All the Joomla News for July 2024
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Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
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Published: 07 August 2024 07 August 2024
Thanks for using Joomla and Joomlashack.
Every month we post a round-up of news from around the Joomla community.
We've posted all of these updates, plus a lot more in the Joomlashack Facebook group, so join if you want daily Joomla updates. We have over 1,500 members now!
Development on Joomla 5.2 is Underway
Joomla 5.1 was released in April. Joomla is now on a 6-month release cycle so we can expect Joomla 5.2 to arrive in October. The third Alpha version is now available.
See the Joomla 5.2 Alpha release
Send Your Feedback for Joomla 6
With the current Joomla release cycle, we know when Joomla 6 is coming. It's scheduled for 15th April, 2025. Philip Walton is leading the Joomla community in asking for your input and help for this big, new update. |
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Video: How to Use the Discover Feature
The "Discover" tool in your Joomla site helps you find extensions that your database knows nothing about. In this video, Tim Davis shows how and when to use this "Discover" feature. |
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How to Customize the Joomla Admin Area For Your Clients
Dan Atrill says he's been making customisations for clients in the backend of Joomla for some time. He shows you how to make those changes using the Atum Administrator Template in Joomla 5. |
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Video: How to Use Joomla Workflows
Aleksej Khoroshevskij has been creating some good Joomla tutorials lately. His latest video shows how to use the Workflows feature. This helps you create articles in stages before they're ready to be published. |
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How to Create Image Banners for Your Joomla Categories
Viviana Menzel has a helpful way to create banners for your Joomla categories. She shows how this can be done easily using Joomla's custom fields and a little code. |
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Video: How to Use the Joomla Task Scheduler
Marc Dechevre says, "Joomla 5 has a very interesting new feature called "Scheduled Tasks". Even though it has been present for more than two years, every time I exchange with other Joomlers I realize that the majority has overlooked the power of this feature." |
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How to Build a Joomla Events Extension
Herman Peeren is an excellent Joomla developer and has written a great article that shows how to create a custom component. |
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Video: Intro to Panopticon With Nick from Akeeba
Nick from Akeeba Backup has built a free new tool called Panopticon. This is a self-hosted, free-of-charge site monitoring software for your Joomla sites. In this video, Nick explains why he built Panopticon and how it can help you. |
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Joomla Days D-A-CH and Spain
There are two big Joomla events in Europe after the summer vacation:
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