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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

Working with the updated article editor


Creating or editing an article in Joomla! 1.6 will seem very familiar to 1.5 users. Go to Content | Article Manager | New or Edit to display the article editor screen:

On closer inspection, you'll notice some items have been renamed or rearranged:

  • In the New Article section, you can set the article to be Featured. This is just another word for what was previously called 'Front Page' or 'Show on Front Page'.

  • In the Article Options, references to sections have gone. The Show Category option allows you to show the Category Title of the current category. The Show Parent option allows you to also show the parent category title among the article details.

  • In the Article Options, references to sections have gone. The Show Category option allows you to show the Category Title of the current category. The Show Parent option allows you to also show the parent category title among the article details.

  • In the New Article section, there's a Permissions button that jumps...