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In case you had not heard, Joomla 1.7 will be released on July 19, 2011. This is is the first release under Joomla's new 6-month release schedule.

There have been many posts about Joomla's new release cycle and how it will impact your sites and your business .Unfortunately, Joomla does not always do the best job communicating consistently and clearly with its community. Fortunately, Barrie and Jen are here to help you with all of your Joomla 1.7 questions!

The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the availability of Joomla 1.7 Beta 1 for download. This is the first release made within the new six-month release cycle that started with the delivery of Joomla 1.6 in January 2011.

One area in Joomla 1.6 that I’ve written about awhile ago is the new Joomla Redirect component that comes with the new Joomla 1.6. Its a great little extension that picks up 404 errors and allows you to safely redirect them to the correct area in your website. It usually helps with search engine optimisation and also your web site users. Everyone hates landing on 404 pages.

Certainly you were not able fully learn Joomla! 1.6, and we can download from joomlacode.org, for testing purposes only, the next version of Joomla! 1.7 alpha 1. With the new (6 month) release cycle that the next edition will be realise soon (on 13 June - Joomla beta 1).

From what I can find out, the opinion of such rapid evolution are divided. Some people enjoy that chase the other CMS, making changes to the engine, and not just base on external extensions. But there are also critical voices, or that this race is really needed? Do developers need every six months instead of focusing on the development of their expansion, "wasting time" to adjust to the new version.