Joomla! 3.0 Templates and Extensions Updates
If we’ve learned anything from converting Joomla 1.5 to 1.6, 1.7 and 2.5, it’s that it’s not a very good idea to rush these things out. Bugs will always come up, not because of bad coding, but because of the sheer volume of changes that the Joomla development team implements every time. Whether it’s bug-fixes or changes in default classes, methods or vars, it’s super-easy to lose track of what goes where.
In the interest of making sure our customers remain stable (and happy), we’re advising all of you to stick with Joomla 2.5 (Long Term Support) until the next LTS version (3.5) arrives. After all, Joomla 3.0 is just a bridge to 3.5, and support will end 30 days after 3.1 sees the light of day. Keeping your sites on the bleeding edge of Joomla releases is just asking for trouble. We want you guys to be completely bug-free.
As you’re probably already (painfully) aware, most web hosting companies are way behind the times when it comes to PHP. Joomla 3.0 requires PHP 5.3.1, so there’s a pretty good chance your provider isn’t ready yet anyway.
To get an idea of what we’re talking about, just take a look at these official documents:
Potential backward compatibility issues in Joomla 3.0 and Joomla Platform 12.1
Joomla! 3.0 Alpha-2 Released
In the meantime, our developers are already hard at work converting all of our templates and extensions, making sure that the upgrade process will be as streamlined and painless as you’ve come to expect from YouJoomla. As always, we’ll keep you in the loop and let you know the minute our Joomla 3.x products are ready to go.
In the interest of making sure our customers remain stable (and happy), we’re advising all of you to stick with Joomla 2.5 (Long Term Support) until the next LTS version (3.5) arrives. After all, Joomla 3.0 is just a bridge to 3.5, and support will end 30 days after 3.1 sees the light of day. Keeping your sites on the bleeding edge of Joomla releases is just asking for trouble. We want you guys to be completely bug-free.
As you’re probably already (painfully) aware, most web hosting companies are way behind the times when it comes to PHP. Joomla 3.0 requires PHP 5.3.1, so there’s a pretty good chance your provider isn’t ready yet anyway.
To get an idea of what we’re talking about, just take a look at these official documents:
Potential backward compatibility issues in Joomla 3.0 and Joomla Platform 12.1
Joomla! 3.0 Alpha-2 Released
In the meantime, our developers are already hard at work converting all of our templates and extensions, making sure that the upgrade process will be as streamlined and painless as you’ve come to expect from YouJoomla. As always, we’ll keep you in the loop and let you know the minute our Joomla 3.x products are ready to go.
