Difference between Joomla 1.5 Joomla 1.6 and joomla 1.7? [closed]

Question

What is the difference in versions of Joomla CMS i.e. Joomla 1.5, Joomla 1.6 and joomla 1.7 ?

Colophon

I think this is not the right place to ask this question. Anyway check this link – Darla

As others have said - this isn't really the proper forum for such an broad, open-ended question. The differences are vast between 1.5 & 1.6 - www.joomla.org - look there for more information. – Spirillum

This would be the perfect question for a StackOverflow site for Joomla such as area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/34294/joomla-answers – Doro

Answer 1

Main Differences between 1.5 and 1.6

Refined Access Control Layer One-click upgrades of core CMS

J1.6 to 1.7 is very much an incremental upgrade - lots of small refinements to user workflow.

J1.8 will be called J2.5 - but don't ask why.

Freberg

It will be called J2.5 because it's the next long term release. 2.6 and 2.7 will be short term releases and the 3.5 will be long term again. And so on. – Paschal

Answer 2

Features of joomla 1.7 are :-

1) unlimited accesss levels

2) user can be assigned to user groups and user groupes can than be assignd to access levels

3) templates: administrator templates and website templates

4) templates styles

5) search engine optimization

Arda

Answer 3

• Joomla 1.5 - Long term support (LTS) version
• Joomla 1.6 - Short term support (STS) version. Adds a full access control list functionality plus, user-defined category hierarchy, and admin interface improvements.
• Joomla 1.7 - Short term support (STS) version. Adds enhanced security and improved migration tools.

Hagler

Answer 4

And one more thing to add:

J1.6+ has capability to have unlimited (and nested) Categories.

And a total shift towards more developer friendliness. Developers can easily customize the extensions and have more control over the code. Some new API included in version 1.6+ and also there is more focus on security and stability of whole system. The best thing is that, its one-click upgrade like you see in wordpress.

So above are the differences that you wont see in Joomla 1.5.

Queenhood

Answer 5

Joomla 1.5 and 2.5 are the only supported version as all 1.6 and 1.7 users are recommened to migrate to 2.5.

A multitude of things have been changed and added since 1.5 such as Multi user access, backend interface, extension code structure, increase in speed and much more.

Even though 2.5 is the latest version and has many more features, lot's of people have stuck with Joomla 1.5 as they are used to the backend interface and coding style. I myself like to stick to Joomla 1.5 unless the site I'm developing requires multi user access in which case I will go for 2.5.

In the end its a matter of choice and both versions are good and secure.

Joomla 3.0 will come out in September and even then, lots of people will stick to older versions.

Persons

Answer 6

The features of Joomla 1.7 in compare with joomla 1.5 and 1.6 are:

1) One click upgrade

2) Multi language Improvements

3) Refined Access Control Layer

4) Faster release cycles

Crinkumcrankum

Answer 7

main difference is xml structure is change.

joomla 1.5 xml file and joomla 1.6 or 1.7 or 2.5 xml file are different structured .

Busey

Answer 8

1.5 and 1.7 are long term support for many years joomla 1.6 is a intermediate version and d'ont have support yet!

Chemurgy

Good point - 1.5 is long term support, as will be 1.8/2.5. However 1.7 is NOT long term support and 1.6 is not only outdated it is already End of Life. – Freberg

1.7 is not a long term support version. 2.5 is the next long term supported version. – Paschal