Joomla! 2.5 Released with Extra Features and Easy Updates

Written by Administrator Wednesday, 25 January 2012 00:00

Joomla 2.5 was released yesterday with a host of great new features—like core captcha, multi-database support, the ability to link new menus with modules, a new notification system and many more.

Joomla, one of the world’s most popular open source content management systems (CMS) is used for everything from websites to blogs to Intranets. Along with new features such as advanced search and automatic notification of Joomla core and extension updates, the Joomla CMS for the first time includes multi-database support with the addition of Microsoft SQL Server. Previous versions of Joomla were compatible exclusively with MySQL databases.

Other key features in Joomla 2.5 includes:

Automatic notification when a Joomla or extension update is available. When logged into the control panel, site administrators will instantly have access to new notification buttons that allows them to see and act on the latest updates. In addition to updates for the Joomla CMS, a second button offers third party extension notification updates.

A better natural language search engine to the Joomla core. Complete with auto-completion and stemming (for example if you type “running” in a search field you also see run), it is faster and more versatile than the standard search.

Complete details about all the new features in Joomla! 2.5 are provided at the following URL:

http://community.joomla.org/blogs/community/1533-new-features-in-joomla-25.html

• New Search Function
• Ability to Support Other Databases
• Joomla Update Notification
• Database Version Fix Button
• CAPTCHA in Core
• Linking New Menus with a Module
• Use the Images and URL Fields to Create Simple Standardized Layouts
• Choose whether Administrator to Get Email When New Users Register
• Menu Item Note
• Custom Text Filters
• Greater Flexibility Filtering by Category in Article Manager
• Manager for Language Overrides
• User Notes
• Flexible Newsfeed Order
• Image Option for the Offline Page
• Option to Have a Site Come Up Offline After Installation
• Better Performance in Menu Item Edit page
• Status Display in Backend Enhanced
• Filter the Frontend Who's Online by User Group
• Check for Native ZIP Support During the Installation
• Syndicate Text Label More Flexible
• Alternate meta tags for multi-lingual sites
• Menu Items for different languages can have same alias in Multi-lingual
• Improving SEO: New system plugin: languagecode
• Debug Plugin Gets Formatting
• A True Autoloader for the CMS