How to be an awesome community manager!
JomSocial as an open source community software is a great tool for your website. But it depends on you to make your site famous! We stumbled upon this great presentation about how you can be an awesome social community manager! Check it out.
Trick or Treat? No! Treat and Treat! : JomSocial 2.4 RC2
HAPPY HALLOWEEN folks! We’re edging ever closer to the release of JomSocial 2.4! Things are really heating up as our team has been working very hard to fix as many bugs as possible for the final release.
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JomSocial 2.4 RC1 is ready for your consumption!
Here we are folks, as the finishing line to the final release of JomSocial 2.4 is getting closer and closer! We present to you the release of JomSocial 2.4 RC1!
JomSocial 2.4 is a big step into our goal of creating a social utopia for all users. It showcases the latest of Web 2.0 technology with feature refinements across the platform. With a strong homage towards user interface and usability techniques, coupled with deep & direct user engagement during our development period, we are producing the most polished JomSocial ever.
So what you are waiting for? Head over here to download our RC1!
JomSocial heading to Joomla! Day NYC 2011!
Joomla!Days are always exciting. And this time Azrul will be heading to Joomla! Day NYC 2011! When you JomSocial users meet him there, don't forget to ask for a T-shirt!
He will be arriving New York at 7.30 am. Reaching Joomla! Day event around 9 am.
Join Joomla!Day NYC for 2 days of Joomla! workshops, learning and networking! This weekend is being put together by the JoomlaNYC.org user groups.
Saturday, October 22 will be a 'typical' JoomlaDay, with multiple tracks which will be perfect for Newbies, Joomla! Developers, Joomla! Designers and advanced developers.
Sunday, October 23 is JoomlaDevDay it will be dedicated to JoomlaDevelopers to train and work in the joomla environment. Take your Joomla! programming to the next level!
See you guys there!
Delivering Good News! Our new support ticketing system
Good news from the JomSocial team. Our primary support medium has moved to a new; more capable home!
Please visit http://support.jomsocial.com.
With the imminent release of JomSocial 2.4 in the upcoming weeks, this step is taken as part of our continuous effort to improve our service to you, our beloved supporters and faithful followers of the JomSocial project, the best social networking platform for Joomla!
Read more: Delivering Good News! Our new support ticketing system
Psst! Hey buddy, check our latest beta!
We are enamored with the reception of JomSocial 2.4 Alphas (we have 6 of them!) and the most recent Beta 1 release. With the help of our avid beta testers, we are able to weed out numerous bugs, put a shine on existing features, and improve usability issues discovered in each releases. Bit by bit, line by line, pixel by pixel, JomSocial 2.4 is shaping up very nicely. This is the very reason we have the highest number of alpha versions in JomSocial release history.
Grab our latest beta, grab it while it's hot. And test it out.
You will know why the upcoming JomSocial 2.4 will be far different from our previous ones. This one is from one of our beta users:
Thank you, Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs has touched each of lives in one way or another. Be it your kids (Pixar anyone?). Be it your gadgets (Iphone, Ipad, Ipod). Steve Jobs has revolutionized the way we use computers. And yes even in JomSocial.
He’s a visionary that has a notion that manifest his ideas into the psychical world. Never backs down and always moving a step forward. He inspired millions.. or maybe billions.
“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.”
[The Wall Street Journal, May 25, 1993]
"Thank you Steve. You've taught all of us wonders. You will be greatly missed."
2.4 Beta is Out on Friday!
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!
Reimagining content distribution in social fabric
The past few weeks have been a very productive period for us. With the release of the first JomSocial 2.4 Alpha last August, we are now gearing up to present you with Alpha 4 next Friday, 23rd September 2011. Before getting your hands dirty with the Alpha version, let us enlighten you with the experiments that we have gone through and the outcome which were later made as the principal guideline in the development of the next major iterations of JomSocial, your favourite social networking platform.
Although seemingly young in age, the analytical and statistical information that we have amassed through our demo site, internal development lab, and our experience in building up the Joomla People Portal is so ginormous that it would easily dwarf the biggest of all dwarves. The accumulated information was then put under a thoughtful scrutiny before the eyes of the JomSocial team.
Read more: Reimagining content distribution in social fabric
Why having a Social Network will make your site stand out
Hi, I’m Jac, the Social Media enthusiast of JomSocial. Today I will talk about how and why social networking will bring a change to your website and making it different amongst others. Here’s how social network will make your site stand out :
“The world wide web is constantly changing and interacting”
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JomSocial Celebrates Malaysia's National Day with 25% OFF
This year, we in Malaysia will be having a double celebration at the end of this month. Malaysia's National Day and Eid are among the biggest celebrations in Malaysia. To share the joy, we are putting up something special for you.
From 26th of August until 5th September 2011, enjoy up to 25% OFF on new purchases of JomSocial Standard, Professional and Unlimited Developer Access! You don't have to enter any coupon code as everyone will be eligible to get the special price.
Some of our staff will be going back to their hometown to celebrate Independence Day and Eid. Kindly expect a little bit of slow down in technical forum replies as we will not be operating in full capacity. Most of us will be back on Monday, 5th September. Happy National Day and Eid!
Join in the Social Media Revolution
I just found out about this interesting video about social media revolution and would like to share it with you guys.
Attending Joomla!Day Germany? We’re giving away 5 JOMSOCIAL for FREE!
Deutschland!
Guten Tag! Guess what guys? With all the excitement about JomSocial 2.4 coming soon, do tell us what are the things you would like to experience at Joomla!Day Germany? This is because Joomla!Day Germany is coming and it’s on the 2nd & 3rd of September 2011 in Hamburg, Germany. For those who previously missed our free tickets to Joomla! Day Chicago here is a treat for you!!
Read more: Attending Joomla!Day Germany? We’re giving away 5 JOMSOCIAL for FREE!
Bean Bags Invasion at JomSocial Office
We've just received a truck load of bean bags that almost flood everyone in the office! Now we are ready for some upside down half spinal twist coding position. Click read more for more deliciously-colored photos.
How To Choose The Best Social Networking Software
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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JomSocial Servers Down without Dyno
Early in the morning yesterday (Malaysian time), Syam(our server admin) was awaken by a downtime notification on JomSocial servers. He tried to connect and reboot the server manually but there was no response from the server, which is a rare case. We contacted RimuHosting and they informed us that they were having a power disruption on their servers and were working on it.
We received several complaints from our users especially from those who use version older than 2.2. In the older version of JomSocial, the update checker is set to check available update on JomSocial.com server. Since the server is down, it could not connect to our servers resulting to the slowdown. This issue is fixed in later versions. Besides, there was supposed to be a DNS fail-over that would redirect all requests to a backup server. Unfortunately, it didn't happen.
JomSocial 2.4, Celebrating Your Memories
This is the first of many blog posts that will be posted in the next coming weeks, updating you, our loyal fans with the hottest JomSocial news, most especially on JomSocial 2.4 development updates and behind-the-scenes shots.
We have officially started developing JomSocial 2.4 shortly after the release of JomSocial 2.2.1. Our developers are grouped into four with each group having a dedicated web-designer to bring in the creative juice; doodling everywhere in our office. Seriously, they do doodle everywhere. Proof of this will be shown in the next blog post, your honor.
Want to WIN tickets TO JOOMLA! Day Chicago?
Hi guys, we just had our Joomla!Day Malaysia last month and we definitely had a lot of fun! We would like to spread the love of Joomla! more to all of you. As we love Joomla so much, we’d be happy to sponsor some tickets for Joomla Day specially for our JomSocial subscribers.
And guess what? We have two tickets to be given out FREE for Joomla! Day Chicago!
Note : The announcement date of the winners has changed from 23rd to 25th.
Celebrate Independence Day with up to 25% discount!
This year, we celebrate the 235th birthday of the United States of America with 25% discount for new purchases(yes, that means $124 discount for JomSocial Unlimited Developer Access). Use the promotional code “4th-New” to receive the discount during the checkout process.
If you are upgrading or renewing, there is 20% discount for you as well! Use the promotional code “4th-Upgrade” to receive the discount.
Read more: Celebrate Independence Day with up to 25% discount!
Thank you for attending Joomla! Day Malaysia 2011
Joomla! Day Malaysia 2011, which has been held on 25th June 2011, was a great success. We have a great line up of speakers, a great venue (Petronas Twin Tower!), awesome sponsors and wonderful attendees.
As the organizer of this event, we would like to thank our Premium, Community and Media sponsors who have made this event a reality, the volunteers that help through the day, our marvelous speakers and other who directly or indirectly contribute to the success of this event.
Here are the link to some news, picture gallery and report on Joomla! Day Malaysia 2011:
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