I've been about 2 months into Joomla 1.5 and there are a lot of great training/learning resources for that version out there. Now my web host has put 1.6 in as that the default/only installation via Fantastico and I'm have mixed feelings about it - it's good to be on the latest, but my 1.5 knowledge doesn't always translate to using 1.6. I'm getting a bit lost and the help files are not actually helpful.
Does anyone have any good resources (preferably video training and/or tutorials) on learning 1.6? Especially things like "if you did X in 1.5, you'll do Y in 1.6"?
thanks in advance
There's an in depth article about migrating from 1.5 to 1.6 here:
http://docs.joomla.org/Tutorial:Migrating_from_Joomla_1.5_to_Joomla_1.6
Official documentation for Joomla 1.6 is here:
http://docs.joomla.org/Category:Joomla!_1.6
Hope that helps.
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I have Joomla programming ebook by Mark Dexter and Louis Landry published by year of 2012. The book is about 594 pages. Currently Joomla is at 3.6 I did some google search on difference between Joomla 2.5 and 3.6 but did not come to a conclusion if my knowledge gained from reading the ebook would apply on 3.6 with some modification.
I need someone advice on the matter that would save me time?
Any references to learning joomla 3.6 programming Components, Modules, Extensions and Plugins would be very much appreciated.
Thanks
For most things yes. There are some specific API changes and these are documented in the Joomla documentation site. You may want to ask for more feedback on the dedicated Joomla stack exchange site.
We have website developed in Joomla 1.5, 4 years ago.
We are changing the theme of the website now. As we dont need any new components or plugins, I just want to know is there any advantage of upgrading from 1.5 to 2.5 or 3.0.
Is there any performance advantage between 1.5, 2.5 or 3.0?
firstly, it's not just about performance, there are other reasons for upgrading.
Security - There are no known security issues in Joomla 1.5.26 however 2.5 and 3.2 (especially 3.2) have far better security.
Support - Support for Joomla 1.5 was stopped in September 2012 and I believe Joomla 2.5 will continue to be supported until December 2014 and Joomla 3.x untill December 2016.
Features - Joomla 3.2 contains so many more feature such as
Mobile Responsive
Ajax Interface integrated into the core
Ability to install extensions via the backend
and much more
Performance - To simply answet this question, yes, Joomla 3.x performance is better than Joomla 1.5. I couldn't find a raw demo for Joomla 1.5 but here is a speed test of a raw Joomla 3.2 site:
Do also bare in mind that there are lots of extensions out there to boost the performance even more by compressing and gzipping scripts/stylesheet and so on.
And out of all honesty, I do believe that if something works then why change it (in some cases) but you also have to understand that things are moving forward, such as new web technologies are being introduced which will help improve your site.
Overall, I would most definitely upgrade your site to Joomla 3.2
Hope this helps
You just have to update your website. Joomla 1.5 is outdated and no more supported.
To name briefly few of the reasons:
Old code, No more security releases, compatibilities issues with newer PHP, many 3rd party extensions are dropping support. You just can't stay that way back.
Just visit joomla.org to find out more and about the benefits and the new features of Joomla.
Im having huge problems with migrating from 1.5 to 2.5 I bought SPUpgrade but still have no real luck. Not sure what Im doing wrong..
Is there a fail proof way to mirgrate old 1.5 joomla websites into 2.5?
Thanks
Did you try it with this already?http://docs.joomla.org/J2.5:Migrating_from_Joomla_1.5_to_Joomla_2.5
Take your time, this is not an easy task, set up a testing environment, do backups, check requirements and all the stuff we all hate to do :-)
Good Luck.
I am thinking of starting to learn Joomla 1.7 but don't know where to begin.
I am interested in learning to create blogs, e-commerce websites, forums and other type of websites. I know that there is probably a lot of learning involved but I am willing to commit.
I should also mention that my knowledge starts at XHTML\CSS and ends in Javascript\jQuery (and a bit of Java up to Swing), however I have never done any PHP/MySql programming.
Do I need to learn PHP and MySql before learning Joomla or I can start learning it now?
If I don't need to learn PHP and MySql first what book/tutorial/video tutorial would you recommend for someone who never used a CMS before and would like to learn it to its full extent?
I second the recommendation of the official documentation. http://docs.joomla.org/ overall a fantastic resource, although the wiki format can make navigation tricky. I recommend looking for and clicking the 'Category' links under any article - and/or clicking the back button when you've finished reading a page to go back to the category listing.
For free documentation I'd recommend Hagen Graf's 'books' available as free downloads from:
Here for the Joomla 1.6 version:
http://cocoate.com/joomla-16-english
Here for the Joomla 1.7 version
http://cocoate.com/2011/07/joomla-17-beginners-guide
There are other useful websites for learning to use Joomla:
http://www.compassdesigns.net/
http://www.alledia.com/
http://www.joomlablogger.com/
http://brian.teeman.net/
I've included the 1.6 documentation for anyone out there who is using that particular version, but there is no reason to stick with 1.6 as it is no longer supported.
Presentations by Jen Kramer: http://www.slideshare.net/jen4web
Presentations but Brian Teeman: http://www.slideshare.net/brianteeman
There are many other useful resources too - I'll probably return to this post and add some more resources later.
The official documentation is pretty good so I suggest your starting point should be here. As the documentation also suggests you should install XAMPP in order to run a local Joomla site for experimentation. XAMPP will get out of the way installing/configuring httpd, setting up PHP and MySQL.
I've put several Joomla sites together and I can guarantee you don't need to know PHP/MySQL to put something good together.
Aside from the HelloWorld Tutorial, are there any other tutorials/books available with regards to component development on Joomla 1.6 ?
Although the HelloWorld guides the user through chapters/steps, it doesn't exactly explain what certain code or function does. I'm at Part 14, and I'm at a complete lost.
Really appreciate if someone could point me to some other tutorial sites or books to purchase..
Try the Joomla Programming book by Mark Dexter, I am not sure whether its available yet.
http://www.amazon.com/Joomla-Programming-Press-Mark-Dexter/dp/013278081X
you can see the preview here: http://my.safaribooksonline.com/book/web-development/joomla/9780132780841/components-part-ii-views-jform-and-front-end/ch08#X2ludGVybmFsX0ZsYXNoUmVhZGVyP3htbGlkPTk3ODAxMzI3ODA4NDEvMjE0
Kyle,
Documentation supporting Joomla 1.6 is lacking at this time from what I've seen. Your best bet might be http://learn.theartofjoomla.com/version-16-development.html.
This set of tutorials is exactly what is needed to really learn the new classes in 1.6. Unfortunately, they only take you so for to date. Other videos are forthcoming according to Andrew Eddie.
I now of no other tutorial that will, at this time, take you completely through the process with thorough explanations.
Regards