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Two new releases bring Activity Streaming to the next level !
An active website is your best tool - time to let everyone know!
Let the activity stream combo CB Activity 3.0 RC3 and CB Auto Actions 6.3 do this for you out of the box!
Just install and publish and all key community actions like profile updating, blogging, gallery uploads, user connections and even forum posting will magically appear in the activity streams!
But the fun doesn't stop here. You can tailor activity streams to your needs as everything is totally configurable.
And that's where the new CB 2.0 architecture shines: CB Auto Actions 6.3 links user-activities to streaming actions. And of course you can add your own actions to personalize your community activity streams!
To flexibly accomplish this out of the box, the new CB Auto Actions 6.3 release now has 46 built-in preconfigured system actions.
You can publish or unpublish these default system actions to configure the best activity streaming content for your usage. You can also clone and tweak to get things just right for your website.
Join the discussion to see the list of preconfigured auto actions and the available CB Activity features.
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The release of Community Builder 2.0 has motivated many template providers to contact us to see how their templates can support CB.
We are very excited to announce that the JoomForest team has just released a free (sign-in or share needed to download) JF Connecto CB 2.0+ compatible template.
This is a CB Template plugin that needs to be installed and enabled from the CB Plugin Management page and then selected in the CB Configuration User Profile tab Template parameter.
You can use this CB Template with your existing Joomla template or you can download and install the (also free) JF Connecto Joomla template.
We are looking forward to sharing similar great news from other template providers.
You can help motivate template providers by voicing your interest directly to your preferred template provider or by commenting in our discussion thread below.
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The Next Generation Community Builder 2.0.9 is here
and it's free to download.
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Community Builder 2.0.9 is here and fixes 15 issues (detailed list in discussion thread) also has 3 feature improvements that:
- improve performance
- provide better stability with updated imagine library
- upgrade select2 library to version 4 needed for CB Activity 3.0 RC2
Upgrading to Community Builder 2.0.9 can be done using the Joomla Extensions Update functionality or by simply downloading the CB 2.0.9 package and installing over your existing CB 2.0+ environment. If you are upgrading from CB 1.9.1, you should first take a look at video #30: CB 2.0 Tutorials - 30 - Upgrading from CB 1.9.1 to CB 2.0 - Expectations and first steps, our Getting started articles and of course the CB Primer Book.
With the release of CB 2.0.9, we have also released:
- CB Activity 3.0 RC2
- CB Auto Actions 6.2.3 with new activity action
- CB Connect 7.0 b2
Our CB 2.0 Compatibility chart has been updated to reflect these new releases.
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The new CB Activty 3.0 is just around the corner with awesome totally responsive fantastic looking features!
We are completely thrilled by the upcoming CB Activity 3.0. It is totally re-designed with pixel-perfect polishings and it includes best of bread activity streaming features. This brings a delightful User Experience (UX) to members and even surpasses features present on popular social networks!
In 3 words, it's the activity streaming Of Your Dreams. At least it's the one of our dreams.
Here are some of the main features in the soon to be released CB Activity 3.0 RC1:
- "What's on your mind?" posting
- Commenting everywhere
- Inline #hashtag support
- Inline emotions support (e.g., :smile:)
- Inline @username and @name type mentions
- Activity URLs automatically converted to clickable links
- 10 built-in Actions (Feeling, Watching, Reading, ...) and you can add your own!
- 62 built-in Emotions (smile, laughing, blush, ...) and you can add your own!
- Configurable limits everywhere (number of chars per post, comment, ...)
Every profile gets it's own Activity tab, but you can also create Joomla menu items to your activity streams!
And of course everything is responsive and lightning fast!
CB Activity 3.0 will be available for Professional and Developer members. A first Release Candidate (RC) is scheduled to take place soon after CB 2.0.8 is released (prerequisite for CB Activity 3.0).
In the meantime you can take a quick look at our CB Activity preview tutorial and join the discussion below.
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The new Community Builder 2.0 Primer Book is here and now free for everyone to download. This new resource is designed to be both educational and fun to follow. Rather than creating a reference guide or user manual that replicates built-in help screens and tooltip messages, the CB Primer takes a different approach. It motivates you and gives you examples that trigger your imagination and spark your internal learning process. This fun to read book is an excellent companion to the 50+ video tutorials on our Joomlapolis Youtube channel. |
What’s in this book?
This book introduces some of the main features of Community Builder, the social networking platform for Joomla.
The layout of this book is somewhat unconventional as it follows a quick-start approach showing you things you can do out-of-the-box with little or no extra configuration and then gradually introduces extra configuration possibilities as they are needed. Sometimes the images included to help explain one topic also introduce elements and features that will make the reader think and understand future possibilities. This approach hopefully makes reading more enjoyable and easier to follow.
- Expectations, installation and first steps ( Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 )
- Working with fields and a closer look at image fields ( Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 )
- Creating user lists and searching for users ( Chapter 5 )
- Working with tabs, display types and profile positions ( Chapter 6 )
- Exploring operations with user management ( Chapter 7 )
- Plugin concepts and built-in apps ( Chapter 8 )
- Configuring and exploring user connections ( Chapter 9 )
- Language translation concepts ( Chapter 10 )
- More configurations and implication tips ( Chapter 11 )
- Conclusions and more resources ( Chapter 12 and Appendix A )
Download your copy and let the fun learning begin!
- Celebrating 10 Years of Community Building
- Do more with Joomla 3.4 and Community Builder 2.0.7
- New CB Gallery supports photos, files, videos and music
- Time to fully embrace Community Builder 2.0
- New Template Releases for CB 2.0
- 23 action types in CB Auto Actions 6 now for CB 2.0
- 11 previously commercial add-ons included in CB 2.0
- Call to action: New EU VAT law could kill E-Commerce and affects everyone
- Controlling Privacy with CB Privacy 4.0
- 21 Video Tutorials for Community Builder 2.0