Community Builder 2.0 BETA 3 is now available for Professional and Developer members and it is awesomely responsive !
The CB 2.0 b3 administration is now powered by the XML MVC AhaWow engine technology and provides awesome responsive behavior and many built-in features (e.g., great new Search Tools).
CB 2.0 b3 is not for production sites. It can be installed on new or as an upgrade to cloned CB 1.9.1 sites for development, testing and feedback purposes only.
In addition to Developer members (that had access to previous CB 2.0 beta releases), Professional members are now also invited to download and test CB 2.0 beta 3.
This way as a Pro member you can help shape CB 2.0 and contribute to it with your feedback.
The following is a short-list of the many improvements and changes since CB 2.0 b2:
- All administration areas have been recoded using the XML MVC AhaWow engine technology
- Improved responsiveness in backend and frontend areas
- Bootstrap styling used in backend and frontend
- Support for Joomla 1.0 and 1.5 and Mambo dropped
- Legacy plugins removed (Yanc, Mamboblog)
- Forum integration plugin replaced in favor of CB Forums
- Author Content plugin replaced in favor of CB Articles
- Improved responsiveness for CB Blogs frontend views
- Terms and Conditions is now a core CB field and thus
- Smooth install over CB 1.9.1 will migrate configuration settings, remove/unpublish existing legacy plugins
With your help, feedback and contributions we are now full speed ahead for CB 2.0 RC and stable.
Joomla has released version 3.2.2 and 2.5.18 and you need to upgrade to Community Builder 1.9.1 in order to keep your CB sites compatible with the new password handling that has been included in Joomla 3.2 and now in Joomla 2.5.18.
Our latest stable Community Builder 1.9.1 is compatible with all Joomla versions and is a recommended free upgrade for everyone.
Community Builder 2.0 - the next generation - is getting closer with the release of CB 2.0 beta 2 !
Hundreds of awesome new features are being tested and fine-tuned by our Developer member community as the CB Team is pushing forward in full speed to implement even more innovative community building ideas.
The XML MVC AhaWow engine technology included in the new CBLib Library along with a powerful new imaging library provides the technical foundation for greatness.
CB 2.0 development effort will continue to improve and build upon this great new architecture but the benefits are already visible (click pictures to enlarge):
Our developer forge is on fire with hundreds of new features and many more planned for the next beta release.
Here is a - not so short - list of already implemented features:
- new look and feel everywhere with new styles and a clean and crisp user experience
- CB 2.0 core now includes the most popular (up to now) commercial add-ons
- 6 new core field-types: file, video, rating, points (substantially improved compared to existing add-ons), and brand new audio and date/time
- image field type now supports moderation and approval via CB Workflow module
- new built-in avatar gallery with full view and thumbnail view support
- 3 new core plugins: CB Articles, CB Blogs and CB Forums (re-written for new look and feel and performance improvements)
- CB Bootstrap template (previously commercial and also improved) is now included in core and is default for new installations
- all CB templates are now bootstrapped (default, winclassic, webfx, osx, dark, luna)
- HTML email support now added to all workflow email messages
- new administration module provides backend admin menu, CB news feed and CB plugin update feed
- enhancements to CB field manager with ability to copy fields and change field types
- CB fields can now be configured to turn-off profile editing (backend only editing)
- all CB fields now support profile value and userlist value flexible output configuration in addition to the traditional label: value layout
- tabbed and flat views can be applied to profile editing and registration forms
- optional public emailing to profile user
- new flexible layout types for user lists: grid and div
- user lists manager has been enhanced to allow copying of user lists
- improved SEO with new framework functions to add active menu item metadata to HTML header output and respect/use Joomla metadata on all CB landing pages
- new single Joomla package automatically installs everything for you and even publishes / pre-configures modules during first-time installation
As you can see we have been working to address community feedback between CB 2.0 b1 and CB 2.0 b2 and in parallel to providing an innovative new framework and library layer that will help us moving forward.
There are many more exciting improvements planned for next beta release, so stay tuned.
Developer members can download CB 2.0 beta 2 and start testing immediately (not for live site).
Community Builder 2.0 beta 1 has been released!
Earlier today the CB Team hosted a very exciting live webinar and presented Community Builder 2.0 - the next generation.
Presentation slides are available for those who missed the session and a video recording of the webinar is in progress and will be made public within the next couple of days.
Community Builder 2.0 beta 1 can be downloaded now by all developer members.
Please note that CB 2.0 b1:
- is not for live sites
- can be installed on Joomla 2.5 or Joomla 3.x environments
- does not work on Joomla 1.5, 1.0 or Mambo environments
All developer members can post questions, feedback and issues on the Developer forums.
Joomla 3.2 stable has been released and it is awesome !
With dozens of new features targetting the entire spectrum of Joomla users ranging from first time users, content authors, experienced administrators, multi-lingual site integrators, template designers and extension developers - the Joomla 3.2 announcement is rightfully tagged as the Something New for Everyone release !
The Joomla 3.2 team effort has been phenomenal with over 50 committers and hundreds of testers contributing to over 1000 code commits and introducing 24 new features!
Community members have prepared 7 short video preview tutorials that highlight and introduce:
- Content Versioning
- User Interface and User Experience Improvements
- Joomla! Extension Finder for convenient onsite find and install extensions from the 4000+ Joomla! Extension Directory
- Two Step Authentication to protect and secure credential management
- Multilingual Site Automatic Installer supporting 64 official languages
- Module ACL
- Rapid Application Framework for easier development of Joomla extensions
In addition to Joomla 3.2 the Joomla! Project has released version 2.5.16 of its LTS (Long Term Support) series to address security issues and also Joomla 3.1.6 of its 3.1 series. All Joomla 3.1.5 sites should upgrade to version 3.1.6 or version 3.2. All 2.5 websites should upgrade to Joomla 2.5.16.
The CB Team has been very active during the Joomla 3.2 effort and has contributed to make Joomla better for everyone.
To address the new password storage feature introduced in Joomla 3.2, the CB Team has released CB 1.9.1 which is available from the Free Download area (login required).
CB 1.9.1 is a maintenance release with no new features except for Joomla 3.2 support.
CB 1.9.1 is also available from the new Joomla! Extension Finder on Joomla 3.2 sites. CB 1.9.1 is compatible and will work on all Joomla versions.
The CB Team is now back in full force to finalize CB 1.10 and continue working on CB 2.0.
- CB Auto 5.1.3 released with CRON job URLs and more actions!
- CB Query 3.0 released with 4 new field types
- CB Auto Actions 4.0 released!
- CB Antispam released with great protection tools
- CB Privacy 2.0 with new account removal feature released!
- CB Facebook and Twitter Connect 3.0 released!
- CB Connect 4.0 released!
- Joomla 3.1 beta 1 released and we are 100% ready!
- GroupJive 2.7 released with 15 new features!
- GroupJive 2.6 released with new clean bootstrap look