Yes, you heard it right. This is a sneak preview of JomSocial 2.0.  I know most of you have been waiting for this list and to be really honest with you, the list of changes is too long for me to blog about it. So here's what I am going to do, I will summarize it into some of the major features that will be incorporated with a couple of screen shots to go with it.

• Multiple profile system
  This is one of the major feature that will be included in the next release. Yes, users can now select their profile types which the site admin has already predefined from the back end. As a site administrator, you can also restrict group creations by different profile types.

• Global Invitation System
  The current invitation system that you seen in versions prior to 2.0, has been revamped from scratch. These enhancements will improve user's experience and it will definitely also increase the interactions on the site. Compared to the older invitation system, it is much more interactive and it goes very easy on the eyes.
  
  Further to that, the new Global Invitation system will now feature an easy to call API which allows 3rd party developers to easily have invitations in their own application.



• Members listing!
  Yes, this is what you requested for and we have thrown it in! What you get out of this new member listing? It allows site administrator to save a specific search result as a menu item on the site. How does this work? Really simple, perform a search through the advance search that is already built into JomSocial and if you are happy with the results, save the search with your desired title and menu position and walla! you are done! The menu will automatically be created by JomSocial and users can access these listings.

• Like a.k.a Rating System
  We have received quite a number of requests from users to include a proper rating or like plugin. The like system allow members from the site to like or dislike a photo.
  
  
  
  
• More Administrative configurations
  In JomSocial 2.0, a site administrator has more controls over the member. They are also allowed to modify a user's vanity URL , configure which page it should redirect to upon logging in, disable profile videos feature , more template parameters and many more.
  
  
• Group Events
  Events was a big hit in JomSocial 1.8.x where we introduced a new Event feature which allows site member to create events. What we have for you in 2.0 is the ability to create events for groups.
  
  

There are plenty of refinements in 2.0 and some of the other features which I can't list all of them here also includes:

• Profile thumbnail cropping
• Enhanced caching system
• More back end controls
• Subcategory support with Event and Groups
• Image rotations
• Event importing from ICal
• and many more...

If you are already a registered member, you can automatically join us for beta testing which will be posted in the forums, http://jomsocial.com/forum . We will announce the availability in the beta forums once a beta is available.

P/S: Beta releases and upgrades are only available for customers who have subscriptions with us. If you do not yet have a subscription with us you can purchase it here, http://jomsocial.com/buy-now.html