Everyone was waiting for the Joomla 3.9 and its finally here.
We would love to congrats all the Joomla project team who have worked so hard and released the Joomla 3.9 – The Privacy Tool Suite.
This is not just a Privacy Tool Suite update but it is much more than that.
Joomla 3.9 is Here
So what is new in Joomla 3.9?
Let’s have a quick view.
- User Consents – Make light work of data privacy requirements
- User information requests? Easy-peasy
- Extension Capabilities – Put your users in the picture when it comes to privacy.
- User Actions Log – Know who’s done what, and when
- Content management made fast and easy – little features, that make a big difference
- More flexibility for custom fields with two new options
- Display the intro or full image in your newsflash module
- Show only the articles from a specific author in your latest articles module
- New features for multilingual sites
- Use Google Invisible reCAPTCHA on your websites
- Argon2id Password is now supported
To more know about Joomla 3.9, read the official announcement here.
Our Plans with Joomla 3.9
As Joomla 3.9 is just not a privacy suite update but it is bigger than that. So we have decided to update all our Joomla templates and Astroid Framework to the latest Joomla version.
JD Seattle – Free Business Joomla Template
JD Seattle is a free Business Joomla template which is powered with Astroid Framework. We have upgraded this template to Joomla 3.9 along with another major issue bug fixed and extension updates. Let’s have a look at its changelog.
Changelog v1.2: 31-Oct-2018
- Added JD Profiler module
- Added JD Simple Contact Form module
- Joomla 3.9 updated in quickstart package.
- Astroid Framework 2.0 updated
- SmartSlider3 3.3.9 updated in quickstart Package.
- Improved mod_articles_categories overrides
- Improved Slider Typography
- Removed Chronoforms6 in the quickstart package
- Removed Akeeba Backup in the quickstart package
- Removed JD TeamShowcase in the quickstart package
- Removed mod_jdteamshowcase overrides (path: tpl_jdseattle/html/mod_jdteamshowcase)
- Removed default-sidebar.php overrides (path: tpl_jdseattle/html/mod_articles_category/default-sidebar.php)
- Removed frontend folder (path: tpl_jdseattle/html/)
JD LawX – Lawyer Joomla Templates
JD LawX is a Premium Joomla 3.9 template which is developed for the lawyers and attorney websites. We have released an update for this template where we have updated Joomla version and fixed some known bugs.
Changelog v1.1: 1st Nov. 2018
- JD Simple Contact Form
- Joomla version updated to v3.9.0
- AcyMailing version Updated to v5.10.4
- Quix Pro version updated to v2.1.9
- Helix Ultimate Framework version updated to v1.0.4
- Smart Slider 3 version updated to v3.3.9
- Akeeba backup removed
- ChronoForms6 removed
Astroid Framework
Recently, we released an update for Astroid Framework but after Joomla 3.9 release, we have updated the framework and make it fully compatible with Joomla 3.9.
Changelog v2.0.1: 1st Nov. 2018
- Added Global badge option in Article/Blog
- Added option ‘none’ in the main menu and mobile menu
- Joomla 3.9 updated in quickstart package.
- Animate.css updated to v3.7.0
- Updated Google Fonts.
- FontAwesome updated to v5.4.2
- Register Login module v1.10 updated in the quickstart package.
- Related post view improved
- Tag Positioning Fixed
- Column level responsive settings bug fixed
- Article rating improved. All the controls are from the Joomla Core Voting plugin
- Removed the duplicated modules_suffix class in the overrides.
- Removed _custom.scss file (Path: astroid_template_zero/scss/_custom.scss)
- Removed rating.php file (Path: astroid-template-zero/frontend/blog/modules/rating.php)
JD Stylo – Fashion Magazine Joomla Template
JD Stylo is a fashion magazine template which was compatible with Joomla 3.8.13 and now it fully compatible with Joomla 3.9 and latest Astroid version. Let’s have a look at its changelog:
Changelog v1.0.0: 1st Nov. 2018
- Joomla version updated to v3.9.0
- Astroid version Updated to v2.0.1
- J2 Store version updated to 3.3.4
- Removed rating.php file (Path: astroid-template-zero/frontend/blog/modules/rating.php)
JD Desire – NGO Joomla Template
JD Desire is also got updated to Joomla 3.9 and also we have fixed some known bug fixes and extension updates. Check detailed changelog below.
Changelog v1.0.1: 1st Nov. 2018
- JD Simple Contact Form
- Joomla version updated to v3.9.0
- Register Login module updated to v1.10
- Quix Pro version updated to v2.1.8
- JD Skillset version updated to v1.0 from beta
- Smart Slider 3 version updated to v3.3.9
- ChronoForms6 removed
These 5 templates are updated to Joomla 3.9 and others will be updated soon.
