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Sydney JUG 14/02/2012
Presented by Tim Plummer – Tweet @bfsurvey
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Joomla Release Dates
Joomla Version Release Type Release Date End of Life
Joomla 1.0 Long Term Sep-05 Jul-09
Joomla 1.5 Long Term Jan-08 Apr-12
Joomla 1.6 Short Term Jan-11 Aug-11
Joomla 1.7 Short Term Jul-11 Feb-12
Joomla 2.5 Long Term Jan-12 Aug-13
Joomla 3.0 Short Term Jul-12 Feb-13
Joomla 3.1 Short Term Jan-13 Aug-13
Joomla 3.5 Long Term Jul-13 Feb-15
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Let’s take a look at what’s new
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• The base of the CMS is the Joomla Platform has been updated to version 11.3
• New image manipulation class JImage
• Generation of HTML tables with the JGridclass
• New version of MooTools (1.4)
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Multi Database support
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SQL Server
• Load driver in php.ini – actual dll will depend on php version and whether your server supports non-thread-safe
or thread-safe
• extension=php_sqlsrv_53_ts_vc9.dll
• Need to restart PHP for change to take effect
• phpinfo should show sqlsrv section
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Step 2 shows which databases are available on your server
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Database Type
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Set Site Offline during install
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Set Site Offline Image
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Smart Search (finder)
• Smart Search is destined to be the replacement for com_search
• Disabled by default
• Extensions->plugin manager– Enable Conent - Smart Search plugin
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Smart Search (cont.)
• Assign a module position to your smart search module (extensions->module manager)
• And choose which pages it should appear on
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Smart Search (cont.)
• It does smart things like suggest what you should be searching for if you do a typo
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Joomla Update Notification
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CAPTCHA in core
• Choose ReCaptcha in your global config
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Setting up ReCAPTCHA
• Sign up (free) for your public and private key
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Setting up ReCAPTCHA
• Extensions->plug-in manager
• Enter your public and private key in the Captcha – ReCaptcha plugin
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Setting up ReCAPTCHA
• CAPTCHA will now appear on your contact forms
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Add notes to menu item
• Allows you to write a short note to describe what this menu is for
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Filter who’s online module
• Extensions->module manager– Who's Online
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Subcategory filtering
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Language overrides manager
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Images and URL fields to create simple standardized layouts
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Images and URL fields in articles
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Intro image
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Full article image
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Native ZIP support checked during install
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New user notification email sent to admin
• Users->user manager
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User status module improved
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User Notes
• Can now add notes to each user account
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Example of using User Notes
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User Notes
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Custom Blacklist text filter
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Text filters has moved from article options to global config
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Database version check
• Check that your database schema version is up to date
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Debug Plugin reloaded
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Menu manager linked to module manager
• When you create a new menu, if there is no module to display it yet, there is now a link to create one.
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New language code plugin to improve SEO
• Allows search engines to see the language and country code they expect in cases where the Joomla language pack uses a different code.
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Where’s my version number?
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Joomla Version shown in System Information
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Joomla version module
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Other improvements
• Beez core template comes with mobile enhancements
• Ability to indicate a default language for News Feeds
• Right to Left language direction setting for New Feeds
• Improvements for batch processing
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Should I upgrade to 2.5?
• http://magazine.joomla.org/issues/issue-feb-2012/item/676-Help-With-1-7-Out-and-2-5-Just-In,-What-Should-I-Do-Upgrade-or-Upgrade-me-not
• http://magazine.joomla.org/issues/Issue-Aug-2011/item/530-Nine-Questions-When-Preparing-Clients-for-Joomla-1-8
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Should I upgrade to 2.5?
I’m currently using
Should I upgrade
Joomla 1.6 YES
Joomla 1.7 YES
Joomla 1.5 Eventually YES, but no rush
Joomla 1.0 LOL, why bother?
• I’ll make it easy, here is my 2 cents
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So how do I upgrade?
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Do a full site backup first!
• www.akeebabackup.com
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How to upgrade from J1.7
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Alternate upgrade method using Admin Tools
• Use Admin Tools instead– http://www.akeebabackup.com/
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How do I upgrade from Joomla 1.5?
• Get new versions of all your extensions
• Get a new site template
• Take a full backup
• Use either JUpgrade (free) or SP Upgrade (commercial) or J2XML Importer (free)
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How do I upgrade from Joomla 1.5?
• Tutorials– http://www.jomsocial.com/blog/migrating-
joomla-15-to-joomla-25-a-guided-tutorial.html
– http://www.ostraining.com/blog/joomla/upgrade-joomla-16-to-25/
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Upgrade Problems
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Upgrade problems – Admin icons
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Clear your browser cache to fix
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I’m missing the new modules and plugins
• Extensions->extension manager->discover
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I’m missing new database tables
• Extensions->extension manager->database
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Article into image not showing
• You probably have a template overrides that needs to be updated
• /templates/yourtemplate/html/com_content/article/default.php
• Compare to /components/com_content/views/article/tmpl/default.php and see what is missing
• Another one /templates/yourtemplate/html/com_content/category/blog_item.php
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Disappearing articles after 2.5 upgrade
• articles that a specific user wrote are not being published. They still show up in the backend but not in the frontend.
• Cause: If you have a user linked to a contact that is unpublished, the articles written by this user don't show up in the front.
• The solution would be to publish the contact or to completely remove them, including empty the trash.
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Questions?
• Follow Tim on twitter @bfsurvey
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References
• http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5403-joomla-250-released.html
• http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5410-joomla-251-released.html
• http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5406-joomla-25-released.html
• http://magazine.joomla.org/issues/Issue-Jan-2012/item/654-What-s-new-in-Joomla-2-5
• http://www.ostraining.com/blog/joomla/joomla25/• http://docs.joomla.org/Category:Version_2.5.0_FAQ• http://brian.teeman.net/joomla-1.7/upgrading-to-joomla-
2.5-some-warnings.html