Once you are satisfied, and have verified that the migrated tables are in working order, follow these steps to replace the live Joomla 1.5 with the newly migrated Joomla 2.5 website.

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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 right now. 

Internal Notifications

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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 and act upon; which will directly liven up your social niche. Some may also remember several highly voted feature requests in Uservoice have been marked as Started/Under Progress.

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Whats up? We know a lot of you loyal fans who can't wait for the NEW JomSocial have been asking about our 2.4 release. Guess what? The date is nearing. Some may ask,”Why does it take so long?” Well, this is because we want to make sure that you will experience JomSocial 2.4 in its most stable form. With this, you can spend more time nurturing your users and building up content. This is what a cool social network should be about after all!

We currently have 6 alpha versions that has been rigorously tested by our valued testers! Don't take our word for it. Visit our beta forum here and check out the feedback.

Finally, we are releasing our final 2.4 BETA tomorrow  which is on the 7th of October (yes it's Friday!). So dear testers, please bombard us with as many bug reports as possible.

The release of our 2.4 Stable depends on the quality of our beta phase which is sometime nearing the end of this month.

If you are an extension developer and you need a copy of the latest beta. Please contact us at partners@jomsocial.com. So have fun!

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There are a lot of reasons to adopt your own social networking. Some of you do it to increase traffic, build a niche community for the business, or simply to keep in touch with your friends. No matter how you will use it, social network is the way of the future. There are a lot to think when it comes to building your own social network. Here we have 5 aspect in choosing the best social networking software for your community.

Social Network features

Each community has unique requirements that differentiate them from the rest. It is important for you to identify important features most suitable for your niche. For example, does it allow video sharing or video hosting? Do you need event management? How about groups feature? Does it respect your members’ privacy? You can usually find the answer by going to your social networking script's feature page.

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In celebration of Mother's Day, we have two exciting news to share with you.

First, we have partnered up with OStraining to give you more value when you purchase any edition JomSocial, the best tool to create social networking sites.

To help you to maximize your purchase, you will get 2 Months Joomla Training from OStraining worth $47 for a copy of JomSocial. OStraining's package is a suite of professionally created videos and tutorials that provides you step-by-step walk through on how to build wonderful Joomla websites. You will be able to learn at your own pace, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!

On top of that, you will also get 1 license of OSToolbar that worth $49. It is a revolutionary new extension that places video tutorials throughout your Joomla administrator area. OSToolbar makes sure that you will always have the very best Joomla training and support, exactly where and when you need it.

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JomSocial is an excellent system to create a successful online community. I'm pretty sure most of you will agree with me on that. This blogpost is not about the excellence of the JomSocial system, it's about tracking the use of your online community in Google Analytics.

Why should you track your JomSocial website?

Sure, your JomSocial community is very easy on the eyes and you may have lots of active users, but how effective is your site? How many registered users did you add to your community last month? And how did they find your website? Getting answers to these questions give you an excellent startingpoint to improve you website and get a better understanding of your users.

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Many businesses today turn the focus on social networking as part of their online marketing strategies to promote their products or services and to engage customers.  There are many businesses that make use of new and creative ways to utilize social networking to connect with their customers at a more personal level.

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As you might notice, JomSocial is undergoing a new site redesign. We started with our store page, move to front page and currently we are updating our feature page.

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Email is most probably older than Internet but as with Internet, it is still highly relevant today. Now, there are a lot of tools  that might supersede email such as Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites that makes email look archaic. However, as old as it may seem, email is still a powerful communication tool. As an open source community software user, it will be even more useful.

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