The previous article, "when should site owners upgrade to Joomla 1.6?", looked at the things a Joomla web site owner would consider when trying to answer that question. But what about the developer?  Do they have the luxury of "it depends" or is the question more critical, or less urgent for them.  This article looks at some of the issues that face the Joomla extension developer and how they differ greatly from that of the web site owner.

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Should I upgrade my site to Joomla 1.6?  Can I upgrade it?  Where are the extensions for Joomla 1.6?  Is Joomla 1.6 stable?

These are but some of the many questions rushing around the Joomla community at this very moment.  But because of the wide variety of web sites built on, and extensions built for Joomla 1.5, such questions don't always have a definitive answer.  This article attempts to provide some information about how to weigh up these questions for your own site, because every web site is different.

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Joomla 1.6 already demonstrates the ability to add your own user groups and access levels.  Recently the groundwork for the new permissions system was completed and is ready to showcase.

Read more about Joomla's new permissions.

Joomla has three levels of caching that can be used to speed up your Joomla 1.5 Web site (up to 8 times faster under ideal conditions).  The new feature article Joomla Caching Explained outlines in detail how Page, View and Module caching can be used in Jooomla Web site to improve responsiveness.

Joomla provides you with many options by which to display an article.  However, did you know one of the most underutilised options is the fact that your article can hide its own "Intro Text"?  The teaser you see in a blog layout, or a newsflash module, can be different when you actually display the full article - just look at this one.

Click here to hide the Intro Text ...