The Joomla community have announced the release of Joomla! 1.0.15 [Daytime] which resolves a high level remote file inclusion vulnerability security issue. The development team have advised all users to upgrade to the latest stable version of the CMS ASAP.

To find out more about the latest release plus download the updated version of CMS read the following.

Offical Joomla 1.0.15 announcement

Download Joomla 1.0.15

After many months of hard work and development the Joomla community have announced the long awaited stable version of Joomla 1.5 code [Khepri].  Joomla 1.5 has been redeveloped from the ground up to include some major coding and architecture changes plus it includes a new API offering more flexability for the 3rd party component and Joomla templates

For more information about the latest release visit

Offical Joomla 1.5 Announcement

Joomla 1.5 Download

Joomla 1.5 Installation Manual

We are happy to announce a number of Search engine tools which will assit you to optimize your Joomla! web site for a number of search engines including Google, Yahoo ( Overture ) plus MSN and more.

This tutorial is part 1 in a 3 part series which will provide you with some basic guidelines during the development and search engine optimization of your Joomla web site. The article is purely based on experience using Joomla over the past 2 years. The items covered in this topic are also only suggestions you may know of a better SEO approach and if so then please share your knowledge by submitting an article to the web site and we will be happy to publish it.

The aim of this article is to provide you a basic overview to SEF (search engine friendly URL's) and to outline the benefits  of using SEF for the Joomla Open source content management system (CMS)

SEF - Search engine friendly URL's

By default the Joomla SEF functionality is not enabled which basically mean's the url's displayed via your web site will look  like this http://www.yourdomain.com/index.php?option=com_weblinks&Itemid=23

There are a number of disadvantages in SEO terms  for not enabling search engine friendly URL's which include.

Joomla is recognized as one of the most popular open source content management systems ( CMS) on the internet today and is the ideal open source solution for individuals, small business or large enterprises who wish to take advantage of the benefits Joomla can bring.

Some of the benefits Joomla has to offer include the following

1) Active Joomla Support Community

Joomla is growing at a fast pace with one of the most active development communities in the Open Source arena who provide support via the official Joomla forum where you can contribute or post questions which get answered by members of the community. The forum currently has over 10,000 active members and there is always someone willing to help if you have a question.

2) One going development for Joomla

The core Joomla development team are very active releasing new and enhanced versions of the content management system. Over the past few months the core development team have released over 5 news version releases of Joomla to the community based on enhancements, security fixes and more. This mean’s you not only do you get a great CMS but you also have the knowledge that something new and exciting could be released making it even better.

3) Joomla Components & Modules

Due to the popularity and flexibility of Joomla’s modular architecture you find a wide range of components and associated modules which are being developed by various 3^rd party team’s and can be downloaded for free under GPL or purchased for a small price to bring additional functionality to your web site. This is one of the big benefits and selling points Joomla has to offer, the fact that you can find nearly any component or module which meets your requirements and then just download and plug it into your content management system.

4) Joomla Templates

As with components and modules you also have number of web designers who develop and design Joomla Templates which can transform the look and feel of your web site with a click of a button. All you have to do it find a template you like, download it and apply it to your content management system ( CMS ). Many of the templates come with predefined module positions so you can display module’s in various different positions.