<s>
Joomla	B-Protocol
(	O
)	O
,	O
also	O
spelled	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
!	I-Protocol
</s>
<s>
(	O
with	O
an	O
exclamation	O
mark	O
)	O
and	O
sometimes	O
abbreviated	O
as	O
J	O
!,	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
(	O
CMS	O
)	O
for	O
publishing	O
web	O
content	O
on	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Web	O
content	O
applications	O
include	O
discussion	B-Application
forums	I-Application
,	O
photo	B-Algorithm
galleries	I-Algorithm
,	O
e-Commerce	B-Application
and	O
user	B-Architecture
communities	I-Architecture
and	O
numerous	O
other	O
web-based	B-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joomla	B-Protocol
is	O
developed	O
by	O
a	O
community	O
of	O
volunteers	O
supported	O
with	O
the	O
legal	O
,	O
organisational	O
and	O
financial	O
resources	O
of	O
Open	B-Application
Source	I-Application
Matters	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joomla	B-Protocol
is	O
written	O
in	O
Hypertext	B-Application
Preprocessor	I-Application
(	O
PHP	B-Application
)	O
,	O
uses	O
object-oriented	B-Language
programming	I-Language
techniques	O
and	O
software	O
design	O
patterns	O
,	O
and	O
stores	O
data	O
in	O
a	O
Structured	O
Query	O
Language	O
(	O
MySQL	B-Application
)	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
a	O
software	B-Library
dependency	I-Library
on	O
the	O
Symfony	B-Language
PHP	B-Application
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joomla	B-Protocol
includes	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
page	O
caching	B-General_Concept
,	O
RSS	O
feeds	O
,	O
blogs	O
,	O
search	O
,	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
language	B-General_Concept
internationalisation	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
a	O
model	O
–	O
view	O
–	O
controller	O
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
framework	I-Application
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
independently	O
of	O
the	O
CMS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
6,000	O
extensions	O
are	O
available	O
from	O
the	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
website	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
are	O
available	O
from	O
other	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2022	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
estimated	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
fifth	O
most	O
used	O
CMS	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
,	O
after	O
WordPress	B-Application
,	O
Shopify	O
,	O
Wix	O
and	O
Squarespace	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joomla	B-Protocol
has	O
a	O
web	B-Application
template	I-Application
system	I-Application
using	O
a	O
template	B-Language
processor	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
architecture	O
is	O
a	O
front	O
controller	O
,	O
routing	O
all	O
requests	O
for	O
non-static	O
URIs	B-Protocol
via	O
PHP	B-Application
which	O
parses	O
the	O
URI	B-Protocol
and	O
identifies	O
the	O
target	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
controller	O
manages	O
both	O
the	O
frontend	O
,	O
public-facing	O
view	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
backend	O
(	O
GUI-driven	O
)	O
administration	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
administration	O
interface	O
(	O
a	O
)	O
stores	O
management	O
and	O
content	O
information	O
within	O
a	O
database	O
,	O
and	O
(	O
b	O
)	O
maintains	O
a	O
configuration	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
(	O
,	O
usually	O
located	O
in	O
the	O
file	O
system	O
root	O
of	O
the	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
installation	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
configuration	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
provides	O
the	O
connection	O
between	O
the	O
server	O
,	O
database	O
and	O
file	O
system	O
and	O
facilitates	O
migrating	O
the	O
website	O
from	O
one	O
server	O
to	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joomla	B-Protocol
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
people	O
who	O
have	O
basic	O
website	O
creation	O
skills	O
and	O
requires	O
an	O
Apache	B-Application
–	I-Application
MySQL	I-Application
–	I-Application
PHP	I-Application
server	O
like	O
LAMP	B-Application
or	O
WAMP	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commercially	O
based	O
web	O
hosting	O
services	O
may	O
include	O
control	B-Protocol
panels	I-Protocol
for	O
automatically	O
installing	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
for	O
their	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joomla	B-Protocol
may	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
localhosted-web	O
applications	O
that	O
run	O
on	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
AMP	B-Application
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Risk	O
management	O
,	O
backup	B-Protocol
and	I-Protocol
recovery	I-Protocol
are	O
the	O
website	O
operator	O
's	O
responsibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joomla	B-Protocol
does	O
not	O
have	O
website	O
backup	B-Protocol
or	O
recovery	B-Application
facilities	O
built	O
into	O
the	O
core	O
CMS	O
;	O
third	O
party-written	O
products	O
(	O
as	O
installable	O
extensions	O
or	O
in	O
standalone	O
products	O
)	O
exist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
software	O
facilities	O
(	O
whether	O
as	O
natively	O
installable	O
extensions	O
utilising	O
the	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
framework	I-Protocol
or	O
via	O
"	O
software	O
bridges	O
"	O
)	O
extend	O
a	O
website	O
's	O
range	O
of	O
applications	O
to	O
include	O
discussion	B-Application
forums	I-Application
,	O
photo	B-Algorithm
galleries	I-Algorithm
,	O
e-Commerce	B-Application
,	O
user	B-Architecture
communities	I-Architecture
,	O
and	O
numerous	O
other	O
web-based	B-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joomla	B-Protocol
was	O
the	O
outcome	O
of	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
Mambo	B-Language
on	O
17	O
August	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
Mambo	B-Language
name	O
was	O
a	O
trademark	O
of	O
Miro	O
International	O
Pvt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
development	O
team	O
claimed	O
that	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
provisions	O
of	O
the	O
foundation	O
structure	O
violated	O
previous	O
agreements	O
made	O
by	O
the	O
elected	O
Mambo	B-Language
Steering	O
Committee	O
,	O
lacked	O
the	O
necessary	O
consultation	O
with	O
key	O
stakeholders	O
and	O
included	O
provisions	O
that	O
violated	O
core	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
values	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joomla	B-Protocol
's	O
original	O
co-founders	O
,	O
Andrew	O
Eddie	O
,	O
Brian	O
Teeman	O
,	O
Johan	O
Janssens	O
,	O
Jean-Marie	O
Simonet	O
et	O
al.	O
,	O
established	O
Open	B-Application
Source	I-Application
Matters	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
(	O
OSM	O
)	O
to	O
distribute	O
information	O
to	O
the	O
software	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Miro	O
CEO	O
Peter	O
Lamont	O
responded	O
publicly	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
in	O
an	O
article	O
titled	O
"	O
The	O
Mambo	B-Language
Open	I-Language
Source	I-Language
Controversy	O
—	O
20	O
Questions	O
With	O
Miro	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
event	O
created	O
controversy	O
within	O
the	O
free	O
software	O
community	O
about	O
the	O
definition	O
of	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Forums	O
of	O
other	O
open-source	B-Application
projects	O
were	O
active	O
with	O
postings	O
about	O
the	O
actions	O
of	O
both	O
sides	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eben	O
Moglen	O
and	O
the	O
Software	O
Freedom	O
Law	O
Center	O
(	O
SFLC	O
)	O
assisted	O
the	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
core	O
team	O
beginning	O
in	O
August	O
2005	O
,	O
as	O
indicated	O
by	O
Moglen	O
's	O
blog	O
entry	O
from	O
that	O
date	O
and	O
a	O
related	O
OSM	O
announcement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SFLC	O
continues	O
to	O
provide	O
legal	O
guidance	O
to	O
the	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
Project	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
OSM	O
's	O
partners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
28	O
January	O
2008	O
the	O
first	O
major	O
revision	O
to	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
was	O
announced	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Joomla	B-Protocol
1.5	O
was	O
popular	O
but	O
criticised	O
for	O
its	O
inflexible	O
and	O
limited	O
approach	O
to	O
access	O
control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Independently	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
Andrew	O
Eddie	O
and	O
Louis	O
Landry	O
created	O
a	O
company	O
called	O
JXtended	O
to	O
continue	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Control	O
—	O
an	O
ACL	O
component	O
—	O
that	O
could	O
integrate	O
with	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
1.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2009	O
Eddie	O
presented	O
his	O
ideas	O
to	O
the	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
User	O
Group	O
Brisbane	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2009	O
of	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
the	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
project	O
announced	O
a	O
restructuring	O
of	O
its	O
management	O
:	O
a	O
new	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
Leadership	O
Team	O
replacing	O
the	O
Core	O
Team	O
that	O
had	O
originally	O
led	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
redefined	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
the	O
team	O
leading	O
the	O
project	O
and	O
structured	O
it	O
more	O
around	O
community	O
involvement	O
in	O
events	O
,	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
projects	O
and	O
other	O
activities	O
;	O
the	O
intention	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
approach	O
to	O
team-building	O
was	O
also	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
increase	O
community	O
participation	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
process	O
instead	O
of	O
relying	O
upon	O
a	O
small	O
group	O
of	O
coders	O
to	O
do	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
Trends	I-Application
,	O
interest	O
in	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
peaked	O
around	O
the	O
period	O
2009	O
–	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2011	O
—	O
largely	O
as	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
collaboration	O
between	O
Eddie	O
and	O
Landry	O
—	O
a	O
second	O
major	O
revision	O
of	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
was	O
released	O
:	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
1.6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
the	O
stable	O
release	O
of	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
1.6	O
,	O
Eddie	O
relinquished	O
his	O
roles	O
on	O
OSM	O
's	O
board	O
and	O
project	O
leadership	O
;	O
Louis	O
Landry	O
announced	O
his	O
retirement	O
from	O
the	O
project	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
with	O
preparations	O
for	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
1.6	O
nearly	O
completed	O
,	O
Amy	O
Stephen	O
,	O
Klas	O
Berlic	O
,	O
Marco	O
Barbosa	O
,	O
Matt	O
Thomas	O
et	O
al	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
started	O
a	O
project	O
to	O
refactor	O
the	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Code-named	O
Molajo	O
(	O
an	O
anagram	O
of	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
)	O
,	O
the	O
group	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
existing	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
CMS	O
hindered	O
end-users	O
and	O
developers	O
adopting	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
because	O
(	O
a	O
)	O
the	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
CMS	O
did	O
not	O
offer	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
packages	O
containing	O
a	O
themed	O
sets	O
of	O
web	B-Application
applications	I-Application
—	O
like	O
other	O
CMS	O
products	O
had	O
been	O
doing	O
for	O
some	O
time	O
—	O
and	O
(	O
b	O
)	O
the	O
traditional	O
MVC	O
approach	O
decreased	O
developers	O
 '	O
productivity	O
in	O
creating	O
new	O
components	O
for	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
commentators	O
claimed	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
the	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
CMS	O
—	O
a	O
claim	O
strongly	O
rejected	O
by	O
Stephen	O
—	O
while	O
others	O
contended	O
that	O
its	O
activities	O
would	O
undermine	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
the	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
CMS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lacking	O
support	O
from	O
OSM	O
,	O
an	O
enthusiastic	O
following	O
from	O
the	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
community	O
and	O
unable	O
to	O
progress	O
beyond	O
pre-Alpha	O
status	O
,	O
Molajo	O
collapsed	O
around	O
the	O
middle	O
of	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2012	O
another	O
major	O
revision	O
was	O
announced	O
:	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
2.5	O
(	O
essentially	O
bringing	O
together	O
the	O
two	O
previous	O
minor	O
releases	O
in	O
the	O
preceding	O
year	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joomla	B-Protocol
2.5	O
brought	O
much	O
sought-after	O
enhancements	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
API	O
making	O
it	O
easier	O
for	O
novice	O
users	O
,	O
additional	O
multilanguage	O
capability	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
update	O
with	O
"	O
one-click	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
2.5	O
,	O
work	O
was	O
under	O
way	O
on	O
the	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
3.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joomla	B-Protocol
3.x	O
was	O
focused	O
on	O
mobile-friendly	O
websites	O
on	O
the	O
front-end	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
more	O
intuitive	O
back-end	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
greater	O
ease	O
in	O
site	O
navigation	O
and	O
a	O
more	O
user-friendly	O
means	O
of	O
editing	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
site	O
content	O
,	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
3.x	O
became	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
CMS	O
eventually	O
making	O
all	O
previous	O
versions	O
obsolete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2014	O
,	O
after	O
seeking	O
community	O
feedback	O
and	O
a	O
submission	O
from	O
the	O
Production	O
Leadership	O
Team	O
,	O
a	O
newly	O
constituted	O
OSM	O
board	O
approved	O
changing	O
the	O
licensing	O
for	O
the	O
framework	O
from	O
GPLv2	O
to	O
LGPL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
end	O
,	O
the	O
framework	O
did	O
not	O
adopt	O
LGPL	B-Application
and	O
is	O
still	O
licensed	O
under	O
GPLv2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
CMS	O
development	O
team	O
released	O
a	O
plan	O
for	O
new	O
version	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Towards	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2014	O
—	O
three	O
years	O
after	O
calling	O
for	O
feedback	O
about	O
ways	O
to	O
reorganise	O
the	O
project	O
and	O
with	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
3.x	O
into	O
its	O
fourth	O
minor	O
revision	O
—	O
the	O
community	O
discussed	O
the	O
leadership	O
structure	O
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eddie	O
,	O
although	O
no	O
longer	O
an	O
active	O
contributor	O
to	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
argued	O
that	O
the	O
code	O
for	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
3.x	O
was	O
"	O
too	O
fat	O
and	O
heavy	O
to	O
maintain	O
with	O
the	O
current	O
level	O
of	O
contribution	O
"	O
;	O
he	O
recommended	O
mothballing	O
the	O
current	O
CMS	O
series	O
and	O
develop	O
a	O
less	O
cumbersome	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Criticism	O
mounted	O
about	O
the	O
plan	O
for	O
future	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
CMS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dionysopoulos	O
disagreed	O
with	O
Eddie	O
about	O
the	O
major	O
cause	O
of	O
problems	O
with	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
3.x	O
;	O
it	O
was	O
Dionysopoulos	O
 '	O
view	O
that	O
the	O
cause	O
of	O
most	O
problems	O
with	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
3.x	O
lay	O
within	O
"	O
the	O
processes	O
of	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
!	I-Protocol
</s>
<s>
Dionysopoulos	O
 '	O
views	O
gathered	O
momentum	O
within	O
the	O
community	O
and	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
formation	O
of	O
the	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
4	O
working	O
group	O
(	O
which	O
later	O
became	O
the	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
X	O
working	O
group	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2017	O
the	O
project	O
announced	O
the	O
retirement	O
of	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
3	O
and	O
unveiled	O
its	O
plans	O
to	O
develop	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
effectively	O
brought	O
an	O
end	O
to	O
the	O
work	O
of	O
the	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
X	O
working	O
group	O
(	O
although	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
another	O
two	O
years	O
before	O
that	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
X	O
working	O
group	O
's	O
activity	O
was	O
placed	O
in	O
"	O
archived	O
"	O
status	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
relationship	O
with	O
the	O
community	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
revised	O
the	O
2014	O
plan	O
and	O
,	O
in	O
June	O
2018	O
,	O
produced	O
a	O
new	O
roadmap	O
with	O
the	O
expectation	O
that	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
4.0	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
a	O
stable	O
form	O
before	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
period	O
2017-2018	O
the	O
developers	O
created	O
six	O
alpha	O
test	O
releases	O
for	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Community	O
concerns	O
intensified	O
about	O
the	O
handling	O
the	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
project	O
—	O
two	O
years	O
after	O
announcing	O
plans	O
to	O
retire	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
3	O
(	O
but	O
having	O
already	O
released	O
two	O
minor	O
versions	O
with	O
plans	O
for	O
a	O
third	O
)	O
—	O
and	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2019	O
a	O
further	O
six	O
alpha	O
test	O
releases	O
of	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
4	O
were	O
produced	O
for	O
public	O
discussion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
lengthy	O
debate	O
,	O
started	O
in	O
March	O
2019	O
and	O
initially	O
focused	O
on	O
the	O
aesthetics	O
and	O
usability	O
of	O
the	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
4	O
backend	O
interface	O
,	O
highlighted	O
an	O
overall	O
sense	O
of	O
disappointment	O
with	O
management	O
and	O
progress	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
debate	O
was	O
weighted	O
heavily	O
on	O
criticising	O
the	O
backend	O
aesthetics	O
,	O
people	O
on	O
all	O
sides	O
of	O
the	O
discussion	O
aired	O
their	O
dissenting	O
opinions	O
about	O
why	O
the	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
4	O
project	O
had	O
become	O
distracted	O
by	O
feature	O
creep	O
,	O
software	O
bloat	O
,	O
eventual	O
cost	O
overrun	O
and	O
lack	O
of	O
trust	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Against	O
a	O
background	O
of	O
unrelenting	O
criticism	O
from	O
within	O
the	O
community	O
and	O
declining	O
popular	O
interest	O
in	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
at	O
the	O
time	O
a	O
conference	O
was	O
held	O
in	O
January	O
2020	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
strategy	O
for	O
the	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
28	O
May	O
2020	O
the	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
team	O
disclosed	O
that	O
a	O
data	O
breach	O
had	O
occurred	O
that	O
potentially	O
affected	O
2,700	O
users	O
by	O
exposing	O
their	O
personal	O
details	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
thumb|alt	O
=	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
:	O
code	O
,	O
community	O
,	O
culture|Joomla	O
:	O
code	O
,	O
community	O
,	O
culture	O
|right	O
The	O
COVID-19	O
pandemic	O
impacted	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
planned	O
events	O
resulting	O
in	O
the	O
cancellation	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
world-wide	O
conferences	O
;	O
J	O
and	O
Beyond	O
was	O
arranged	O
as	O
a	O
24-hour	O
live	O
stream	O
event	O
in	O
May	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
his	O
welcoming	O
address	O
to	O
J	O
and	O
Beyond	O
OSM	O
President	O
Brian	O
Mitchell	O
acknowledged	O
the	O
impact	O
of	O
the	O
global	O
crisis	O
on	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mitchell	O
outlined	O
his	O
vision	O
to	O
meet	O
the	O
challenges	O
confronting	O
the	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
+Joomla	O
versionsSee	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
!	I-Protocol
</s>
<s>
Series	O
Released	O
as	O
Release	O
date	O
Supported	O
until	O
Main	O
feature(s )	O
1.x	O
scope	O
=	O
"	O
row	O
"	O
Rebranded	O
release	O
of	O
Mambo	B-Language
4.5.2.3	O
that	O
combined	O
other	O
bug	O
and	O
moderate-level	O
security	O
fixes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Written	O
for	O
PHP	B-Application
4	O
.	O
scope	O
=	O
"	O
row	O
"	O
Overhauled	O
Graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
templates	B-Language
,	O
limited	O
"	O
legacy	O
mode	O
"	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Written	O
for	O
PHP	B-Application
5.Joomla	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
2.x	O
scope	O
=	O
"	O
row	O
"	O
New	O
"	O
Smart	O
Search	O
"	O
component	O
,	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
using	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
as	O
a	O
database	O
backend	O
,	O
added	O
user	O
notes	O
,	O
additional	O
enhancements	O
and	O
security	O
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
3.x	O
scope	O
=	O
"	O
row	O
"	O
New	O
default	O
templates	B-Language
based	O
on	O
Bootstrap	B-Application
,	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
using	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
as	O
a	O
database	O
backend	O
,	O
drops	O
support	O
for	O
PHP	B-Application
5.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
scope	O
=	O
"	O
row	O
"	O
Content	O
versioning	B-Architecture
for	O
articles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notes	O
:	O
Because	O
of	O
a	O
PHP	B-Application
requirement	O
change	O
in	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
3.3	O
,	O
extended	O
security	O
support	O
was	O
provided	O
for	O
3.2	O
for	O
six	O
months	O
after	O
3.3	O
'	O
s	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
scope	O
=	O
"	O
row	O
"	O
Improved	O
password	O
hashing	O
,	O
microdata	B-General_Concept
support	O
,	O
removing	O
dependencies	O
to	O
MooTools	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notes	O
:	O
On	O
25	O
April	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
Production	O
Leadership	O
Team	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
started	O
following	O
'	O
Semantic	O
Versioning	B-Architecture
Scheme	O
 '	O
for	O
new	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
builds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joomla	B-Protocol
version	O
3.3.1	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
new	O
development	O
strategy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
scope	O
=	O
"	O
row	O
"	O
Improved	O
security	O
advancements	O
,	O
Composer	B-Application
integration	O
and	O
Google	O
's	O
No	O
CAPTCHA	O
reCAPTCHA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notes	O
:	O
Added	O
PHP	B-Application
7	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Added	O
an	O
opt-in	O
feature	O
to	O
upload	O
anonymous	O
server	O
statistics	O
about	O
environments	O
where	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
is	O
being	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
scope	O
=	O
"	O
row	O
"	O
Improvements	O
to	O
UX	B-Application
,	O
software	O
updates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
scope	O
=	O
"	O
row	O
"	O
Custom	O
Fields	O
,	O
Improved	O
Workflow	O
,	O
Multilingual	O
Associations	O
Manager	O
,	O
Backend	O
Menu	O
Manager	O
,	O
improved	O
update	O
system	O
,	O
cache	B-General_Concept
systems	O
and	O
package/extension	O
management	O
and	O
further	O
UX	B-Application
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
scope	O
=	O
"	O
row	O
"	O
Improved	O
Routing	O
System	O
,	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
4	O
Compatibility	O
Layer	O
,	O
optional	O
installable	O
sample	O
data	O
,	O
code	O
improvements	O
and	O
encryption	O
support	O
(	O
using	O
Sodium	O
extension	B-Application
on	O
PHP	B-Application
7.2	O
,	O
or	O
via	O
sodium_compat	O
polyfill	O
for	O
lower	O
supported	O
versions	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
scope	O
=	O
"	O
row	O
"	O
Bridge	O
between	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
3.10.x	O
and	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
4.x	O
,	O
Long-term	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
4.x	O
scope	O
=	O
"	O
row	O
"	O
Support	O
for	O
PHP	B-Application
5	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
has	O
been	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notes	O
:	O
Added	O
PHP	B-Application
8	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
scope	O
=	O
"	O
row	O
"	O
Tasks	O
Scheduler	O
,	O
Child	O
templates	B-Language
;	O
accessibility	O
checker	O
,	O
Syntax	O
Highlighting	O
,	O
Inline	O
Help	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
chart	O
below	O
shows	O
the	O
prevalence	O
of	O
the	O
different	O
versions	O
of	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
among	O
all	O
websites	O
using	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
in	O
January	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
two	O
types	O
of	O
templates	B-Language
used	O
in	O
the	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
CMS	O
:	O
frontend	O
templates	B-Language
and	O
backend	O
templates	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
frontend	O
template	B-Language
presents	O
the	O
website	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
viewing	O
its	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
backend	O
template	B-Language
presents	O
a	O
panel	O
of	O
controls	O
for	O
website	O
administration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Templates	B-Language
are	O
installed	O
as	O
extensions	O
to	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
and	O
may	O
be	O
customised	O
with	O
source	O
code	O
overrides	O
and/or	O
CSS	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Standard	O
templates	B-Language
are	O
included	O
upon	O
installation	O
while	O
other	O
,	O
third-party	O
templates	B-Language
can	O
be	O
installed	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
general	O
,	O
templates	B-Language
designed	O
for	O
each	O
major	O
version	O
of	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
are	O
not	O
interoperable	O
with	O
other	O
major	O
versions	O
of	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
table	O
lists	O
the	O
standard	O
templates	B-Language
installed	O
with	O
each	O
major	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joomla	B-Protocol
is	O
maintained	O
as	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
project	O
by	O
a	O
community	O
of	O
volunteers	O
and	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
on	O
an	O
"	O
as	O
is	O
"	O
basis	O
,	O
without	O
any	O
warranty	O
of	O
any	O
kind	O
including	O
implied	O
warranties	O
of	O
merchantability	O
and	O
fitness	O
for	O
a	O
particular	O
purpose	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
maintained	O
at	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
top	O
two	O
most	O
popular	O
public	O
forums	O
for	O
discussing	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
and	O
seeking	O
technical	O
advice	O
are	O
at	O
and	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
conference	O
largely	O
aimed	O
at	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
developers	O
and	O
site	O
integrators	O
and	O
is	O
hosted	O
in	O
Europe	O
around	O
May	O
each	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joomla	B-Protocol
is	O
primarily	O
funded	O
by	O
private	O
sponsorships	O
that	O
offset	O
OSM	O
's	O
operational	O
costs	O
;	O
these	O
costs	O
include	O
taxes	O
,	O
accounting	O
,	O
presence	O
at	O
ground	O
events	O
,	O
operation	O
of	O
domains	O
and	O
so	O
forth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
receives	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
its	O
revenue	O
from	O
website	O
advertising	O
,	O
commissions	O
,	O
examination	O
fees	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
chart	O
shows	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
's	O
share	O
of	O
the	O
CMS	O
market	O
(	O
against	O
the	O
market	O
leader	O
,	O
WordPress	B-Application
,	O
as	O
a	O
comparison	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
chart	O
shows	O
the	O
trend	O
of	O
searches	O
on	O
Google	O
about	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
over	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
