JomSocial Blog
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JomSocial 2.6, a global overview of features
fuqaha on Mar 26, 2012
Tagged in: user, support, release, Joomla! 1.6, Joomla 2.5, JomSocial template, jomsocial 2.6, development
The most awaited JomSocial 2.6 has been released. This newest iteration has gone through almost 4 months of Alpha, Beta and RC (Release Candidate) testing phases. The first official Alpha was released on the first week of 2012 and has gone through 10 releases to break our record of having the longest ever beta tasting phase in any JomSocial version. It is also in a very wide margin, the most downloaded JomSocial ever with over 11,000 cumulative downloads during its testing phase.
We are confident, yes we are, that JomSocial 2.6 is now ready for public consumption. It will take your community to new heights, with a number of highly interactive, yet scalable features at your disposal.
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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. -
JomSocial 2.4 "Boulevard" Released!
We are excited to announce that the most anticipated JomSocial 2.4 “Boulevard” has been released. This is the tenth major release for JomSocial!
JomSocial 2.4 boasts major improvements on virtually all social nodes in the community. No corners are left untouched, with popular segments in JomSocial polished to further improve user interface and usability in lieu with upcoming technology in the social revolution. Skip to What’s New in JomSocial 2.4 or continue below for more awesome screenshots.
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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 2.2 Nueve is here!
We are excited to announce that the most anticipated JomSocial 2.2 Nueve has been released. This is the ninth major release for JomSocial, hence we named it Nueve(Spanish for nine).
So what's the biggest thing in 2.2? No doubt it's Joomla 1.6 compatibility. Many of our users have been waiting to pair up the best social networking tool with Joomla 1.6. We are glad to report that you can now deploy JomSocial 2.2 on Joomla 1.6 without any problem! -
JomSocial 1.8 "Wazi" is Here!
azrul on Jun 22, 2010
Tagged in: top social networking software, release, creating social networking sites, announcement -
JomSocial 1.6 Brillo is Here!
JomSocial 1.6 codename Brillo is finally here!. We've worked long and hard on this release, adding new features and refining the product to make a faster, streamlined... just plain better JomSocial. And we think you will agree, this version rocks!
So what's new about JomSocial 1.6, erm, Brillo? Well, for starters, we have resolved over 170 minor issues that were logged in our internal issue tracking system. You can view the complete change log here, but let me briefly highlight some of JomSocial Brillo's exciting new features:
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JomSocial Upgrader
We have been working on a new addon which will allow site administrators to easily upgrade without having the pain of making backups and searching for codes they have added / changed. This new addon will compare against the checksum of each files and based on the checksums generated, it will then make a backup for you! Yes, you no longer need to back them up yourself ;) However, this will only work with JomSocial 1.6 and above as the addon will need to compare against the checksum that is generated from each build.
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JomSocial 1.5 Released: Download Your Copy Now!
It's here! JomSocial 1.5 has been officially released!
There are many new improvements/enhancements/fixes to talk about, but here are just a few of the exciting new features you'll find in JomSocial 1.5:1. Photo and video support for groups - Group members can now upload photos and videos to be shared among fellow group members
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When can I download this component?
Over the last 1 week, early build of JomSocial has already reach our customers. We have launched a pre-release sales since the 18th November with overwhelming responses. For this pre-release, the purchase link were made available, only to our existing customers and those who subscribed for our JomSocial newsletter. I did repeatedly remind everyone to sign up with our newsletter, didn't I ?
Why a pre-release and not just make it available ?. The simple truth is, we are short on staff and would be unable to handle too many customers at the same time. The automated purchase system were not 100% tested at the time and we wanted to be sure that it will run without a hitch. We were also testing a new forum-based support system to see if we will be able to provide an excellent level of support. Not having to deal with thousands of people at one time, at this moment, allow us to tweak our system for maximum efficiency.
