Posts Tagged ‘Joomla 1.5’
2.5 years in the making… now available!
After 2.5 years of development, Joomla! 1.5 is now available for download! Here are some of the new features:
- Beautiful SEF links based on your menu structure.
- FTP layer for installing third-party extensions: leave your directory permissions alone.
- Advanced Javascript-driven interfaces that clean up the administrator workflow.
- Better caching and lazy loading for better performance.
- Compatibility layer for older Joomla! extensions.
Solarflare template migrated to Joomla! 1.5
For those of you who are thinking of upgrading to the coming release of Joomla! 1.5 but are deterred due to the absence of the Solarflare template, your excuse is now bunk. HarryB has ported the infamous template for native use in Joomla! 1.5 (no legacy mode). Here’s the live demo. And in contrast to other modifications to Solarflare that attempt to hide the fact that they’re really just Solarflare with a different banner, this one proudly proclaims it:
This is the Classic RHUK Solarflare II Template Modified by HarryB for compatibility with Joomla! 1.5 running in native mode(Thanks to OpenSourceCommunity for the tip!)
