3rd PartyApps/Plugins

Hey Everybody...

 It's been awhile since I posted about progress with 3rd party app/template providers.

A few of you posted comments in my last entry that it "wasn't appropriate" for me to discuss 3rd party app/template development when your "most requested features" still hadn't made their way into JomSocial.

I respectfully disagree.

Well, I understand those points...but I'm the Marketing & Sales guy, and so, it's my job to get JomSocial into the hands of many--and that means working with 3rd party app/theme/template developers to make YOUR members' JomSocial experience even richer. Our goal is get hundreds of potential JomSocial app developers onboard--like iPhone & Facebook. This is a good thing because, in addition to our own core improvements & new features, 3rd party apps will also help to keep your members on your community site longer. They'll be happy..and they'll tell their friends who will tell their friends.

 So, Mark, Azrul and the team will still keep you regularly posted on our core JomSocial improvements/features/bug fixes, and I will post regularly about all the Marketing happenings--and that includes 3rd party development news. So please, keep this in mind before you post comments about feature requests.  :)

Okay, now that's out of the way and I want to give you an update on some developments...

1. Highwood Video have  just released their hwdVideoShare plugin for JomSocial. If you have the hwdVideoShare component, your users will be be able to upload videos (and embed them froma variety of sources like Youtube and Vimeo), and share these videos directly from their JS profile pages (via a nifty scroller). Your users video activity will be displayed in the activity stream as well. There are a bunch of other features, too, so please do check it out.
2.  Most of the larger template clubs have expressed an interest in designing new JS themes & templates. Some are expected within the next month or so. I'll keep you posted.
3. I have been in contact with A LOT of component developers/CB plugin developers over the past 3-4 months. Julien from Eventlist is putting some final touches on their JS plugin (can't wait for this one!) and Nick Texidor has begun working on JS plugins based on his popular "Stalker" module and "JoomPing" module.  Great progress is also being made right now from at least 10-12 other developers I've spoken with..and I expect quite a few new offerings to show up in our Apps Directory very soon.

 And here's where I need your help....

I'd like to know: which components /modules /CB plugins do YOU think would make awesome JomSocial plugins?

Remember--plugins (from 3rd party developers), not core features.

Please do let us know, and if I haven't already spoken to these developers (or they haven't already begun working on JS plugins), I will reach out to them right away.

If a number of you suggest the same ones, then perhaps we can all start a mini campaign, of sorts, to get these developers onboard. We'll flood their inboxes with JS apps requests    j/k  :)

So, please let us know which components/CB plugins should be ported to JomSocial. We want to hear your suggestions.

--Shawn