Joomla

Joomla! is a very powerful CMS, very flexible through the hundreds of extensions developed for it.

It can be used for a variety of purposes, from corporate websites, to portals, and up to personal homepages.

The CMS works with most Web hosting services being a very popular package, and can also be used locally for testing with tools like WAMP, MAMP, and XAMPP.

It's feature base has become a de-facto standard for most CMS platforms, almost all content management systems providing an installation panel, administrative backend, blogging module, and WYSIWYG editing these days.

At one point in its development curve Joomla! as a CMS became very bloated thanks to the plethora of standard included features, but recent versions are now much slimmer and easier to customize thanks to a community-reviewed codebase.

Currently the CMS is making a comeback amongst developers, providing a much faster and efficient content editing experience compared to its previous versions.

While you can easily opt to switch to a more lightweight CMS platform, the Joomla experience is already well known amongst clients and most of them won't have a problem using sites developed on this technology.

System requirements

• Apache 1.3+ with mod_mysql, mod_xml, and mod_zlib or IIS web server 6 or higher
• PHP 4.3.10+
• MySQL 3.23+, or MS-SQL

What is new in this release:

• Joomla! Update has been improved and now allows you to reinstall Joomla's core files at the click of a button, overwriting any modified file(s) and reverting them back to the default.
• Joomla! 3.6 contains a lot of UX improvements. Now you can find your modules faster, have tasks done by dropdown, improved user management and so much more...
• With the new Sub Form Field function in Joomla! 3.6, we added some extra additional functionality next to Repeatable fields. Now you can nest XML forms inside each other or reuse your existing forms inside your current form.
• Create categories on the fly: It can get frustrating when you create a new item, and you realise that you haven't created a category yet. Joomla! 3.6 now lets you create a category on the fly for articles, contacts, newsfeeds and banners.
• Menu type ACL: ACL in the backend did not exist at the menu level, now we have improved that. Give or block certain user groups access to a specific menu, and therefore also all menu items of that menu.
• See what's in your menus with All Menu Items: The new option to show all items from all menus gives you a quick overview of what is displayed where on your website. It has never been easier to spot duplicated links, missing menu items or just get an overview of every menu on your site.

What is new in version 3.6.2 / 2.5.28:

• Joomla! Update has been improved and now allows you to reinstall Joomla's core files at the click of a button, overwriting any modified file(s) and reverting them back to the default.
• Joomla! 3.6 contains a lot of UX improvements. Now you can find your modules faster, have tasks done by dropdown, improved user management and so much more...
• With the new Sub Form Field function in Joomla! 3.6, we added some extra additional functionality next to Repeatable fields. Now you can nest XML forms inside each other or reuse your existing forms inside your current form.
• Create categories on the fly: It can get frustrating when you create a new item, and you realise that you haven't created a category yet. Joomla! 3.6 now lets you create a category on the fly for articles, contacts, newsfeeds and banners.
• Menu type ACL: ACL in the backend did not exist at the menu level, now we have improved that. Give or block certain user groups access to a specific menu, and therefore also all menu items of that menu.
• See what's in your menus with All Menu Items: The new option to show all items from all menus gives you a quick overview of what is displayed where on your website. It has never been easier to spot duplicated links, missing menu items or just get an overview of every menu on your site.

What is new in version 3.5.1 / 2.5.28:

• Download system & environment information: gives users the option to download system/environment information for support purposes.
• Ability to add a user CSS file to Protostar: currently it is impossible to use a custom.css file when using the Protostar template. This update adds a check to see if the file user.css exists and loads the file to allow for user customisation.
• Added site and admin links to module user: adds switches to the mod_status module to show/hide links to the front-end and back-end of the site.
• Article counts: a set of updates that allows the visual presentation of published, unpublished and trashed articles in the Category Manager for articles, banners, contacts and newsfeeds.
• Random category blog and list order: this update answers a common user request to add a random ordering option for articles in the blog category and category list view.
• Editor Buttons added to the Toolbar: You no longer need to scroll down the page to find the "readmore" or "insert image" buttons. Editor extension buttons that used to be placed below the text area can now be found in the toolbar where they belong.
• Easily Insert Modules in Articles: allows users to easily add a module into an article with a button directly on the editor toolbar. Users don't need to learn any syntax or remember the module details as the user interface does it for them.
• Drag and Drop Images: Adding an image is now as easy as dragging and dropping it from your computer directly into the content. This works anywhere that you are using the default TinyMCE WYSIWYG editor.

What is new in version 3.4.8 / 2.5.28 / 3.5 Beta 3:

• This is a bug fix release for the 3.x series of Joomla This release fixes some bugs related to session management from Joomla 3.4.7.

What is new in version 3.4.8 / 2.5.28 / 3.5 Beta 2:

• This is a bug fix release for the 3.x series of Joomla This release fixes some bugs related to session management from Joomla 3.4.7.

What is new in version 3.4.4 / 2.5.28:

• Inadequate escaping leads to XSS vulnerability in login module
• Further en-GB language cleanup
• Fixes for MSSQL and PostgresSQL Joomla installations
• jQuery, HTML5Shiv and CodeMirror updates
• Finished implementing the Joomla! codestyle rules

What is new in version 3.4.3 / 2.5.28:

• Improved front-end module editing
• Decoupling of weblinks
• Composer integration
• Google new reCaptcha
• Security improvements by implementing UploadShield code which can detect most malicious uploads by examining their filenames and file contents

What is new in version 3.4.1 / 2.5.28:

• Improved front-end module editing
• Decoupling of weblinks
• Composer integration
• Google new reCaptcha
• Security improvements by implementing UploadShield code which can detect most malicious uploads by examining their filenames and file contents

What is new in version 3.3.6:

• This release addresses an issue related to the core update component, one regression in the user password reset process, and adds a fallback upgrade mechanism for the update component. This release is considered a security release since it includes two resolved security issues associated with 3.3.5.

What is new in version 3.3.5:

• Security Issues Fixed:
• High Priority - Core - Remote File Inclusion
• Medium Priority - Core - Denial of Service

What is new in version 3.3.4:

• Security Issues Fixed:
• Core XSS Vulnerability
• Core Unauthorised Logins

What is new in version 3.3.3:

• Change the cloak container from div to span
• Class attributes are not included in mailcloak
• Getting a 500 when trying to sort users by User Group in Modal
• User settings for Editor ignored

What is new in version 3.3.2:

• Fixed:
• Users not able to select root category as parent
• Cache does not store pathway information
• Trailing hyphen is removed in JHTML::_('select.options')
• Redirect component ACL doesn't work
• XCache failing locks out Administrator
• Remove the hardcoded logout for hathor as we don't use it
• Unknown property filling error log
• 'Plus' icon for subcategories should be disabled if it has no function

What is new in version 3.3.1:

• Access to this article for registered users bypassing the ACL after the article id.
• com_menus doesn't respect component permissions
• Fix/Add com_banners title icons
• User Notes Categories - Error in menu and filter selection
• Misleading cache time settings
• Remove doubled description tab in template styles
• Remove MooTools autofocus with jQuery autofocus
• Add token to user reset link
• JMicrodata - reset params after the display() method
• JFolder::copy does not test the nonexistence of the destination folder
• Complete implementation of Redis Caching
• Error with Reply-To Name handling, names are lost
• Current Protocol not considered by JUri::base when $live_site is set

What is new in version 3.3.0:

• Improved password hashing.
• Microdata support.
• Optimizes the code with performance.
• Improvements to the routing system.
• Continued conversion of MooTools-based JavaScript to jQuery.

What is new in version 3.2.3:

• Joomla! 3.2.3 which is a security release and also resolves a significant number of issues and bugs.

What is new in version 3.2.2:

• Extra double quote in JGrid::action
• Application mocks with fixed class names
• Void blank file index.html
• Improvement: Skip the debug plugin if debug is off
• Various code styling fixes
• Administrator can't edit component options
• JHelperContent::getActions() function improvements
• When "Add New Article" from "Article Manager: Articles" screen, does not select the current category, if a category is selected in filter
• Adding the `showon` feature to component settings
• JPath::clean: $path is not a string - regression
• No longer load MooTools with JCaption
• JHtml::_('bootstrap.tooltip') doesn't accept 'container' parameter as string
• Improved if/else structure related to sidebar
• JFilterInput function _cleanAttributes throws a strict standard warning
• Incorrect table ordering value for Status column in plugins manager
• Missing metadata.xml in com_content view Categories causes item_type to receive untranslated fallback value
• Decouple com_contact from com_content
• Help screen index missing
• *Error when creating New Menu Group called 'Menu'
• Extensions manager doesn't show correct long extension

What is new in version 3.2.1:

• Over 125 bugs have been resolved with the 3.2.1 release of the Joomla! CMS.
• The Bug Squad also paid particular attention to solving lockout issues associated with the administrator login password hashing and the Remember Me features under certain circumstances.

What is new in version 3.2.0:

• Increased security with strong passwords and two step authentication
• New rapid development framework for new extension coding
• Content version control
• Many user interface improvements
• Easy multi-lingual setup for 64 officially supported languages
• Built-in Joomla! Extensions Finder as an onsite interface to the Joomla! Extensions Directory (that currently lists over 4000 extensions) providing one-click extensions installation

What is new in version 3.1.5:

• Joomla 3.1.5 contains:
• 1 security issue fixed
• 7 tracker issues fixed

What is new in version 3.1.4:

• Automatically set $db and $app properties on plugins
• Display Error Message when Magic Quotes is Enabled
• Added Observer pattern to JTable
• Added JResponseJson as a CMS library class
• Added SQL queries profiler in Debug zone
• Added handling for punycode urls and email addresses
• Show Joomla username in admin area
• Added js files to protostar template
• Added ability to add sprintf variables to JText string
• Added ability to restrict the number of displayed results to mod_related_items
• Added a PSR-0 compatible autoloader to JLoader
• Allow folder names without 's' at the end
• Added JTwitter package to /libraries/joomla

What is new in version 3.1.1:

• Fixed bugs:
• Type check line 31, TemplatesHelper::getPositions
• Two Tags-related API issues
• com_tags show "{loadmodule..." when listing items
• Invalid tab end in article edit page
• Error in Database tab in Extension Manager
• Corrects font-file stack order
• Only titles display in featured/blogged views when hide intro text is selected
• Exception thrown for empty path
• Administrator interface dropdown menus not working on tablets
• Beez3 missing JHtml::_('behavior.caption');
• Menu item Alias required setting

What is new in version 3.1.0:

• Tags (click here to see the recent blog post about it)
• Added note form field
• Show logs in debug console
• Refactor installation to use new application and MVC classes
• Added pagination in COM_SEARCH component
• Added triggers on save for com_config
• JPlugin autoloadLanguage property
• Added SQL Server subclass for FinderIndexer
• Media wiki package
• OpenStreetMap package
• UNION ALL feature

What is new in version 3.1 Beta 3:

• Refactor installation to use new application and MVC classes
• Added pagination in COM_SEARCH component
• Added triggers on save for com_config
• JPlugin autoloadLanguage property
• Added SQL Server subclass for FinderIndexer
• Media wiki package
• OpenStreetMap package
• UNION ALL feature

What is new in version 3.0.2:

• Security Issues Fixed:
• Click-jacking vulnerability.
• New Features:
• Implementing Items associations in multi-language. With this function you can assign articles and article categories from different languages together and the module will display the correct link if you change the language itself.

What is new in version 3.0.1:

• 1 security issue fixed
• 1 new feature
• 47 tracker issues fixed

Requirements:

• Apache 1.3+ with mod_mysql, mod_xml, and mod_zlib or IIS web server 6 or higher
• PHP 4.3.10+
• MySQL 3.23+, or MS-SQL