JomSocial Blog
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JomSocial 2.6, performance is our top priority
fuqaha on Mar 20, 2012
Tagged in: updates, joomla social networking site, Joomla 2.5, jomsocial 2.6, creating social networking sites, community
The release of JomSocial 2.6 has been rescheduled to be on 26th of March 2012, Monday.
This decision has been made as we found out that certain parts of JomSocial 2.6 should be much faster than it currently is.
Balancing performance and features is always a delicate matter, most especially in an organic community deployed using JomSocial because we have to consider a multitude of possible system setups and configurations that JomSocial runs on. There are a lot of cases whereby requested features are simply way to advance to be handled by a shared or VPS environment. Apart from performance, scalability is also high in the equation. -
Download JomSocial 2.6 Release Candidate Three for free!
fuqaha on Mar 12, 2012
Tagged in: updates, Joomla! 1.6, joomla social extension, Joomla 2.5, jomsocial 2.6, development, creating social networking sites, announcement
With almost 10,000 cumulative downloads of JomSocial 2.6 Alpha, Beta and Release Candidate versions, the next generation JomSocial 2.6 is poised to be our biggest unveiling of the best social networking platform available on Joomla.
We are proud to announce the immediate availability of JomSocial 2.6 Release Candidate Three, slotted to be the last Release Candidate version of JomSocial 2.6 before we go stable! This release is the closest you can get to an actual stable version. Last week’s release of JomSocial RC2 saw us committing around 140 issues discovered since RC1, and today’s release of JomSocial 2.6 RC Three eradicates a further 60 bugs with 20 new enhancements.
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Download JomSocial 2.6 Release Candidate Two for free!
fuqaha on Mar 2, 2012
Tagged in: updates, open source social networking software, Joomla 2.5, jomsocial 2.6, development, creating social networking sites, community, announcement
We had the most pleasant surprise last weekend subsequently after the release of the first JomSocial 2.6 Release Candidate. Our development site and this particular blog were visited by thousands of visitors in a matter of hours, with a surge of download activity that almost choke the unoptimized secondary server for the development site. Luckily for us, the little server proved to be a tough nut.
Putting the features to the limit
We thought all was well, but we were wrong. Soon after the release of RC One was announced, we began to receive reports of download failures with no clear cause nor replicatable procedure for us to simulate the download error. Some were using Chrome, we were also using Chrome. Some were having problems with Firefox, we have none. Some say IE worked, while other browsers failed. Some say clearing the cache works, some say nada. Some say he's terrified of ducks, and his blood is blue.. but all we know is he's called the Stig. We were dumbfounded, especially realising the the new file upload is one of the most awaited features in JomSocial 2.6. We marched on, and did some more load test and boy it was fruitful. We found out that while the download feature works fine on an average community site, it however could fail should hundreds or thousands of users attempt to access the file simultenously.
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JomSocial 2.6 RC One, good news in a package
fuqaha on Feb 23, 2012
Tagged in: updates, release, Joomla 2.5, jomsocial 2.6, development, creating social networking sites, beta
The first RC version of JomSocial 2.6 is now available (download link at the end of this article). The amount of hours, spilled coffee and littered pizza boxes that have been sacrificed into making this release compatible with numerous extensions and templates out there is massive!
YooTheme Warp templates + Zoo CCK + WidgetKit compatibility
First of all, we have updated our jQuery library to work hand in hand with the popular and highly versatile Widgetkit tools from Yootheme. In older versions of JomSocial, enabling any JomSocial-related modules on the same page with WidgetKit-enabled articles would cause the javascript library to crash. This would also affect Zoo CCK (Content Construction Kit) articles and numerous Warp-based Joomla templates distributed by Yootheme. Our hearts broke knowing about this clash in JomSocial 2.4. Good news is, these potential clashes have all been fixed once and for all! If you are using WidgetKit, Zoo or any of the nicely done Warp-based templates from Yootheme, rest assured that these clashes are a thing of the past. -
Download JomSocial 2.6 Beta 2 now!
fuqaha on Feb 10, 2012
Tagged in: social networking software, joomla social extension, Joomla 2.5, jomsocial 2.6, development, creating social networking sites, announcement
We have just reached an important milestone. The release of JomSocial 2.6 Beta 2 signals the completion of all planned features and improvements for the upcoming JomSocial 2.6.
What are the major features in JomSocial 2.6? Glad that you ask. Most updates in JomSocial 2.6 revolve around 4 primary features.
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Moving Joomla 2.5 from localhost to live site
fuqaha on Jan 27, 2012
Tagged in: tutorials, support, site updates, open source social networking software, migration to joomla 2.5, Joomla 2.5, jomsocial 2.6, JomSocial 2.4, development, creating social networking sites, community
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. -
JomSocial 2.6 Alpha One is now available!
fuqaha on Jan 4, 2012
Tagged in: jomsocial 2.6, development, creating social networking sites, community, beta, announcementThe 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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JomSocial 2.6 Development Progress
fuqaha on Dec 29, 2011
Tagged in: jomsocial 2.6, development, creating social networking sites, announcement
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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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!
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! -
How To Choose The Best Social Networking Software
irwan on Aug 16, 2011
Tagged in: top social networking software, open source social networking software, joomla social networking site, creating social networking sitesThere 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.
