The Joomla Project announced this week the release of Joomla 1.5.11, the latest version of our favorite CMS.

Listen to the project leaders when they say: "This is a security release and users are strongly encouraged to upgrade immediately."

Now, we here at Joomlashack always listen when the project tells us to upgrade for security. However, we also recognize that upgrading Joomla can be tricky.

Lucky for you, we have a detailed tutorial that explains How to Update your version of Joomla 1.5.

Need more details on what exactly the Joomla Project fixed in 1.5.11? A whole list of changes is explained on the Joomla Project annoucement page.

Updating Joomla is critically important, It can also be a real hassle for small businesses and non-techie site owners.

Want a service that takes care of Joomla for you? Check out Simplweb, our fully managed Joomla service. Real staff go through updates line by line to make sure there is nothing there that might break your site, or the many 3rd party extensions included with your Simplweb site.

At any rate, get your site secured with the latest version of Joomla today!