Joomla! 1.5.2

Joomla! is one of the most powerful Open Source Content Management Systems on the planet. It is used all over the world for everything from simple websites to complex corporate applications. Joomla! is easy to install, simple to manage, and reliable. The Joomla! community is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla! 1.5.2 [Woi]. This is a normal maintenance update. It has been eight weeks since Joomla! 1.5.1 was released. The goal is to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla! end user community containing the latest bug fixes and minor enhancements.

Release Notes

• Support for non-Gregorian date output
• Removed dependency on server locales for date output
• TCPDF Upgraded:
  
  • Supports RTL languages
  • Supports GIF images inline in generated PDF (if PHP extension GD2 is enabled)
• Fix for cache folder deletion with legacy mode enabled
• Disable page caching when debug is enabled
• Ability to disable Flash Uploader in Media Manager
• OpenID functionality fixes
• Advanced article filtering options now available using Article Preferences

• Addition of JFactory::getDate() to get a JDate object (supports overloading of JDate for non-Gregorian dates)
• Addition of JExit()
• JView::get() defers correctly to JObject::get(