Security

Two security issues were fixed in this release:

• Moderate Priority - Core - Front-End Editing.
• Low Priority - Core - XML File View

Components

• Allowed search to use the Itemid of the current Menu Item
• Removed unnecessary quotes in search results
• Fixed problem when using relative URL's in editor with SEF enabled.
• Fixed formatting problem in Category List layout with Internet Explorer
• Fixed problem with entering HTML in user confirmation messages
• Fixed Media Manager issues in Windows
• Fixed problem with Archived Article filters when cache is enabled
• Fixed RSS feed problem with ampersand in page title

Modules

• Allowed underscore character in menu names
• Fixed problem with mod_newsflash and altenative read-more text
• Fixed problem with Alias Menu Item Type not opening in new window
• Fixed problem with UTF-8 characters in breadcrumbs

Plugins

• Fixed problem with email cloaking and non-ASCII characters
• Fixed TinyMCE configuration error
• Fixed problem with multiple editor instances on one page
• Fixed problem whereby TinyMCE stripped some image HTML
• Fixed TinyMCE Extended Valid Elements problem
• Fixed problem with TinyMCE blockquote
• Allowed Firefox inline spell check to work in TinyMCE
• Fixed problem saving changes in TinyMCE
• Fixed TinyMCE problem with caption.js and filtering
• Fixed TinyMCE bullet issue with Internet Explorer
• Made image title names consistent in front and back end
• Fixed issue with email cloaking and images
• Fixed problem in email cloaking syntax
• Fixed caption alignment when image alignment is not set
• Fixed JavaScript error in TinyMCE
• Added option to create templates in TinyMCE editor
• Fixed problem with TinyMCE Sql
• Fixed problem when using email cloaking and JavaScript
• Fixed problem with email cloaking when using images

Legacy

• No legacy issues were fixed for this release

Templates

• Fixed problem with missing template CSS files
• Fixed problem with linked images in Beez template
• Added default text color for backend error messages
• Added missing spinner.gif
• Fixed problem when copying Beez template to new name
• Fixed error in JA_Purity template with Internet Explorer 8

Language

• Added TinyMCE Language file for Toggle Editor button
• Added Ulaanbaatar in timezones
• Fixed problem with localisation of pagination strings
• Added missing Display # language string
• Added missing com_media language strings
• Improved tooltip text for mod_search
• Fixed problem with version information for core languages

Administrator

• Fixed problem with FTP fields auto-completing

System

• Don't show password in configuration.php file
• Fixed problem when Itemid does not exist
• Fixed PHP 5.3 compatibility issues
• Fixed problem with caching for com_weblinks and com_contact
• Fixed additional PHP 5.3 compatibility issues
• Fixed problem with warnings in system_config.php file
• Added missing JEXEC checks in code
• Fixed problem converting UTF-8 characters to ASCII
• Added option to disallow users to view extension XML files
• Fixed problem with onAfterDisplayTitle event and PHP 5.3
• Fixed problem with displaying error messages with right-to-left languages

Statistics

Statistics for the 1.5.15 release period:

• Joomla 1.5.15 contains:
  • 60 issues fixed in SVN
  • 59 commits
• Tracker activity resulted in a net increase of 15 active issues:
  • 185 new reports
  • 110 closed
  • 60 fixed in SVN
• At the time the 1.5.15 release was packaged, the tracker had 220 active issues:
  • 103 open
  • 92 confirmed
  • 25 pending