Joomla 2.5: What’s Under the Covers
All about Joomla 2.5 What’s New A look under the hood…
The Path Ahead – Joomla 3.x and Beyond The Release Cycle Joomla! Roadmap
End of the latest development cycle – Joomla 1.6, 1.7, 2.5
Most stable release of this cycle Next “Long Term Support (LTS)” Release Supported until December 2013 Current Version – 2.5.2*
* as of 03/05/2012
Joomla Platform 11.3
Smart Finder – New site search replacement
Multi-database support MySQL, MS SQL
Server with Oracle and PostgreSQL coming soon
Mobile Enhancements
Language Overrides Update Notification
Module Captcha Support Article Images
Joomla Community Magazinehttp://magazine.joomla.org/issues/Issue-Jan-2012/item/654-What-s-new-in-Joomla-2-5
JoomlaShowroomhttp://www.joomlashowroom.com/Blog/What-to-expect-in-Joomla-2.5-New-Features.html
Activating Smart Search Language Overrides Update Notification Modules (Admin
side) Article Images
JOOMLA! 3.X AND BEYOND
Releases every 6 months* Start of next release cycle has been moved to
September 2012
Joomla 1.5 – EOS April 2012; End of Security Updates – September 2012
Joomla 2.5 – Security and major bug fixes only; EOL - December 2013
Joomla 3.x series –3.0 (STS) – Sept 2012, 3.1 (STS) – Mar 2013, 3.5 (LTS) – Sept 2013; EOL – Jun 2015
Project releases a “Vision” for the upcoming version
Joomla 3.0 Vision – Rediscover Content
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/general-news/5321-rediscover-content-the-vision-for-next-years-release.html
UX Roadmap http://magazine.joomla.org/issues/issue-feb-2012/item/673-roadmap-for-a-great-Joomla-3-UX
http://ux.joomla.org
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