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Category: News

Published: 17 December 2024

Last Updated: 17 December 2024

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We are thrilled to introduce CB Package Builder 8.0, the ultimate solution for presenting, managing, and distributing your digital packages on Joomla. Designed to streamline the process of managing files and Joomla extensions, CB Package Builder provides unmatched flexibility and control, making it indispensable for developers and administrators managing multiple files downloads, client sites or custom extensions.

Imagine simplifying your life by having complete control over what files, packages, or Joomla extensions each client site can access and update. Additionally, CB Package Builder's robust site key authentication ensures that your digital assets are securely managed, delivering peace of mind when rolling out updates or distributing components.

What Makes CB Package Builder Indispensable?

CB Package Builder transforms your digital files into well-presented, secure, manageable packages. Each package can be finely tailored with user CB field-based conditions, honoring Joomla's ACL restrictions and integrating seamlessly with CBSubs for subscription-based access.

Need to deploy multiple files, packages, or extensions together? No problem! The Presets feature dynamically zips multiple packages into a single download, simplifying installations and updates.

As a great example, all our product pages are entirely made and rendered by CB Package Builder, including our CB Add-Ons overview page, all our product pages, including our newest Joomla extension, CB Editor Assistant, as well as our Downloads page.

Key New Features in Version 8.0

1. Smart Authentication with Joomla Download Keys: Automate the delivery of updates and downloads confidently to the right users, minimizing manual work while enhancing security through site key authentication. [9508]

2. Tailored Update Management: Enjoy the flexibility to choose software versions that meet your clients' site or needs, reducing complexity. [9526]

3. Seamless Integration with Joomla: Achieve a smoother operation with improved Joomla XML versioning and checksums, ensuring updates happen automatically, resulting in less downtime and simplified administration. [9536]

4. User Empowerment: Empower clients by letting them manage their own site keys activations, reducing your workload and allowing them more control over their setups. [9507]

5. Comprehensive Joomla major version Insights: Obtain valuable data about how your extensions are used across major Joomla versions, enabling more informed decisions and strategic planning. [9542]

These updates, along with numerous enhancements, ensure CB Package Builder remains the most efficient tool for Joomla package management.

Explore the Full Potential

Upgrade to CB Package Builder 8.0 today and experience unparalleled control and efficiency in managing your Joomla extensions. For detailed insights, consult Kyle's Blog to explore the latest features and how they can benefit your workflow.

Visit our product page for comprehensive details about all the new functionalities that CB Package Builder offers. Ready to maximize your management capabilities? Secure your upgrade with a Developer Membership or existing subscription, and enjoy direct updates via your CMS's Plugin Management.

Don't miss out on these powerful new capabilities—reinforce your Joomla site's functionality today! Visit our memberships page to upgrade and access these cutting-edge features.

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Published: 26 November 2024

Last Updated: 27 November 2024

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Welcome to a landmark moment in content assistance history — the release of CB Editor Assistant 1.0.0! This is not just any launch; it's the unveiling of a tool so advanced, it has actually crafted this announcement itself. Step into a world where your content practically writes itself, and let's explore this groundbreaking addition to your Joomla toolbox.

Meet the "Meta-Scribe": A Tool Announcing Itself

CB Editor Assistant 1.0.0 brings a touch of sci-fi to your everyday content creation. Imagine a tool that can draft, refine, and enhance any text across your Joomla site in minutes. With the press of a button, witness your content elevate to professional standards effortlessly. This smart assistant is about empowering YOU — ensuring every word you publish resonates with clarity and impact.

Boost Efficiency and Creativity

Let’s talk productivity: CB Editor Assistant triples your writing speed, allowing you to finish drafts in mere minutes. Need instant enhancement? Explore dozens of automatic improvements tailored to elevate your message. And with the Bulk Processing feature, enhance multiple sections simultaneously, bringing consistency and polish to your entire site.

Enhance SEO and Audience Engagement

Drive traffic like never before! CB Editor Assistant crafts content that search engines and audiences adore. With AI-enhanced meta descriptions and SEO-optimized text, your site climbs the ranks while captivating readers with engaging, high-quality articles. Watch your click-through rates soar with compelling titles and descriptions that invite exploration.

Professional-level Content at Your Fingertips

Transform your content from mundane to magnificent with our Smart Chat Assistant. Get expert refinements through natural conversation, maintaining your brand's voice across all material. Enjoy flawless grammar, consistent style, and persuasive calls-to-action that turn visitors into loyal customers.

Seamless Integration for Every User

Installing CB Editor Assistant is a breeze. Once integrated, it feels like a natural extension of Joomla 4 and 5 — no additional Community Builder required. Improve every page element seamlessly with the one-click "Improve All" mode, all without leaving your Joomla environment.

Act Now: Exclusive Black Friday Offer

Excited to try it? Join our vibrant community by checking out our product page and discover the special Black Friday deal. Don’t miss this chance to lock in life-long savings on subscription rates by purchasing directly here. Embrace the future of content creation with CB Editor Assistant 1.0.0.

In a fascinating twist, this very narrative has been self-generated by CB Editor Assistant, showcasing the marvel of automation improving our Joomla experience. Dive into what feels like the dawn of a new era with this innovative tool. Experience the blend of creativity and technology, exclusively tailored for Joomla users.

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Published: 14 November 2024

Last Updated: 14 November 2024

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We're excited to announce the release of CB Paid Subscriptions 4.8.0, a significant update that brings enhanced flexibility and improved user experience to our popular Joomla membership extension.

CB Paid Subscriptions is the go-to solution for transforming your Joomla website into a subscription-based platform. Whether you're offering premium content, services, or products, this extension provides comprehensive control over user access, payment processing, and subscription management.

Key New Features

Enhanced Plan Options

The star of this release is the revamped Plan Options system, offering unprecedented flexibility in subscription customization:

1. Flexible Option Pricing: Implement pricing options that only apply to the initial price, giving you more control over promotional offers and introductory rates [9067].
2. Advanced Selection Methods: Utilize radio buttons and radio grids for price selection, providing a more intuitive user interface for complex pricing structures [9056].
3. Diverse Field Types: New support for text fields [9510], dropdown multi-select [9511], and number fields [9512] allows for more detailed and varied option configurations.
4. Collect additional information: Add non-price-modifying options, perfect for gathering user details or preferences [9513].
5. Dynamic Option Changes: Change plan options without requiring a renewal, offering more flexibility to your subscribers [9514].

Improved Promotions and Language Support

• Automatic Recurring Payments: Promotions can now imply auto-recurring payment types, streamlining the subscription process and rewarding loyalty [9455].
• Enhanced Language Support: Implement option-specific language keys for value strings, allowing for more precise localization [8992].

Expanded Email Customization

• Additional Email Substitutions: Enjoy greater flexibility in customizing emails with new substitution options for presentation emails, CBSubs mailer, and CBSubs emails [3654].

Benefits for Site Owners and Subscribers

These new features bring several advantages:

• Increased Flexibility: Tailor your subscription plans with more precision to meet diverse user needs.
• Improved User Experience: Offer a more intuitive selection process for complex subscription options.
• Enhanced Communication: Customize your emails more effectively to engage with your subscribers.
• Streamlined Management: Make changes to subscription options without disrupting existing memberships.

Upgrading and Learning More

To take advantage of these new features and improvements, we strongly recommend upgrading to CB Paid Subscriptions 4.8.0.

For an in-depth look at the new Options integration features, be sure to check out Kyle's blog post: CBSubs Options: New Fields.

For more details about CB Paid Subscriptions and how it can transform your Joomla site, visit our product page.

Ready to upgrade? With a CB Paid Subscriptions or a Developer Membership you can upgrade or install CB Paid Subscriptions 4.8.0 directly from your website in CB Plugin Management today.

Empower your membership site with these new capabilities and offer your subscribers a more tailored experience!

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Category: News

Published: 25 October 2024

Last Updated: 25 October 2024

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We're thrilled to introduce CB Auto Actions 9.3.0, a game-changer for your Joomla site management. This update is packed with tools designed to simplify your automation tasks and make your workflow more efficient—all without needing to know how to code. Imagine a tool that does the heavy lifting for you, so you can focus on what matters most: growing and engaging your community.

What Makes CB Auto Actions Essential?

Are repetitive and time-consuming tasks slowing you down? With CB Auto Actions, you can convert these into automated processes. This tool is perfect for managing thriving online communities or enhancing user engagement, allowing you to send emails, update fields, and control user permissions with ease—often with no coding needed. Plus, you have our professional forum support on your side included with CB Auto Actions!

Discover the New Features that Make Life Easier

• Trigger Helper — Your Automation Guide: This user-friendly tool helps you easily set up triggers. It provides detailed assistance on main triggers and their variables, reducing the need to look up external manuals or code, saving you both time and effort.
• Seamless Action Chaining — Efficient Multi-step Processes: The "Next Action" feature lets you link multiple actions seamlessly, ideal for comprehensive updates across various tasks such as updating user profiles.
• Simple Condition Checks — Precision User Updates: Employ new "Starts With" and "Ends With" operators for tailored condition checks. Streamline your ability to update users based on specific roles or attributes, cutting down on manual data handling.
• Effortless Image Management — Easy Synchronization: Simplify managing image uploads within your field actions. This is perfect for synchronizing user profiles with external avatar systems, ensuring your community members always have up-to-date visuals.
• Secure Data Sharing — Protected Exchanges with Joomla API Tokens: Use Joomla User API Tokens to simplify secure external or mobile data exchanges, enhancing security without custom keys.
• Improved Alias Management — Prevent Duplicate Issues: Ensures no duplicate aliases by automatically applying suffixes when needed, maintaining consistency.
• Better JSON Handling — Reliable Data Exchanges: Enhanced handling ensures consistent and valid outputs, enhancing the reliability of data transactions.

Practical Examples to Transform Your Workflow

Imagine automatically updating user profiles, sending customized email notifications, or synchronizing data with third-party apps—all while you focus on developing community initiatives. With CB Auto Actions 9.3.0, these tasks happen seamlessly in the background.

Don't Miss Out—Enhance Your Site Today

Experience the transformative features of CB Auto Actions 9.3.0. This version is built to improve your workflow and fortify your site's functionality. Current Developer and Professional Members can download and upgrade seamlessly through the CB Install from Web CB Plugins Installer.

Not a member yet? Discover what a Professional or Developer Membership offers, or consider a single add-on purchase to get started. Compatible with Joomla 4 and 5, this tool is vital for advanced site management. For a detailed overview, check out Kyle's full blog post showcasing these exciting updates.

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Category: News

Published: 17 October 2024

Last Updated: 17 October 2024

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Discover the Exciting New Features of Joomla 5.2.0!

Joomla 5.2.0 has arrived, bringing a host of features that significantly enhance the user experience for website developers and content creators. These improvements focus on making content management more intuitive and effective.

The new and improved Articles Module stands out for its flexibility, allowing users to display content with more options and ease. This fosters a better and more flexible way to organize information on your website.

Customizable Email Templates are now available, allowing for seamless adaptation of emails to align with your brand's image. This ensures that all communications maintain a professional appearance. In addition, the upgraded Multilingual Menu Management is capable of managing multiple languages effortlessly. By allowing several homepages within a single menu, creating complex multilingual websites becomes straightforward.

With these updates, Joomla is streamlining your content creation, making learning Joomla easier, and empowering users to manage their sites more efficiently. Let's take a closer look at these updates:

Key Feature Enhancements:

• Guided Tour Enhancements: Upon updating, a 'What's New' tour automatically begins, guiding users through the latest features. This ensures you stay informed about all the new improvements added to Joomla 5.2.0.
• Multilingual Menu Management: Eliminate repeated menus for multilingual sites. Joomla 5.2.0 lets you manage this by integrating multiple homepages into a single menu.
• New Articles Module: Gain better control over how articles are displayed. With improved filtering by category and customized presentation options, Joomla now offers powerful options with an intuitive interface.
• Customizable Email Templates: Create HTML email templates directly from the Joomla admin panel to keep communications consistent with your brand.
• Create Categories Directly in Menus: Speed up your workflow by saving categories directly within menus, showcasing Joomla's user-interface and workflow efficiency.
• Improved Media Manager: Manage media quickly with the automatic selection of your most recent uploads.
• Optimized Image Thumbnails: Better thumbnail compression for faster page loading and efficient storage management.
• Conditional Fields for Contact Forms: Dynamically configure fields to show or hide based on settings, improving both the usability and organization of contact forms.
• CSS Class Selector in TinyMCE: Style links easily with the new CSS class selector in the TinyMCE editor, accelerating content creation.
• SEO and SEF URL Improvements: Avoid duplicate content and improve SEO with advanced routing improvements.
• PHP 8.4 Support: Enjoy full support for PHP 8.4, delivering top performance and security updates.
• Improved Password Security: Enhance security with improved password options that support more special characters.
• Better Task Management: Administrators receive alerts if scheduled tasks fail, helping them manage the site more proactively.

For developers, Joomla 5.2.0 introduces Event Classes for Plugins, which simplify plugin development through new systems that increase modular capabilities.

Confidently upgrade your live environments, after checking that your extensions are up to date and creating a back up. Both our own demo site and our main site have smoothly moved to Joomla 5.2.0 without issues. Embrace these changes to maintain your website's security, speed, and efficiency. Explore Joomla 5.2.0 to see how it can redefine your site's performance!

Alongside Joomla 5.2.0, a Joomla 4.4.9 maintenance release has also been released!

You can discover more on each of these improvements in the Joomla 5.2.0 and 4.4.9 release announcement!

Keep innovating, and happy Joomla updating!