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Executive Summary
The arrival of Joomla 3.0 and Community Builder 1.9 RC marks an important and exciting milestone for everyone in the community.
The built-in mobile support, the fresh new Twitter Bootstrap user interface and the jQuery support starts a new era for Joomla. Simply put, the Joomla 3.0 release opens the mobile door for all Joomla websites making them look, feel and operate equally well on all viewing devices (smartphone, tablets and traditional desktops).
Community Builder 1.9 is currently in Release Candidate (RC) status and available to all Professional and Developer members. It works with the new Joomla 3.0 and still maintains compatibility with all Joomla versions including 2.5, 1.5 and even Joomla 1.0. In addition, the new CB Bootstrap template (pro/dev members) also gives Community Builder a nice clean twitter bootstrap look.
And with CB 1.9 RC all our latest add-on, including CBSubs, are now Joomla 3.0 compatible.
Joomla 3.0 is a Short Term Support (STS) release and should be thought of as an early adaptors environment that paves the way for the next Long Term Support (LTS) Joomla 3.5 release scheduled for September 2013.
The new Joomla 3.0 features are great for new websites and Joomla 3.0 looks like a compelling upgrade for existings sites. However, before moving to Joomla 3.0, you should investigate if your extensions and your template are Joomla 3.0 compatible.
Simply put, most existing Joomla 2.5 extensions will not work with Joomla 3.0 and new releases of these extensions are needed.
Understanding Joomla releases
The chart tells the story, but for all practical purposes we can focus on 4 Joomla release series that are listed below in reverse chronological order (newest first):
- Joomla 3.0 STS
This is the newest STS series that will pave the way for the next Joomla 3.5 LTS scheduled for September 2013.
Who is this for?- Early adopters wishing to use new built-in and cutting edge features and
- Sites with Joomla 3.0 compatible third-party extensions
- Joomla 2.5 LTS
This is the current LTS series that will be supported (with security and bug point releases) at least until the end of 2013.
Who is this for?- Stable existing websites or
- Newly developed websites that want the longest possible hassle-free support period
- Joomla 1.5 LTS
This is the last before Joomla 2.5 LTS release, which is officially supported until December 2012.
Who is this for?- No one ahould develop a new website using Joomla 1.5.
- All existing Joomla 1.5 environments should migrate to Joomla 2.5 or to 3.0 (depending on extension compatibility and willingness to follow the 3.X releases).
- Joomla 1.0 no longer supported
If you still have a site using Joomla 1.0, you need to migrate to latest Joomla 2.5 or Joomla 3.0 asap as a matter of security. This will probably be much more than a migration as you will most likely want to redo your entire website and also find compatible extensions.
Bottom Line
The Joomla CMS is now properly addressing the very important smart-phone and tablet viewing environments. The new user friendly interface will attract more followers and the jQuery support will help developers port thousands of existing jQuery add-ons.
With such clear benefits, we believe third-party developers will quickly and enthousiatically support Joomla 3.0. Joomlapolis has already adapted all its extensions and CB addons to Joomla 3.0.
So, Joomla 3.0 is the best choice among the open-source CMS products.
Existing Joomla 2.5 websites should not rush to upgrade since many Joomla 2.5 extensions do not work yet on Joomla 3.0.
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We are very proud and excited to release version 1.0 of the new CB Bootstrap template.
This marks a very crucial CB 2.0 milestone that enhances the look and feel of Community Builder as we know it.
The CB Bootstrap template is currently available to all Developer members and once sufficient feedback is given it will become part of the Professional membership and it wil be included in the CB Quickstart PRO package.
You can see this new CB template in action on our CB Quickstart PRO demo site and see what a huge difference a nice clean template can make.
This new CB Template runs on CB 1.8.1 and integrates seamlessly with existing CB Team plugins including CB GroupJive and CBSubs.
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We are very excited to release the first Community Builder Quickstart PRO package that can be downloaded and installed as a single Joomla 2.5 extension.
This single download will socially kickstart your new Communiity Builder website. The package will install CB 1.8.1 (component and modules) and selected add-ons and will automatically configure them for you!
CB configuration settings, Joomla settings, module publishing, CB plugin and tabs, Joomla menus - everything is preconfigured for you and ready for your final touches based on your existing template and menu structure.
It will even adjust Joomla configuration for you to disable direct registration and Joomla login module, and replace them by the CB registration and CB login module.
The following items are included in CB Quickstart PRO:
- Latest CB (component and modules) with basic configuration done and member user list created
- Joomla CB Core redirect plugin
- Joomla CB search plugin
- Joomla CB Authorbot plugin
- CB Content bot
- Profilebook plugin and module
- Profile Gallery plugin and module
- CB Activity plugin
- CB Last views
- CB Invites
- CB Captcha
- CB Facebook Connect (needs to be configured on Facebook side)
- CB Twitter Connect (needs to be configured on Twitter side)
- Video, Rating and Ajax file field plugins (enabled and waiting for you to create new fields)
- GroupJive plugins and module
- CB Content module (not enabled)
- CB Admin Navigation module
Everything is pre-configured for you and all menu items are created in a new Community Builder menu module. All you need is to adjust items to fit in with your existing template and website structure.
All Professional members can download the CB QuickstRT PRO package from the Professional download area.
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Joomla 2.5.6 with the CB Team proposed patch can now support Joomla article author name linking back to CB user profile of author.
CB Author bot is a Joomla 2.5.6+ compatible content plugin that when installed (as a Joomla extension) and enabled (from Joomla extension plugin manager) will replace the Joomla article author name display to the CB formatted name style and link this back to the CB user profile of the author.
This Joomla content plugin is freely available to all Joomlapolitans from the Free Download area.
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The CB Team has just released the brand new CB Activity plugin for Professional and Developer members.
Promote and encourage your membership participation with realtime activity streaming on your website.
This add-on will bring new life to your website by showcasing your membership activities in a prominent and stylish fashion.
Activity events that can be configured are:
- new member announcements (registration event)
- sign-in alerts (login event)
- sign-offs (logout event)
- new friendships (connection events)
- profile changes (profile update events)
- image changes (profile image updates)
- guestbook entries (profilebook guestbook tab)
- blog tab entries (profilebook blog tab)
- wall tab entries (profilebook wall tab)
- gallery entries (profilegallery tab items)
- blog entries (CB Blog publications)
- group activities (all GroupJive events)
- forum posts (Kunena forum integration)
Users will be able to see their latest activities and the activities of their connections on their user profile Activity tab. When viewing another user's Activity tab they will be able to see the activities of that user and of his/her connections.
The entire activity of your community (respecting members' privacy settings) is also available in a component-type view using a Joomla menu item type.
The CB Activity plugin is also available from the Packager Installer and it will be further enhanced and integrated in Community Builder 2.0.
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