The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the availability of the fourth Joomla 3.9 Beta release. Community members and extension developers are asked to download and install the package in order to provide quality assurance for the forthcoming 3.9 release.

Joomla 3 is the latest major version of the Joomla CMS, with 3.9 being the tenth minor release in this series.

Please note that going from 3.8 to 3.9 is a one-click upgrade and is NOT a migration. The same is true for any subsequent versions in the 3 series of the CMS. That being said, please do not upgrade any of your production sites to the beta version as this beta is ONLY intended for testing and there is no upgrade path from beta.

What’s new in Joomla 3.9?

Joomla 3.9 main purpose is to introduce a Privacy Tool Suite into Joomla CMS to facilitate the compliance of your sites and to make developers’ life easier to get their extensions compliant with laws and regulations such as GDPR.

To make your life easier, we are pleased to inform you that you can also test Joomla 3.9 Beta 4 directly at launch.joomla.org

The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the availability of the third Joomla 3.9 Beta release. Community members and extension developers are asked to download and install the package in order to provide quality assurance for the forthcoming 3.9 release.

Joomla 3 is the latest major version of the Joomla CMS, with 3.9 being the tenth minor release in this series.

Please note that going from 3.8 to 3.9 is a one-click upgrade and is NOT a migration. The same is true for any subsequent versions in the 3 series of the CMS. That being said, please do not upgrade any of your production sites to the beta version as this beta is ONLY intended for testing and there is no upgrade path from beta.

What’s new in Joomla 3.9?

Joomla 3.9 main purpose is to introduce a Privacy Tool Suite into Joomla CMS to facilitate the compliance of your sites and to make developers’ life easier to get their extensions compliant with laws and regulations such as GDPR.

To make your life easier, we are pleased to inform you that you can also test Joomla 3.9 Beta 3 directly at launch.joomla.org

The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the availability of the second Joomla 3.9 Beta release. Community members and extension developers are asked to download and install the package in order to provide quality assurance for the forthcoming 3.9 release.

Joomla 3 is the latest major version of the Joomla CMS, with 3.9 being the tenth minor release in this series.

Please note that going from 3.8 to 3.9 is a one-click upgrade and is NOT a migration. The same is true for any subsequent versions in the 3 series of the CMS. That being said, please do not upgrade any of your production sites to the beta version as this beta is ONLY intended for testing and there is no upgrade path from beta.

What’s new in Joomla 3.9?

Joomla 3.9 main purpose is to introduce a Privacy Tool Suite into Joomla CMS to facilitate the compliance of your sites and to make developers’ life easier to get their extensions compliant with laws and regulations such as GDPR.

To make your life easier, we are pleased to inform you that you can also test Joomla 3.9 Beta 2 directly at launch.joomla.org

The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the availability of Joomla 3.9 Beta release. Community members and extension developers are asked to download and install the package in order to provide quality assurance for the forthcoming 3.9 release.

Joomla 3 is the latest major version of the Joomla CMS, with 3.9 being the tenth minor release in this series.

Please note that going from 3.8 to 3.9 is a one-click upgrade and is NOT a migration. The same is true for any subsequent versions in the 3 series of the CMS. That being said, please do not upgrade any of your production sites to the beta version as this beta is ONLY intended for testing and there is no upgrade path from beta.

What’s new in Joomla 3.9?

Joomla 3.9 main purpose is to introduce a Privacy Tool Suite into Joomla CMS to facilitate the compliance of your sites and to make developers’ life easier to get their extensions compliant with laws and regulations such as GDPR.

To make your life easier, we are pleased to inform you that you can also test Joomla 3.9 Beta directly at launch.joomla.org

The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the availability of Joomla 3.9 Alpha release. Community members and extension developers are asked to download and install the package in order to provide quality assurance for the forthcoming 3.9 release.

Joomla 3 is the latest major version of the Joomla CMS, with 3.9 being the tenth minor release in this series.

Please note that going from 3.8 to 3.9 is a one-click upgrade and is NOT a migration. The same is true for any subsequent versions in the 3 series of the CMS. That being said, please do not upgrade any of your production sites to the alpha version as this alpha is ONLY intended for testing and there is no upgrade path from Alpha.

What’s new in Joomla 3.9?

Joomla 3.9 main purpose is to introduce a Privacy Tool Suite into Joomla CMS to facilitate the compliance of your sites and to make developers’ life easier to get their extensions compliant with laws and regulations such as GDPR.

To make your life easier, we are pleased to inform you that you can also test Joomla 3.9 Alpha directly at launch.joomla.org.

Today we are pleased to share our plan for the Joomla! 3.8 release and we would like your help in getting ready for the release.

Major Features

Joomla! 3.8 will have two primary major features: the new routing system and the beginning of a forward compatibility layer with Joomla! 4.0.

Router

A project that has taken years to complete, the new routing system will finally be available to users in Joomla! 3.8. The router defines a new and more flexible interface for developers to handle creating and processing URLs and gives end users more options as it relates to how URLs are displayed (including the often requested ability to remove content item IDs from the URL). In this release, for the components which support the new router (Content, Contact, Users, and Newsfeeds), it is possible to set up the router to run in one of three different configurations: the current routing system (which will remain the default behavior for new installations and the option that will be generally recommended for existing sites when upgrading), the new routing system, and the new routing system with content item IDs removed.

For users eager to upgrade to the new routing system, there are some things to take into consideration. The new system is not 100% backward compatible with the existing router, there are some well known quirks with how URLs are generated and processed and those quirks will not exist in the new system. To demonstrate the changes, here are two pages from the testing sample data set with each of the routing configurations.

Animals Photo Gallery Category Page:

Call for a Team Leader & Assistant Team Leader - Joomla! User Experience Team

Because we are trying to make the difference between the last RC and the stable release as small as possible, we released today Joomla! 3.7.0 Release Candidate 4.

We invite our users to download and test the package in order to provide quality assurance for the forthcoming 3.7 release.
This release candidate is intended to be the last development version before the release of Joomla! 3.7.0 stable planned on April 25th, 2017.

What is this release for?

This is a RELEASE CANDIDATE release, that should only be used on test sites and can't be upgraded.

Extension and template developers, it’s your last chance to prepare your extensions for the stable release of Joomla! 3.7.0, though there shouldn't be any backward compatibility issues.
Users are encouraged to test the package for issues and to report them in the Joomla! CMS Issue Tracker.

When is the stable release due?

Joomla! 3.7 is planned to be released on April 25th 2017. Visit the Joomla! Developer site for the full roadmap.
Please note that dates may be subject to change depending on availability of volunteers and circumstances beyond our control.

The Joomla! Project is pleased to announce the availability of Joomla! 3.7.0 Release Candidate 3.
We invite our users to download and test the package in order to provide quality assurance for the forthcoming 3.7 release.
This release candidate is intended to be the last development version before the release of Joomla! 3.7.0 stable planned on April 25th, 2017.

What is this release for?

This is a RELEASE CANDIDATE release, that should only be used on test sites and can't be upgraded.

Extension and template developers, it’s your last chance to prepare your extensions for the stable release of Joomla! 3.7.0, though there shouldn't be any backward compatibility issues.
Users are encouraged to test the package for issues and to report them in the Joomla! CMS Issue Tracker.

When is the stable release due?

Joomla! 3.7 is planned to be released on April 25th 2017. Visit the Joomla! Developer site for the full roadmap.
Please note that dates may be subject to change depending on availability of volunteers and circumstances beyond our control.

Which bugs have been fixed in Joomla! 3.7?

A full list of issues resolved can be found on GitHub.

The Joomla! Project is pleased to announce the availability of Joomla! 3.7.0 Release Candidate 2.
We invite our users to download and test the package in order to provide quality assurance for the forthcoming 3.7 release.

What is this release for?

This is a RELEASE CANDIDATE release, that should only be used on test sites and can't be upgraded.

Extension and template developers are encouraged to prepare their extensions for the stable release of Joomla! 3.7, though there shouldn't be any backward compatibility issues.
Users are encouraged to test the package for issues and to report them in the Joomla! CMS Issue Tracker.

When is the stable release due?

Joomla! 3.7 is planned to be released on April 25th 2017. Visit the Joomla! Developer site for the full roadmap.
Please note that dates may be subject to change depending on availability of volunteers and circumstances beyond our control.

Which bugs have been fixed in Joomla! 3.7?

A full list of issues resolved can be found on GitHub.

The Joomla! Project is pleased to announce that we are (finally) ready to release an alpha version of the Joomla! Coding Standards which is compatible with PHP_CodeSniffer 2.x. In preparation for this release, we will be making some structural changes to our coding standards repository which may affect developers using this repository.

What are Coding Standards?

Coding standards help establish a common standard for how the code should be formatted and structured, helping to make it easier to read and maintain, especially when multiple developers are working on the same code base. In an Open Source project like Joomla! which has hundreds of contributors, this is something of paramount importance.

Branch Structure Changes

The first change which will be the most “disruptive” is that the current branch structure will change. Presently, there are two branches; `master` which holds the current PHP_CodeSniffer 1.x compatible ruleset and `phpcs-2` which is the target branch for the 2.x effort. Within the next couple of weeks we will be making the 2.x ruleset the `master` branch and the 1.x ruleset will be moved to a `1.x` branch. To facilitate this transition, the `1.x` branch has already been created.

Composer Availability

The 2.x ruleset is designed to be installable via Composer. Since registering the package will cause the full repo to be listed in Packagist, we will be looking at the efforts required to make the 1.x branch installable through Composer as well.

Proper Versioning

Historically, our coding standards repository has had no tagged versions; the instructions for using it have generally been to set up a git submodule pointing to the master branch. Going forward, we will begin tagging versions of the coding standards similar to how software packages are versioned.

The Joomla! Project is pleased to announce the availability of Joomla! CMS 3.7.0 Beta 3. Community members are asked to download and install the package in order to provide quality assurance for the forthcoming 3.7 release.

Joomla! 3 is the latest major release of the Joomla! CMS, with 3.7 the eighth standard-term support release in this series.
Please note that going from 3.6 to 3.7 is a one-click upgrade and is NOT a migration. The same is true is for any subsequent versions in the 3 series of the CMS. That being said, please do not upgrade any of your production sites to the beta version as this beta is ONLY intended for testing and there is no upgrade path from Beta.

What is this release for?

This is a BETA release, that should only be used on test sites. Beta releases cannot be upgraded.
Extension and template developers are encouraged to work with this release in order to prepare extensions for the stable release of Joomla! CMS 3.7, though there shouldn't be any backward compatibility issues. Users are encouraged to test the package for issues and to report issues in the Joomla! CMS Issue Tracker.
Please do not upgrade any of your production sites to the beta version and do not start a new site on beta as beta is ONLY intended for testing and there is no upgrade path from Beta.

When is the stable release due?

The present expected schedule is this:

Please note that the specific date of releases depends on availability of volunteers and circumstances beyond our control. You can join the testing and reporting to help ensure a solid, timely delivery (see “How can you help…” below).

The leaders of the new Production Department met on 9 February 2017 as a kickoff call to discuss the department's current state and activities and upcoming plans related to the Joomla project. As the Volunteer Portal is not yet configured for the new Joomla project structure, we are sharing these meeting notes here.

Attendees

Department Coordinator’s Goals

The Department Coordinator shared his high level goals for the department and its teams, including:

Further discussion on this raised a few questions:

Q: How often should the team meet?
A: Suggestions were every 3-4 weeks

Q: How are the team’s functions defined?
A: Team leaders should be aware of what each team’s current functions are and should also have a vision for what they want their teams to accomplish. Therefore, the team leaders are entrusted to define these functions based on the information they already have. Through collaboration, these can be refined as needed.