Migrating Joomla 1.5 to Joomla 2.5, a guided tutorial

fuqaha — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:52:26 +0100

With the release of Joomla 2.5 a few days ago, we begin to receive quite an influx of requests for guidance on migrating to Joomla 2.5 with JomSocial users and data intact. This tutorial will guide you with hopefully detailed steps on moving Joomla 1.5’s data into Joomla 2.5, and steps needed to safely transfer JomSocial users and data into the brand new site.

If you are not a JomSocial user and looking tRead More...

Preparing Joomla 1.5 site for Joomla 2.5 migration

fuqaha — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:17:20 +0100

Requirements

1. The website must be at least on Joomla 1.5.21 (the minimum version that JomSocial supports)

2. A running JomSocial 2.4.2 or above (optional, if you wish to migrate JomSocial data)

3. An instance of Apache running locally / in localhost. The easiest method would be having XAMPP installed.

4. A mirror of the site runs locally. Guide on how to do that.

3. SomeRead More...

Comparison of Joomla 2.5 Migrators. In review: jUpgrade

fuqaha — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:41:59 +0100

We initiate this migration experiment by utilizing jUpgrade. jUpgrade is a popular migrator which has helped many to move from Joomla 1.5 to Joomla 1.6/1.7 not so long ago. It is frequently mentioned in numerous Joomla migration articles, in the Joomla Community blog, and also within the official Joomla Wiki.

How it works

Migrating JomSocial Data into Joomla 2.5

fuqaha — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:27:21 +0100

At this stage, it is assumed that Joomla User information has been successfully migrated to Joomla 2.5, and their information such as userid, username, password and email are intact. Again, userid MUST be intact! If your Administrator userid was 62 in Joomla 1.5, it has to be 62 in Joomla 2.5. This is the point where J2XML failed in our previous migration attempt. What a pity since it coulRead More...

JomSocial is Joomla 2.5 compatible!

fuqaha — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:07:51 +0100

Yes, you heard it right. JomSocial 2.4.2 is fully compatible with Joomla 2.5 without needing any update or compatibility patch.

The JomSocial Team would like to congratulate the Joomla Development Team and the awesome Community behind it for delivering the latest iteration of the world’s most popular open source content management system.

For your iRead More...

Support Slowdown during New Lunar Year Celebration

fuqaha — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:40:04 +0100

The JomSocial Team will be observing the New Lunar Year / Chinese New Year celebration which falls on Monday, 23rd January 2012 until Tuesday, 24th January 2012. There will be a delay in support delivery starting this weekend until the abovementioned date.

The NeRead More...

IT Community : New JomSocial Template from Icetheme

Jacqueline — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:12:56 +0100

One of our awesome partners has released a clean, business friendly and JomSocial- compatible template called IT Community. It's also their first built Social Template that features JomSocial integration!

This theme will enable your website not only for its beauty but for its functions as well. You can select your preferred variation for your website with 4 pre-made colours for you toRead More...

JomSocial now has Q&A section which is opened for everyone!

Jacqueline — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:59:38 +0100

Want to get some tips on how to improve your website? Want to know where to get JomSocial integrated templates? Want to help your fellow users solve a problem?

Now you can with our Q&A section! It is a simple, fast and easy place for everyone to look through JomSocial issues and problems. Get help, share tips and tricks with other JomSocial users. Users can also help ouRead More...

Increasing user loyalty with JomSocial 2.6

fuqaha — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:15:25 +0100

New My Group Updates view to get users connected to updates from their participated groups. All in one place.

Have you heard the news? JomSocial 2.6 Alpha Two has just been released yesterday at our development site. The new Alpha Two concentrates on our social nodes, the melting pot of user contributed photos, all those fancy videos, the listing of events, and of course promoting user gRead More...

JomSocial 2.6 Alpha One is now available!

fuqaha — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:03:12 +0100

The JomSocial team is proud to announce the first Alpha release of the upcoming JomSocial 2.6.

This Alpha One package signals the completion of Internal Notification and Recurring event feature. We need your help in verifying the integrity of implemented features and as such, please only concentrate on these two major features. Shoot us with as many issues that you have found as possible. Do refrain from commenting on other parts of JomSocial yet as we are actively developing them righRead More...

JomSocial 2.6 Development Progress

fuqaha — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:13:02 +0100

It has been a while since we last updated this blog with JomSocial development progress.

Some may recall our previous JomSocial 2.4 blog posts which introduced the groundwork for quite a number of exciting features in upcoming versions of JomSocial. Some may remember our long term mission of improving content discovery to celebrate user-generated content, making them easier to be found anRead More...

JomSocial is giving away PRESENTS worth $399 this Christmas!

Jacqueline — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:13:06 +0100

This is an awesome gift you wouldn't want to miss from us!

With this app, you can now make your website viewable even on mobile! All you have to do is to add this iJoomer plugin into your JomSocial website. All the users of your website will be able to download the application and make the best out of it. Your website will be viewable on mobile*, making it more viral and user friendly. Worth Read More...

FREE avatars from JomSocial this Christmas!

Jacqueline — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:08:42 +0100

We at JomSocial have decided to live up the Christmas spirit! We’re feeling generous that we decided to giveaway FREE avatars to everyone! The only requirement that you need is to have JomSocial!

Hurry and open up your presents now! This freebie last from 22nd to 27th of December!

GRAB THEM NOW!

To find out how to use the avatars. Go on over here.

We at JomSocial wishRead More...

Music: New Social Theme from Gavick

irwan — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:20:11 +0100

Gavick has just released a new JomSocial-compatible template for Joomla named Music. Music is for those who fancy building a good looking social networking website.

With JomSocial, you will turn this beautiful template into a full featured social networking site. Besides JomSocial, Music is also compatible with K2 which makes it possible for you to add articles and divide them inRead More...

JomSocial surfing their way to Joomla!Day LA with 5 FREE JomSocial Standard to be given away!

Jacqueline — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:58:42 +0100

It's another Joomla!Day folks. And JomSocial will be have a strong session at JDay! Los Angeles!

Get Social With JomSocial! Time : From 3:50 - 4.30

This time James Foreman, who is a web designer and professional web marketer will be speaking for us! A lucky draw will be held for the people who attended the session.

5 FREE JomSocial Standard editions worth $149 each will be given away!

The biggest online Sale has just started!

irwan — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:42:25 +0100

We are excited to let you know that our awesome annual sale has just started. Now you can purchase JomSocial 25% OFF the normal prices. Don't wait! Who knows after the tiring day of Black Friday's shopping, you might be asleep until Monday's midnight(which is when the deal is over!). Head to JomSocial Store now and use JomSocial coupon code "CYBERMONDAY" now to get Standard,Read More...

Happy Thanksgiving from JomSocial.

Jacqueline — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:29:45 +0100

The JomSocial Team would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! We would want to thank customers, users, supporters and everybody else who are involved in constantly giving us the continuous support that we need. Without you guys JomSocial wouldn’t have gone this far. We are at our the fourth year now and we have taken leaps and bounds in this journey in developing JomSocial to the next step. The world of social networking is constantly growing and the JomSocial Team is very Read More...

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