JomSocial 1.6 Release

Azrul has finally released JomSocial 1.6 [Brillo]; with a changelog spanning an impressive 170 fixes and new features. It is a release you want to check out!

JomSocial 1.6 [Brillo]

It has been a long time coming, beta releases and Yes - it is finally here - JomSocial 1.6 [Brillo] is available for download.

The somewhat amazing changelog (check it out here) contains over 170 minor issues and features.

For a somewhat more digestable abridged version read on.

Amazon S3 Storage support

Why not utilize one of world's cheapest cloud storage solutions to host your photos and videos, while at the same time reducing your server access load?

With JomSocial 1.6 [Brillo], you can do just that! JomSocial 1.6 allows you to use Amazon S3's highly scalable, reliable, fast and inexpensive data storage infrastructure-- the same infrastructure Amazon uses to run its own global network of web sites!

With this, your site can easily handle traffic spikes and your visitors can experience a fast-loading community...no matter where they are!

Massively enhanced privacy support

Sometimes you just want to post something private for your closest friends. We understand.

That's why we now have an enhanced privacy system in JomSocial 1.6. Activity streams, for example, will now accurately show streams from public and friends' activities only.

If you want to keep things for yourself, others won't be able to view it.

This applies to all private group activities as well. Private groups stay private!

Improved activity stream

We have made our activity streams more informative and a lot more useful in JomSocial 1.6.

We have strategically included content preview within each stream which allows admins to automatically hide unwanted activity from ever being shown.

A few redundant activities are also unpublished by default. Activity streams not only look much nicer, but we’ve also organized and displayed them in a way that helps site members discover new information and be kept up-to-date easily.

Your users will love it.

New API for new possibilities

We always strive to give more control and flexibility to 3rd party developers. In JomSocial 1.6, we have added some ambitious new APIs to give 3rd party developers even more empowerment.

Plugins now have the ability to override any controller or even an ajax output. Giving more control to developers means that they can be more creative in developing new modules and plugins, opening a whole new world of possibilities for JomSocial.

Modules everywhere

You can now easily load any Joomla! modules within JomSocial content in this new version. We have now added a number of strategically located module positions inside JomSocial.

For example, making an announcement on top of all profiles is now easier than ever. Just create a new html module and assign it to "js_profile_top" module position.

You can read more about this at http://www.jomsocial.com/docs/Built-in_module_positions

And tons of refinement and bug fixes

We worked very closely with our testing team to crush numerous small (yet annoying) bugs, making this release one of our most refined and polished releases ever.

From updated styling to revised translations, input button removal to re-aligned icon positions, we worked hard to make your JomSocial community site easy to use and easy on the eyes!

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