We are excited to unveil Community Builder 2.10.0, a major update packed with essential fixes, new features, and an important Joomla 5.2.3 compatibility improvement to enhance your Community Management.
The highlight of this release is the addition of Dark Mode Support for Joomla 5, offering a sleek and visually comfortable interface for your administration users. For a detailed explanation of Dark Mode implementation, visit Kyle's latest blog post about Dark Mode in CB admin area.
Importantly, this update addresses a significant issue caused by a password reset API break in Joomla 5.2.3, which previously prevented users from resetting their passwords. With Community Builder 2.10.0, password resets are fully functional again, ensuring seamless account recovery for your community members.
Here is an overview of the key compatibility enhancements, new features, and bug fixes included in this update:
Important Compatibility Enhancement for Joomla 5.2.3:
- Reset Password Fix: Resolved a Joomla compatibility issue preventing password resets in Joomla 5.2.3, ensuring users can recover their accounts when needed. #9583.
Main New Features:
- Dark Mode Support in Backend: Enhance user experience with a sleek dark interface, reducing eye strain and improving usability in low-light environments. #9413.
- Performance Optimizations: Implemented treeshaking for FontAwesome v6 shim, decreasing CSS load by approximately 75% and boosting site performance. #9593.
- Enhanced Compatibility Modes: Added optional compatibility modes for Bootstrap v5 and FontAwesome v6, providing greater flexibility in customizing the backend interface. #9592.
- Advanced Article Filtering: Introduced support for filtering CB Articles by language, streamlining content management for multilingual sites. #9589.
- Image Compression Control: Enabled the ability to override default image compression quality, allowing for optimized visuals and faster loading times. #9580.
- WebP Image Support: Added support for WebP format in image fields, improving image quality and reducing file sizes. #9538.
- Search Field Management by Title: Facilitated better management of search fields by allowing searches based on field titles. #9499.
Important Bug Fixes:
- Fixed the reset password failure issue in Joomla 5.2.3 to ensure seamless account management. #9583.
- Resolved client-side image resizing problems that were passing incorrect images to BLOB files. #9581.
- Corrected XML table filter errors caused by single value inputs, preventing query issues. #9602.
- Ensured the Code Mirror editor saves properly in Joomla 5.2.3, enhancing the editing experience. #9590.
- Improved CB Blogs storage for Joomla articles, ensuring complete and accurate article management. #9497.
- Addressed mass mailer formatting issues in email bodies, ensuring consistent and professional communications. #9482.
For a comprehensive list of all 13 new feature enhancements and 11 bug fixes, please refer to the full changelog.
Community Builder 2.10.0 has been thoroughly tested and is fully compatible with Joomla versions 3.10, 4.4, and 5.2. Upgrade now to benefit from a more secure, efficient, and user-friendly community management system.
Ensure your membership remains active to access the latest CB Add-Ons, guaranteeing optimal performance and security for your site.
This is a highly recommended upgrade for all Joomla 5 sites to ensure full functionality and enhanced performance.