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On 24 february is Joomla 3.4 was released. Lots of changes were made, these are the most interesting:
Component weblinks
With Joomla versie 3.4 the component Weblinks is removed from the Joomla core, but it is still possible to install this extension. The reason for removal from the core is that the Joomla team wants to make the core lighter andnon-essential components are to be removed. If you upgrade from an earlier version you can manually remove the extension.
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I've read that it is important to have smaller image sizes. Of course this is logical, having larger images will result in a bigger data transfer wich is slowing down your website. Somewhere in 2014 I followed a webinar of Daniel Kanchev about speeding up your Joomla-website, and he also mentioned the optimalisation of images via smush.it of yahoo.
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Since 20 january 2015 Joomla a new service. At joomla.com you can build a free Joomla website. This service is offered in collaboration with Siteground webhosting who builds the entire server structure where all Joomla websites will be hosted. Another possibility is to use demo.joomla.org where you can register a 90 day trail website, also hosted by Siteground.
The differences between these services are that you have control of your extensions & templates t the 90 days version while the joomla.com version you ahave a fixed subdomain with a selection of extensions & templates, updates are installed automatically. Both services offer the possibility to move to a private domain with your own hosting.
Both possibilities have their own pros and cons What is the good thing is that starting with Joomla! is now a lot easier. If you want to read the official announcement, just click here.
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We were waiting for it in september 2014 but there was a slight delay in the road map of Joomla 3.4. There was a message that the road map would get an update in january 2015 and here it is.
Joomla 3.4 release timeline update http://t.co/haL51McJMf #joomla
— Joomla! (@joomla) 13 januari 2015Updated roadmap
After all the feedback from the Joomla 3.4 alpha, it resulted into this:
- January 20th 2015 - 3.4 Feature Freeze
- January 27th 2015 - 3.4 Beta 1
- February 3rd, 2015 - 3.4 Beta 2
- February 10th, 2015- 3.4 Release Candidate
- February 17th, 2015 - 3.4 Stable Release
Off course, these dates are not fixed, it's always possible there will be another change.