Joomla 1.7.2 Released

Joomla 1.7.2 Released

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Release Notes

Check the Joomla 1.7.2 Post-Release FAQs to see if there are important items and helpful hints discovered after the release.

Security

• Medium Priority – Core – Information Disclosure. »More information
• Low Priority – Core – Information Disclosure. »More information

Issues Fixed

Category	Summary	Link
Installation	Upgrade from 1.6.3 and 1.6.4 to 1.7.2	26927

Statistics for the 1.7.2 Release Period

Joomla 1.7.2 contains:

• 1 tracker issues fixed in SVN
• 2 securities issues fixed

Joomla Latest Features

Joomla Content Management

Joomla Contact Manager helps your users to get the right person and their contact information. This management also supports multiple contact forms for individual as well as group.

Search

Latest search option features is help navigate users to most popular search items and give the admin with search information

System Features

Quick page loads are likely with page caching, granular-level module caching, and GZIP page compression.

FTP Layer allows file operations without having to make all the folders and files writable, making your site administrator’s life easier and increasing the security of your site.

Administrators speedily and efficiently communicate with users one-on-one through private messaging or all site users via the mass mailing system.

Syndication and News feed Management

It’s easy to syndicate the site content, allowing the users to subscribe to new content in their favorite RSS reader.

Joomla Features Overview

User Management

Joomla is customizable and friendly with a new registration system that allows users to configure the type of access to be allotted. The nine user groups comprising of various types will decide upon users’ access to edit, publish and administrate based on the allowed level of permission.

With support to multiple protocols including LDAP, OpenID, and even Gmail, Joomla authenticates users which would enable them to use their existing account information to streamline the registration process.

Media Manager

This easy to access tool, Media Manager will assist users to manage their media files or folders and they can configure MIME settings which would let them access various types of files. For users to have ease in grabbing images and other files at any point of times, the Media Manager is integrated into the Article Editor tool.

Language Manager

In the new Joomla, you have ease of use by configuring your website to display in one language and access your admin panel in another language. International support is available for various languages along with UTF-8 encoding.

Banner Management

The task of setting up a banner in your website is further simplified with the help of Banner Manager. Once you create a client profile, add campaigns and the number of banners according to your requirement, after which you can move on to impression numbers, special URLs and more.