Joomla template Vertex

Vertex

Vertex is a free responsive Joomla template, however the download will require a free membership. Vertex is built on Shape5 framework which offers 95 module positions, custom row and column width, and much more.

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J1.5:Add article title to read more link

How to add an article title to the “Read more...” link?

For this you can use the overrides...

If they are not already there, in your template folder: create a new folder called 'html'.
In that folder you create a folder called 'com_content'.
And in that folder you create the folders called "category", "frontpage", "section"

Then locate the following files

• (joomla)/components/com_content/views/category/tmpl/blog_item.php
• (joomla)/components/com_content/views/frontpage/tmpl/default_item.php
• (joomla)/components/com_content/views/section/tmpl/blog_item.php

Copy the files to your template's html folders

• (yourtemplate)/html/com_content/category/blog_item.php
• (yourtemplate)/html/com_content/frontpage/default_item.php
• (yourtemplate)/html/com_content/section/blog_item.php

Open these files.
Nearly at the bottom of these files you should be seeing something like:

<a href="<?php echo $this->item->readmore_link; ?>" class="readon<?php echo $this->item->params->get('pageclass_sfx'); ?>">
     <?php if ($this->item->readmore_register) :
          echo JText::_('Register to read more...');
     elseif ($readmore = $this->item->params->get('readmore')) :
          echo $readmore;
     else :
          echo JText::sprintf('Read more...');
     endif; ?></a>

Change the line

echo JText::sprintf('Read more...');

into

echo JText::sprintf('Read more', $this->item->title);

The “Read more” link should now look like this: Read more: (Article title)

J2.5:Add article title to read more link

Some people want to add the article title to the readmore link. To achieve this you can use a template override.

If they are not already there, in your template folder:

1. Create a new folder called 'html'.
2. In that folder you create a folder called 'com_content'.
3. And in that folder you create the folders called "category", "frontpage" and "article"

Then locate the following files:

• (joomla)/components/com_content/views/category/tmpl/blog_item.php
• (joomla)/components/com_content/views/featured/tmpl/default_item.php
• (joomla)/components/com_content/views/article/tmpl/default.php

Copy the files to their respective locations in the template's html file:

• (yourtemplate)/html/com_content/category/blog_item.php
• (yourtemplate)/html/com_content/featured/default_item.php
• (yourtemplate)/html/com_content/article/default.php

Open these files. Towards the bottom of each of these files you should see something like:

<p class="readmore"><a class="btn" href="<?php echo $link; ?>"> <span class="icon-chevron-right"></span>
        <?php if (!$params->get('access-view')) :
                echo JText::_('COM_CONTENT_REGISTER_TO_READ_MORE');
        elseif ($readmore = $this->item->alternative_readmore) :
                echo $readmore;
                if ($params->get('show_readmore_title', 0) != 0) :
                echo JHtml::_('string.truncate', ($this->item->title), $params->get('readmore_limit'));
                endif;
        elseif ($params->get('show_readmore_title', 0) == 0) :
                echo JText::sprintf('COM_CONTENT_READ_MORE_TITLE');
        else :
                echo JText::_('COM_CONTENT_READ_MORE');
                echo JHtml::_('string.truncate', ($this->item->title), $params->get('readmore_limit'));
        endif; ?>
</a></p>

Change the line

echo JText::sprintf('COM_CONTENT_READ_MORE_TITLE');

into

echo JText::sprintf('COM_CONTENT_READ_MORE_TITLE', $this->item->title);

The “Read more” link should now look like this: Read more: (Article title)

Changing article background color based on creation date

Suppose you want to show articles on your frontpage layout in different colors, depending on how old the article is. You can do this with a little bit of work using a template override. Here is a general link about template overrides: http://docs.joomla.org/How_to_override_the_output_from_the_Joomla!_core.

The file you need to override is components/com_content/views/frontpage/tmpl/default_item.php. You would copy this file to <your template>/html/com_content/frontpage/default_item.php. Depending on your template, this file might already be there as an existing override file. In that case, just modify that file. For this example, we'll use the rhuk_milkyway template, so I copied it to templates/rhuk_milkyway/html/com_content/frontpage/default_item.php.

Ok, here is the idea. At this point in the program (when we're in the default_items.php program), the article create date is available as $this->item->created. So we can use that date, compared to the current date, to see how old the article is. Then we can add a different CSS class for articles of different ages.

To make the code easier to work with, we'll create a separate file for the method to calculate the dates and set the CSS class. I called this filetemplates/rhuk_milkyway/html/com_content/frontpage/myfrontpagehelper.php. Here is the code:

<?php
/**
 * Gets class based on today's date and article date
 * @param $date
 * @return string containing CSS class name
 */
class MyFrontpageHelper {
 
        function MyFrontPageHelper() {
                parent::_constructor();
        }
 
        function getCSSClassFromDate($date) {
                $dateClass = ''; // default to blank
                // subtract create date from current date. both dates in seconds
                $elapsedDays = (time() - strtotime($date)) / 86400; // 86400=number of seconds per day
                if ($elapsedDays <= 7) $dateClass = 'dateCurrent';
                if (($elapsedDays > 7) && ($elapsedDays <= 14)) $dateClass = 'dateLastWeek';
                if ($elapsedDays > 14) $dateClass = "dateOld";
 
                return $dateClass;
        }
}
?>

This new class just has a constructor and one method. In the method, we're setting the class to "dateCurrent" if it's less than 7 days old, "dateLastWeek" if it's 7 to 14 days old, and "dateOld" if it's more than 14 days old.

Now, we can use this method to style our front page inside the override default_items.php file. The first thing we need to do is include this new program file. We do that at the top of thedefault_items.php file, right after the "defined..." line, as follows:

defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');
require_once('myfrontpagehelper.php');

Notice that we use the require_once statement. We need to use this (as opposed to the include statement) because this code gets executed multiple times, once for each article. So therequire_once statement makes sure we only include this file the first time.

Now we can get the date-based class name by calling this method with the current article's date. Where do we put the class? It depends on what we want to style. For example, say we want to style the article title block. In that case we would change line 11 (for the rhuk_milkyway template) as follows:

<?php if ($canEdit || $this->item->params->get('show_title') || $this->item->params->get('show_pdf_icon') || $this->item->params->get('show_print_icon') || $this->item->params->get('show_email_icon')) : ?>
<table class="contentpaneopen <?php echo MyFrontpageHelper::getCSSClassFromDate($this->item->created); ?>">

In line 11, instead of adding the Page Class Suffix, we're adding the special date CSS style by calling our new method. Notice that there is a space between the "contentpaneopen" style and the new date style. That is important, since that adds the date style as a second CSS style instead of changing the name of the contentpaneopen style.

Before we can test this, we need to make sure we have some articles in the proper date range. So I went into the Article Manager and changed the create dates so that some articles were current, some were 7-14 days old, and some were older. After doing that, I checked the HTML page source for the front page to make sure the class was being added correctly. Here is an example of what you should see:

<table class="contentpaneopen dateCurrent">
<tr>
                <td class="contentheading" width="100%">
                                        Joomla! Security Strike Team                    </td>

So our new "dateCurrent" class is being added as a separate class.

Now, we just have to add styling in our CSS file. I added this to the end of the file templates/rhuk_milkyway/css/template.css:

.contentpaneopen.dateCurrent {
        background: #F0FFFF;    
}
 
.contentpaneopen.dateLastWeek {
        background: #FFF8DC;    
}
 
.contentpaneopen.dateOld {
        background: #DCDCDC;
}

Notice we're using both the contentpaneopen and the new "date" classes in the CSS selector. With the changes, the front page looks like this:

We could change the background of the article text by adding the new class to line 53, as shown below:

<?php echo $this->item->event->beforeDisplayContent; ?>
<table class="contentpaneopen <?php echo MyFrontpageHelper::getCSSClassFromDate($this->item->created); ?>">

With this change, the front page now looks like this:

The exact location of where you use the new classes will depend on your template and what type of styling you want to do.

JoomlaDay Kenya 13

• JoomlaDays

Date:Fri. 2 Aug, 2013 12:00 am (Fri. 2 Aug, 2013 8:00 am EAT)

Duration:All Day

Location:Nairobi 2013

Website URL:http://www.joomladay.or.ke

Venue Name:88mph Startup Garage

Venue Address:4th Floor, Piedmont Plaza. 671 Ngong Road

City:Nairobi

State/Providence:Nairobi

Country:Kenya

Organizer's Name:JoomKenya

It will be the second time JoomlaDay! Kenya takes place in Nairobi City, Kenya. The first was a success revolving more around bringing together Joomla! Users and enthusiasts in Kenya to learn and grow from each other. 

This year having witnessed a tremendous growth in blogging and need for online content, we want to focus on how Joomla can be used to enrich the delivery of online content. The Kenya populace is very diverse and largely connected to internet via Mobile phones

Please read more about event at : www.joomladay.or.ke

JoomlaDay São Paulo

• Joomla Days

Date:Fri. 5 Jul, 2013 6:00 am (Fri. 5 Jul, 2013 8:00 am BRT)

Duration:All Day

Location:São Paulo

Website URL:http://joomladaysp.com.br

Venue Name:São Judas Tadeu University

Venue Address:R. Taquari, 546 - Mooca

City:São Paulo

State/Providence:SP

Country:Brazil

Organizer's Name:Juliano Augusto

The JoomlaDay Sao Paulo will be held on 05 and 06 July in São Judas Tadeu University - Campus Mooca. It will be regional meeting of Joomla users that has as main objective the strengthening of Joomla CMS in the state of São Paulo and also in the states of southeastern Brazil.

Potential backward compatibility issues in Joomla 3.0 and Joomla Platform 12.1

This document tracks potential backward compatibility issues for Joomla 3.0 and Joomla Platform 12.1, which is included in Joomla 3.0. Listed are issues which potentially break extensions.

Please help make this document complete.

The base of this comparison is Joomla 2.5/Platform 11.4.

Backwards compatibility issues were also tracked for Joomla 2.5: Potential backward compatibility issues in Joomla 2.5 and Joomla Platform 11.4

Platform

The platform removed a larger number of deprecated classes and methods. For most extensions written for Joomla 2.5, the required changes should be reasonably small. Note that there are still deprecated classes in the platform that will be removed in future versions -- developers should stop using them where possible.

Updated System Requirements

The system requirements have changed in the following points:

• PHP 5.3.1
• register_globals must be off
• magic_quotes_gpc must be off

General changes

• Almost all functions, methods, members and classes marked as deprecated in Platform 11.4 have been removed. They won't be listed in this document.
• Appending ?no_html to an URL to get a RAW view is not supported anymore (this was an old Joomla 1.0 feature).
• The DS constant has been removed. If you really need it you can use DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR instead.
• Many more function arguments have been type hinted, including existing classes. Make sure you're always passing values of the correct type.
• The name of modules now have to start with "mod_".
• Extensions need to set the registeredurlparams now, the fall back on the URL has been removed.
• Some cookies are only accessible through HTTP (not via JavaScript). For example; the session cookie.
• Due to upcoming changes to the MVC implementation in the platform, JModel, JView, and JController are re-used as the names of the new interfaces. For now, use JModelLegacy, JViewLegacy and JControllerLegacy instead.
• JFolder and JFile now require you to do your own jimport statement (You always had to do that, just before it was rather likely something else had loaded them before)
• Joomla! 3.0 usually throws exceptions instead of returning JError or JException. Please see Exceptions and Logging in Joomla 1.7 and Joomla Platform 11.1 for more information.

Changes to extension installation

• Use of the <install> base tag (from 1.5) is no longer supported; use <extension> instead.
• Suppport for install_script and uninstall_script, and the methods com_install and com_uninstall in these scripts, has been removed; use scriptfile instead.
• In language extensions, support for client="both" has been removed; prepare each client as a separate extension and optionally bundle them as a package extension instead.
• File paths for plugins no longer support the old 1.5 method (i.e. plugins/system/cache.php); each plugin must now be in its own folder (i.e. plugins/system/cache/cache.php).

Changes to Components

• In admin components the admin.*.php and toolbar.*.php are not automatically included anymore (this was a Joomla 1.0 legacy feature).

Moved files

All classes listed here should now be autoloadable. Explicit requires and includes have to be modified or removed.

Plugin Events

• onContentBeforeSave event now receives $article by value not by reference. Sample definition: public function onContentBeforeSave($context, $article, $isNew).
• onContentAfterSave event now receives $article by value not by reference. Sample definition: public function onContentAfterSave($context, $article, $isNew).

Renamed classes

• JFTP is now called JClientFtp
• JLDAP is now called JClientLdap
• JWebClient is now called JApplicationWebClient

Removed classes

• JParameter (use JForm instead or, in most circumstances, JRegistry - for example to retrieve in a component a plugin parameter)
• JElement and its subclasses
• JFormFieldEditors (use JFormFieldPlugins instead)
• JHtmlImage
• JRules (use JAccessRules instead)
• JSimpleXML
• JPane

Changes to classes

Base classes

JFactory

• JFactory::getXMLParser() has been removed. For RSS and Atom use cases, use JFactory::getFeedParser() instead. To read XML files or strings use JFactory::getXML().
• JFactory::_createConfig() has been removed. Use JFactory::createConfig() instead.
• JFactory::_createSession() has been removed. Use JFactory::createSession() instead.
• JFactory::_createDbo() has been removed. Use JFactory::createDbo() instead.
• JFactory::_createMailer() has been removed. Use JFactory::createMailer() instead.
• JFactory::_createDocument() has been removed. Use JFactory::createDocument() instead.

Application

JApplicationHelper

• JApplicationHelper::getPath() has been removed. No replacement.
• JApplicationHelper::_checkPath() has been removed. No replacement.

Component

JComponentHelper

• The behavior of JComponentHelper::isEnabled() has been changed to match developer expectations.

MVC

JController

• JController::$_acoSection has been removed.
• JController::$_acoSectionValue has been removed.
• JController::authorize() has been removed. Use JController::authorise() instead.
• JController::setAccessControl() has been removed. Use JAccess.
• JController::getInstance() has been removed. Use JControllerLegacy::getInstance() instead.

JControllerLegacy

• JControllerLegacy::display() needs an extra parameter: ($cachable = false, $urlparams = false).

JModelAdmin

• JModelAdmin::generateNewTitle() is backwards incompatible with Joomla! 2.5 (first parameter has been removed).
• JModelAdmin::prepareTable(): first parameter isn't reference anymore.

Archive

Adapters

• JArchiveBzip2 does not extend JObject anymore. You must not use any of JObject's methods.
• JArchiveGzip does not extend JObject anymore. You must not use any of JObject's methods.
• JArchiveTar does not extend JObject anymore. You must not use any of JObject's methods.
• JArchiveZip does not extend JObject anymore. You must not use any of JObject's methods.

Base

JObject

• JObject::toString() has been removed. Use JObject::__toString() instead.

Client

JClientLdap (formerly JLDAP)

• JClientLdap does not extend JObject anymore. You must not use any of JObject's methods.

Database

JDatabase had been renamed JDatabaseDriver. JDatabase is still around (but deprecated) and is the base of JDatabaseDriver, this way type hints and instance of checks keep working.

Due to lazy-connecting, a connection is only opened when running a query or explicitly calling JDatabaseDriver::connected(). Beware of that when checking JDatabaseDriver::connected().

JDatabase

• JDatabase::$hasQuoted has been removed.
• JDatabase::$quoted has been removed.
• JDatabase::addQuoted() has been removed.
• JDatabase::hasUTF() has been removed.
• JDatabase::debug() has been removed. Use JDatabase::setDebug() instead.
• JDatabase::explain() has been removed.
• JDatabase::getEscaped() has been removed. Use JDatabase::escape() instead.
• JDatabase::getTableFields() has been removed. Use JDatabase::getTableColumns() instead.
• JDatabase::getTicker() has been removed. Use JDatabase::count() instead.
• JDatabase::isQuoted() has been removed.
• JDatabase::loadResultArray() has been removed. Use JDatabase::loadColumn() instead.
• JDatabase::nameQuote() has been removed. Use JDatabase::quoteName() instead.
• JDatabase::queryBatch() has been removed.
• JDatabase::query() has been deprecated. JDatabase::execute() should be used alternatively

Database schema changes

Columns dropped

• `#__content`.`title_alias`;
• `#__contact_details`.`imagepos`;
• `#__content`.`title_alias`;
• `#__content`.`sectionid`;
• `#__content`.`mask`;
• `#__content`.`parentid`;
• `#__newsfeeds`.`filename`;
• `#__weblinks`.`sid`;
• `#__weblinks`.`date`;
• `#__weblinks`.`archived`;
• `#__weblinks`.`approved`;
• `#__menu`.`ordering`;
• `#__session`.`usertype`;
• `#__users`.`usertype`;
• `#__updates`.`categoryid`;

Discover more by reading

• administrator\components\com_admin\sql\updates\mysql\3.0.0.sql
• administrator\components\com_admin\sql\updates\mysql\3.0.1.sql
• administrator\components\com_admin\sql\updates\mysql\3.0.x.sql

File

JFile

• JFile::read() has been deprecated. Use file_get_contents() instead.

Document

JDocument

• JDocument::setMetaData() the $sync argument has been removed. It was broken beyond repair.

JDocumentRenderer

• JDocumentRenderer does not extend JObject anymore. You must not use any of JObject's methods.

JDocumentFeed

• JFeedItem does not extend JObject anymore. You must not use any of JObject's methods.
• JFeedEnclosure does not extend JObject anymore. You must not use any of JObject's methods.
• JFeedImage does not extend JObject anymore. You must not use any of JObject's methods.

JDocumentOpenSearch

• JOpenSearchUrl does not extend JObject anymore. You must not use any of JObject's methods.
• JOpenSearchImage does not extend JObject anymore. You must not use any of JObject's methods.

JDocumentXml

• JDocumentXml::$_name has been renamed to JDocumentXml::$name.

Environment

JBrowser

• JBrowser does not extend JObject anymore. You must not use any of JObject's methods.
• JBrowser::setQuirk() has been removed.
• JBrowser::hasQuirk() has been removed.
• JBrowser::getQuirk() has been removed.
• JBrowser::setFeature() has been removed.
• JBrowser::hasFeature() has been removed.
• JBrowser::getFeature() has been removed.
• JBrowser::$_majorVersion has been renamed to JBrowser::$majorVersion.
• JBrowser::$_minorVersion has been renamed to JBrowser::$minorVersion.
• JBrowser::$_browser has been renamed to JBrowser::$browser.
• JBrowser::$_agent has been renamed to JBrowser::$agent.
• JBrowser::$_lowerAgent has been renamed to JBrowser::$lowerAgent.
• JBrowser::$_accept has been renamed to JBrowser::$accept.
• JBrowser::$_accept_parsed has been renamed to JBrowser::$acceptParsed.
• JBrowser::$_platform has been renamed to JBrowser::$platform.
• JBrowser::$_robots has been renamed to JBrowser::$robots.
• JBrowser::$_mobile has been renamed to JBrowser::$mobile.
• JBrowser::$_images has been renamed to JBrowser::$images.

JRequest

• JRequest::clean() has been removed.
• JRequest::_cleanVar() is now protected.
• JRequest::getCmd() is deprecated. Use JFactory::getApplication()->input->get() instead.
• JRequest::getVar() is deprecated. Use JFactory::getApplication()->input->get() instead.
• JRequest::checkToken() is deprecated. Use JSession::checkToken() instead. If you are using JRequest::checkToken('default'), use JSession::checkToken('request')instead.

JUri

• JURI has been renamed to JUri. Autoloader is still able to regognise the old capitalized name.
• JUri does not extend JObject anymore. You must not use any of JObject's methods.
• JUri::$_uri has been renamed to JUri::$uri.
• JUri::$_scheme has been renamed to JUri::$scheme.
• JUri::$_host has been renamed to JUri::$host.
• JUri::$_port has been renamed to JUri::$port.
• JUri::$_user has been renamed to JUri::$user.
• JUri::$_pass has been renamed to JUri::$pass.
• JUri::$_path has been renamed to JUri::$path.
• JUri::$_query has been renamed to JUri::$query.
• JUri::$_fragment has been renamed to JUri::$fragment.
• JUri::$_vars has been renamed to JUri::$vars.

Error

JError

• JError has been deprecated. Use Exceptions instead.
• WARNING: Many functions that were previously returning JError or false are now throwing exceptions.

Please see Exceptions and Logging in Joomla 1.7 and Joomla Platform 11.1 for more information.

JProfiler

• JProfiler does not extend JObject anymore. You must not use any of JObject's methods.
• JProfiler::$_start has been renamed to JProfiler::$start.
• JProfiler::$_prefix has been renamed to JProfiler::$prefix.
• JProfiler::$_buffer has been renamed to JProfiler::$buffer.
• JProfiler::$_previous_time has been renamed to JProfiler::$previousTime.
• JProfiler::$_previous_mem has been renamed to JProfiler::$previousMem.
• JProfiler::$_iswin has been renamed to JProfiler::$isWin.

Filesystem

JStream

• JStream::$_fh has been renamed to JStream::$fh.
• JStream::$_filesize has been renamed to JStream::$filesize.
• JStream::$_context has been renamed to JStream::$context.
• JStream::$_contextOptions has been renamed to JStream::$contextOptions.
• JStream::$_openmode has been renamed to JStream::$openmode.

JStreamString

• JStream::$_currentstring has been renamed to JStream::$currentString.
• JStream::$_path has been renamed to JStream::$path.
• JStream::$_mode has been renamed to JStream::$mode.
• JStream::$_options has been renamed to JStream::$options.
• JStream::$_opened_path has been renamed to JStream::$openedPath.
• JStream::$_pos has been renamed to JStream::$pos.
• JStream::$_len has been renamed to JStream::$len.
• JStream::$_stat has been renamed to JStream::$stat.

Filter

JFilterInput

• JFilterInput does not extend JObject anymore. You must not use any of JObject's methods.

HTML

JHtml

• JHTML has been renamed to JHtml. Autoloader is still able to regognise the old capitalized name.
• JHtml::_includeRelativeFiles() has been removed. Use JHtml::includeRelativeFiles() instead.
• JHtml::core() has been removed. Use JHtmlBehavior::framework() instead.
• JHtml::script() doesn't support a string as the second parameter anymore. This used to be the path to the file in Joomla 1.5 and has been removed now.
• JHtml::stylesheet() doesn't support a string as the second parameter anymore. This used to be the path to the file in Joomla 1.5 and has been removed now.

JHtmlAccess

• JHtmlAccess::assetgroups() the argument $config has been removed. It was previously unused.

JHtmlBehavior

• JHtmlBehavior::mootools() has been removed. Use JHtmlBehavior::framework() instead.
• JHtmlBehavior::noframes() the argument $location has been removed. It was previously unused.

JHtmlList

• JHtmlList::ordering() the argument $chop has been removed. It was previously unused.
• JHtmlList::users(), the argument $reg has been removed.

JHtmlSelect

• JHtmlSelect::$_optionDefaults has been renamed to JHtmlSelect::$optionDefaults.

JToolBar

• JToolBar does not extend JObject anymore. You must not use any of JObject's methods.
• JToolBar no longer supports the 'X' functions (eg, addNewX, editListX) that hide the main menu before doing the function.

JButton

• JButton does not extend JObject anymore. You must not use any of JObject's methods.

JPagination

• JPagination::$_viewall has been renamed to JPagination::$viewall.
• JPagination::$_additionalUrlParams has been renamed to JPagination::$additionalUrlParams.

Installer

JInstaller

• JInstaller::getOverwrite() has been removed. Use JInstaller::isOverwrite() instead.
• JInstaller::getUpgrade() has been removed. Use JInstaller::isUpgrade() instead.
• JInstaller::$_paths has been renamed to JInstaller::$paths.
• JInstaller::$_upgrade has been renamed to JInstaller::$upgrade.
• JInstaller::$_overwrite has been renamed to JInstaller::$overwrite.
• JInstaller::$_stepStack has been renamed to JInstaller::$stepStack.

JInstallerLanguage

• JInstallerLanguage::$_core as been renamed to JInstallerLanguage::$core.

Language

JLanguage

• JLanguage::getPluralSufficesCallback() has been removed. Use JLanguage::getPluralSuffixesCallback() instead.
• JLanguage::_parseLanguageFiles() has been removed. Use JLanguage::parseLanguageFiles() instead.
• JLanguage::_parseXMLLanguageFiles() has been removed. Use JLanguage::parseXMLLanguageFiles() instead.
• JLanguage::_parseXMLLanguageFile() has been removed. Use JLanguage::parseXMLLanguageFile() instead.
• JLanguage::loadLanguage() the argument $overwrite has been removed. It was previously unused.

Registry

JRegistry

• JRegistry::loadXML() has been removed. Use JRegistry::loadString() instead.
• JRegistry::loadINI() has been removed. Use JRegistry::loadString() instead.
• JRegistry::loadJSON() has been removed. Use JRegistry::loadString() instead.
• JRegistry::makeNameSpace() has been removed. No replacement.
• JRegistry::getNameSpaces() has been removed. No replacement.
• JRegistry::getValue() has been removed. Use JRegistry::get() instead.
• JRegistry::setValue() has been removed. Use JRegistry::set() instead.
• JRegistry::loadSetupFile() has been removed. No replacement.

JRegistryFormatINI

• JRegistryFormatINI::stringToObject() the second argument ($option) may not be a boolean anymore.

JRegistryFormatJSON

• JRegistryFormatJSON::stringToObject() the second argument ($option) may not be a boolean anymore.

Session

JSessionStorageDatabase

• JSessionStorageDatabase::$_data has been renamed to JSessionStorageDatabase::$data.

Table

JTable

• JTable::getInstance() parameters are now case sensitive, e.g. 'MenuType'.
• JTable::canDelete() has been removed.
• JTable::toXML() has been removed.

JTableNested

• JTableNested::setLocation() raises exception and returns nothing (returned true/false before).

Updater

JUpdate

• JUpdate::$_xml_parser has been renamed to JUpdate::$xmlParser.
• JUpdate::$_stack has been renamed to JUpdate::$stack.
• JUpdate::$_state_store has been renamed to JUpdate::$stateStore.
• JUpdate::$_current_update has been renamed to JUpdate::$currentUpdate.

JUpdater

• JUpdater::arrayUnique() has been removed. Use JArrayHelper::arrayUnique() instead.

User

JAuthentication

• The constant JAUTHENTICATE_STATUS_SUCCESS has been removed. Use JAuthentication::STATUS_SUCCESS instead.
• The constant JAUTHENTICATE_STATUS_CANCEL has been removed. No replacement.
• The constant JAUTHENTICATE_STATUS_FAILURE has been removed. Use JAuthentication::STATUS_FAILURE instead.
• JAuthentication::$_observers has been renamed to JAuthentication::$observers.
• JAuthentication::$_state has been renamed to JAuthentication::$state.
• JAuthentication::$_methods has been renamed to JAuthentication::$methods.

JUser

• JUser::getParameters() has been removed.
• Juser::authorisedLevels() has been removed. Use JUser::getAuthorisedViewLevels() instead.
• Juser::authorize() has been removed. Use JUser::authorise() instead.
• JUser::$usertype has been removed.

Utility

JBuffer

• JBuffer::$_buffers has been renamed to JBuffer::$buffers.

JDate

• JDate::toMysql() has been removed. Use JDate::toSql() instead.
• JDate::toFormat() has been removed. Use JDate::format() instead.
• JDate::setOffset() has been removed. Use JDate::setTimezone() instead
• JDate::$offsets has been removed.
• JDate::__construct() doesn't accept an numeric value for $tz anymore.
• JDate::$_tz has been renamed to JDate::$tz.

JUtility

• JUtility::sendMail() has been removed. Use JMail::sendMail() instead.
• JUtility::sendAdminMail() has been removed. Use JMail::sendAdminMail() instead.
• JUtility::getHash() has been removed. Use JApplication::getHash() instead.
• JUtility::getToken() has been removed. Use JSession::getFormToken() instead.
• JUtility::isWinOS() has been removed. Use JApplication::isWinOS() instead.
• JUtility::dump() has been removed. No replacement.
• JUtility::array_unshift_ref() has been removed. No replacement.
• JUtility::array_unshift_ref() has been removed. No replacement.

JXMLElement

• JXMLElement::data() has been removed.
• JXMLElement::getAttribute() has been removed. Use SimpleXMLElement::attributes() instead.

JLog

• JLog::getInstance has been removed. It must be replaced with JLogLogger (JLogLoggerFormattedtext), methods signatures have also changed.

JavaScript

• Compatibility with MooTools 1.2 has been removed.
• Forms that have name="adminForm" now also require id="adminForm".
• checkAll() has been removed. Use Joomla.checkAll() instead.
• isChecked() has been removed. Use Joomla.isChecked() instead.
• popupWindow() has been removed. Use Joomla.popupWindow() instead.
• tableOrdering() has been removed. Use Joomla.tableOrdering() instead.

CMS

General changes

• JUtility is not always loaded. If you need it you have to add jimport('joomla.utilities.utility'); to your code.

Changes to classes

Component Classes

• MenusModelItem::getItem() no longer returns a JObject but a stdClass.

Smart Search Classes

• To improve multi-database support in the Smart Search indexer, FinderIndexer is now an abstract class and is extended by classes supporting each database named FinderIndexerDriver<DB> (i.e. FinderIndexerDriverMysql). The index, remove, and optimize public methods (as well as additional protected methods) are no longer static. Users requiring a FinderIndexer instance should call FinderIndexer::getInstance() (this is done in the constructor for FinderIndexerAdapter, which all Smart Search plugins should be extending). Users are required to change calls to FinderIndexer::index($item) to $this->indexer->index($item) in their Smart Search plugins.

Help

JHelp

• JHelp::createSiteList() the argument $selected has been removed. It was unused.

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