Difference between Joomla 1.5 Joomla 1.6 and joomla 1.7?

Question

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

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.

Answer 2

• 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.

Answer 3

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!

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

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.

Answer 6

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.

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 .

Answer 8

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