Are you one of those who cannot decide what version of Joomla to install? We help you to make the final decision.

Now that Joomla 1.5 stable and its few updates have been released we focused on testing the new version to make sure it is ready for the production installations.

We can honestly say the new Joomla 1.5 is a big step forward that finally brings 2.0 web technologies to web design industry. There have been a lot of books written about the new Joomla framework, so it is an ideal base for developing new extensions, plugins or modules. By the way, the number of published native extensions has risen significantly since the new Joomla 1.5 was released. We tested the stability of the system which is unbelievably high and brand new SEO features.

We think it is not too early to go live with 1.5 anymore. If you were waiting for a stable version of the CMS system or you were waiting for the extensions to be re-written for the new framework you can now go for the new version without any hassle.

Our verdict: We recommend Joomla1.5 for all new projects including the installations that depend on 3rd party extensions.