Joomla 1.0.14 RC1 was released today, bringing the CMS’ mature branch a step away from what is supposed to be the final release in the 1.0.x tree.
Joomla is an open source CMS started by former core developers of the CMS Mambo. The 1.0.x tree of Joomla was forked directly from Mambo. Work has been underway on a massive overhaul of the system, Joomla 1.5, which finally does away with nested tables, which should lighten things a bit. The changes in Joomla 1.5 are too numerous to list; it’s just about a whole new CMS altogether. Joomla 1.5 is currently on the fourth release candidate, and the release version is expected before the end of February.
Those running Joomla 1.0.13 can give 1.0.14RC1 a try, or wait for the soon to be released 1.0.14 final. This release does address one major and three minor security breaches. I upgraded earlier today and have experienced no problems with the update. Just remember to always back up before upgrading a live website!
