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We are pleased to Launch JomSocial Suggest V 1.7 which comes with a hoard of fixes, features & code improvements. Network Suggest has been one of our oldest & most well received products. Its matured over time & is one of the best tools for JomSocial today to boost networking. We have been listening to your feedback & 90% of all feature suggestions to date have been incorporated in this version ! We recommend you do an upgrade immediately.

In  a snapshot, JS Suggest now has support for JomSocial Profile types ( XIPT/ JSPT) which means you can chose which profile types to suggest. Optional output randomization which means users see new suggestions on each refresh. Option to show only profile with Photos, which is a great addition for dating sites ! Plus an optimized query :) Read on for the full change log.

Invitex V.1.3 has been released with the much awaited Open Inviter plugin update feature. Now you can simply set a crop to update the Import contact plugins from Open Inviter directly. You dont have to wait for a Invitex update to get OI plugin updates that are used to import contacts from gmail,yahoo etc.

Additionally a bug which still let JomSocial integration users access the JomSocial native invitation system link has now been solved.

Please read on for the full change log. Active subscribers can download the latest version from the my Subscriptions area.

SocialAds 1.1 is here & comes packed with some cool new features !  To start with, we are supporting 2 new payment methods. One is Authorize.net meaning you can now have people pay using Credit Cards for the ads & the second is Paying using JomSocial Points ! So those of you who want to use JS Points as the mode of payment, go right ahead !

Next up is easy Promotion of Groups & Events using Social Ads. Simply Click on Promote this Event or Promote this group & get your ad auto created for you based on the group or event information.

Besides these additions quite a lot of bugs reported by clients, internal testers & client beta testers have also been fixed in this release. You can click on read more to see a full change log. Users with active subscriptions can download the new version from my subscriptions menu.

Firstly , We'd like to apologize for the long delay in this release. We have some major modifications coming in the next version 2.9 like Group Chat, File transfer etc which were under development which are not very stable yet. So we decided to make a release with features that were stable & then push the exciting ones as a Beta ( to be released later this week) .

J!Bolo 2.8 comes with a hoard of bug fixes & great new features like Smiley Popup, Custom Status, an Improved History interface & 2 cool new design thanks to PSD contributions by one of our cool J!Bolo users.. Pedro Alves. If you are looking for any design stuff, we'd recommend him any time ! & once you look at the new design options the New Gradient Bar & Black 3D theme, i am sure you will too !

We recommend all users upgrade to the latest release ASAP. The release will be available in the My Subscriptions menu for active subscribers. Note that we are releasing JBolo 2.9 Beta in the labs later this week. That version should not be used in Production sites.

Please read on for the full change log.

We apologize for a release so close on the heals of the earlier one. We decided to release this fix release soon as a bug reported was found to be pretty major. We have also pushed in some additional fixes along with. Please update immediately. Click on read more for the changelog ..

SocialAds version 1.0.2 has been released with a hoard of bug fixes & some minor usability improvements as per your feedback in these initial few weeks of release. Now you can show Untargeted 'alternate' ads to guests as well. The ad duplication bug reported also has been solved. We recommend that you update to this release ASAP.

All Subscribers can download the latest release from the 'My Subscriptions' . For a full Changelog, read on..

The latest version of SCMeta, the Meta data manager for Joomla sections & categories is here. Version 2.0 comes with many long sought fixes as given below. Change log : 1. If no meta data is present the plugin would not show the default meta data2. Section Meta keywords do not reflect in some cases3. Category meta keywords do not reflect in som...

Updates to the JomSocial Plugin Pack for J!MailAlerts to fix some bugs reported by the community has been made available as JomSocial Plugin Pack for J!MailAlerts V1.1 . It is available to all subscribers with immediate effect & can be downloaded from the My Subscriptions menu.

In order to comply to a JED policy for naming extensions, all the plugins have been renamed. So to avoid issues,it is recommended that you uninstall all earlier J!MailAlerts plugins before you upgrade to this version. Read more for the full changelog. Do not directly upgrade for this version as names have been changed.

J!MailAlerts version 1.2 is out with a new feature & some bug fixes. The new Email Preview feature in the backend which allows the admin to preview how a mail would look if sent to a particular user , will make testing this extension much easier. The Email Simulate option is still there, but email preview being more instantaneous would be more useful.

Besides this feature some bugs reported in the forums have been squashed .

Bug fix releases for Latest News & Latest events (Eventlist) plugin for J!MailAlerts have also been released with minor bug fixes.

Both the extension & plugins are available for free download for registered users.

Also note that now J!MailAlerts shall be packaged in a UnZip First file containing the core component & the core user plugin for management ease. From this release onwards the extension as well as the plugins have been renamed to comply with a JED naming policy. So uninstall all earlier versions of the component & the all the plugins before installing the new versions.

Read on for the full change log.

SocialAds V 1.0.1 has been released. Note that this is a security release to fix a reported XSS vulnerability among other fixes. All Subscribers are requested to upgrade their installations immediately.Subscribers can find the new version under My Subscriptions. Full Changelog is as below. Fixed XSS Security IssueWarning in Module SolvedFile Clean ...

The wait is finally over. SocialAds for JomSocial is out ! A big thank you to the beta testers in helping bring out this release. SocialAds is a intelligent Ad Targeting component for JomSocial. Inspired from Facebook Ads, this extension lets users quickly create advertisements & target them to a specific section of users of the Social Network....

We are pleased to announce that all our current extension releases are JomSocial 1.8 ready. In case anyone faces any problems, do no hesitate to add a a support ticket so that we can solve any issues for you. Some minor issues we found in compatibility in some components have been solved in the latest releases out today. These are all maintenance r...

We are happy to announce the availability of Invitex V. 1.2 to all active subscribers having a subscription for Invitex.This Invitex release comes with some small but nice improvements which will make you love it even more !

We have added a JomSocial plugin which replace the default JomSocial invitations menu with one going to Invitex. For this make sure you install the new plug_js_inviteX.zip thats available in the unzip package & publish it.

The invite email becomes even more interesting now with the ability to show "People who have invited you" with their avatars just like Facebook or Orkut does. To have this go out in your invite emails, make sure you edit your email content & Add [PWIU] in the mail content. This is the tag that will be replaced.

Additionally we have added a nice looking reports dashboard on the Admin side to give you a quick snapshot of how invitations are helping your site. Make sure you read our updated documentation to see how you can implement the above.

To see a full list of changes & Screenshots, please read on. Active subscribers can download the latest version from the "My Downloads" menu once you login.

We're pleased to announce the release of J! Mail Alerts v1.1 Following are the bugs fixed in this release - 1. Sync feature not working2. Email not being delivered to any user, even with last received dates set in the past Visit the following link to know more about J! Mail Alerts and to download the component for free!http://techjoomla.com/table/j...

SocialAds for JomSocial is finally into Beta ! We are accepting beta tester applications for SocialAds.

With Social Ads for JomSocial, you can create Facebook like demographically targeted ads to show on Your JomSocial Site. This extension allows advertisers to create their advertisement , Target the users they want to show the advertisement to, Decide if they want to pay by impressions or per click, Pay online & get the advertisement started up right away !

Read more about it here .

We shall be selecting a total of 5 beta testers from the applications. Currently SocialAds supports only JomSocial. So make sure you have a JomSocial site when you apply.

Please click on read more to see the Beta testing schedule & to apply as a Beta tester.

Beta Testers shall receive a 40% off coupon for SocialAds when it goes live.