template typo with position-15 | 24587 |
| Templates | Unstyled dialog when clicking 'new' in module manager | 24320 |
| Templates | Error page styling forces error box to far left | 24394 |
| Templates | Screens jumps when using the ACL widget | 24298 |
| Templates | No rounded corners in Opera for Modal | 24591 |
| Templates | New preview screenshots required for the admin templates | 24701 |
| Templates | Removes references to non-existing stylesheet | 24735 |
| Templates | Image j_button2_right.png missing from system template | 24828 |
| Templates | Remove the border attribute | 24790 |
| Templates | Typo in media/media/css/popup-imagelist.css (wrong color value for background) | 24830 |
| Templates | *Debug position in beez 20 template doesn't work. | 24833 |
| Templates | JS error notices default template in IE7+8 | 24231 |
| Templates | JS patch for Beez5 - IE issue hide.js | 24975 |
| Templates | Beez_20 and Beez 5 xml patch | 25011 |
| User Interface | * Adding a "Location" column in Language Manager | 24377 |
| User Interface | Administration templates renders JForm "checkboxes" incorrectly in config | 24318 |
| User Interface | Admin Trashed menu doesn't display - link error | 24463 |
| User Interface | Trashed articles - no indication of being trashed , when viewed at front of site | 23915 |
| User Interface | *Contact form in frontend does not display the star for required fields | 24708 |
| User Interface | Message label incorect showed and inconsistency with coma after labels in Contact form | 24732 |
| User Interface | *Banners Tracks export modal needs more height | 24812 |
| User Interface | [patch] Enable editor-xtd buttons to have meaningful tooltips | 24811 |
| User Interface | *Accommodating longer strings in bluestork page title | 24831 |
| User Interface | Change "Templates Manager" to "Template Manage" | 24874 |
| User Interface | * Different Alias fields tooltips | 24759 |
| User Interface | *Normalise modals UI | 24923 |
| User Interface | JTRASH instead JTRASHED in jgrid.publishedOptions | 24926 |
| User Interface | Banner Manager: Banners - increase is needed for colspan of table's footer | 24965 |
| User Interface | There is no featured button in the tool bar, so no way to make multiple articles featured | 24996 |
| User Interface | Cannot allow a group to create in a single sub category | 24993 |
| User Interface | PNG images are not optimized | 22832 |
Statistics for the 1.6.1 release period:
- Joomla 1.6.1 contains:
- 206 tracker issues fixed in SVN
- 12 security issues fixed
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 1.6 Bug Tracker.
Active members of the Joomla Bug Squad during this last release cycle include: Akarawuth Tamrareang, Andrea Tarr, Andrew Eddie, Bill Richardson, Christophe Demko, Elin Waring, Harald Leithner, Ian MacLennan, Jacob Waisner, Janich Rasmussen, Jean-Marie Simonet, Jeremy Wilken, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Dexter, Matt Thomas, Michael Babker, Nikolai Plath, Ole Bang Ottosen, Omar Ramos, Phil Snell, Rouven Weßling, Rune Sjøen, Samuel Moffatt, Selene Feigl.
Bug Squad Leadership: Andrew Eddie, Ian MacLennan, and Mark Dexter Coordinators; Bill Richardson, Elin Waring, Marijke Stuivenberg, Matt Thomas, and Omar Ramos, Team Leaders.
Joomla! Security Swat Team
A big thanks to the Joomla! Security Swat Team for fixing all reported security issues with this release. We would especially like to thank our newest members, Bill Richardson, Elin Waring, and Rouven Weßling for their efforts with this release.