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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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The recent back to back releases of Joomla 2.5.5 and Joomla 2.5.6 and the internal rush to push a CB 1.8.1 quality release out to the general public reminded me of my AT&T Bell Labs days back in the late 1980's.
It was a period that was inspired by quality metrics and improvement discussions. Phrases like "improve quality by a factor of X in Y years" were common in almost every single presentation or discussion.
In fact we were instructed by our supervisor to make sure we mentioned something about quality in all our talks back then.
I was preparing a talk about a new telecommunications service and how our internal newtwork design tool could support it when I realized that I had not said anything at all about the big Q word. So I prepared an extra single slide to start off my presentation and get the Q stuff over with so I could continue with the real (in my mind back then) important content.
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Our brand new Package Installer page is now open for our paid members and CBSubs purchasers!
There are exactly 101 add-ons available now on Joomlapolis!
This huge number of packages is impressive, but having to download and install each one seperately could appear tedious and daunting.
We have addressed this with the new Package Installer that all paid members can use to custom build their own single package of add-ons.
Depending on your membership and your CBSubs and Template purchases, you can download and install all 101 items (or just the ones you choose) as a single package using this new Package Installer.
These 3 simple steps on the Package Installer page will save you lots of time:
- Select Joomla version (1.5 or 2.5) and individual add-ons starting with Community Builder
- Download your single installable package with everything you selected in it
- Install your downloaded package using your Joomla Extensions menu
That's all there is to it!
The package you download can be used for new installs or for upgrading of existing installations.
You can upgrade your membership now and start building your own single install packages!
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We are back from our yearly Joomla fix at JandBeyond 2012 and still recovering from the great presentations and the fantastic discussions with our Joomla peers.
There are many online references to the #jab12 happenings that you can visit to read, see and listen to. Yes, this years event really rocked and rolled (see if you can spot Beat in this one).
While we are waiting for the video production process of all the presentations (currently in progress - thank you Jeremy Wilken) - courtesy of the Joomlapolis Video sponsorship - we have to share two important happenings that make us very excited about the future of Joomla and of Community Builder.
The first very important happening is the decision of Joomla UI (user interface) to use BootStrap as part of its Joomla 3.0 planned release later this year. This is a great opportunity for Joomla and its third-party extensions (that also choose to use Bootstrap) to get a nice, light-weight and clean user interface look.
The CB Team and many other third-party extension teams (e.g., Kunena) have decided to also adopt the Boostrap concept. The unified user interface concept will help Joomla users as they will see a familiar set of interface controls in Joomla and in its extensions. Once again, Community Builder 2.0 will use Bootstrap.
The second exciting happening is the official annoucement of the AHA?WOW! new specification language that will be used in CB 2.0. Five (5) years of internal research have given birth to this bold new development concept already used and thoroughly tested in CBSubs. See the slides and watch Beat's lightning talk video.
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- We're off to see the wizards
- CBSubs 2.0 is here with new powerful features!
- J and Beyond 2012 - Simply the best!
- CB GroupJive 2.5 is here!
- Community Builder 1.8 is here!
- CBSubs 1.3 RC + Mailer + 8 new Gateways + more
- CBSubs 1.3 Pre-announcement
- Joomla 2.5 and life-cycle guide
- CBSubs 1.3 Mailer Sneak Preview
- Joomla 1.7.3 and 1.5.25 security releases: Are they for me?