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Today Joomla released 1.5.3, just a month after 1.5.2 as the latest version of Joomla’s next generation of the 1.5 architecture.
While Joomla 1.5.x is very, VERY promising, and a big improvement over the 1.0.x architecture,
Joomla 1.5.x is just not there yet. I’d call it a “Vista” product.
How is Joomla 1.5 like Windows Vista? It doesn’t work well with about 90% of the existing components, modules & plugins.
There are very, VERY few components & extensions available for 1.5. If Joomla’s core features are all you need, then Joomla 1.5 is for you.
If you want to update all your Joomla 1.5 sites monthly or so, with their next “stable” version, then again, Joomla 1.5 is for you.
If you require extensions and plugins, Joomla 1.5 isn’t there yet, and it doesn’t look like it’ll happen soon.
With Joomla 1.5 being updated as frequently as it has been, it’s really far from stable in my opinion, yet some members of the Joomla community are attempting to push the architecture as being READY.
One major rumbling at a popular Joomla Template club indicates the template club will only be desiging templates for Joomla 1.5, dropping the 1.0 architecture completely. Their latest template is only available in a 1.5 version, with staff indicating “it’s time to move on…”
I can’t imagine that move will drive more business for them, only hurt their existing membership as many members are planning to “move on…” to a new template club.
So, while the rest of the world is quickly and expediantly forging full-steam ahead with Joomla 1.5, only to run into brick walls at high-speed when trying to find a functional component or plugin, we here at MyJoomlaGuide.com will continue to produce videos for both versions, 1.5 & the extremely stable 1.0.xx.
I’m excited about the future of Joomla 1.5, and I’m not willing to abandon a tried and truely stable system for one with so many less features.
I will continue to produce Video Tutorials on Joomla 1.0 & Joomla 1.5 at MyJoomlaGuide.com.
Members of MyJoomlaGuide.com receive monthly video tutorials on Joomla components & modules. I also cover inside tips and secrets on how to get the most out of each component.
It’s not to late to join MyJoomlaGuide.com:
http://www.myjoomlaguide.com/joomla.php?3_m111_58
Regards,
Jeffrey Cleary
MyJoomlaGuide.com
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Hello,
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Our team consists of both experienced Joomla developers (Johan Janssens – major contributor to Joomla 1.5, Mathias Verraes – major contributor to DOCman and Shayne Bartlett – major contributor to LETTERman) and other open source contributors (Laurens Vandeput – Eclipse, Joomla) and Amit Shah (co-founder and VP Business Development of OpenX).
Our first application is called Nooku and is focused on helping Joomla users create multi-lingual websites easily, with integrated user workflow and translation management. Nooku fits seamlessly into Joomla 1.5 and is both an extension and a framework. To fund the application development needed to create this extension we have invited members of the Joomla community to contribute funds to employ our team of developers.
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Regards,
Amit
Sage-like. I bet you predicted $200/bbl oil, as well.