Joomla! 2.5 Released 24th January 2012

The Joomla! community announced the release today of version 2.5.  Joomla is one of the world’s most popular open source content management systems (CMS) used for everything from websites to blogs to Intranets. 2.5 is a LTS or long term support release that sees the end of support for Joomla! 1.5 and Joomla 1.7 (They jumped straight from 1.7 to 2.5) All users of Joomla 1.5 and Joomla 1.7 should consider updating their installations. They should consult a Joomla! expert to discuss the implications that this may have on their existing templates and customs modules/ plugins.