Joomla! 3.5 Beta 3 has been available. Community members are asked to download and install the package in order to provide quality assurance for the forthcoming 3.5 release.

Please note that going from 3.4 to 3.5 is a one-click upgrade and is NOT a migration. The same is true is for any subsequent versions in the 3 series of the CMS. Please do not upgrade any of your production sites to the beta version as beta is ONLY intended for testing and there is no upgrade path from Beta.

What is this release for?

This is a BETA release, that should only be used on test sites. Beta releases cannot be upgraded. Please note that you cannot upgrade from beta 2 to beta 3.

Extension and template developers are encouraged to work with this release in order to prepare extensions for the stable release of Joomla! CMS 3.5, though there shouldn't be any backward compatibility issues. Users are encouraged to test the package for issues and to report issues to Joomla Team.

Please do not upgrade any of your production sites to the beta version and do not start a new site on beta as beta is ONLY intended for testing and there is no upgrade path from Beta.

Timeline update for Joomla! 3.5:

• March 2nd, 2016 - 3.5 Release Candidate

• March 9th, 2016 - 3.5 Stable Release

Please note that these above dates may be changed, depending on availability of volunteers and circumstances beyond Joomla Team’s control.

You can read more information by clicking HERE.

Thank you so much for reading :)