Joomla 2.5 versus Joomla 3.0

Joomla 2.5 VS Joomla 3.0

What’s the Difference?

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DIFFERENCE 1

Non-Responsive - 2.5 Though Joomla 2.5 is a

great platform and had many fixes with plenty of new features added to it but it lacked the responsiveness. So if those looking for Joomla on their smart phone and tablet should look for higher version.

Responsive - 3.0 Joomla 3.0 is a welcome

change if you are looking for responsiveness as main factor for website and application development. The front-end and back-end both are different from the earlier version.



DIFFERENCE 2

Joomla 2.5 – without Bootstrap

Without Bootstrap the user experience for end-user lacked certain amount of fineness.

Joomla 3.0 – with Bootstrap This higher version comes

with Bootstrap – the front-end framework for quick and seamless web development. This along with basic CSS feature integrated offers much better UX to the end-users.



DIFFERENCE 3

Joomla 2.5 – without JUI Joomla 2.5 does not have

Joomla User Interface library (JUI). Developers need to create their own library.

Joomla 3.0 – with JUI It provides Joomla User

Interface library or JUI that helps developers to reduce their coding time as they don’t have create their own library rather they can use the clean, and super looking interface.



DIFFERENCE 4

Joomla 2.5 – Old UX Old and out of trend

interface in Joomla 2.5 version doing no good in modern times when businesses all over the world is putting effort on creating a engaging and excellent UX

Joomla 3.0 – Contemporary UX

The Contemporary and modern looking interface in Joomla 3.0 is one of the smartest improvement from the older version of Joomla. The refreshing looks make developers to fall in love with Joomla all over again.



DIFFERENCE 5

Joomla 2.5 – 7 steps Installation

This version took considerably long time for installation to be precise to installing Joomla 2.5 is a 7 step process.

Joomla 3.0 – 3 steps Installation

The latest version of Joomla 3.0 takes less time and follows 3-step installation process. The installer automatically detects the language from the browser making the process faster.



DIFFERENCE 6

Joomla 2.5 – Old Admin template

Bluestork – the Admin template of Joomla 2.5 bears an outdated look after compared to the latest version of Joomla.

Joomla 3.0 – fresh polished Admin template

Isis – the Admin template of Joomla 3.0 bears a refreshed look and is built on flexible Bootstrap grid layout and hence Isis is responsive too.



DIFFERENCE 7

Joomla 2.5 – Manual Rearrangement

Joomla version 2.5 does not support drag and drop feature and hence rearrangement has to be done manually in the back-end.

Joomla 3.0 – Drag and Drop Feature

The version 3.0 of Joomla supports JQuery in addition to mootools supports Drag & Drop feature in the back-end.



DIFFERENCE 8

Joomla 2.5 – Simple Pie This version of Joomla uses

Simple Pie for feed management, Simple Pie feed has quite a few bugs and for sometime it has not been updated by the developers.

Joomla 3.0 - JFeed JFeed is simple and intuitive.

Its extensibility factor allows it to seamlessly integrate with latest version of Joomla 3.0.



DIFFERENCE 9

Joomla 2.5 – Normal Setting

Joomla 2.5 comes with the basic settings options and lacks the provision for advance settings.

Joomla 3.0 – Advance setting

Joomla 3.0 uses advance setting options like Menu Tag ID, Menu Class Suffix, Target Position, Alternative layout etc



DIFFERENCE 10

Joomla 2.5 – Saving full article

In Joomla 2.5 one need to save a full article and you cannot save blank article.

Joomla 3.0 – Saving Blank article

Joomla 3.0 allows you to create and save blank articles. So if a user wants to create a blank article only with images they can do it.




Thank You For Your Attention

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Joomla 2.5 versus Joomla 3.0