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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

Joomla template provider Joomlashack have announced that a new social networking-inspired Joomla template w/ included Jomsocial theme will be released soon.

According to their blog, the  new template--appropriately called 'Community'--will "integrate seamlessly with JomSocial, and give your site a consistent color and style scheme across every page."

No details yet on the price and release date, but you can follow them on Twitter for a chance to win a copy upon its release.

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.

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.

Main page, where you need to upload your JomSocial installer here.

Backup & comparing process...

Once the whole process is completed, you can then view the files that are backed up for you and you can view the differences between the backed up file and the new file.

More to come soon as we move the upgrader process for plugins and modules =) We also have plans to include upgrader for 3rd party plugins which are still underway.

We love it when more and more of our third party developers extend their hands out to users on how to enhance their JomSocial powered communities. And we are particularly honored that Social Code is one of our respected developer for making JomSocial complete.

Latest in their stables, Social Code has just released their newest JomSocial addon - Activity Stream Comments and Likes feature.

This is a great addon that allows users to add a comment on a particular activity stream. Users can also 'Like'  an activity in the activity stream on Jomsocial frontpage and profile pages, just like in Facebook. People who are used to this feature in the popular social networking site is  now available for JomSocial powered communities! 

Site administrators can continue to monitor the activity stream and this time, they will be much busier as admins have control over inappropriate comments by users. Admins can delete these posts as they wish.

If you wonder how it works for your social site, this addon patches any current JomSocial template with a simple touch of a button. If you are using themes or templates from unofficial JomSocial template providers, Social Code was thoughtful enough to provide you with the guides to fix template problems.

For more product information please visit Social Code

Some of you may have realized the buzz from our Facebook Fan page and Twitter about us looking for beta testers. Nope, you weren't dreaming at all.

We are inviting potential candidates to be part of our team, preferably on a full time basis. But if you have what it takes in fulfilling our needs remotely, we might consider too. 

Many of you have asked about the what it requires for the job and here it is in words:

• Must be knowledgeable in PHP (experience is not necessary)
• Excellent analytical skills (a must!)
• Dedicated to the job and team mates
• Trustworthy and reliable
• Responsible in his/her actions
• Have sharp attention to minute details
• Able to work independently without constant supervision

Too high an expectation? Well, all you need to do is send us your resume to support (at) azrul.com to convince us. Those who are shortlisted will be contacted. Dont forget to leave your Skype ID and an active email account for us to reach you easily. Send in your applications now.

Joomla! users in Sydney will be having their very own Joomla! Day this coming 17th October 2009. It promises to be one of the most awesome Joomla! days on this side of the world with the appearance of Andrew Eddie, Sam Moffat and Brad Baker from the core team.

We are also proud to be a sponsor for this event, and to have JomSocial powering Joomla! Day Sydney community site.  

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

Many of you have sent us some wonderful messages over the past year telling us how much you love JomSocial and how it has changed the way you manage and interact with your online communities. Your words of encouragement are such a great booster for us and inspires us to work even harder to make JomSocial the #1 social networking component for Joomla-powered websites.

We LOVE hearing your stories, reading your feedback and receiving your emailed testimonials...so much so, that we thought of a pretty unique way to immortalize them all.
INow granted, words are cool...but we want to see those faces!  :)  We want you to tell us why you love JomSocial...video style! We want YOU to be the star of our new JomSocial Video Testimonial Contest.

Shape5 released their long-awaited JomSocial template, Elegance, today.

Elegance is available in either a  light or dark theme and includes custom extensions as well as a new Kunena theme.

Check it out here.