Joomla 1.6 Alpha 2 Release

Joomla 1.6 Alpha 2 for any kind of website are ready to downloads for preview and testing purposes at http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/frs/?action=FrsReleaseBrowse&frs_package_id=3585

The broad goals of Joomla 1.6 are to:

  • implement an expanded access control system;
  • implement a nested categories solution;
  • add a commenting system;
  • and standardise the way extensions are built using the MVC framework.

To achieve those things there is a lot of other ancillary work to be done, but those are the highlights of this new version.

Apart from some user interface improvements the new access control and nested categories systems are feature complete.  The access control system is progressively coming online throughout the administrator as is the nested category system (see Beta-ready extensions below).  The new comments system has not been added to the core stack yet.

Currently, most work focuses on finishing the backend Administrator, bringing all extensions up to a common standard.  The following Administrator extensions are “Beta ready”.  This means they are essentially feature complete, at a consistent code standard and ready for rigourous testing.

  • Articles manager
  • Configuration manager (used for Global Configuration and Component options)
  • Newsfeeds manager
  • Plugins manager
  • Redirect manager (a new component to redirect old page links to new ones)
  • Search manager
  • Template manager (including new “styles”)
  • User manager (includes ability to add new user groups and content access levels)
  • Weblinks manager

Discussion about Joomla 1.6 are happening at two levels.

If you would like to discuss or comment on the new features in Joomla 1.6 Alpha 2 or the nightly builds, please visit the forum topic Discuss: Joomla 1.6 Alpha 2 Released.

If you would like to discuss Joomla 1.6 at the development level (either you would like to help, or you are a developer wanting to know more about 1.6), then join us at the Joomla CMS Development List.

Joomla 1.6 will feature heavily at the upcoming Joomla Developer Conference in New York on the 5 and 6 of December 2009.

Bugs can be raised on the Joomla 1.6 bug tracker if you are using the most current nightly build or the latest source code from Subversion.  Please do not tell us about bugs in the Alpha 2 release because many of them have already been fixed. Most specifically we want to know about problems in the extensions listed as Beta-ready.

For more complete information and link please visit http://www.joomla.org/component/content/article/5252.html

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