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Shika 1.2.9 is here and brings a complete rewrite of the Shika JTicketing integration with a simplified workflow. Please make sure you are using v2.1.3 of JTicketing with this version of Shika. Besides this feature, we have also introduced the ability to set/update user timezones from the User import in enrollments.

Before you upgrade Shika, you must first uninstall the current version of jLike from your site. In this version, we have done some packaging changes due to which you need to specifically follow the upgrade instructions. If you are upgrading to this version from Shika 1.1.x then make sure you read the release notes.  

Along with many Joomla related events like JWC and Joomla Days, Joomla User Groups (JUGs) and their meetings are an integral part of the Joomla world. Get ready for JUG Wallonie, the first ever JUG organized by a French-speaking Joomla team. The event is set to take place on 16th June 2018 at Rue Du Web (Mont-Saint-Guibert), Belgium. The organizers for this event are Marc Dechèvre and Christophe Avonture.

Have you ever been to a Joomla Event?  Till recently they came in 3 main flavors.

1. The Joomla Days - which tend to be super local and get a good mix of integrators, developers and business people
2. JandBeyond (JAB) - which is an EU event but attracts a global audience and focuses on content that’s not just Joomla but also beyond. JAB tends to be more developer focussed.
3. Finally the Joomla World Conference - the first few editions of which happened in the US and since it has traveled the world and been to Mexico, India, Canada & Italy. This event was retired after the Rome edition in 2017 with funds being diverted by OSM to making more local events happen.

The Events Page on the Joomla Community site is the best place to stay on top of events happening worldwide. So if you have not been to an event yet, plan your outing today!

Thank you for the amazing response to the JTicketing 2.1.0 release. We are happy to bring you the roadmap for the changes planned in the next major release - JTicketing 2.2.0. The main focus of this release is the event waiting list that will allow people to enrol for the event even after the maximum number of registrations has been reached. Read on for the detailed list of features planned for the next major release.

We have released JGive 2.1.4. This is primarily a bug fix release and we have also addressed a few security issues. We recommend you to upgrade to the latest version as soon as possible. Do read the release notes before upgrading to the latest version as backward compatibility breaks in this release.

Read on for the detailed changelog.

Social media has become an integral part of our daily lives. Right from blogging about your experiences, posting videos, starting discussions on your favourite topics and sharing viral content, everything is possible with social media. Learning as an experience as well as an industry is not unaffected by this trend. In fact as more learning goes online, it is something that will need to be embraced as a toolset to improve user engagement and reach by Learning management systems. 

Shika has embraced this very early in its product lifecycle and is always evolving its feature set to make it a true Social Learning Management System. Read on to see what features Shika offers that gives it a Social edge!

Techjoomla is proud to support J and Beyond - possibly one of the most unique tech conferences in the world as a Bronze Sponsor this year! We have been attending this conference for a while now. In fact, our first introduction to this amazing event was due to a partial scholarship by the conference back in 2012 when we first got introduced to the international Joomla community in person! Since then we have been hooked and have attended almost every JAB then on.

Techjoomla co-founders Parth & Ashwin will be attending the event. Parth will be a key speaker at the event where he will do a session on 'The Spirit of Open Source'. This is a must-attend session to learn how you can use open source to accelerate value addition for our clients and your own business! Do look us up at the talk or at our sponsor area to know more about our products and offerings.

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An updated version of SocialAds, SocialAds 3.1.10 is now available and all our customers are requested to immediately upgrade to the new version. Along with the security fixes, we have fixed the geo-targeting issue that has been reported by some of the customers.

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Please read the release notes carefully before upgrading to the latest version. Read on for the complete changelog

In keeping with our commitment to ensuring our products are secure and bug-free, we are happy to bring you a security and maintenance release for JTicketing v.2.1.2. We have fixed a few bugs apart from fixing issues found in our audits.

Please read the release notes carefully before upgrading to the latest version as there are backward compatibility breaks if you are upgrading from 2.0.x or lower versions.

It is recommended you upgrade to the latest version of JTicketing as soon as possible to ensure you are on a secure version.

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We are happy to bring you Shika 1.2.8 which is primarily a bug fix release. We strongly suggest you take a full site backup before updating Shika to the latest version as a best practice.

Please read the upgrade instructions and detailed changelog before upgrading. Also, go through the Shika 1.2 release notes and instructions in case you are updating Shika 1.2.8 directly from Shika 1.1.x.

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We are happy to bring you Shika 1.2.7 with more than 20 bug fixes. We strongly suggest you take a full site backup before updating Shika to the latest version as a best practice. Please read the upgrade instructions and detailed changelog before upgrading. Also, go through the Shika 1.2 release notes and instructions in case you are updating Shika 1.2.7 directly from Shika 1.1.x.

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We have released Canva plugin v1.2.0 which is a maintenance release addressing bug fixes for reported issues. We have done a minor improvement to the plugin by adding the timestamp to the images created using the plugin. If you are upgrading from an older version, do go through the release notes before upgrading.

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Joomla Day Texas will take place on 28th April 2018 in Houston, Texas at the Norris Conference Center - Westchase. If you are completely new to the Joomla world, Rod Martin will guide you to build your business website from scratch. He has been associated with Joomla for more than 6 years and has authored plenty of tutorials at Joomla.org and OSTraining.com.  

In case you are an advanced Joomla user, the sessions will focus on more advanced technologies as well as emerging technologies that would be of interest to Joomlers attending the event. Joomla Day Texas is thus a great platform for both Joomla beginners and advanced users.

JGive 2.1.2 has been released. This is primarily a bug fix release. We recommend you to upgrade to the latest version as soon as possible. Do read the release notes before upgrading to the latest version as backward compatibility breaks in this release.

Read on for the detailed changelog.

Quick2Cart 2.9.11 has been released with an improvement-toast notification for products added to the cart. Besides this, we have fixed a lot of bugs in this version. We recommend you to upgrade to the latest version as soon as possible. Do read the release notes before upgrading to the latest version.

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