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Details: Category: News; Published: 15 December 2015; Last Updated: 15 December 2015; Hits: 7404

The Joomla project has just released Joomla 3.4.6 to address a Critical Vulnerability.

You must act immediately and update or patch all your Joomla 3.x/2.5/1.5. sites to this latest release.

The vulnerability is also present in discontinued Joomla 2.5 and 1.5 series (Joomla 1.0 is ok). If you still have sites running off these old Joomla versions you must patch them appropriately.

jsecurity So to quickly help you act please follow these instructions:

For all your Joomla 3.x websites
you should upgrade now to Joomla 3.4.6
For all your Joomla 2.5.28 websites you should
download and apply the Joomla 2.5.28 patch
For all your Joomla 1.5.26 websites you should
download and apply the Joomla 1.5.26 patch

This is really important! If you are reading this, you should stop what you are doing and start updating/patching all your websites now.

There is no need to delay. The Joomla 3.4.6 package only addresses the vulnerabilities and will not break anything you have installed upgrading from 3.4.5 to 3.4.6 (including of course Community Builder 2.0.12).

If your website is not patched and your hosting does not have proper security counter-measures (btw - our hosting has already blocked thousands of attackers), you are at risk - protect your websites now !

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Details: Category: News; Published: 13 October 2015; Last Updated: 13 October 2015; Hits: 4638

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GroupJive 3.0 beta 1 can be downloaded by all paid members.

GroupJive 3.0 beta 1 is fully compatible with Community Builder 2.0.11+ and is ready for test sites.

GroupJive 3.0 is a complete rewrite using CB 2.0+ framework and libraries and has been restyled to match the CB 2.0 profile canvas layout.

Main features and changes list

GroupJive 3.0 has many new featres and changes compared to the previous 2.7 release:

Rewritten for CB 2.0 compatibility
New responsive (yes, mobile ready) canvas layout design
Adds Community Builder plugin joomla menu item support for all integrations
Language files for each GroupJive integration plugin that will be included in CB Language plugins (no more need for separate GroupJive language plugin)
Intergration plugins now push their own menu items to the CB Admin Navigation module
Updated forum integration for Kunena 4.0+
Updated support for CB Antispam
Nested categories and nested groups features have been dropped.
New component buttons for administration accessible from plugin management page

You can see full changelog on our forge.

Please note that this beta release does not have a migration script (planned for Release Candidate), so it should not be installed over previous GroupJive environments.

GroupJive 3.0 beta 1 installation recommendations

GroupJive 3.0 beta 1 is not a stable release and:

should only be installed on CB 2.0.11+ sites that do not have previously installed versions of GroupJive
can be installed on live sites but you might encounter errors (that will be fixed of course in next beta/RC builds)
is recommended for testing pruposes
After you install you should make configuration changes to your CB Admin Dropdown Menu module (administrative):
Set Menu -> CB GroupJive Menu to Hide and Menu -> Plugin Menus to Show

Testing feedback and Roadmap Comments

All paid members can download GroupJive 3.0.0 beta 1 and start testing by installing and publishing all its elements (main plugin, integration plugins, Joomla module and Joomla search plugin) on your Community Builder 2.0.11 environment. It is recommended to upgrade first to latest CB Nightly Release.

So here is a list of steps to help you quickly get started:

Upgrade to latest CB 2.0.11 Nightly release
Download the CB GroupJive 3.0 beta one distribution
Unzip distribution package to reveal individual CB plugins, Joomla module and Joomla plugin
Install the CB Plugins using the CB Plugin Manager and then publish them
Optionally Install Joomla module and Joomla search plugin and publish
Create a new Joomla menu (give it a name like GroupJive) of menu type Community Builder -> Plugin
Select CB GroupJive from Plugin dropdown and save
Then Select All Categories in the Action parameter
Save menu
Create as many categories as you want from the CB GroupJive -> Categories button
You can also create groups from the CB GroupJive -> Groups button
Access GroupJive from your website frontend by clicking on the Joomla menu you created in step 6

You can explore options and settings to quickly get the hang of things and study all available tooltips. We are working on a GroupJive Primer Book that should be available when release candidate status is reached,

Please post any problems or feedback on the discussion thread below so we can quickly address and fix. Depending on feedback and issues identified we will be issuing either a new beta release or we will be going directly to a Release Candidate process.

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Details: Category: News; Published: 07 October 2015; Last Updated: 07 October 2015; Hits: 3849

Are you aware of how Community Builder solutions can help you?

Sometimes it just takes a good presentation and some friendly discussions to put things in perspective.

This is exactly what happened during my "Lunch and Learn with Joomlapolis (Community Builder)" presentation last week at the New Jersey user group event.

The aftermath comments like "great presentation", "I learned a lot", "great improvements", "eye-opener", "hugely customizable" were very much appreciated.

But, the best reward for me was the excitement I saw in people's eyes when I was able to propose CB powered solutions and add-ons for their specific use case needs.

Most people (I am also guilty :-( ) usually just dive in and start playing with Community Builder. This is certainly the quickest approach but it is also not the most productive one.

During the NJ meeting I noticed that most of the attendees were not aware of the new CB PRIMER Book (you need to be logged in to download) and how it could help you understand and tap into the great solution providing potential of Community Builder. It is a great read and it will inspire you to learn and explore CB much more and easier than the heads-on approach.

And if reading is not your cup of tea, you can check out our short and sweet video tutorials.

Once people realize how powerful CB is they can continue the free discovery process by monitoring the open-to-all support forums and see even more CB powered solution proposals given to our paid supporters.

A big thank you to the New Jersey Joomla user group for organizing the presentation and giving me the opportunity to meet everyone.

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Details: Category: News; Published: 28 September 2015; Last Updated: 28 September 2015; Hits: 2681

The annual Joomla! World Conference is coming soon!

JWC15 will be happening in Bangalore, India, on November 6-8. This year Joomla celebrates it’s 10th year, with three days of amazing keynotes, workshops, and sessions where you can learn, connect with Joomla experts, and help plan the next decade of Joomla.

Joomlapolis and CB Team members will not be able to make it but there will surely be many Community Builders present!

Check your Joomlapolis newsletter for a great 20% off coupon on all JWC tickets.

Details: Category: News; Published: 15 September 2015; Last Updated: 15 September 2015; Hits: 2752

Visit our languages downloads

Community Builder 2.0.10 is already translated in 19 languages and there are actually a total of 45 language projects maintained on our Community Builder transifex area by our very strong international community!

We also have individual project areas for each of our Professional add-ons, Groupjive and for our CBSubs - Paid Subscriptions solution.

To make things even easier for our international users we automatically grab updated translations from transifex and generate new language plugins and push them to our Languages Download area.

Discuss this on our forums.