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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

Summary


  • It's a tiny detail, but it's a great safety improvement: you can now change a custom administrator username when installing Joomla!—that is, before you first enter the backend interface.

  • The changes in the Joomla! 1.6 backend interface are more than skin deep. The backend interface has been reorganized. Some menu items have been reorganized to make them more logical and easier to use. New shortcuts to the backend home page or to other frequently used screens are among the great little timesavers.

  • The Save & New and Save as Copy buttons help you create new content very efficiently, allowing you to skip a few clicks in the process.

  • Joomla! 1.6 features a new safety system to prevent you accidentally deleting articles and menu items: deleting in two steps, using the Trash and Empty Trash buttons.

  • Finally, new backend templates and template options allow you to customize the looks of the backend—to enhance the legibility and usability, or just to make it look more beautiful.

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