This was announced on 7th July...and the latest version of Virtuemart 2 RC 2 is available for download. This version improves on the previous version with additional security features and nooku conventions. More b2b capabilities has been added but no support yet for j1.6. Important features added is the Update function.

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Another new release and it is time for an upgrade. Joomla! 1.6.4 is now available for download and it is a security release correcting four security issues and fixes an issue relating to version upgrades.

In version 1.6.4 a security fix was made to a number of layout files, specifically those for category lists for articles, weblinks, newsfeeds and contacts and the featured contact list. If you are using layout overrides for these you should ensure that you make the same changes are made in your template (if the same issue is present). Overrides are found in the html folder of your template. You may also wish to check layout files for extensions for the same issue since the core layouts are sometimes used as models.

The change made is to replace JfilterOutput:ampReplace with htmlspecialchars.

The new Joomla! !.7 is also due out in July.

Read the complete article at http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5374-joomla-164-released.html

 

The Virtuemart Development Team has published a Security release Virtuemart 1.1.8 to fix a few security issues and it is recommeded to upgrade as soon as possible.

Read here for a list of Issues that have been fixed

Click here to download the latest files

Click here for download older versions and other files

According to the 2010 Open Source CMS Market Share Report,  WordPress is more popular CMS than Joomla.  WordPress has taken a lead in several key metrics, including:

• search interest
• daily website traffic
• daily unique visitors
• daily page views
• downloads 

Of that group of factors, search interest is probably the least persuasive, given the co-existence of the WordPress hosted blogging service. Nonetheless, what is interesting is the trend: is that WordPress passed Joomla! in query volume in June of 2009 and the gap has continued to widen since that time. and the trend continued in 2010, with WordPress extending the lead over both Joomla! and Drupal.

The statistics on project site popularity need to be read in conjunction with other key numbers in this Report.

• Downloads: WordPress leads Joomla! by a rate of 8:1
• Downloads (Trend): The  WordPress average weekly download rate more than doubled since last year, while Joomla!’s average rate appears to have decreased.
• Third Party Support: WordPress growth outpaces Joomla! in both the developers & publishers metrics.
• Brand Sentiment: WordPress leads the entire survey group by a significant margin.

When we add all this up, we reach the conclusion that for 2010, WordPress has moved into market leader role in the Open Source CMS space. We conclude that the system leads in key metrics for both rate of adoption and brand strength.

Source : "2010 Open Source CMS Market Share Report, water&stone (2010)."

Yootheme has recently release the release of their ZOO 2.4 BETA which offers compatiblity with Joomla 1.6 and runs on both, Joomla 1.5 and 1.6! A lot of new features have been added but however they have not fully added features from the Joomla 1.6 ACL.

A major overhaul of the underlying framework has also been planned to make it more robust but most important they have created an abstraction layer for compatibllity between Joomla 1.6 and 1.5.

Features added

1. Notification system when comments and submissions are added.
2. New Event system which allows other components to easily attach themselves to the ZOO

The ZOO 2.4 BETA is exclusively available for members only who purchased the ZOO app bundle. As soon as ZOO 2.4 goes STABLE, it will be released for the public.

Read full article here

Older version available for download - Here

What is YooTheme ZOO ?

ZOO is a flexible and powerful content application builder to manage your Joomla content. It has a lot of features and an App bundle that has apps like Business Directory, Blog etc.