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Joomla! 

5.x

Joomla! 5.x

Introduction

18 years after the first version, Joomla! 5 was released on the 17th of October 2023.

Why Use Joomla! 5?

Joomla! 5 is an Open Source, robust, secure and easy to use Content Management System (CMS) that enables website creators to produce powerful websites.

Maintaining content, the system and users is made easy by the use of software features that benefit from the skills and experience of a strong community of volunteers that have been maintaining and improving Joomla versions since 2005.

From a simple 5 page website to an enterprise solution serving thousands of pages, with its powerful layout overrides, custom fields and flexible modules built right in, your Joomla! website can be built to look and feel just the way you want it to.

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What's new in Joomla! 5?

Dark Mode in Administrator: Joomla 5 boasts a more refined dark mode, not just for users but also for administrators. There's no Dark Mode configuration option in Joomla. The Dark Mode is activated automatically when your web browser supports it and switched on in your browser configuration.

Web Assets and Caching: Many improvements to the web asset caching

Schema.org Integration: Automatic activation of Schema.org data for organisation and site names enhances search engine optimisation.

Code Optimisation: Speed advancements are noticed due to automatic source code optimisation through the phpcs fixer.

PHP & Bootstrap Updates: Improved compatibility with PHP 8+ and an update to Bootstrap 5.3.2 ensures that the platform remains contemporary.

User Interface: Enhancements in dark mode for the Atum administrator template and the new Joomla modal window for select buttons promise a smoother user experience.

Tools & Plugins: The TinyMCE editor gets an update to 6.7 with added image alignment features. Several scheduled tasks have been moved to scheduler plugins, enhancing system performance.

Media Management: AVIF support in the media manager and the ability to exclude archived content from smart search indexing improve media handling capabilities.

Menu sorting: Allowing you to sort the menu in the way you want it.

Enhanced Security: Events have been migrated to their classes, and the removal of no longer functional Recaptcha plugins boosts security.

Modern Technologies: Internal code restructuring focuses on utilising more modern APIs. There's added JS Import map support for Web Asset Manager and deprecated fixes for php 8.2.

Extensions & Compatibility: Joomla 5 introduces Fontawesome 6.4, Codemirror 6, and has updated its Webauthn Library. Notably, Joomla now requires PHP 8.1, MySQL 8.0.13+, MariaDB 10.4+, and PostgreSQL 12+ for optimal performance.

Cleaner Code Base: Joomla 5 places a strong emphasis on code cleanliness. The transition from older APIs, removal of es5 support, and other heavily coded cleanups ensure the CMS runs efficiently.

Joomla 5 encapsulates modern requirements for a CMS, promising its users a combination of speed, security, and an intuitive user experience.

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Joomla! 5 Documentation

This portal brings together information related specifically to Joomla! 5.

PLEASE NOTE: Joomla! 5 shares some of the same features as Joomla! 4 and if you have previously used Joomla! 4 you will find using Joomla! 5 is identical or very similar. Some links on this page will take you to Joomla! 4 documentation as revisions and additions are still underway. However, in such cases, much of the content will still be relevant.

Getting Started

• Getting Started with Joomla
• Setting up your Local Environment
• Joomla 4.4 to 5.x Step by Step Upgrade
• Installing Joomla
• Logging into Joomla

• Joomla Version Information
• Optional Technical Requirements
• Unsupported PHP Versions
• Joomla CLI Installation

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Joomla! Site Administration

Joomla! 

5.2.3

Stable Version

Efficiency

• Keyboard Shortcuts

Security

• HTTP Header Management
• WebAuthn Passwordless Login

Updates

• CLI Update
• Updating from an existing version

User Management

• Recover / Reset Admin Password
• Users List and Details Views

Privacy

• Privacy Tool Suite

Navigation

• The Components Dashboard
• The Content Dashboard
• The System Dashboard

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Joomla! Content

Accessibility

• JOOA11Y - The Joomla Accessibility Checker

Articles

• Adding a New Article
• Deleting an Article
• Restricting access to an Article
• Scheduling the Publication of an Article
• How to Archive an Article

Categories

• Create and Manage Article Categories

Fields and Fields Groups

• Working with Fields and Field Groups
• Adding Custom Fields
• Creating a Calendar Field
• Creating a Checkboxes Field
• Creating a Color Field
• Parameters for all Custom Fields

Media

• Managing Media
• Upload Delete Rename
• Image Crop Resize Rotate
• Options
• Adaptive Images for Media Manager

Workflow

• Workflow for Publishing Content
• Workflow Scenarios

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Joomla! Menus

• Menu Dashboard
• Adding a New Menu
• Adding a Menu Link within an Article
• Adding a Custom Administrator Menu
• How to Create a Menu Item to View Archived Articles

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Joomla! Modules

• Administrator Modules Explained
• Site Modules Explained
• How to Show a Calendar Month List of Archived Articles Using a Module

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Joomla! Components

• How To Use Content Tags in Joomla

• Workflow for Publishing Content

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Joomla! Plugins and Extensions

The Joomla 4 Extensions; Install page has an Install from Web option. By default it lists the extensions available in the official Joomla! Extensions Directory for your current version.

Alternatively you can go to: Joomla! Extensions Directory

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Joomla! Templates

• Changed Parameters for Template Providers
• SCSS and SASS
• Using Bootstrap Components
• Understanding Module Positions

Joomla! Template Cassiopeia

• Cassiopeia Template Folders and Files
• Cassiopeia Template Customisation
• Cassiopeia Template Simplified - A Case Study
• Community Magazine: Cassiopeia Template - Tips and Tricks

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Joomla! Development

For more detailed developer documentation, please refer to Joomla! Programmers Documentation
More resources are available at Joomla! Developer Network

API

• Adding an API to a Joomla Component
• Joomla API Specification
• Joomla Core APIs

Assets

• Web Assets

CLI

• Writing A CLI Application
• CLI Database Exporter / Importer
• Task Scheduler

Data

• Inserting, Updating and Removing Data using JDatabase
• Selecting Data using JDatabase

Components

• Component Tutorial - Part 1 - Site Code
• Component Tutorial - Part 2 - Administrator Code
• Developing an MVC Component
• Developing an MVC Component - Introduction
• Developing an MVC Component - Developing a Basic Component
• Developing an MVC Component - Language Mamagement
• Developing an MVC Component - Adding a Menu Type to the Site Part
• Developing an MVC Component - Adding a Request Variable in the Menu Link
• Developing an MVC Component - Adding a View to the Site Part
• Developing an MVC Component - Setting up the Database

Modules

• Creating a Simple Module

Plugins

• Creating a Plugin
• CLI example - Onoffbydate

Testing

• Automated System Testing
• JavaScript Tests

Miscellaneous

• Joomla 5.0 Version History
• Adding Changelog to your Manifest File
• Client Side Events
• Cloud File Systems for Media Manager
• Joomla Codenames
• Joomla Entities
• Dependency Injection
• Namespace Conventions In Joomla
• Creating Multilingual Associations Automatically
• Response Formats
• Setting up Eclipse PDT 2020 and Git for Pulls
• Tips and Tricks for Joomla 4 Developers
• Weblinks for Joomla 4
• Patchtester for Joomla 4

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Joomla! Troubleshooting

Database

• Fix "Database Table Structure NOT Up to Date" before update error