What's New in Joomla! 3.7?
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Joomla! 3.7 introduces over 700 improvements and 40 new features, including custom fields, enhanced routing, improved workflows, a backend menu manager, and a multilingual associations manager. Key functionalities include creating diverse article and user profiles through custom fields and refining URLs for better user experience. Additional improvements feature an updated TinyMCE editor, better UI, and enhanced extension maintenance capabilities.
What's New in Joomla! 3.7?
- 1. WHAT’S NEW IN JOOMLA! 3.7? Presented by: Nicky Veitch www.WebSolutionZ.com.au @NickyVeitch
- 2. ABOUT ME • IT professional since early 1990’s – technical, management, & project management • HTML 2.0 (ahh, Notepad ♥) in 1996 • Discovered CMS’s in 2005 – tested several, chose Joomla! 1.0x • Developing websites professionally since 2006 • Bachelor’s degree - Internet Communications (2016)
- 3. JOOMLA! COMMUNITY • Attended Joomla! World Conference 2016 in Vancouver #JWC16 • First Australian Joomla! 3 Certified Administrator • Global Joomla! Showcase Directory team member • Melbourne Joomla! User Group assistant organiser • JoomlaDay Australia 2017 Committee member https://www.facebook.com/JoomlaWorldConference/photos/a.346452712116689.77158.299059063522721/112011695
- 4. INTRODUCTION TO JOOMLA! 3.7 700+ improvements and 40 new features https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtwDE5Pa
- 5. KEY FEATURES… • Custom fields • Routing • Improved Workflow • Backend Menu Manager • Multilingual Associations Manager • TinyMCE improvements https://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5699-the-next-version-of-joomla-is-just-around-the-
- 6. CUSTOM FIELDS • 15 different field types • Custom Fields can be added to Articles, User Profiles and Contact Forms. • Joomla! tutorial at: https://docs.joomla.org/J3.x:Adding_custom_fi elds
- 7. CUSTOM FIELDS • Some examples…
- 8. ROUTING • The Joomla! Router is the code that creates the URLs. • You may have seen links that look like this: https://www.websolutionz.com.au/blog/167-joomla-certified • Changes to the Joomla! Router, enable us to produce URLs that look more like this: https://www.websolutionz.com.au/blog/joomla-certified
- 9. ROUTING • Will need to turn it on (it's not on by default) • Articles / Options / Integration • Existing URLs SHOULD continue to work, but of course check all your URLs after you've enabled this.
- 10. IMPROVED WORKFLOW • Can now create: • Article • Category • Contact • News Feed • directly from Menu
- 11. IMPROVED WORKFLOW • Global Options display - current • “Use Global” – unhelpful if you can’t remember what you’ve set
- 12. IMPROVED WORKFLOW • Global Options display - new • Now displays what your Global option setting actually is
- 13. • Can now create a menu for the Backend • Set the Client to “Administrator” BACKEND MENU MANAGER
- 14. • Works the same way as existing Menu Manager • Added dropdown for Site/Administrator menu selection BACKEND MENU MANAGER
- 15. • Additional Menu Type options have been added BACKEND MENU MANAGER
- 16. • Add a Module • Change the default in the Module Advanced tab from “Use System Preset” to your new Admin Menu BACKEND MENU MANAGER
- 17. MULTILINGUAL ASSOCIATIONS MANAGER • New component to assist Multilingual site management • Joomla! tutorial at: https://docs.joomla.org/J3.x:Multilingu al_Associations • JoomlaShack also has a tutorial at: https://www.joomlashack.com/blog/tu torials/multilingual-associations- manager • (You will need to know this for Joomla! Certification!)
- 18. • Current TinyMCE – allows 3 levels of functionality • Simple • Advanced • Extended TINYMCE IMPROVEMENTS
- 19. • New TinyMCE – you can create your own editor sets • Drag and drop • Can assign different editors to specific ACL groups TINYMCE IMPROVEMENTS
- 20. OTHER IMPROVEMENTS • Tweaking of UI • Buttons clearer • Layout modified slightly • Easier Extension Maintenance • Prevent administrators from accidentally uninstalling needed extension package elements • PHP Version Check plugin • Warnings for PHP versions 5.5 and below
- 21. OTHER IMPROVEMENTS • New Date selector also allows time selection (and looks cleaner) • Additional options added to mod_articles_news • “Reply To” fields in Global Configuration / Mail Settings • Media – option added “Check all” • And more… • For a full list of improvements, click here: https://github.com/joomla/joomla- cms/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=milestone%3A%22Joomla%203.7 .0%22%20is%3Aclosed%20
- 22. THANKS TO • Joomla! website “The next version of Joomla! is just around the corner” https://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5699-the-next- version-of-joomla-is-just-around-the-corner.html • Tim Plummer (Sydney Joomla! Users Group) http://www.slideshare.net/TimPlummer/whats-new-in-joomla-37 • Brian Teeman “Joomla 3.7 New Feature Preview” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-yAr8yLKqo
- 23. QUESTIONS? Presented by: Nicky Veitch www.WebSolutionZ.com.au @NickyVeitch