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Help Making the Joomla 1.5 vs 1.6 decision...
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- Daniel
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Rich Bean wrote:
BTW..is that NY Irish or Erin go Bragh Irish?
Ubet - Erin go Bragh "Ireland Forever"
Irish family from the Houlihan clan. Very interesting I must say and not the place to carry on lol...
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- JEM
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IMHO, if it's not broke, don't fix it.
www.rockettheme.com/blog/joomla/988-shou...upgrade-to-joomla-16
Especially if you are using any key 3rd party extensions that you can't live without.
I made the jump from J1.0 to J1.5 soon after it came out.
Everything worked except one 3rd party extension (which I had to run in Legacy mode).
The developer said the update was just around the corner and actually took TWO years to be J1.5 compatible.
If you have several 'must have' components running in J1.5 and things are fine, there really no compelling reason to make a switch now unless they are already J1.6 compatible.
Otherwise you may be sitting on your hands waiting for them to be ready and get your new site as functional as the old one. - Thanks,
jim
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- Brian_Glamis
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JEM,
After looking into upgrading to 1.6; I have to agree with you 100%. As much as i want to jump into 1.6, and the reason is..."just cause I do"... I do realize that not every developer, 3rd party extension and so on have or has prepared themselves or are ready (bug free) from the transition.
Joomla 1.5.22+ has all the potential and is a stable platform. Until 1.6 is strong enough, stable enough and ready for me to switch 150+ independent sites over... I am realizing I am not even going the "high blood pressure" route at this time.
If it aint broke...it's still running great...and in my opinion you're at like 10,000 miles on a 2010 vehicle...don't trade it, or swap it out for something with a slightly different look. New is good though, but reliable is safe.
Brian
Operation Garden Grove Low Flying Helo
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- Daniel
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Thanks for your input JEM and Brian_Glamis...
I am already headed in the direction everyone has advised on and with confidence. There was some doubt and concern at first but things are very clear now. Biggest thing is don't be a chicken poopy
I have set up a 1.6 test server to play with and find my way around for future referenced and as things come available in updates I will add them and test.
Brian_Glamis wrote:I do realize that not every developer, 3rd party extension and so on have or has prepared themselves or are ready (bug free) from the transition.
I agree to a certain point Brian:
The extensions or components I am using and paid a fair price for should be above and beyond the cutting edge of the rest of the communities. Bare with me please!
If I decide to pay for addons/components for Joomla its because I want the most supported up-to-date, secure, bug free application for my money. I would also expect those companies to keep up with cutting edge technology. Now, within the www things just progress so fast I understand it takes a while for certain things to catch up, so be it. Should that be an excuse to not even have beta versions for their users to help with the transition?
I am going to ramble now:
I look at things like this, this is business, are we in agreement? and we are just talking I am not picking on anyone, Some of the addons and such along with the firms that produce them are in the cat-bird seat. They have great products, support and for the most part have been at the top of the game for quite sometime now. But I see that people get lazy, if they have stable releases and compatibility why would they rush in and spend money before they have to when profits are high? What I like is those on top only stay there for a while till someone bigger and better comes along. Every product I have someone is producing their own version of and the company that breaks its neck to give the costumer what they need, will get my money. I know we are in stable versions now with 1.5 but 1.6+ will have updates that get rid of some of the 3rd party addons needed for some common functions used by sites everyday. I am surprised at the extras needed for Joomla 1.5 that one would think would be included in the core itself.
Like I said just talking here...Joomla is a great product and I am glad to have had the opportunity thus far to work with it and the firms surrounding it.
Cheers!
IRISH
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- Daniel
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LiEs wrote:
Jreviews has a 1.6 version, but it is in beta stage right now. There will be a K2 for 1.6 due to their poll.
Thanks LiEs!
I have the beta vs and 1.6 and am testing a few things. Its hard to really push the limits because of the stage the beta for JR is at for the moment. Customization is out also till getting closer to a stable release, Limited as to what you can test along with J! and jR but a start...
Cheers!
IRISH
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