JomSocial Blog
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JomSocial is Joomla 2.5 compatible!
fuqaha on Jan 25, 2012
Tagged in: updates, top social networking software, news, joomla social networking site, Joomla 2.5, jomsocial 2.6, JomSocial 2.4, development, announcement
Yes, you heard it right. JomSocial 2.4.2 is fully compatible with Joomla 2.5 without needing any update or compatibility patch.
The JomSocial Team would like to congratulate the Joomla Development Team and the awesome Community behind it for delivering the latest iteration of the world’s most popular open source content management system.For your information, Joomla 2.5 is intended to be an LTS (a Long Term Support) version, which will be kept updated through October, 2013. It is a polished gem, a fusion of updates in Joomla 1.6 and Joomla 1.7 that are finally merged into an LTS tree.
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Increasing user loyalty with JomSocial 2.6
fuqaha on Jan 10, 2012
Tagged in: open source social networking software, news, joomla social extension, joomla social engine, jomsocial 2.6, development, beta, announcement
New My Group Updates view to get users connected to updates from their participated groups. All in one place.
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Reimagining content distribution in social fabric
fuqaha on Sep 22, 2011
Tagged in: updates, social networking software, release, office, news, JomSocial 2.4, event, developmentThe 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.
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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.
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Social Media: 2010's Biggest Business Developments
"Social networking is the most significant business development of 2010, topping the resurgence of the U.S. automobile industry. During the year social networking morphed from a personal communications tool for young people into a new vehicle that business leaders are using to transform communications with their employees and customers, as it shifts from one-way transmission of information to two-way interaction. "
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Free Facebook Extensions for Joomla
In the spirit of bringing the latest trend to Joomla users, JomSocial has released the latest social networking scripts - Facebook extensions, to provide better web experience for Joomla users. JomSocial members (including active and non-active subscribers) can download the plugins and modules for free to fully utilize their social present on Facebook.
JomSocial Facebook Like Social Plugin
This plugin displays Facebook's like button at the bottom of each article.
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Ning Shutting Down Its Free Service. Time to Take Control of Your Network
Ning.com will will end its free social networking service and cut 70 people from its staff list.
This news may have come as a shock to Ning's free users, especially for non-profit and educational groups that have been relying on Ning for social networking solutions. It is effectively forcing users to become paid users or migrate elsewhere. But the bad news is, it's not that easy to migrate from Ning.
Ning's move seems like a betrayal to its users, who have spend countless hours into creating their social network, just to be disappointed under a promise of free service. This is not the first time Ning's users have been disappointed. In October 2008, Ning decided to close its REST API, making it harder for network admins to migrate their members outside of Ning.com.
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Happy Birthday Issue #1: Unveiling the JomSocial Partner Program
It has been a year since we launched JomSocial!
Since then we have grown by leaps and bounds, thanks to everyone who has been supporting us :-)
Some of our supporters have gone beyond purchasing our products by developing third party applications, templates and plug-ins for JomSocial. Some even go the extra mile by offering their services to help others enjoy the goodness of JomSocial on their sites, too. For this we'd like to thank you!
Our special thanks also goes to the many reviewers who have spent their valuable time checking out JomSocial, for giving us their frank opinions, rankings and ratings on their sites. Without all of you, our growth wouldn't be as phenomenal as it is today.
With this in mind, we'd like to make our partnership official in order to build it into something more profound. We came up with the JomSocial Partner Program - an initiative full of benefits to help our partners grow as we grow. We are serious in making you, our partners, happy -- and this Partner Program is proof that we walk the talk. Details of the benefit for our partners are available here -
JomSocial Renewal Policy. What Happens After 12 Months?
With every copy of JomSocial sold, we provide access to the download area for another 12 months. This allows you to download any new future updates, major or minor, completely free.
So, what happen after 12 months? With many other Joomla! components that use 'subscription' model, you actually end up paying the same amount yearly. In JomSocial however, you can simply renew your download access to the latest build for a much cheaper fee.
