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Joomla! 1.6 First Look

By : Eric Tiggeler
Book Image

Joomla! 1.6 First Look

By: Eric Tiggeler

Overview of this book

Release of the much awaited Joomla! 1.6 is just round the corner. There is a lot of hype and curiosity about the new features Joomla! 1.6 will provide and how it will affect existing users.Joomla! 1.6 First Look is a concise guide to the new features of Joomla! 1.6, targeted at existing Joomla! users and developers. If you want to see what's new in Joomla 1.6 and how it's going to affect you, this is the book for you. This book will give readers an insight into the new features of Joomla! 1.6, showing them what has changed, how the changes will affect them, and how to upgrade to Joomla! 1.6 from existing Joomla! versions. It begins with general changes in interface and basic articles, and then takes you through the changes in menus, control levels, templates, extensions, and SEO features. It explains the new features and how to use them, drawing attention to significant differences from how things used to behave. By the end of this book, you will be well-versed with the consequences these changes will bring to you as a Joomla! user or developer.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Joomla! 1.6 First Look
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Five great new time-saving features


In the previous chapter, you've already had a sneak peak at the improvements in the Joomla! backend. Apart from a few new toolbar buttons, there are many additional timesavers hidden in the redesigned administration area. Let's find out what they are and how they can help you when you set up and manage your site.

Timesaver # 1: going home in one click

One of the neat little changes in the backend interface, allowing you to work faster: there's a sort of "Home" button now. Just click on the word Administration in the top bar. In previous versions of Joomla!, the text here was static. Now it's a hyperlink that takes you back to the backend 'home page', allowing you to jump quickly to the main control panel from any backend location:

Timesaver # 2: adding new items in one click

An extra menu level has been added to Joomla!'s menu interface. Some of the drop-down menu items feature second level ("fly-out") menu items. One example is shown below:

To see for yourself...