Complete solution for your membership site

Yes, after almost two years Joomlapolis was about due for a facelift. The CB Team has been working with Jacob (who also created the previous Joomlapolis site template) to create this new crispy looking template for our site. This is just the first of many planned steps the CB Team has been preparing over the past months. We will be preparing a dedicated article about the new template and the nice work Jacob has put into it. We will also be announcing the renewed sponsorship of our Web hoster Kreativmedia (here) for one more year - we just recently hit the 400 days uptime mark on our dedicated server!

We have been working on CB 1.1 (released 2 weeks ago) and since then both Beat and myself have answered a couple of hundred forums posts (each of us) related with community issues around CB 1.1 and its coexistence with Joomla or Mambo CMS installations.

The CB Team is proud to announce the release of version 1.1 of the Community Builder suite. This release contains many bug-fixes, security hardenings and new features. Due to the security enhancements comming with this release, all CB websites are highly encouraged to upgrade to version 1.1 soon.

This release is compatible with Joomla 1.0.X (including 1.0.13 and any previously released versions like 1.0.12) , Joomla 1.5 RC1, and Mambo 4.5.2-4.6.2. You can download the CB 1.1 distribution package from the CB Team Releases section of the Joomlapolis download area (remember to unzip the distribution package and follow the README.txt instructions closely).

Joomla 1.0.13 and 1.5 RC 1:

Please note that CB 1.0.2 is not compatible with Joomla 1.0.13 and 1.5 RC 1, but CB 1.1 is compatible with all versions of Joomla (except beta versions).

You need to update CB to CB 1.1 first, before updating Joomla to Joomla 1.0.13.

Before updating to Joomla 1.0.13, you need to be aware of the problems and solutions, as discussed in this forum.

Well, if you already updated Joomla to 1.0.13, simply update CB to CB 1.1.

One interesting side-effect of CB 1.1 is that it adapts the database storage to the host CMS, meaning you can also downgrade from Joomla 1.0.13 to Joomla 1.0.12 or any previous version, if needed while keeping the CMS database compatible.

Mambo 4.6.2:

Please note that CB 1.1 is compatible with latest Mambo 4.5.2 to 4.6.2 natively, without any changes. CB 1.0.2 was compatible with Mambo 4.5.0 - 4.5.5 (and with 4.6.2, with a simple change in the login module).

Packt Publishing Book Store is looking for people to submit names of Open Source Content Management Systems for its 2007 awards process. There are 5 categories for nominations and the CB Team believes that the fifth category is a nice fit for its Joomla/Mambo Community Builder CMS solution.

So please visit the ‘Nominate the Best Open Source Social Networking CMS’ webpage at http://www.packtpub.com and submit your nomination for Joomla/Mambo Community Builder (please use this exact wording to build up proper momentum). With your vote/nomination you will be indirectly supporting our efforts and further developments. Don't forget to vote in other appropriate categories for your preferred CMS.

Thank you!

Calling all testers!