Joomla! News
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This past week the Joomla! Extensions Directory reached 6000 published listings. However, it also reached 138,000,000 downloads of extensions! This impressive number surpasses the other top open-source CMS competitors and shows substantial growth and extendability.
Read more about this achievement and what's coming up for the Joomla! Extensions Directory here.
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The Joomla Project is proud to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 1.6 beta 12 (download). IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a beta version and is not intended to run any type of production site. It is intended to be used for evaluation purposes only.
Since the Joomla 1.6 beta 11 release on October 4, we have fixed approximately 52 issues. Much of this progress is directly related to the stepped up efforts of the Joomla! Bug Squad. Thanks for all your hard work in bringing us one increment closer to stable!
See the CHANGELOG for details of what has been changed in this release.
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The Joomla! Project announces the immediate availability of Joomla 1.5.21 [senu takaa ama wepulai]. 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 1.5.21 (Full package) »
Click here to download Joomla 1.5.21 (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. Documentation is available for beginners.
Please note that you should always backup your site before upgrading.
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Introducing Joomla Press - Books reflect best practices and the mission, vision and values of the Joomla Community
Dive into more Joomla! knowledge
The releases for Joomla Press were announced October 1, 2010 during Joomla Day West in San Jose, California.
The first two titles slated for publishing are The Official Joomla! Book which is scheduled to be published in December 2010 and the second title Joomla! Explained: Your Step-by-Step Guide with a publishing date of early 2011.
The books will be the flagship releases in a new Joomla Press, representing a publishing alliance between Pearson, the global leader in education services and technology, and Open Source Matters, Inc. (OSM), the not-for-profit organization that supports the Joomla project.
A portion of the proceeds will go back to the Joomla! Project.
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The October 7, 2010 online edition of PC World magazine features an article titled EBay Deploys Joomla! for Analytics Portal. This article highlights the recent announcement that the online auction giant (who claims to run the largest commercial data warehouse in the world) has chosen to use the Joomla! framework as platform for a set of internal data analysis tools that will be accessible by the company's 16,400 employees.