JFBConnect 4.0 Released - Facebook Integration for Joomla

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Austin, TX--  This week, SourceCoast announced the release of JFBConnect 4.0, the latest version of their popular Facebook for Joomla integration extension.  Compatible with Joomla 1.5, 1.6 and 1.7+, it offers single-sign on registration, as well as customizable options for Like, Comments, Recommendations and other Facebook social widgets.

“Our goal is to provide Joomla users with a complete Facebook for Joomla package,” said SourceCoast Co-Founder Alex Andreae. “This update has some great new features and expands beyond Facebook, which we’re really excited about.”

CMS in the Fast Lane: Joomla! 1.7

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This week, Joomla! 1.7 was officially released to the public. New features in this new version of the popular open source content management system include:

  • One Click Version Updating - The new built-in updater handles updates for Joomla and Joomla extensions.
  • Multilanguage improvements - You can now associate menu items in different languages for faster navigation. Language packs can now also be built to automatically select the best font for that language.
  • Pre-defined search options for search menus. This allows developers to create a menu item that pre-fills out the search fields so end-users can have a built-in search for a specific phrase.
  • Better example code for different plug-in types. The enables developers to more easily build custom extensions.
  • The ability to automatically validate form data against a list of options during the save operation. This makes it easier to protect against hackers manipulating forms and trying to save invalid data.
  • Enables the submit article form to automatically set the article category. This makes it easier for site administrators to restrict users to a specific categoryy meaning content isn’t accidentally added to the incorrect page on a website.
  • Batch processing (copy & move) of articles is now available in the same way as it is for categories and menu items.

Joomla LogoThis is the second major release of Joomla! this year, with Joomla 1.6 released in early 2011. Given that new releases of Joomla! historically are measured in years instead of months this is something of a nice surprise to see from Joomla!. It can be weary on both users and developers waiting for the inclusion of wanted features found only in the next official release of their favorite content management system. I know in the past, I've expressed my own dismay for the lenthy development cycles of Joomla! betas amd release candidates.

Joomla! 1.6 First Look book

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Packt is pleased to announce Joomla! 1.6 First Look, a new book, which is a concise guide to everything that’s the latest in Joomla! 1.6. Written by Eric Tiggeler, this book contains ample screenshots and clear explanations of all the new features of Joomla! 1.6 and their usage, whilst covering changes in all aspects of Joomla! including interface, menus, templates, and extensions.

Joomla! is the world’s hottest open source, award-winning content management system written in PHP that uses the MySQL database system to store information. It enables developers to build professional websites and powerful online applications. Many aspects, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made Joomla! one of the most popular CMSes available.

Joomla! 1.6 First Look book will give readers an insight into the new features of Joomla! 1.6, showing them what has changed and how the changes will affect them, and how to upgrade to Joomla! 1.6 from the existing Joomla! versions. Furthermore, this book starts off by teaching readers the general changes in interface and basic articles, and then progresses to take them through the changes in menus, control levels, templates, extensions, and SEO features.

Joomla!® 1.6.0 is available for immediate download

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Joomla, the world’s most popular open source CMS (content management system), announced the immediate availability of Joomla 1.6. Users will be able to download the latest version effective this evening from the Joomla website. Designed to offer enhanced site control and a more polished user experience, Joomla 1.6 delivers a variety of new tools to improve website management and access, a more robust organizational structure for content control, and various other user-experience improvements throughout the software.

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“With new features and capabilities such as the hierarchical design of the access control system, semantic XHTML layouts, one-click extension updates and multi-language functionality, Joomla 1.6 has evolved to become the most user-friendly and powerful tool to develop a web presence,” said Ryan Ozimek, president of Open Source Matters, a not-for-profit created to provide organization, legal, and financial support to the Joomla project. “This has been accomplished through the tireless feedback and work on 1.6 by the thousands of members of the Joomla community over the past year.”

Joomla’s ease-of-use and extensibility has made it the most popular and downloaded open source website software in the industry today (it has been downloaded more than 22 million times). It is used for everything from small personal websites to the backend management for some of the largest enterprises and highest traffic sites on the Web, including sites operated by Citibank, eBay, General Electric, Harvard University, Ikea, McDonald’s and many more.

Key Features in Joomla 1.6:

  • New Access Control System – Allows site administrators control over who can view and manage content.
  • Unlimited Depth Organizational Model – Gives site administrators and content creators user-defined category levels that allow for the creation of a category tree with as many or as few levels for organizing articles and other content as needed.
  • One-Click Extension Updates – Allows users to keep sites secure and controlled by simplifying the process of updating extensions.
  • Semantic XHTML Layouts – Provides a better baseline for content presentation.
  • Multi-language Functionality – Allows site builders to implement a multi-language site.

In addition, developers and implementers will enjoy the new ability Joomla 1.6 provides in allowing extensions to be built with granular control and permissions. This makes it easier to create more advanced, enterprise-focused applications and extensions for Joomla. Furthermore, there are numerous improvements in areas like code reuse, and considerable success in ensuring the stability of application programming interfaces via unit testing.

“The current Joomla Platform provides developers with the tools they need to rapidly build the Web of the future,” said Ron Severdia, a member of the Joomla production leadership team. “Although 1.6 is being released today, the Joomla production team is not resting on its laurels. We’re hard at work developing even more powerful Joomla features for the future, such as new search capabilities and new ways to leverage website content.”

Visit http://www.joomla.org to download Joomla 1.6 today.

Joomla looking forward to Joomla 1.6.

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Joomla.org: "The retirement of the Joomla 1.0.x series in 2009
reallocates resources to the future of Joomla and in 2008, the white
paper process allowed the community to submit suggestions and
prioritize focus on features for the next major version of Joomla. With
that process complete and all the Joomla teams working tirelessly
toward this goal, the delivery of Joomla 1.6 in 2009 promises to push
the envelope even further."