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Giving the Front Page a different style from other pages

There are several ways to differentiate your Front Page from other pages in your website.

In the Administrator site, you specify which template is "Default" for your site. However, you can assign a template other than the default to any menu item you like, including the Front Page. Go to Extensions -> Template Manager. Determine which template is currently your default by looking for the star icon beside it. Now click the name of one of the OTHER templates. In the Menu Assignment box, change the radio button from "Never" to "Select from List". You can now chose one or more pages from the tree view that you would like to apply this template to (for example, your mainmenu's Home item). Anything not selected here will still use your default template.

Joomla 1.5.10 Security Release

The Joomla Project announces the immediate availability of Joomla 1.5.10 [Wohmamni]. This is a security release and users are strongly encouraged to upgrade immediately.

This release contains 66 bug fixes, one low-level security fix, and one moderate-level security fix. It has been 11 weeks since Joomla 1.5.9 was released on January 10, 2009. The Development Working Group's goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community.

Feature patches for 1.6

Coordinator Blog

Written by Wilco Jansen

Bug Fixes vs Feature Patches

What's the difference between a bug fix and a feature patch?

Bug-fix patches have been accepted for more than a year now via the Joomla Bug Squad and serve to fix issues with existing features and systems.

These patches can be attached to the Joomla 1.5 bug tracker when you submit a problem.

Feature patches, on the other hand, are for adding or changing functionality to any Joomla version (note submissions for 1.0 will not be accepted due to the approaching end-of-life for that version).

Feature patches could be as significant as whole extensions (like a Comments component), or they could be as small as adding a new argument to a method in a Joomla Framework class.