Joomla 1.6 overview presented at Joomla PDX user group meeting.

1. Joomla!™ 1.6Quick Look under the hood Presented at © Copyright 2011 – Kendall Cabe

2. Step forward in Joomla! evolution Adds new features to an already full set Modifies existing features to improve useability of those features Same great software you come to expect from Joomla! – just a little better. Joomla! 1.6 – What is it? Presented at © Copyright 2011 – Kendall Cabe

3. Nested categories Featured articles replacing front page manager Tableless core output Template styles Improved SEO in the core And more… http://www.joomla.org/16/features/designer.html Joomla! 1.6 – What’s New?Design Features Presented at © Copyright 2011 – Kendall Cabe

4. 404 Redirect Management Language Overrides Manual User Approval New Module Configuration Settings Advanced ACL (Access Control Levels) New Admin Functions And more… http://www.joomla.org/16/features/administrator.html Joomla! 1.6 – What’s New?Admin Features Presented at © Copyright 2011 – Kendall Cabe

5. Improved save functionality (save & new; save & close; save & copy) Media Manager Improvements Template / style assignment from the Menu item And more… http://www.joomla.org/16/features/webmaster.html Joomla! 1.6 – What’s New?Webmaster Features Presented at © Copyright 2011 – Kendall Cabe

6. Joomla 1.5 – LTS (long term support); EOL – April 2012 Joomla 1.6 – STS (short term support); EOL – July 2011 Joomla 1.7 – STS (short term support); EOL – January 2012 Joomla 1.8? – LTS (long term support); EOL – October 2013? http://developer.joomla.org/strategy.html Joomla! 1.6 and Beyond Presented at © Copyright 2011 – Kendall Cabe

7. Final Thoughts Thoughts on Joomla 1.6 Is it stable? Should I upgrade? Should I develop with or on 1.6? Let’s look under the hood Your Questions… Presented at © Copyright 2011 – Kendall Cabe

8. Contacting Kendall By email – kendall@joomlapdx.com kendall.cabe@timestwotechnology.com Via Skype rkendallc Twitter @rkendallc