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[2Patrick Friend 2PatrickJoin date: July 2008Posts: 256Downloads:0Uploads:19 Thanks: 74 Thanked: 11 times in 1 posts]

#135255

Joomla 1.5.8 has just been released !

So it looks like new releases now arrive every 6 to 8 weeks .

The new release can be downloaded here

So lets get some feedback from members if they have any problems running Joomla 1.5.8 with some of the popular Joomlart templates.

[Jared Friend JaredJoin date: August 2006Posts: 1Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#278817

Thank you for the info. 😀

[questbg Friend questbgJoin date: May 2008Posts: 1912Downloads:0Uploads:1 Thanks: 146 Thanked: 339 times in 197 posts]

#278830

What’s the ‘update’ from 1.5.7 … any details anywhere as to what the changes are?

Thanks
Chris

[jwellman Friend jwellmanJoin date: April 2008Posts: 543Downloads:0Uploads:6 Thanks: 115 Thanked: 59 times in 21 posts]

#278832

Man! I just did get them all switched over to 1.5.7!! :((

[bennitos Friend bennitosJoin date: May 2008Posts: 1717Downloads:0Uploads:39 Thanks: 39 Thanked: 474 times in 407 posts]

#278833

<em>@questbg 90329 wrote:</em><blockquote>What’s the ‘update’ from 1.5.7 … any details anywhere as to what the changes are?

Thanks
Chris</blockquote>

Security

* Two moderate-level security issues were fixed in this release:
o Default filtering for content
o Filtering for Web Link descriptions

For additional information, visit the Joomla Security Center.
Components

* Articles: Remove brackets around Last Updated date and time, Start Publishing date corrections for other than UTC 00:00, hit counts correct for Articles, adding a space after a cloaked email address
* E-mail addresses: Correctly cloaked when presented in Section and Category descriptions
* Categories: Edit icon correctly shows for Articles without Title links, Print icon correct now on first page for Blog Layout
*
Sections: Plural and singular form correction, Category link properly ended, Router changes reverted to version 1.5.6 so Article ID does not append to the Article slug
* Frontpage: Article assignment correction, corrected number of Links
* Contacts: Image display correction when Image Directory is configured
* RSS Feed: Corrected spelling of Category in Category feed
* User: Added isInternal checking on referer values
* Weblinks: Language strings

Modules

*
Feed: Target attribute validation, language string correction
* Login: ItemID is preserved on redirect
* Menu: Changing Menu Link Type now functions properly, Section Language string, Article Reset button working
* Related Items: Keyword matching functions correctly and filters characters appropriately
* Stats: Corrected Time
* Sections: No authorization parameter works correctly
* Search: Form validates correctly for Transitional xHTML

Legacy

* Return statement added for Legacy Menu Check

Templates

* Beez: Lengthened E-mail Content Popup, Search button now works when pressed, password reset works correctly, corrections to Beez HTML folders, User details page corrected
* JA_Purity: Added missing language strings

Administrator

* Console: Added “Welcome to Joomla!” information and Joomla Security RSS feeds to Administrator Console
* Installation: Proper deletion of component directories, default entries for Templates and Languages are now correct for uninstall
* Media Manager: Changed default for new sites to disable Flash multi-file uploader due to incompatibility with Flash 10
* Installation: Remove confusing error message about language files for extension installations, Administrator Modules now correctly uninstall INI files
* Sample data: Updated news feeds to point to free software community sites, extensive corrections and updates to sample content

System

* API: JFolder::files and JFolder::folders corrections for Search, missing Method added to JRecordSet, Database Class correctly quotes names not using dot notation, JTableUser matches using the correct number of fields
* Cache: Correct undefined variable in Cache Class
* Language file: Corrected wording, correct installation of PDF fonts independent of language choices, several language string corrections in en-GB.ini
* Menu: Performance improvements for sites with many menu items
* Users: Temporary Users are now able to logout, secure protocol can now be used when editing account details
* Added PHP 4 compatibility for isInternal checking

Statistics

Statistics for the 1.5.8 release period:

* Joomla 1.5.8 contains:
o 71 issues fixed in SVN
o 26 commits
* Tracker activity resulted in a net decrease of 4 active issues:
o 65 new reports
o 130 closed
o 66 fixed in SVN
* At the time the 1.5.8 release was packaged, the tracker had 114 active issues:
o 44 open
o 44 confirmed
o 24 pending

[questbg Friend questbgJoin date: May 2008Posts: 1912Downloads:0Uploads:1 Thanks: 146 Thanked: 339 times in 197 posts]

#278847

Thanks Bennitos … I suppose it’s worth doing the updates again then!!!

Cheers
Chris

[nefar Friend nefarJoin date: December 2007Posts: 434Downloads:0Uploads:2 Thanks: 78 Thanked: 42 times in 1 posts]

#278855

I really wish they would put some better user group functions in that is really the only thing I cannot stand about joomla. I just got everything working with 1.57 I’m to scared to put 1.58 in and find virutemart, sef or some other compenent goes to hell when I’m really close to going public with my site lol.

[ShannonN Friend ShannonNJoin date: July 2006Posts: 1947Downloads:0Uploads:9 Thanks: 16 Thanked: 172 times in 49 posts]

#278872

nefar;90357I really wish they would put some better user group functions in that is really the only thing I cannot stand about joomla. I just got everything working with 1.57 I’m to scared to put 1.58 in and find virutemart, sef or some other compenent goes to hell when I’m really close to going public with my site lol.

Isn’t that the time you hop over to the Joomla dev forum and let them know your concerns? If (we) don’t tell them they don’t add it to the “to do” ? Mind you it may be more the component maker needs to keep pace with Joomla than Joomla bending backwards to accomodate all and every component 🙂

[vietseo Friend vietseoJoin date: October 2008Posts: 9Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 42 Thanked: 1 times in 2 posts]

#278886

I can not install the new version, somme errors happen in my Joomla portal 🙁 I’ll try again

[amykf Friend amykfJoin date: November 2008Posts: 15Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#279093

I like the Joomla Magic Update extension. It does the update for you. The first time I tried to update to 1.5.8 myself, something went wrong and it messed my site up. Then, I tried to fix it and that made it worse! Thank goodness for backups! After I got the site restored, I installed the Magic Update thing and clicked the update button and it updated no problem!

[magicbag Friend magicbagJoin date: May 2006Posts: 82Downloads:0Uploads:5]

#279681

• When do you plan on updating your QuickStart packages to J1.5.8?
[FONT=Arial]• In what template order will you use, newest, most downloaded, member suggested…? [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]• How long do you estimate that it will take to get all of your QuickStart packages upgraded?[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]• Do you have an upgrading procedure posted somewhere on this site?[/FONT]

Thank you,
Mike K.

[mj1256 Friend mj1256Join date: June 2007Posts: 1473Downloads:10Uploads:35 Thanks: 84 Thanked: 225 times in 118 posts]

#279682

as far as upgrading to 1.5.8, you can do it just like you would any other install of joomla, the updates are not related to the template but o joomla itself

I already updated mine, it just takes a few minutes

[swemmel Friend swemmelJoin date: February 2006Posts: 794Downloads:34Uploads:53 Thanks: 36 Thanked: 64 times in 1 posts]

#279684

magicbag;91442• When do you plan on updating your QuickStart packages to J1.5.8?
[FONT=Arial]• In what template order will you use, newest, most downloaded, member suggested…? [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]• How long do you estimate that it will take to get all of your QuickStart packages upgraded?[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]• Do you have an upgrading procedure posted somewhere on this site?[/FONT]

Thank you,
Mike K.

Hi Mike,

You can easily do it yourself. For example you installed a Quickstart with Joomla 1.5.6 inside. You just have to download the right update-package from Joomla.org. The 1.5.6 to 1.5.8 update package. Unzip it and copy the files to the root of the website where you installed the Quickstart. And you are ready.

With kind regards,

Peter

[swemmel Friend swemmelJoin date: February 2006Posts: 794Downloads:34Uploads:53 Thanks: 36 Thanked: 64 times in 1 posts]

#279685

nefar;90357I really wish they would put some better user group functions in that is really the only thing I cannot stand about joomla. I just got everything working with 1.57 I’m to scared to put 1.58 in and find virutemart, sef or some other compenent goes to hell when I’m really close to going public with my site lol.

Hello Nefar,

As far as I know is “User management” one of the biggest changes they will make in the Joomla 1.6.x release. For more details just check joomla.org. Here you can find a list with all the features they planned to implement in Joomla 1.6: http://forum.joomla.org/viewforum.php?f=502. But I think this will not be released within 6 months.

If you do not want to wait about that you can think about a commercial product, like JoomSuite User or something like that. Do a little research in the extensions section on Joomla.org.

With kind regards,
Peter

[suzyhd Friend suzyhdJoin date: December 2008Posts: 3Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#280927

Hello Dear,

Thanks for this good information,its might useful.

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