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What's new in Joomla 2.5?

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Summary of the main points from the video:

1. Installation – includes an option to put the site into offline mode immediately

2. Offline mode - ability to include your own image

3. Control Panel Quick Icons – alerts you if a Joomla or extension upgrade is available

4. Smart Search – provides a better search experience

5. Captcha – Recaptcha service built-in to the core

6. Article Images and Links – makes it easier to add images and links to articles

7. Language settings – update standard Joomla text strings from Administrator

8. Category filtering – display all articles within a category and related sub-categories

9. User Notes – assign multiple notes to users

10. New user email notification – can now be disabled


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Guest - Mervyn Futter on Friday, 27 January 2012 20:53

Hi Richard
Very useful video, I have upgraded one tset site but have no captcha plug in installed It may be a bug on upgrade.
The info on smart search was really useful I wouldn't have known you'd have to index first. Many thanks for the useful video.

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Hi Richard Very useful video, I have upgraded one tset site but have no captcha plug in installed It may be a bug on upgrade. The info on smart search was really useful I wouldn't have known you'd have to index first. Many thanks for the useful video.
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Margot on Friday, 27 January 2012 22:12

Thanks Richard, thats very useful (for a lazy person like me who does not like to read release notes;-)

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Thanks Richard, thats very useful (for a lazy person like me who does not like to read release notes;-)
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Sam on Friday, 27 January 2012 22:18

Richard,
Many thanks for this blog/tutorial, its very helpful.
But I discovered the Smart Search is not shown during my upgrade from 1.73 to 2.5.
Any idea?
I am sure to renew my sub for all these wonderful tips.
Sam

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Richard, Many thanks for this blog/tutorial, its very helpful. But I discovered the Smart Search is not shown during my upgrade from 1.73 to 2.5. Any idea? I am sure to renew my sub for all these wonderful tips. Sam
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Richard Pearce on Saturday, 28 January 2012 06:33

The component and plugin should be there. But you might need to create a new module (Extensions - Module Manager - New - Smart Search Module).

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The component and plugin should be there. But you might need to create a new module (Extensions - Module Manager - New - Smart Search Module).
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Robert Wilson on Saturday, 04 February 2012 05:12

If the upgrade was successful, but you got some database errors during the upgrade, check the jos_menu table in your Joomla database. If you don't see an entry for Smart Search, it's possible that it does exist, but you will need to manually enter the SQL to insert the menu item. It will then show up in your Components menu.

There have been some issues with Smart Search on the upgrade. If you Google the problem, you'll find some good threads with lots of info.

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If the upgrade was successful, but you got some database errors during the upgrade, check the jos_menu table in your Joomla database. If you don't see an entry for Smart Search, it's possible that it does exist, but you will need to manually enter the SQL to insert the menu item. It will then show up in your Components menu. There have been some issues with Smart Search on the upgrade. If you Google the problem, you'll find some good threads with lots of info.
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Murray Cowell on Friday, 27 January 2012 22:42

An excellent overview of the new features. This has saved me a couple of hours working out what these features do and how to use them - thanks very much.

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An excellent overview of the new features. This has saved me a couple of hours working out what these features do and how to use them - thanks very much.
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Guest - Peter Triadopoulos on Saturday, 28 January 2012 03:35

Richard.. Thank you for these awesome tutorials... I will be purchasing a Joomla pro package in a few days because i have learned more from the buildajoomlawebsite than almost any other site I've been too.. Thanks

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Richard.. Thank you for these awesome tutorials... I will be purchasing a Joomla pro package in a few days because i have learned more from the buildajoomlawebsite than almost any other site I've been too.. Thanks
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Kevin Morrison on Saturday, 28 January 2012 07:56

Thanks Richard great tutorial as usual, one feature that I think should be included but is not is a way to edit the fields that go into creating and editing a user. In fact I would call this a fix, since currently when you setup required parameters for a user you had better hope you do not need to edit that user because the required fields do not show up and so you are not able to save the user updates. To top it off there is no error message or any other way to know why Joomla will not save the user details.

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Thanks Richard great tutorial as usual, one feature that I think should be included but is not is a way to edit the fields that go into creating and editing a user. In fact I would call this a fix, since currently when you setup required parameters for a user you had better hope you do not need to edit that user because the required fields do not show up and so you are not able to save the user updates. To top it off there is no error message or any other way to know why Joomla will not save the user details.
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Guy Mansbridge on Saturday, 28 January 2012 11:47
http://www.buildajoomlawebsite.com/forum/main-forum/general/joomla-25
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Guest - bata on Monday, 30 January 2012 18:40

Pretty useful tutorial. Thanks!

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Pretty useful tutorial. Thanks!
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Guest - jakerusty on Thursday, 02 February 2012 17:50

Impressive post.Really very useful for me. please provide more. Keep continue.

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Impressive post.Really very useful for me. please provide more. Keep continue.
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Jenish Patel on Thursday, 02 February 2012 18:36

Joomla is getting better and better day by day. This video is excellent. One can understand main features of Joomla 2.5 easily. This will help me to increase my skill level to one step ahead.

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Joomla is getting better and better day by day. This video is excellent. One can understand main features of Joomla 2.5 easily. This will help me to increase my skill level to one step ahead.
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Bruce on Friday, 03 February 2012 09:01

Great introduction Richard, looks like its time to start playing with 2.5.
Still have about 30 sites left to migrate to 1.7 first though.
Thanks
Bruce

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Great introduction Richard, looks like its time to start playing with 2.5. Still have about 30 sites left to migrate to 1.7 first though. Thanks Bruce
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Guest - Dave Hood on Friday, 03 February 2012 21:39

Hi Richard. regarding the changes to "help" non administrators to upload images/links to articles. The most common problem I encounter dealing mainly with school office staff is the ability to upload docs/pdfs and link them on an Article.Rather than have to use an FTP programme is it possible from the front or backend to upload a doc--navigate to it and hence create the hyperlink. Even when using FTP you need to remember ecactly what the doc file was called. Direct navigation from within joomla would solve all this?
Regards Dave

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Hi Richard. regarding the changes to "help" non administrators to upload images/links to articles. The most common problem I encounter dealing mainly with school office staff is the ability to upload docs/pdfs and link them on an Article.Rather than have to use an FTP programme is it possible from the front or backend to upload a doc--navigate to it and hence create the hyperlink. Even when using FTP you need to remember ecactly what the doc file was called. Direct navigation from within joomla would solve all this? Regards Dave
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Robert Wilson on Saturday, 04 February 2012 05:29

There are several document management extensions. Check out this section of the Joomla Extensions Directory (JED):

http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/directory-a-documentation/downloads

Just find the component that has the features you need, is rated well and updated frequently. Also make sure it works with your version of Joomla.

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There are several document management extensions. Check out this section of the Joomla Extensions Directory (JED): http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/directory-a-documentation/downloads Just find the component that has the features you need, is rated well and updated frequently. Also make sure it works with your version of Joomla.
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Guest - Lars on Sunday, 05 February 2012 06:53

Good one! :)

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Good one! :)
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Guest - Lars on Sunday, 05 February 2012 07:25

Seems like the 2.5 works just fine.

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Seems like the 2.5 works just fine.
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Christopher Bookwalter on Sunday, 11 March 2012 03:50

I just wanted to say that I think this is a really great tutorial site. I believe that the individuals who made this site up really created a sense of value to the product, and I think Richard P is a great instructor. I am also a teacher, not of websites, but regardless I recognize the talent that he has for it. i am excited to be using Joomla and I can't wait to see what i will be able to do with all of the new features in Joomla 2.6. I wish all the users of Joomla the best of luck!

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I just wanted to say that I think this is a really great tutorial site. I believe that the individuals who made this site up really created a sense of value to the product, and I think Richard P is a great instructor. I am also a teacher, not of websites, but regardless I recognize the talent that he has for it. i am excited to be using Joomla and I can't wait to see what i will be able to do with all of the new features in Joomla 2.6. I wish all the users of Joomla the best of luck!
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jonathan on Friday, 18 January 2013 09:03

Hi, Just wanted to make sure of something. In regards to the overrides in language manager, I'm guessing that this option wouldn't work in a component that has it's own translation files. The overrides are only for Joomla content and not for other components right?

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Hi, Just wanted to make sure of something. In regards to the overrides in language manager, I'm guessing that this option wouldn't work in a component that has it's own translation files. The overrides are only for Joomla content and not for other components right?
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Richard Pearce on Friday, 18 January 2013 15:29

No. The overrides ARE for third party extensions too. Assuming the developer has followed correct procedures and placed their language file in the right spot, this feature will work. I did this extensively on a different site with EasyBlog where I wanted to change various references from 'blog' to 'news'.

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No. The overrides ARE for third party extensions too. Assuming the developer has followed correct procedures and placed their language file in the right spot, this feature will work. I did this extensively on a different site with EasyBlog where I wanted to change various references from 'blog' to 'news'.
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