CB 2.1 now delayed to April

I must say that I do feel let down and very disappointed at seeing the release of CB 2.1 continuously set back over and over again and now seeing it delayed until April.

While I do like CB 2.x and its new features I cannot help thinking that it was released extremely prematurely.

First there were three RC's then 2.0.0 released on October 8. More than two months later and we are yet to see all of the Advanced, Professional, CB Subs and Templates actually compatible with CB 2.x.

It is a great product with superior and lightening fast support, but honestly, I could have happily waited for a fully functional 2.x rather than being repeatedly "teased" with the promise of a fully functional CB 2.x.

fundsauce wrote: I must say that I do feel let down and very disappointed at seeing the release of CB 2.1 continuously set back over and over again and now seeing it delayed until April.

While I do like CB 2.x and its new features I cannot help thinking that it was released extremely prematurely.

First there were three RC's then 2.0.0 released on October 8. More than two months later and we are yet to see all of the Advanced, Professional, CB Subs and Templates actually compatible with CB 2.x.

It is a great product with superior and lightening fast support, but honestly, I could have happily waited for a fully functional 2.x rather than being repeatedly "teased" with the promise of a fully functional CB 2.x.

Hi fundsauce,

First of all, thanks for your praise of our support and of the free CB 2.0 product itself.

Loooks like there is a confusion of two unrelated items: Future CB 2.1 (with major new and fully compatible features) and CB Add-on Plugins compatibility. Here is a short explanation:

1. Plugins compatibility:

You will not need to wait for CB 2.1 and April to get all our add-on plugins fully compatible with CB 2.0.

As you can see on our updated official current detailed status, here: www.joomlapolis.com/cb-20-addon-status
Most of our plugins are already compatible, a lot have been included for free into CB 2.0, and we are almost there with 100% of our plugins verified compatible. Templates are also been worked on in parallel by our templates designer, and all 4 templates should be released pretty soon (although I agree that there was an unexpected delay on those. As a side-note, I am not seeing you being a current or past Templates customer, so you are currently not affected by this delay).

2. Regarding CB 2.1 and April:

You have probably seen this in our forge release dates. Those are not in any way a guess and even less an announcement. Redmine requires dates for releases, and the future dates there are not an indication of release dates.

CB 2.1 will not be needed for full verified compatibility of plugins, a 2.0.x will be fine.

Finally, CB 2.0 itself is fully functional.

I'm not sure to understand what you expect from CB 2.1 as it has not been announced at this time.

Our current work is to finish making the last CB add-on plugins fully compatible with CB 2.0, fixing any issues reported in CB and add-ons. Then we have a few new plugins to develop and some nice improvements inside CB itself planed.

So back to the current tasks that we want to finish as soon as possible too.

You are very welcome for most than earned praise.

I am aware that the plugins and add-ons are not dependent upon 2.1 and that now most are compatible with 2.x, but it would be great to have the full range of tools at my fingertips. I am still desperately awaiting GJ and Anti-spam so that I can finish and launch my website with confidence, hence I am sounding a little disgruntled.

On the templates, very true, I am not a template customer for a very good reason, they are not yet 2.x compatible. As I am using CB 2.x it would be senseless for me to purchase a CB 1.9.1 template. I have been waiting and waiting for a CB 2.x compatible template but in the meantime have been forced to use a different one.

I do watch the add-on status daily as well as the forge. In the forge new 2.0.x numbers keep popping up, usually within a couple of days of a 2.0.x release. 2.1 was on one occasion as close as I think three days from due and often within 14 days, just saying...

Thank you for your swift reply though. I look forward to the new features as well as the add-ons being entirely 2.x compliant.

Hi!

I couldn't agree more; you (the CB-team) are worth all appreciation and praise. Super product and always fast and friendly response in the forums.

However, I'm also waiting for the updates/upgrades for antispam and the templates (especially coolness). Do you have any estimation at all for when they might be ready?

Have a nice ending of the week-end

However, I'm also waiting for the updates/upgrades for antispam and the templates (especially coolness). Do you have any estimation at all for when they might be ready?

I'm starting CB AntiSpam upgrade today.

The templates are in their final phase of testing to get rid of any final bugs, incompatibilities, and conflicts.