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“JBolo 3.2” Now with Message Sync!

“JBolo 3.2” Now with Message Sync!

JBolo 3.2 gets you the most awaited feature of message synchronization with JomSocial and EasySocial. People will be able to see their chats on the messenger and in the message inbox just the way it happens on Facebook, isn’t that fantastic? So, all the JomSocial and EasySocial users will be tempted to hit the Buy Button now. ;)

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Shika Learning Reimagined Webinar!

Shika Learning Reimagined Webinar!

“Shika” the most awaited LMS for Joomla is very close to a public release and the excitement is growing. Many of the customers who have availed to be Shika Early Adopters have already been playing with it and giving some great feedback. A lot of you have asked for a closer look at what Shika is all about. So we have tied up with CloudAccess to brin...

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Invitex 2.9 is here with Easysocial Apps and Plenty more!

Invitex 2.9 is here with Easysocial Apps and Plenty more!

Whether you are building a simple Joomla website, a Social network or a powerful web application; driving traffic is critical for your success. Invitex is the most powerful Viral Invitations system for Joomla today and we have just made it even more awesome ! 

We are happy to announce that Invitex v2.9 is now available to all subscribers and it comes packed with features, lots of bug fixes and lots of UI improvements. Read on to see what all is new with Invitex !

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JBolo v3.1.3 minor update released

JBolo v3.1.3 minor update released

Hey All, We have released a minor update for JBolo. This release v3.1.3 includes following changes.  We suggest you to upgrade to this version. Changelog - Bug #31250 EasySocial activity stream module not getting shown on Facebook theme- Bug #29820 Can not send a message containing only 0. 10 gets sent, 0 does not^ Task #29819 Implement Ajax q...

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Jomsocial gets DISQUS'ed

Jomsocial gets DISQUS'ed

In a recent project we had to implement a uniform commenting system across the site, Jomsocial included. Now obviously, Jomsocial comes with it’s own commenting system, and to make matters worse, there were already thousands of comments already present that needed to be migrated to the new platform. We suggested the use of Disqus, which is a cloud ...

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Avoid sending Emails while using JomSocial Notifications

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This Blog is specially targeted for developers and people who use Jomsocial Jomsocial!  Which turns Joomla CMS into a full-fledged socialnetworking website. While using your own component with Jomsocial you need to make sure that your component is tightly integrated with it and most important is you are notified of the activities happening.   In Jo...

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JGive v1.6.3 Stable Released

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We are happy to announce the availability of JGive 1.6.3 which comes with lots & lots of awesome new features to take your Joomla Crowdfunding site to the next level. The key feature in this release is the ability to Buy Givebacks.  This means that the user can choose to pick a specific giveback & donate/invest against that. I am sure all our JGive lovers will love this;). Then we have added some great back office features letting admins add campaigns as well as donations from the back end. This means that its easier to manage donations that are not coming through the website.  

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The other Major Features include

  • Ability to add campaigns from the backend
  • Ability to add donations from the backend
  • Tighter EasySocial integration 
  • Major Improvements in Reporting & CSV exports
  • Email notification improvements
  • JomSocial Bar display option

Can't wait to get your hands on the release? Download it now from the My Subscriptions area. If you are among those still not using JGive, Buy it now!

There's more to this release that i can write up here.. So I suggest you go ahead & read our complete changelog & upgrade instructions! 

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JTicketing 1.4.6 released!

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Hey All, We are releasing JTicketing 1.4.6 with some minor fixes and small feature.  Features #26014  Added to embed ticket HTML in email. Also added configuration Task #25689  FOF and strapper updated Bug Fixes#26013  Event saving problem solved for JomSocial #25688  Issue while editing JomSocial event   #25687  Resolved js Conflict with Rockbox p...

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JGive v1.6 is here!!

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We are very glad to announce the release of JGive v1.6 to all subscribers. This version comes with some great UI- Pin layout, campaigns column & Usability features. Changes like One Page checkout, Invoice customisation, PayPal - recurring donations, module and much more.  Have a glimpse of what are we offering in this version Pin Layout: Make y...

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Catching JomSocial Ajax Calls for modifying flows

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When you are custom developing on top of JomSocial, you sometimes need to Catch Ajax calls for modifications. This Quick tutorial will take you through how you can do this.

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Creating your own ajax popups and actions in Jomsocial

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Everyone using Jomsocial like how they show those nice popup windows when you add friends, send a message or join a group.

In a project where you integrate more features or other extensions into Jomsocial, it's important to use the same look and feel for the popups so that there is a consistent look throughout the site. With Jomsocial's plugin architecture it is possible to add your own popups and actions. We're demonstrating here an example, which allows you to group your friends as Friends/Family/Acquaintances etc

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JGive (formerly jomGive) - Donations & Fund Raising for Joomla is here! Rewritten from Scratch with awesome new features

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It gives us great pleasure to introduce JGive the Fundraising & Donations extension for Joomla. After we took over the reigns of JomGive from CorePHP, we wanted to take it to a completely new level. The result is right in front of you... JGive!  JGive is a powerful  “crowdfunding” extension that enables your members to create fundraising projec...

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Joomla Day Malaysia a big success!

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Hey there, Malaysia! We want to take this opportunity to congratulate you on organizing such an amazing Joomla Day! We really enjoyed it there. A special thanks to the Joomla Day Organising team & the folks at JomSocial for their superb hospitality. Meriza, Azrul, Irwan, Fuqaha & the gang - Keep it up, guys! Joomla Day Malaysia 2011 was an ...

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Techjoomla- The Road to Joomla 1.6

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Hey All,

All of you have been asking us about where we stand on Joomla 1.6 compatibility so I thought its time we give you an update of the status.

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The Right way to fetch media in JomSocial - Developer Blog

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While doing some R & D work while working on J!MailAlert plugins, we realized that majority of extensions were not using the right way. This resulted in broken image links, especially when using Amazon S3. So here's some easy to use code snippets to fetch JomSocial Photo thumbnails, Video thumbnails, Group Avatar thumbnails etc..This is missing...

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