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Piracy, or warez is sure an easy way to get hold of digital software nowadays. I remember our bittersweet surprise soon after the release of JomSocial back in December 2008, somewhere around Christmas when we discovered that our baby, JomSocial 1.0.21 was already available on the net.

JomSocial Nulled 2.8.0

In a way, it did help people to get to know JomSocial and other extensions. Piracy allow users to digest the quality of the extensions before purchasing it, or for developers to get familiar with our structure (and boy have I said that our JomSocial templates are well commented for easy modifications?), or for other Joomla developers to integrate with JomSocial without having to subscribe or contact us directly. To a certain extent, piracy does work wonders.

With the imminent release of JomSocial 2.8, we are happy to announce the immediate availability of JomSocial 2.6.3.

This version will be the last of JomSocial 2.6 branch, resolving a number of minor updates in JomSocial core and a single important update for Facebook Connect. This update is to keep up with Facebook's latest breaking changes on 6th December as announced in Facebook Developer Blog. A new security restrictions for OAuth authorization prevented JomSocial from retrieving user status without updating to the latest specification. A patch for this FBC has already been released in our Forum but has now been superceeded with this release of JomSocial 2.6.3

To upgrade to the latest JomSocial 2.6.3 version, you have two choices. The simplest and most recommended option is to uninstall older version and install the latest package.

For more experienced users and for those who have customized JomSocial with your own set of modifications, you may be interested with our upgrade patches, available in our Bugfixes and Upgrade patches forum.

In case JomSocial 2.8 is released by the time you have finished reading this, you may download JomSocial 2.6.3 by using this URL:

Have a good year ahead!

The main JomSocial.com website went through a successful Joomla 1.5 to Joomla 2.5 migration a couple of weeks ago. Some questions pertaining to our blog area were raised, in particular about the component that powers our Joomla blogging system.

Well, it might be a surprise to most of you to know that the Joomla blog component is actually a standard Joomla com_content component. Yes, you heard it right, com_content and its perfectly suitable to be a good Joomla blog extension.

Joomla! is a CMS, Content Management System and within its core is a powerful yet underutilized content publishing system. This is a component that exists since the days of Mambo CMS, gradually improved upon minor iterations with each subsequent releases of Joomla 1.0, 1.5 and the rest. Joomla is pretty much a good blog software in itself.

"What sorcery is this? It doesnt look like com_content at all. This is the com_content that I know."

With a bit of trickery, you can achieve the same layout as ours easily and turn your Joomla website into a Joomla blog community easily.

We are thrilled to announce that JomSocial 2.8 Beta 3 is now available for download for free. JomSocial 2.8 is set to continue our tradition of helping Joomla! community build amazing social site with incredible features. We received encouraging response and are eager to get a final build out soon.

Beta 2 build for the upcoming JomSocial 2.8 is now available for download. When we say "available",  we really mean it. We have decided to open the beta build for everyone in the Joomla! community to play with. Every single Joomla! user will be able to login to our development forum and download the latest build

You may download your copy of JomSocial 2.8 Beta 2 here, http://www.jomsocial.com/forum/jomsocial-2-8-beta-2/1101-jomsocial-2-8-beta-two-is-ready

It has come to our attention that there is a XSS security issue with SWFUploader library used in JomSocial. In version 2.6, this library is no longer needed but are still being included along with the installer.

To protect your site against this vulnerability, simply delete this file, "/components/com_community/assets/uploader/swfupload.swf"

The upcoming Joomla World Conference, less than a week from now (16th Nov - 18th Nov) is perhaps one of the biggest global Joomla! event ever organized. I will be there on behalf of JomSocial Team and look forward to meet Joomla developers, users and enthusiasts from all over the world. If you happen to be there, we have prepared something sweet for you guys. :-) 

The JomSocial Team would like to wish a very happy Halloween to our beloved customers! Do not let those lurking monsters scare you. ;)

I would like to share some notes on technical changes in the upcoming release of JomSocial. These changes won't be immediately apparent at first, but a lot of work were put into it. We believe that it is necessary, greatly enhance our code base and making our growth forward easier.

Felix Baumgartner parachuted into the New Mexico desert nearly 40km (25 miles) from Roswell as he successfully completed his first journey towards the edge of space.

You have to give it to the man, to anyone who pushes themselves to the limit. I stayed up until late at night (it was almost 2 am, my time) to watch the historic jump. He made it look all too easy. But we all know how much training and preparation has been poured into the project, with delays and setbacks. With grit, hard work and not to mention balls of steel, he made it safely, in style. Attaboy felix. 

To mark this historic moment, we've decided to offer everyone a 25% off for all purchase in JomSocial.com . This includes new purchase and renewal for the next 24 hours. Use the code "stratos" at the checkout page.