Joomla

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Not to be confused with Jumla.
Joomla logo
Developer(s) The Joomla Project Team
Stable release 2.5.1 / 2 February 2012; 21 days ago (2012-02-02)[1]
Development status Active
Written in PHP
Operating system Cross-platform
Size 7.8 MB (compressed) 20.9 MB (uncompressed)
Type Content management system
License GNU General Public License
Website www.joomla.org

Joomla is a free and open source content management system (CMS) for publishing content on the World Wide Web and intranets and a model–view–controller (MVC) Web application framework that can also be used independently.

Joomla is written in PHP, uses object-oriented programming (OOP) techniques (since version 1.6[2]) and software design patterns[3][4], stores data in a MySQL (or, since version 2.5, MS SQL) database,[5] and includes features such as page caching, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, search, and support for language internationalization.

By September 2011 Joomla had been downloaded 25 million times.[6] Between March 2007 and February 2011 there had been more than 21 million downloads.[7] As of November 2011, there are over 8,600 free and commercial extensions available from the official Joomla! Extension Directory and more available from other sources.[8][9] It is estimated to be the second most used CMS on the Internet after Wordpress.[10][11]

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[edit] Development

Joomla was the result of a fork of Mambo on August 17, 2005. At that time, the Mambo name was trademarked by Miro International Pvt Ltd., who formed a non-profit foundation with the stated purpose of funding the project and protecting it from lawsuits.[12] The Joomla development team claimed that many of the provisions of the foundation structure went against previous agreements made by the elected Mambo Steering Committee, lacked the necessary consultation with key stakeholders and included provisions that violated core open source values.[13]

The Joomla development team created a website called OpenSourceMatters.org to distribute information to users, developers, web designers and the community in general. Project leader Andrew Eddie wrote a letter[14] that appeared on the announcements section of the public forum at mamboserver.com. A little more than one thousand people had joined OpenSourceMatters.org within a day, most posting words of encouragement and support, and the website received the Slashdot effect as a result. Miro CEO Peter Lamont gave a public response to the development team in an article titled "The Mambo Open Source Controversy — 20 Questions With Miro".[15] This event created controversy within the free software community about the definition of "open source". Forums at many other open source projects were active with postings for and against the actions of both sides.

In the two weeks following Eddie's announcement, teams were re-organized, and the community continued to grow. Eben Moglen and the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) assisted the Joomla core team beginning in August 2005, as indicated by Moglen's blog entry from that date and a related OSM announcement.[16][17] The SFLC continue to provide legal guidance to the Joomla project.[18]

On August 18, Andrew Eddie called for community input on suggested names for the project. The core team indicated that it would make the final decision for the project name based on community input. The core team eventually chose a name that was not on the list of suggested names provided by the community. On September 1, the new name, "Joomla!," was announced. It is the anglicised spelling of the Swahili word jumla meaning "all together" or "as a whole."[19] On September 6, the development team called for logo submissions from the community and invited the community to vote on the logo; the team announced the community's decision on September 22. On October 2, brand guidelines, a brand manual, and a set of logo resources were published for the community's use.[20]

Joomla won the Packt Publishing Open Source Content Management System Award in 2006, 2007, and 2011.[21][22][23]

On October 27, 2008, PACKT Publishing announced that Johan Janssens was the "Most Valued Person" (MVP), for his work as one of the lead developers of the 1.5 Joomla Framework and Architecture. In 2009 Louis Landry received the "Most Valued Person" award for his role as Joomla architect and development coordinators.

[edit] Version history

Joomla versions
Version Release date Supported until
1.0 2005-09-16 2009-07-22dagger
1.5 (LTS) 2008-01-22 2012-04-10double-dagger
1.6 2011-01-10 2011-08-19dagger
1.7 2011-07-19 2012-02-24double-dagger
2.5 (LTS) 2012-01-24 2013-12double-dagger
3.0 2012-09 2013-04Section-sign
3.1 2013-03 2013-10Section-sign
3.5 (LTS) 2013-09 2015-06Section-sign
  dagger Release no longer supported
  double-dagger Release still supported
  Section-sign Future release

Joomla 1.0 was released on September 16, 2005. It was a re-branded release of Mambo 4.5.2.3 which, itself, was combined with other bug and moderate-level security fixes.

Joomla version 1.5 was released on January 22, 2008. The last release of this version (on November 14, 2011) was 1.5.25.[24] This version is the first to attain long term support (LTS). LTS versions are released each three major or minor releases and are supported until three months after the next LTS version is released.[25]

Joomla 1.6.0 was released on January 10, 2011.[26][27] This version adds a full access control list functionality plus, user-defined category hierarchy, and admin interface improvements.[28]

Joomla 1.7.0 was released on July 19, 2011, six months after 1.6.0.[29] This version adds enhanced security and improved migration tools.[30]

Joomla 2.5.0 released on January 24, 2012 (six months after 1.7.0). This version is a long term support (LTS) release. Originally this release was to be 1.8.0; however on August 9 it was announced that it would be renamed to fit into a new version number scheme in which every LTS release will be an X.5 release.[31][32]

Joomla 3.0 was supposed to be released at July 2012. However, the schedule of January/July releases was uncomfortable for volunteers, and the schedule was changed to September/March releases. [33] Joomla 3.0 is due to be released on September 2012.[34]

[edit] Deployment

You can install Joomla in various ways:

Many web hosts have control panels which allow you to install Joomla.

On Windows, you can install Joomla using the Microsoft Web Platform Installer, which will automatically detect and install any missing dependencies, such as PHP or MySQL.[36]

[edit] Examples

Below are popular websites which use Joomla:

The official Joomla! site has a directory of example sites: Official Community Showcase

[edit] See also

Portal icon Free software portal


[edit] References

  1. ^ Joomla 2.5.1 released
  2. ^ Joomla! Developer Network - Coding Standards
  3. ^ The Case for Better Architecture
  4. ^ JObservable/1.5 - Joomla! Documentation
  5. ^ New Features in Joomla! 2.5 | Joomla! Community Portal
  6. ^ Joomla Reaches 25 Million Software Downloads
  7. ^ "Gforge Download Reporting". http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/frs/?action=FrsReport. 
  8. ^ "Home – Joomla! Extensions Directory". Joomla.org. Open Source Matters. http://extensions.joomla.org/. Retrieved 2011-11-19. 
  9. ^ "Joomla! CMS Downloaded 25 Millionth Time" (Press release). Marketwire. 2011-09-13. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/joomla-cms-downloaded-25-millionth-time-2011-09-13. 
  10. ^ CMS Technology Web Usage Statistics
  11. ^ Usage Statistics and Market Share of Content Management Systems for Websites, February 2012
  12. ^ "Mambo Foundation Web site, Goals and objectives". 2006-01-09. http://www.mambo-foundation.org. Retrieved 2007-03-14. 
  13. ^ "Joomla Forum Discussion by Development Team members and Community". 2007-05-07. http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,73.0.html. Retrieved 2007-05-07. 
  14. ^ Eddie, Andrew (2005-08-17). "Mambo Open Source Development Team — Letter to the community". http://forum.mamboserver.com/showthread.php?t=57645. Retrieved 2009-08-31. 
  15. ^ Shreves, Ric (2005-08-21). "The Mambo Open Source Controversy — 20 Questions With Miro". Archived from the original on 2005-09-01. http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=3037. Retrieved 2010-04-27. 
  16. ^ Moglen, Eben (August 2005). "Why I like Open Source Matters (was Why I Like Mambo)". http://emoglen.law.columbia.edu/blog/2005/08/index.html. Retrieved 2008-10-08. 
  17. ^ Russell, Peter (2005). "Award-winning Development Team Welcomes New Arrival — Joomla!". http://www.opensourcematters.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=1. Retrieved 2008-10-08. 
  18. ^ "Partners". Open Source Matters. http://www.joomla.org/content/view/40/41/. Retrieved 2008-10-08. 
  19. ^ "Joomla!". Open Source Matters.
  20. ^ "Logo Usage and Brand Guide". Open Source Matters. http://www.joomla.org/about-joomla/the-project/logo-usage-and-brand-guide.html. Retrieved 2008-10-08. 
  21. ^ "2006 Open Source Content Management System Award Winner Announced". Packt Publishing. 2006-11-14. http://www.packtpub.com/article/open-source-content-management-system-award-winner-announced. Retrieved 2007-03-08. 
  22. ^ "Joomla! Wins Best PHP Open Source Content Management System". Packt Publishing. 2007-10-31. http://www.packtpub.com/article/joomla-wins-best-php-open-source-content-management-system. Retrieved 2007-10-31. 
  23. ^ "2011 Open Source Awards Winner news: Open Source CMS". http://www.packtpub.com/blog/2011-open-source-awards-winner-news-open-source-cms. 
  24. ^ Joomla 1.5 version history
  25. ^ "Development Strategy". Joomla.org. Open Source Matters. http://developer.joomla.org/strategy.html. Retrieved 2011-08-13. 
  26. ^ Johnston, Mike (2011-01-13). "Joomla! 1.6 Review". CMS Critic. http://www.cmscritic.com/joomla-1-6-review/. 
  27. ^ "Joomla!® 1.6 Has Arrived!". Joomla.org. Open Source Matters. 2011-01-10. http://www.joomla.org/announcements/general-news/5348-joomlar-16-has-arrived.html. 
  28. ^ "Joomla 1.6". Joomla.org. Open Source Matters. http://www.joomla.org/component/content/article/5252.html. Retrieved 2010-10-26. 
  29. ^ Johnston, Mike (2011-07-19). Joomla! "1.7 released with focus on enhanced security.". CMS Critic. http://www.cmscritic.com/joomla-cms-1-7-released-with-focus-on-enhanced-security/ Joomla!. 
  30. ^ "Joomla! 1.7 Released"]. Joomla.org. Open Source Matters. 2011-07-19. http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5380-joomla-170-released.html. 
  31. ^ "The Version Votes Are In". Joomla.org. Open Source Matters. http://community.joomla.org/blogs/leadership/1479-the-version-votes-are-in.html. Retrieved 2011-08-24. 
  32. ^ "Vote for the Version". Joomla.org. Open Source Matters. http://community.joomla.org/blogs/leadership/1472-vote-for-the-version.html. Retrieved 2011-08-24. 
  33. ^ "Joomla discussion - release cycle status". groups.google.com. groups.google.com. http://groups.google.com/group/joomla-dev-cms/browse_thread/thread/fd42ad8752150735. Retrieved 2012-02-18. 
  34. ^ "Joomla development status". Joomla.org. Joomla.org. http://developer.joomla.org/strategy/4-landing-pages/353-development-status.html. Retrieved 2012-02-07. 
  35. ^ "Joomla! Appliance". TurnKey Linux Virtual Appliance Library. http://www.turnkeylinux.org/joomla. Retrieved 2009-12-11. 
  36. ^ "The Easy Way To Install PHP on Windows". SitePoint. http://articles.sitepoint.com/article/php-windows-web-platform-installer. Retrieved 2009-11-20. 
  37. ^ "Popular Joomla! Websites". Alledia. http://www.alledia.com/blog/open-questions/the-most-popular-joomla-sites/. 
  38. ^ "most popular independent IT news site in Australia uses Joomla!". http://community.joomla.org/blogs/community/1190-itwire.html. 

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