Bryan Lazaris
Joomla 3.0 is one of the most recommended open source Content Management System (CMS) in the world. With over 30 million downloads of Joomla till march 2012; digit of the Joomla users is increasing drastically. Joomla is too on the way to provide much better services and features to the users with the latest updates. The recent Joomla 3.0.2 update was marked on November 8th 2012.
This latest 3.0.2 Joomla update is the beta version of the stable 3.0 Joomla update which was released on September 27th 2012. If we check out the user’s data figures of Joomla updates then we can undoubtedly announce that Joomla 2.5 is the most popular version of the series.
The Joomla team is stating that this latest Joomla 3.0 update has a bag full of new features and facilities which are far advanced than their previous version. To put a assure tag on the statement I examined both the version carefully and came to the conclusion that their words have a base. These Joomla 3.0 features are targeted to be in the flow of upcoming web design trends 2013.
So to put a better spotlight on the complete information and the latest Joomla 3.0 update features; I am providing the list of latest Top 10 Joomla 3.0 Update Features.
Elegant Administrator Template ‘Isis’
Joomla 3.0 is loaded with the beautiful Administrator template ‘Isis’ which is named after the Egyptian Goddess ‘Isis’. This latest administrator is far more attractive and advanced as compared to the previous templates. Icing the cake; Isis is designed with the aid of flexible Bootstrap grid layout that makes it compatible with the responsive web design.
Upgraded Joomla Platform 12. x
Joomla 3.0 update comes with the upgraded 12.x platform which is a way better and compatible as compared to the previous Joomla platform. If you are an extension developer you will need to make some minor modification in your components to make it fully compatible with the latest Joomla 3.0 update. Joomla has also warned the users to stop using the deprecated class of the component as it is going to remove all those classes in its future updates.
More Advanced & Promising Module Settings
Beside with providing an improved UI; Joomla 3.0 features offer more advanced and promising module setting. These highly developed module controls allow the user to change the Module style, Header tag, Bootstrap size, Module tag and Header class. These latest modifications help the user to push the SEO for a website.
Joomla User Interface
Joomla User Interface is an amazing attribute of this content management system that enables the developers to share the common array of tools, components and programs from one project to another. This sharing feature drastically reduces the hassle of writing the general codes again and again and saves the time of the developers. Beside with providing the aid in the development process; this trait reduces the website loading time when the viewer navigates from one Joomla powered website to another Joomla powered website. This amazing feature is introduced in the latest Joomla 3.0 update to help out the Joomla users.
Faster Installation Procedure
You will feel the updates of Joomla 3.0 as soon as you start installing this update. Joomla 3.0 update comes with a fast 3 step installation as compared to the slower 7 step installation procedure of the Joomla 2.5. Along with providing a swift installation; the User interface of the installation window is too much more interactive and elegant.
Responsive Web Design
The amazing of Responsive Web Design is tagged as the principal update of Joomla 3.0. Now Joomla users will be able to implement the responsive web design to both front end and back end of a website. This feature of Joomla 3.0 update is surely going to provide a helping hand to every webmaster who needs to work while on the go.
Automatically Available Guest User Group
If you too are tired after manually creating the Guest user group in your current version of Content Management system then here is a good news for you. Joomla 3.0 update comes with the brilliant feature of the automatic Guest User Group. Now you don’t have to create the Guest User Group manually as the Joomla 3.0 automatically assigns the Guest User Group during the installation process.
jQuery : The Main Javascript Library Interface
With an astounding advancement by providing jQuery as the Core language; Joomla 3.0 update features has undoubtedly acquired a new space in the list of Content Management Systems. Now jQuery will be the primary Javascript library interface however Mootools will still be an option for the back end.
Facility to Save Blank Articles
In the previous version of Joomla it was a must to provide the full details of the article before saving it but Joomla 3.0 updated feature facilitate the users to save the blank articles. This feature enables the user to save the articles which are incorporated with the images only.
JFeed is the Latest Feed Generator
The previous versions of Joomla CMS were loaded with the SimplePie feed generator which was quite outdated but the latest Joomla 3.0 update is offered with the latest JFeed feed generator. This feed generator is a way better and advanced as compared to the SimplePie. The updated library and flexible error handling feature designate the title of brilliance to this popular Content management system.
I hope that this list of top 10 Joomla 3.0 Update features will enable you to make a much more confident decision while choosing the best CMS for your website. For more more information about the topic; you are welcome to post your queries. I would appreciate your healthy reviews and feedback about my work.
