The Joomla! Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla! 1.7.3. 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! development at the Developer Site.
If you are upgrading your existing 1.7 site, you should be aware that the method of upgrading has changed since Joomla 1.5 so we recommend you look at the instructions.
Download
Click here to download Joomla 1.7.3 (Full package) »
Click here to download Joomla 1.7.3 (Upgrade packages) »
Instructions
- New installation and technical requirements
- Upgrade from an existing Joomla 1.7 version
- Migration from Joomla! 1.5.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.
Release Notes
Check the Joomla 1.7.3 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 »
- Medium Priority - Core - XSS Vulnerability. More information »
Features Added
- Language improvements. Click here for more information.
Issues Fixed
| Category | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Administration | Save as copy template style | 26608 |
| Administration | PHP Error Reporting Level cannot be set to "None";. | 26724 |
| Administration | view metadata.xml isn't considered for parameters | 26910 |
| Administration | Hathor missing notice images in rtl & some colors | 26913 |
| Administration | Bluestork tabs fix when more than one row of tabs | 26937 |
| Administration | Can't mass mail to SA group | 26959 |
| Administration | Missing menu ordering in edit | 26980 |
| Administration | *Patch #26980 breaks menu item saving | 27129 |
| Authentication and Login | User login problem with redirect | 26329 |
| Code Style | Code fixes for end of line inconsistencies | 26640 |
| Code Style | Remove batch process code from com_contact | 26903 |
| Code Style | Make sure there is a blank line at the end of every PHP file | 27075 |
| Code Style | Use elseif instead of else if | 27090 |
| Code Style | Use lowercase token | 27115 |
| Components | When Default-menuitem set to registerd homepage is 404 | 25782 |
| Components | page break broke when 'Table of Contents' set to Hide | 26226 |
| Components | Please reopen bug 23915 (trashed Items showing up in frontend) | 26600 |
| Components | xreference in 1.6+ is inconsistent with 1.5 | 26830 |
| Components | Small regression rev. 22054 skipping translation in <description> + BC 1.6.x issue | 26972 |
| Components | Weblinks entries do not delete correctly and display in the weblinks view | 26993 |
| Components | Show or hide the menu title does not exist for the type of menu alias | 27010 |
| Components | The Table in the Category List Layout Could Sort ONLY by Created Date Irrespective of What is Select | 27018 |
| Components | *Needed plural for a massmail message | 27070 |
| Database | JDatabasequery work in com_users front end | 26896 |
| Database | JDatabasequery work in com_plugins | 26897 |
| Database | JDatabasequery work in com_newsfeeds | 26898 |
| Database | JDatabasequery work in com_redirect and com_search | 26904 |
| Database | Apply the patch to fix the MySQL specific queries - com_installer | 27038 |
| Front End | *Ordering when editing in front-end | 26979 |
| Installation | Problem installing with another language than default | 26872 |
| Installation | upgrade from 1.6.3 and 1.6.4 to 1.7.2 | 26927 |
| Installation | Update overwrite language override file | 26994 |
| Installation | Remove unused title_alias column | 27119 |
| Languages | Back-end language switching is working only when Default is selected | 24664 |
| Languages | Tooltip partly matches the related options in Latest News module | 24697 |
| Languages | Support Forum URL as language file option | 25031 |
| Languages | No option to remove the default language from the URL and links | 25037 |
| Languages | poor english grammar | 26692 |
| Languages | Misplaced Bracket on Language Titles in Multilingual Sites Using RTL Language | 26813 |
| Languages | Wrong English Grammar | 26857 |
| Languages | *Implementing default offline message per language | 26868 |
| Languages | *Unique alias & Unicode alias issue | 26929 |
| Languages | *Multilanguage: adding custom Site Name per Content Language | 26977 |
| Languages | Incongruous Language Implementation in Article List Header | 26988 |
| Languages | Change Modified date to Modified Date for Consistency in en-GB.com_content.ini in the Front End | 27019 |
| Languages | *Adding column language tag in Language Manager Installed languages | 27029 |
| Languages | *Fatal Error in multilangstatus module when languagefilter plugin disabled | 27108 |
| Languages | *Validation error in mod_languages | 27128 |
| Modules | *Adding to the multilanguage status module a check for contacts assigned languages | 26995 |
| Modules | *mod_articles_category missing option to sort by feature articles ordering system. | 27007 |
| Platform | JHTML select.options with html entities | 24973 |
| Platform | Problem with preg_quote in function utf8_ireplace | 25199 |
| Platform | "Language string failed to load" showing up when sending an email | 25565 |
| Platform | More strict php OOP | 25728 |
| Platform | e_strict error prevents log into backend: incompatible JDate::setTimezone() | 26054 |
| Platform | Editors have problems with quotes in content plugins syntax | 26439 |
| Platform | Date Icon "string untranslated" | 26491 |
| Platform | replacePrefix return a null string due to __call() function | 26596 |
| Platform | Add language field to batch widget | 26788 |
| Platform | manifest_cache entry not generated for file packages on install | 26840 |
| Platform | JText do not recognize "" no-string | 26885 |
| Platform | Merge some code style changes from platform 11.3 | 26911 |
| Platform | Merge some code style changes from platform 11.3 | 26912 |
| Platform | Merge some code style changes from platform 11.3 | 26914 |
| Platform | Component updates not working in Joomla! 1.7.0 and later | 27023 |
| Platform | Merge more from the platform (images) | 27127 |
| Plugins | Allow ability to upload file (eg: profile picture) through com_users profile | 26940 |
| Plugins | System - Debug Not Allowed Any Groups to View when selected | 27056 |
| RTL | header items in the administrator panel are not in the right order on RTL template | 26427 |
| RTL | notices in RTL doesn't mirroring | 26866 |
| Sample Data | Inconsistent data type for access level | 26761 |
| Sample Data | Books module when installing without sample data | 27072 |
| Search Engine Friendly | JRouterSite or JURI fails not sure if it's a bug | 26150 |
| Templates | Some bluestork strings are no longer needed due to the commit of 25921 | 26853 |
| Templates | Remove Specific Author Information from Bluestork | 26915 |
| Templates | Beez5 have image path link to beez_20 | 27061 |
| User Interface | *Adding tip to batch function | 26907 |
Statistics for the 1.7.3 release period:
- Joomla 1.7.3 contains:
- 77 tracker issues fixed in SVN
- 2 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 CMS Issue Tracker.
Active members of the Joomla Bug Squad during this last release cycle include: Akarawuth Tamrareang, Andrea Tarr, Andrew Eddie, Bill Richardson, Brian Teeman, Christophe Demko, Denise McLaurin, Dennis Hermacki, Elin Waring, Ian Galpin, Jacob Waisner, James Brice, Jan Pavelka, Janich Rasmussen, Jean-Marie Simonet, Jennifer Marriott, Jon Neubauer, Juan Antonio Ruzafa, Kevin Griffiths, Matt Thomas, Michael Babker, Moe Samji, Nicholas Dionysopoulos, Nick Savov, Nikolai Plath, Ole Bang Ottosen, Prasit Gebsaap, Radek Suski, Rob Clayburn, Roland Dalmulder, Rouven Weßling, Rune Sjøen, Samuel Moffatt, Sudhi Seshachala, Troy Hall.
Bug Squad Leadership: Mark Dexter Coordinator; Elin Waring, Marijke Stuivenberg, and Omar Ramos, Team Leaders.
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, Andrew Eddie, Bill Richardson, Elin Waring, Jason Kendall, Louis Landry, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Dexter, Omar Ramos, Rouven Weßling, Samuel Moffatt.