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Since the introduction of Joomla! 2.5, an updates notification system is now available for both Joomla and third-party extensions. In this article we will see how to use the native Joomla updates notification system for all extensions except templates.

Datorren Irailaren bukaeran Joomla! 3 bertsioa argitaratuko da. Bertsio izugarria eta iraultzailea izango da, halere jende askok ez daki zergatik izango den iraultzailea. Zure laguntza behar dugu berria zabaltzeko!

What can you do to start automated unit testing when you're writing extensions for a complex existing system like Joomla? It's not always easy, but with a few simple changes you can get started. Once you've started, remember the first rule, "Break all Dependencies!" Using some special capabilities built into PHPUnit, along with some of these simple techniques and patterns, you can get to the land of testability.

As you may have directly experienced, in the registration form of a large number of websites, and in the most important such as Google or Yahoo for example, typing an account username immediately triggers the availability check of the choosen username, before the entire form is submitted. Let's see if it is possible to use the same technique on the registration form of Joomla! 2.5 based sites.

Esta abierta la fase en que el Google Summer of Code, y aquí hago la invitación especifica para el proyecto Joomla!, está abierta a estudiantes, incluso los que ya actúan profesionalmente pero que poseen vínculos con instituciones de enseñanza. Para quien aun no lo sabe, el GSoC es una excelente oportunidad tanto para el currículo como de realización personal, de obtener ayuda directa de tutores con experiencia en un proyecto desarrollado por ti y que será útil al CMS que a ti te gusta. Y lo mejor: recibir una ayuda sin coste.

This is really true. I have been observing several overseas companies entering into the Japanese Joomla market, but they only last for a year or so. The reason is, they do not follow "When in Rome, do as the Romans!" Please look at the design taste and language. Building Joomla sites may be the same, but there are always some native ingredients included and involved. The overseas Joomla firms do not perceive these native elements.

With the Joomla! 2.5 release, a new search component has been included to improve the search engine in Joomla! sites. Based on JXtended's Finder, Smart Search is quite the powerful tool and can be used to improve search results and show the user exactly what they want. Out of the box, Smart Search will work for most core data, but third party developers will have to create their own Finder plugins to interact with Smart Search. Not to worry, I'll help you get started with that now!

Nell' annuncio ufficiale del rilascio di Joomla 2.5 si può notare la dicitura che è stata usata l'ultima versione della Joomla!Platform la 11.4. Il termine Joomla!Platform è relativamente nuovo, cerchiamo di capire un pò meglio cosa vuol dire.