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Published: 04 January 2016

Last Updated: 04 January 2016

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Paid members can download CB Core Ajax Fields 3.0.0

Making CB Field editing easier and quicker is simple with the new CB Core Ajax Fields 3.0 release that supports inline editing on profile pages and even on user lists!

Just install, publish it and then configure each CB Field you want for inline editing.

Once configured, a mouse over on a field will reveal the edit icon that will let you quickly update the specific field value.

This is a huge usability improvement for your users and also a life saver for moderators that need to edit many users directly in user list views.

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Published: 23 December 2015

Last Updated: 23 December 2015

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"Security is an ongoing journey: The best way to stay safe is to always stay up-to-date" says Beat (CB Team and JSST - Joomla Security Strike Team member).

The previous Joomla 3.4.6 critical security release triggered an in depth security investigation by the JSST Team to better understand the true nature and cause of this vulnerability.

This "follow the code" process has identified the root cause of this issue down to a specific PHP security bug, already fixed on 4th September 2015 in PHP 5.4.45, 5.5.29 and 5.6.13 (and also in all PHP 7 releases) and also in all major Linux distributions back in September 2015

In an effort to help secure Joomla against poorly maintained hosting environments, the Joomla project has released Joomla 3.4.7 along with Joomla 2.5 and 1.5 code fixes.

This means that:

• All Joomla 3.4 websites should be upgraded to Joomla 3.4.7
• All Joomla 2.5/1.5 websites that cannot upgrade to Joomla 3 should apply the EOL Security Hotfixes

These actions will protect your Joomla core installation against this specific PHP bug.

You should make sure that your hoster continuously security-maintains your PHP/LINUX environment to keep it up to date (Joomlapolis Hosting does).

Please note that Community Builder 2.0.12 runs just fine with Joomla 3.4.7 (no backwards compatibility issues) and Community Builder's sessions management is not affected by this PHP secutity bug.

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Published: 15 December 2015

Last Updated: 15 December 2015

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The Joomla project has just released Joomla 3.4.6 to address a Critical Vulnerability.

You must act immediately and update or patch all your Joomla 3.x/2.5/1.5. sites to this latest release.

The vulnerability is also present in discontinued Joomla 2.5 and 1.5 series (Joomla 1.0 is ok). If you still have sites running off these old Joomla versions you must patch them appropriately.

So to quickly help you act please follow these instructions:

• For all your Joomla 3.x websites
  you should upgrade now to Joomla 3.4.6
• For all your Joomla 2.5.28 websites you should
  download and apply the Joomla 2.5.28 patch
• For all your Joomla 1.5.26 websites you should
  download and apply the Joomla 1.5.26 patch

This is really important! If you are reading this, you should stop what you are doing and start updating/patching all your websites now.

There is no need to delay. The Joomla 3.4.6 package only addresses the vulnerabilities and will not break anything you have installed upgrading from 3.4.5 to 3.4.6 (including of course Community Builder 2.0.12).

If your website is not patched and your hosting does not have proper security counter-measures (btw - our hosting has already blocked thousands of attackers), you are at risk - protect your websites now !

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Published: 13 October 2015

Last Updated: 13 October 2015

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GroupJive 3.0 beta 1 can be downloaded by all paid members.

GroupJive 3.0 beta 1 is fully compatible with Community Builder 2.0.11+ and is ready for test sites.

GroupJive 3.0 is a complete rewrite using CB 2.0+ framework and libraries and has been restyled to match the CB 2.0 profile canvas layout.

Main features and changes list

GroupJive 3.0 has many new featres and changes compared to the previous 2.7 release:

• Rewritten for CB 2.0 compatibility
• New responsive (yes, mobile ready) canvas layout design
• Adds Community Builder plugin joomla menu item support for all integrations
• Language files for each GroupJive integration plugin that will be included in CB Language plugins (no more need for separate GroupJive language plugin)
• Intergration plugins now push their own menu items to the CB Admin Navigation module
• Updated forum integration for Kunena 4.0+
• Updated support for CB Antispam
• Nested categories and nested groups features have been dropped.
• New component buttons for administration accessible from plugin management page

You can see full changelog on our forge.

Please note that this beta release does not have a migration script (planned for Release Candidate), so it should not be installed over previous GroupJive environments.

GroupJive 3.0 beta 1 installation recommendations

GroupJive 3.0 beta 1 is not a stable release and:

• should only be installed on CB 2.0.11+ sites that do not have previously installed versions of GroupJive
• can be installed on live sites but you might encounter errors (that will be fixed of course in next beta/RC builds)
• is recommended for testing pruposes
• After you install you should make configuration changes to your CB Admin Dropdown Menu module (administrative):
  Set Menu -> CB GroupJive Menu to Hide and Menu -> Plugin Menus to Show

Testing feedback and Roadmap Comments

All paid members can download GroupJive 3.0.0 beta 1  and start testing by installing and publishing all its elements (main plugin, integration plugins, Joomla module and Joomla search plugin) on your Community Builder 2.0.11 environment. It is recommended to upgrade first to latest CB Nightly Release.

So here is a list of steps to help you quickly get started:

1. Upgrade to latest CB 2.0.11 Nightly release
2. Download the CB GroupJive 3.0 beta one distribution
3. Unzip distribution package to reveal individual CB plugins, Joomla module and Joomla plugin
4. Install the CB Plugins using the CB Plugin Manager and then publish them
5. Optionally Install Joomla module and Joomla search plugin and publish
6. Create a new Joomla menu (give it a name like GroupJive) of menu type Community Builder -> Plugin
   Select CB GroupJive from Plugin dropdown and save
   Then Select All Categories in the Action parameter
   Save menu
7. Create as many categories as you want from the CB GroupJive -> Categories button
8. You can also create groups from the CB GroupJive -> Groups button
9. Access GroupJive from your website frontend by clicking on the Joomla menu you created in step 6

You can explore options and settings to quickly get the hang of things and study all available tooltips. We are working on a GroupJive Primer Book that should be available when release candidate status is reached,

Please post any problems or feedback on the discussion thread below so we can quickly address and fix. Depending on feedback and issues identified we will be issuing either a new beta release or we will be going directly to a Release Candidate process.

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Published: 07 October 2015

Last Updated: 07 October 2015

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Are you aware of how Community Builder solutions can help you?

Sometimes it just takes a good presentation and some friendly discussions to put things in perspective.

This is exactly what happened during my "Lunch and Learn with Joomlapolis (Community Builder)" presentation last week at the New Jersey user group event.

The aftermath comments like "great presentation", "I learned a lot", "great improvements", "eye-opener", "hugely customizable" were very much appreciated.

But, the best reward for me was the excitement I saw in people's eyes when I was able to propose CB powered solutions and add-ons for their specific use case needs.

Most people (I am also guilty :-( ) usually just dive in and start playing with Community Builder. This is certainly the quickest approach but it is also not the most productive one.

During the NJ meeting I noticed that most of the attendees were not aware of the new CB PRIMER Book (you need to be logged in to download) and how it could help you understand and tap into the great solution providing potential of Community Builder. It is a great read and it will inspire you to learn and explore CB much more and easier than the heads-on approach.

And if reading is not your cup of tea, you can check out our short and sweet video tutorials.

Once people realize how powerful CB is they can continue the free discovery process by monitoring the open-to-all support forums and see even more CB powered solution proposals given to our paid supporters.

A big thank you to the New Jersey Joomla user group for organizing the presentation and giving me the opportunity to meet everyone.

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