{"id":1568,"date":"2012-07-13T13:21:34","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T13:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/07\/13\/alpha-1-released\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:39:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:39:29","slug":"alpha-1-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/alpha-1-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Joomla 3.0 Alpha-1 has been released!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the early hours of July 13th 2012, Joomla announced that Joomla 3.0 Alpha 1 was available for download! This is the first step towards a public release of Joomla 3.0.0, which is set to be available on or around September 24th, 2012.<\/p>\n<h2>What is new in the Joomla 3.0 Alpha-1 release?<\/h2>\n<p>Unless you&#8217;re a custom extension developer, don&#8217;t get too excited just yet. This alpha version of Joomla 3.0 is geared towards developers only, those who create plugins, modules, and components.<\/p>\n<p>There have been some platform changes in Joomla 3.0, and that is what this alpha version mostly contains.\u00a0We&#8217;ve tested it, and there are only\u00a0<a href=\"\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/alpha-1-appearance\/\">minimal changes to the frontend and backend<\/a> at this time.\u00a0If you&#8217;re a developer and interested in learning more about those changes, <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.joomla.org\/Potential_backward_compatibility_issues_in_Joomla_3.0_and_Joomla_Platform_12.1\">click here<\/a> to learn more about changes and potential issues that may be caused by Joomla 3.0.<\/p>\n<p>Want to install Joomla 3.0? <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/install-joomla-3\/\">Visit this page<\/a>\u00a0for our Joomla 3.0 installation guide.<\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s next to be released in the Joomla 3.0 series?<\/h2>\n<p>The Joomla team announced the following dates over the next few weeks \/ months in which they expect to release additional versions of Joomla 3.0:<\/p>\n<table class=\"article_table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th width=\"125px\">Date<\/th>\n<th>Joomla Version<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>July 23, 2012<\/td>\n<td><strong>Joomla 3.0 alpha-2<\/strong><br \/>Alpha-2 is planned to be released in late July, which will feature changes and improvements to the user-interface<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mid August, 2012<\/td>\n<td><strong>Feature Freeze<\/strong><br \/>The development team will stop taking request for new features so that they may focus on completing the current features that have already been added<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Late August, 2012<\/td>\n<td><strong>Joomla 3.0 beta 1<\/strong><br \/>The first beta of Joomla 3.0 is set to launch for public testing. 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