Example of Section Blog layout (FAQ section)

Where did the Mambots go?

marc.lapeyre@d-l-com.fr (Administrator) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:17:00 +0000

Mambots have been renamed as Plugins.

Mambots were introduced in Mambo and offered possibilities to add plug-in logic to your site mainly for the purpose of manipulating content. In Joomla! 1.5, Plugins will now have much broader capabilities than Mambots. Plugins are able to extend functionality at the framework layer as well.

Where did the Installers go?

marc.lapeyre@d-l-com.fr (Administrator) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:16:20 +0000

The improved Installer can be found under the Extensions Menu. With versions prior to Joomla! 1.5 you needed to select a specific Extension type when you wanted to install it and use the Installer associated with it, with Joomla! 1.5 you just select the Extension you want to upload, and click on install. The Installer will do all the hard work for you.

Where is the Static Content Item?

marc.lapeyre@d-l-com.fr (Administrator) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:13:33 +0000

In Joomla! versions prior to 1.5 there were separate processes for creating a Static Content Item and normal Content Items. The processes have been combined now and whilst both content types are still around they are renamed as Articles for Content Items and Uncategorized Articles for Static Content Items.

If you want to create a static item, create a new Article in the same way as for standard content and rather than relating this to a particular Section and Category just select Uncategorized as the option in the Section and Category drop down lists.

Only one edit window! How do I create "Read more..."?

marc.lapeyre@d-l-com.fr (Administrator) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:29:28 +0000

This is now implemented by inserting a Read more... tag (the button is located below the editor area) a dotted line appears in the edited text showing the split location for the Read more.... A new Plugin takes care of the rest.

It is worth mentioning that this does not have a negative effect on migrated data from older sites. The new implementation is fully backward compatible.

What happened to the locale setting?

marc.lapeyre@d-l-com.fr (Administrator) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:47:35 +0000

This is now defined in the Language [lang].xml file in the Language metadata settings. If you are having locale problems such as dates do not appear in your language for example, you might want to check/edit the entries in the locale tag. Note that multiple locale strings can be set and the host will usually accept the first one recognised.

How do I upgrade to Joomla! 1.5 ?

marc.lapeyre@d-l-com.fr (Administrator) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:27:52 +0000

Joomla! 1.5 does not provide an upgrade path from earlier versions. Converting an older site to a Joomla! 1.5 site requires creation of a new empty site using Joomla! 1.5 and then populating the new site with the content from the old site. This migration of content is not a one-to-one process and involves conversions and modifications to the content dump.

There are two ways to perform the migration: