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Published: 24 September 2014

Last Updated: 24 September 2014

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Joomla 3.3.4 and Joomla 2.5.25 have been released.

Both packages are security releases. So, all Joomla 3.X websites should upgrade to Joomla 3.3.4 and all Joomla 2.5 series to Joomla 2.5.25.

A quick reminder in case you missed it: According to the Joomla technical requirements, the Joomla 3.3.4 release will only work on PHP versions 5.3.10 or better. Here is a quick summary that will help you decide:

If your website is using

• a Joomla 2.5.X version, you should update to Joomla 2.5.25 and plan to update to Joomla 3.X as soon as possible since support for Joomla 2.5 stops end of this year.
• a Joomla 3.3.X version, you should update to Joomla 3.3.4.
• a Joomla 3.2.X version (because 3.2.X still supports PHP 5.3.1 through 5.3.9), you should update to Joomla 3.2.5.

As usual backup before upgrading your Joomla websites and verify that all third party extensions (including your template) are compatible.

And yes, CB 1.9.1 and CB 2.0 RC3 (needs at least PHP 5.3.3 and MYSQL 5.1) both work great on these new Joomla releases !

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Published: 01 August 2014

Last Updated: 01 August 2014

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Yesterday we resolved the last showstopper (reimplementing the advanced users search using the new AhaWow engine) that was blocking us from reaching Community Builder 2.0 RC status.

We have a small number of minor tracker items that we are working on at the moment and we are now announcing that CB 2.0 RC will be released on Thursday August 7th.

In order to get as much quality feedback and testing as possible we are extending this round of RC testing to all paid members (Advanced, Professional and Developer) and CB 2.0 RC will be available for download from the Advanced Download area.

Community Builder 2.0 is a major features release that addresses over 135 new features and over 80 bug fixes. Seven (7) currently paid add-ons have been included in the core CB 2.0 product that will be a free download once it becomes stable. And as always, it will be a GPL release that gives you the freedom to use on all your websites without any limitations.

CB 2.0 RC is of course not yet a stable release But as our development cycles include continous code reviews and testing, it should be ok for early adaptors (new websites). Please note that CB 2.0 RC is compatible with Joomla 2.5 and 3.x series. Support for Joomla 1.5 has been discontinued as pre-announced.

Without the ongoing support of our paid members, our translation teams and our forum posters we would not be able to make this happen. So a huge THANK YOU is in order for all our supporters!

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Published: 22 July 2014

Last Updated: 23 July 2014

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One of the many new features of Community Builder 2.0 is the batch processing functionality present in the CB Tab, Field, Plugin and User List management pages.

This functionality lets CB admins easily perform mass changes to multiple selected CB elements.

Some sample usages follow to help you understand the functionality and the power. With this new functionality you can set the:

• Field type, Required property, Tab placement, Profile property, Registration presence, Edit property (also new in CB 2.0) or Searchable property of multiple selected fields
• Display type, Access viewing level or Position placement of multiple selected tabs
• Default status or Access View level of multiple selected user lists
• Access View level of multiple selected CB Plugins

In the screenshot above we are showing how to use the enhanced Search Tools feature to filter all text type fields and the Batch Tools feature to move 2 text fields to a different tab. But we could have also selected a new field type in the -Select type- drop down parameter to convert these 2 fields from text type to text area. Yup, CB 2.0 now supports field type conversions.

Another great administrative feature included in CB 2.0 is the copy feature that lets administrators copy CB fields, tabs and user lists from the relevant CB management pages.

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Published: 01 July 2014

Last Updated: 03 July 2014

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After our JAB14 return and our CB 2.0 new look article, we have pushing forward developing even more visual improvements and addressing community feedback on our CB 2.0 beta releases.

In the visual improvements area we have been restyling CB user lists to give them a new modern crisp look and to take advantage of the new Canvas functionality and the new Grid layout feature.

Our community has been expressing its concern that existing CB 1.9.1 compatible plugins may be broken by the next generation CB 2.0 series. Our initial thought was that the mangitute of new features and changes present in CB 2.0 would make it very difficult to maintain backwards compatibility and any existing plugins will have to be updated to conform.

Now that we have completed our core changes, we have been taking a closer look and decided to invest in providing an internal legacy layer to support existing CB 1.9.1 plugins. The ultimate goal is to allow CB 1.9.1 sites to upgrade to CB 2.0 and keep all existing CB plugins functional.

The benefit of this investment is huge for the existing CB 1.9.1 userbase and also for third-party CB plugin developers that will now have more time to convert their existing CB related add-ons to conform with the new CB 2.0 code.

We have also been implementing many localization improvements that will help improve performance and language specific string pluralizations and we have implemented multiple keys for language strings. This means that if the same string is used in two different areas it can be translated differently. We are now looking into implementing a translator friendly language override facility.

Because of these important code improvements we are now scheduling a beta 5 release in order to get feedback on legacy layer and CB plugin compatibility and then we will follow-up by addressing all reported issues and moving towards an RC release.

We are very excited with the progress and the huge potential and would like to THANK all our members for their support, feedback and patience.

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Published: 11 June 2014

Last Updated: 11 June 2014

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Now that we are back from #JAB14, we are working full speed on finalizing Community Builder 2.0 for RC release!

After our behind the scenes - do it right - library investments switching to Bootstrap and our new AHAWOW XML engine, it is time to start visualizing these improvements in our profile pages. CB 2.0 profiles now have 12 new canvas positions that let you create awesome looking user profile pages like the demo image included above!

And it plays nicely on mobile devices thanks to built-in image scaling and responsiveness.

The flexibility that has been implemented so far gives you the tools to make your community profile pages looks as awesome as you like.

Combining the new canvas positions and the already implemented in CB 2.0 beta 4 field layouts parameters gives you the power to style and configure things as you deem best for your specific community.

We have even built-in a mechanism so you can provide your own image library for your canvas images, in addition of course to allowing your users to upload their own canvas image that can also be marked to need CB Moderator approval.

As we are getting closer to the Community Builder 2.0 RC release, we would like to thank the Joomlapolis community for their support and continuous valuable feedback and of course their financial support as paid members.

Please note that this is work-in-progress and we cannot guarantee that the final product won't look even better and won't be even more flexible!

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