New Joomla! 2.5 Released; Open Source Content Management System Now More Scalable Than Ever
Joomla's Newest Version Includes Multi-Database Support With Addition of Microsoft SQL Server Compatibility
(firmenpresse) - NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 01/24/12 -- , one of the world's most popular open source content management systems (CMS) used for everything from websites to blogs to Intranets, today announced the immediate availability of Joomla 2.5. Along with new features such as advanced search and automatic notification of Joomla core and extension updates, the Joomla CMS for the first time includes multi-database support with the addition of Microsoft SQL Server. Previous versions of Joomla were compatible exclusively with MySQL databases.
"Multi-database support is a huge step forward for Joomla, which is already powering more than 1.6 million websites worldwide. It ensures companies and organization, both large and small, will save even more money and time by adopting Joomla," said Ryan Ozimek, president of Open Source Matters, a non-profit created to provide organization, legal and financial support to the Joomla project. "No longer will Joomla developers be tied down to a particular database or have to spend more money and time integrating other software to get Joomla to communicate with their database. This enhances Joomla's scalability immensely."
Other key features in Joomla 2.5 includes:
When logged into the control panel, site administrators will instantly have access to new notification buttons that allows them to see and act on the latest updates. In addition to updates for the Joomla CMS, a second button offers third party extension notification updates.
. Complete with auto-completion and stemming (for example if you type "running" in a search field you also see run), it is faster and more versatile than the standard search.
"We literally received thousands of pieces of input at into what functionality should be added to Joomla 2.5, and overwhelmingly enhanced notifications and more elegant search topped the list," said Mark Dexter of the Joomla Production Leadership Team. "In fact, the automatic notification for core and extension updates received the most votes for a feature that people wanted in 2.5. But we didn't stop with just those two. Joomla 2.5 is a major overhaul with more than 24 new features that we have highlighted at ."
Joomla 2.5 adheres to Joomla's newly-adopted six-month release cycle that began with the previous Joomla CMS release of Joomla 1.7 in July, 2011. Downloading the latest version of Joomla is the best way to ensure organizational and personal security needs are being met since it will have the most recent updates to protect against the latest security threats.
Joomla 2.5 is truly a collaborative community-driven software project developed with the feedback gathered from more than 2.5 million Joomla forum posts, 540,000 Joomla forum members and data from more than 8,800 Joomla extensions. To download Joomla 2.5, go to .
Joomla is one of the world's most popular open source content management systems (CMS). With of the Web running on Joomla, it is used for everything from small personal websites and blogs to some of the largest enterprise, highest trafficked websites and Intranets including those operated by Citibank, eBay, General Electric, Harvard University, Ikea, McDonald's, Sony, and . Due to its power and elegance, the most inexperienced user to the most seasoned web developer can use it. Since its inception in 2005, Joomla has been 100 percent community owned and operated. The Joomla community does not rely on contributions from large software development companies and the project is a true collaboration of thousands of open source developers and millions of everyday users who account for its software being downloaded more than 28 million times to date. For more information, visit .
Andrew Goss
VOXUS PR for Joomla
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