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Upcoming Features in Jbolo !

You must have been thinking that we have been pretty quiet lately..

Well.. Not quite..

We have been getting hoards of feature requests & reports for Jbolo & we have been working hard on getting all these in releases as fast as possible. This is an overview of what we have been upto & what you can expect in the next releases.

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Jbolo 3.0 - alpha 4 - supporting group chat

Hello guys, We have updated Techjoomla alpha testing site to JBolo 3.0 - alpha 4 [supporting basic group chat]. Many improvements have been done based on the feedback we received for initial alpha releases. This alpha will allow to do - - Basic 1to1 chat functionality - 2chat themes - gmail like and facebook like - Basic GROUP CHAT functionality --...

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Help us test J!Bolo 3.0 Alpha !

Hey Everyone, Its finally here ! J!Bolo 3.0 is a complete rewrite which introduces a completely different approach & improved architecture . Logon to the Alpha Testing Site & Help Test it today ! There is a Forum available at the Alpha site for your Bug reports. Note that this Alpha on the improved architechture will help us quickly roll ou...

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RoadMap for JBolo! 2013-14. See whats coming up !

Ahoy there All your Joomla peeps !  The Roadmap for one of our most popular extensions J!Bolo is now available :) We regularly maintain our extensions & keep adding new features to  periodically. Features are based on our users feedback on the forums, via Tickets, email & Social Channels. Do Comment on this article & give us your Feedback. Your inp...

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JBolo 2.9 Beta 3 Released

JBolo 2.9 Beta 3 is released. This contains a host of fixes & file transfer is also stabilized. Please see change log below.. Task #2624: Use seperate function for UI manipulation instead of old which include ajax callsTask #2625: Fix usage of username/firstname instead of user id at many instancesTask #2627: Creating minification build script ...

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JBolo! 2.9 Beta 2 with File sharing stable released to subscribers

Hello everyone, we are happy to announce the release of JBolo! 2.9 Beta II. The main feature that is stable in this release is File sharing. Another new feature is the ability to add custom buttons to the Facebook bar. Besides these, a lot of reported issues have been fixed. A major bug that has been fixed is one that was reported in a Review that ...

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JBolo 2.9 Beta with Group Chat & File sending is out for testing

This is a open Beta release for those who are interested in testing out new features. Note that this release is not intended for live sites & no Support for this release is provided via Tickets. You can however report any bugs you find using the bug tracker at : http://techjoomla.com/report-bugz-jbolo-only.html . Please do not report known issu...

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Dear Might Touch / People Touch Users ..

Dear Might Touch / People Touch Users .. Based on your recent feedback, we have decided to come out with more integration parameters for JBolo to support the People touch extension. What does this mean ? It means that now JBolo will soon support Mighty Touch Avatars as well as Mighty touch groups in the next release. We recently received some poor ...

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JBolo - What we are working on ...

The past few JBolo! releases have been comparitively dry in terms of new features. The upcoming release promises to get in a lot of long sought after features. This blog will take you through what all features we have been working on for the last few weeks. File Transfer Custom Chat Message Show Number of Online Friends on Chat Bar Smilies in Popup...

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Sound in JBolo - Community Effort !

We have been talking about adding sound notifications to JBolo for some time now. In fact , the feature has been there in one of our SVN branches for some time .. but as it wasnt made cross browser compatible yet, we hadn't released it.. Image our surprise today when we got an email from Casey Davis, one of our JBolo users, who went ahead & int...

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JBolo Touched!

Yes, its official. JBolo, the chatting extension for Joomla! is soon to be integrated with Mighty Extension's PeopleTouch. Currently JBolo can be integrated with Joomla!, JomSocial and Community Builder. While we are busy making all the required changes to the component, feel free to add your own suggestions and comments..

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Facebook Like Chat Bar (Known Issues)

Some known issues in Facebook Like Chat Bar (Beta-2.5.0) we are working on: - Icons are not visible on the chat bar in JomSocial on few sites. - When you click on some users the chat does not open. - The chat boxes are not maintained for some users. - The bar is displayed behind a few modules on few sites.   If you find any other issues except the ...

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List of supported smileys in JBolo!

All of you know JBolo! has smiley support, but just which smileys does it support? Following is the list of smileys that are currently supported by JBolo!. :) or :-):( or :-(;) or ;-):')B) or B-):o or :O or :-o or :-O:D or :-D Note: The above list of smileys are supported in JBolo! version 1.5 and above.

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JBolo! v2.1.0 released

We're pleased to announce the availability of JBolo! version 2.1.0. This version is a minor bug fix release, and the following issues have been addressed After navigating among pages, chatboxes no more reappear once you close them.Now both the module and chat box obey the name/username setting    

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JBolo! Version 2.0 released

We're glad to announce the release of JBolo! version 2.0. This version fixes several long standing bugs, especially those related to functioning on (our favourite browser) IE. Some other bugs and some features have also been introduced. Notably, you can now allow Facebook and OpenID users to chat. For the full details head over to the blog JBolo! V...

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