Joomla! 1.5 and roadmap to future versions

Joomla!day Presentation

Utrecht, Netherlands

5 April 2008

Joomla! 1.5Released January 22, 2008

Joomla! 1.5 is easy to install

Joomla! 1.5 runs on many platforms

Joomla! 1.5 is easy to extend

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Joomla! 1.5 is multi lingual

Joomla! 1.5 is easier to administer

Joomla! 1.5 has new template features

• 100% control

• Custom layouts

• Template parameters

• Accessibility and standards

• Module chrome

• Module positions

• Default system template

• Additional Javascript

• Error Handling

Joomla! 1.5 is build to scale

Joomla! 1.5 is build to scale

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Joomla! 1.5 supports rapid development

• Easy to install

• Runs on many platforms

• Multi-lingual

• Easy to administer

• New template features

• Build to scale

• Rapid development

So with…

• 4.000.000 visitors and 19.000.000 page hits past month

• 1.250.000 (1.305 p/d) posts, 275.229 (289 p/d) topics and 180.000 (188 p/d) users in our forum

• 590.000+ downloads of Joomla! 1.5 in 2 months

• 82.000 registered developers and 2.255 registered projects on Gforge

• 2.850 registered (active) projects on our extensions site

• 60+ supported languages

This project rockets off!!!

Thanks to an amazing army of volunteers who provide support in our forum, developers who maintain Joomla! core code and extensions, the translators and all who help with documentation this is a great open source project!

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We’re still an incredibly young project!

• Started in September 2005• Joomla! 1.0 is still mainstream• Joomla! 1.5 usage is very good after 2

months

…let draw the bigger picture

Keep the following in mind...

Yes…but wait!

Maintenance releases driven by Joomla! Bug Squad

• Test the patch before we commit approach• Around 35 team members• Team introduced mid- December just before

we release Joomla! 1.5.0• Maintenance cycle targets at 6-8 weeks for

a release

See also http://docs.joomla.org/Joomla%21_Maintenance_Procedures

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Introducing Unit testing

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Joomla! Call for White Papers

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1.6 call for whitepaper results

Most requested features

1. Improved access control (ACL)

2. Node Base Scheme (NBS)

3. Update logic

Note: There is a longer list, but this are the main requested features39

Identified projects

1. Improved access control (ACL)

2. Update logic

…processing feedback is still work in progress

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So what is our race strategy?

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Time

Set Goals Refactor and developTest and

documentStabilize and

release

2,5 months 1,5 months

Current status

Trunk

Refactoring

Node Base Scheme (NBS)

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Time

Trunk

Refactoring

Node Base Scheme (NBS)

Content versioning

ACL

So what about 2.0?

Complete re-think on Joomla! Web content management…

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• New data model

• Multi-site out of the box

• Singular installer (one installer for all your websites, including shared site set-up).

• Unified content model (NBS and other features).

• Compact and lightweight.

• PHP 5.2+

…our focus is currently on Joomla! 1.6

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We can use help with…

Development

• Unit testing

• Functional testing; the Joomla! Bug Squad

• Joomla! Core framework

Documentation

• Help screens

• Technical documentation

• Documentation of Joomla! 1.5

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Translations

• Translation of installation,front-and backend

• Translate help screens

• Translation of documentation

Sites and Infrastructure

• Moderating

• Help answering questions in forum

• Re-structuring our site(s)

Joomla!

“All together”

Questions?