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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:
- Upgrade to latest CB 2.0.11 Nightly release
- Download the CB GroupJive 3.0 beta one distribution
- Unzip distribution package to reveal individual CB plugins, Joomla module and Joomla plugin
- Install the CB Plugins using the CB Plugin Manager and then publish them
- Optionally Install Joomla module and Joomla search plugin and publish
- 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 - Create as many categories as you want from the CB GroupJive -> Categories button
- You can also create groups from the CB GroupJive -> Groups button
- 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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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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The annual Joomla! World Conference is coming soon!
JWC15 will be happening in Bangalore, India, on November 6-8. This year Joomla celebrates it’s 10th year, with three days of amazing keynotes, workshops, and sessions where you can learn, connect with Joomla experts, and help plan the next decade of Joomla.
Joomlapolis and CB Team members will not be able to make it but there will surely be many Community Builders present!
Check your Joomlapolis newsletter for a great 20% off coupon on all JWC tickets.
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Community Builder 2.0.10 is already translated in 19 languages and there are actually a total of 45 language projects maintained on our Community Builder transifex area by our very strong international community!
We also have individual project areas for each of our Professional add-ons, Groupjive and for our CBSubs - Paid Subscriptions solution.
To make things even easier for our international users we automatically grab updated translations from transifex and generate new language plugins and push them to our Languages Download area.
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One of the most powerful tools available for Community Builder is the CB Auto Actions plugin.
In a nutshell, this tool lets you act when something happens in your community.
Without the assistance of CB Auto Actions such functionality could only be possible by coding a Joomla or CB plugin.
With CB Auto Action things are much simpler. Just decide what community event is important and what you want to do when such an event happens.
The latest CB Auto Actions add-on has many built-in System Actions you can study, clone and modify to your liking.
There are also many hands-on examples available in the tutorials section, the video channel and on our freely readable forum responses.
Here are 5 cool workflows you can implement using CB Auto Actions without writing a single line of code:
- Send a personalized welcoming email to users when they login to your site for the very first time.
- Inform your moderation team when users update a specific field in their user profiles.
- Login redirect users to specific website pages based on their profile information (e.g., male users are directed to appropriate landing page for men).
- Keep track of active users by incrementing a CB field after every user login.
- Add users to Joomla groups based on profile data (e.g., female users are added to specific group).
These are just 5 examples, but there are infinite possibilities!
Just in the last few weeks, some of our members configured some awesome workflows with CB Auto Actions - without a single line of code - which will surely inspire you. Check out these forum discussions were our users really thought up some great concepts and put CB Auto Actions to work for them:
- CB Auto Action to update a field in another table of the DB
- Set default value for registration from GET parameter
- Gallery notifications
- Privacy for registered users
So join the discussion and share your CB Auto Action use cases.
The best examples will be converted to video tutorials!
Discuss this and share your auto action masterpiece here!
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