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Ever since JomSocial 4.4 came out with modern chat-like inbox, we wanted to build on top of it and provide more functionality. That wishes aren’t always equal to reality, reflects with JomSocial 4.5 release which had to be made as database structure didn’t support everything we wanted from the chat bar. We get back to the drawing board and did it properly this time. JomSocial 4.5 was released, awaiting the Chat Bar.

For Joomla fans, Joomla 4 release is great news, even it is alpha version only. Joomla 4 comes with lots of new features, huge updates at core. To test the new Joomla version, please do installation of Joomla 4 alpha 2 on localhost following the Joomla 4 installation tutorial.

You can install 4 on local host using the standalone server environment: JAMP, JOOMLAS2GO! (J2G) or XAMPP. Joomla 4 requires minimum PHP version - PHP 7.

Joomla! 4 Alpha 2 is available for testing but it comes with the hidden catch. You need to have PHP 7 running on the web server in order to install it.

PHP 7 is the minimum system requirement for Joomla! 4 website every server will have to comply with sooner rather than later.

After Project Icarus which quickly turned into organised chaos, and Joomla X, we finally got the Joomla 4 Alpha 1 version for testing.

We already wrote in Joomlart blog post what can you expect from the Joomla 4 and if you haven’t read it by now, we strongly encourage you to do so.

In this entry, we will focus on JomSocial’s goals and planned changes to make the transition to Joomla 4 as smooth as possible.

With the recent acquisition of Gavick by Joomlart, we can’t be more thrilled to announce all Gavick templates with JomSocial support will be updated to always support latest JomSocial.
It is however, a process that require time because most overrides are currently only partially working due the fact there are new features in JomSocial for which overrides were not created.

We are pleased to announce immediate availability of JomSocial 4.5 series introducing the brand new system for guest users to manually request invitation when website is set in “invite only” mode and database preparation for upcoming chatbar feature. For the full list of changes, refer to our changelog.

Omniglot = omni (Latin “all”) + glot (Greek “language”)

English become modern lingua franca, but it’s always better to have extensions in your own language. Especially if it should be for your users. And what is more user oriented than Community?

That’s why we decided to start JomSocial Omniglot Project, to encourage and reward Translators who want to localize JomSocial.

Do you know English and any other language? Are you a native speaker? You have translation experience or language skill? Are you willing to help?

JomSocial 4.4.4 brings over 300 new language strings. We investigated many hard-coded language, changing them to proper language constants. Some texts ware updated so they may become more understandable describing features. That means more and more text could be localized. If you have a multilingual or non-English website, please, update your languages as soon as you can.

"Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow."
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

JomSocial 4.4.3 is a minor maintenance release which introduces the possibility to upgrade your JomSocial installation on a single click of the button. We also managed to squeeze few more bug fixes. Read the full changelog here.