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Published: 23 June 2021

Last Updated: 23 June 2021

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Joomla 4 RC2 and 3.10 alpha 7 are here - another giant step towards Joomla 4 stable!

The Joomla project team has recently released Joomla 4 RC2 and Joomla 3.10 alpha 7. This is another giant step towards Joomla 4 stable!

As per the announcement, Joomla 4.0 RC2 is aimed at extension and template developers. To encourage them to work with this release in order to prepare extensions for the stable release of Joomla! CMS 4.0. Users are encouraged to test the package for issues and to report issues in the Joomla! CMS Issue Tracker.

Community Builder 2.6 (latest build) and all Joomlapolis add-ons should install just fine on both environments.

The CB Team has been testing our extensions on both environments and our community is encouraged to take Joomla 4 RC2 for a spin on your test sites and report back issues to the Joomla Team and any CB related issues to us.

We have also started a new Joomla 4 RC playlist on our YouTube channel. Make sure you subscribe so you don't miss out on new videos.

You can learn more about these new releases by reading the Joomla announcement.

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Published: 04 June 2021

Last Updated: 07 June 2021

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CB Paid Subscriptions (CBSubs) 4.5.2 can condtion promotions and mailers based on order amount, currency or payment gateway. It can also handle partial sales taxes or promotions!
Here, an example of an order summary with 10% discount for orders above 100$, 2.5% currency-conversion fee for foreign currencies and a sales tax of 12% on each item, except for the first 20$.

CB Paid Subscriptions (CBSubs GPL) 4.5.2 is a compatibility, features and improvements release. CBSubs 4.5.2 improves promotions and mailers with new conditions based on latest/current order. For example, Discounts, markups and mailers can now be based on the total amount, currency or payment gateway method used.

CBSubs 4.5.2 also addresses an API bug of Paypal.com affecting the "Thank you" page when returning to site after payment, in the cases where the direct IPN notification comes after the redirect. CBSubs 4.5.2 is a highly recommended upgrade for sites using Paypal (standard).

CBSubs 4.5.2 also brings full compatibility with Joomla 4.0, PHP 8.0 and MySQL 8.0, in addition of Joomla 3.x and PHP 7.x/5.6.

The main new features in this release are:

• Promotions discounts and markups, as well as mailers can now also be conditioned on the latest order/payment basket, like the selected payment gateway/method used, total order amount or currency.
• A new promotion and tax calculation method: "Percentage of the item price but to which an amount is first added or substracted".
• Addresses an API bug at Paypal.com affecting the return to the site's "Thank You" page after payment at paypal, in cases when the Paypal.com IPN notification comes the user is redirected back to the website. Paypal engineers have been notified of the API bug, but have not yet addressed the bug nor replied with a timeline, This is why CBSubs 4.5.2 implements a workaround for this bug and is a highly recommended priority upgrade for sites using Paypal (Paypal standard).
• Clarifications in the parameters for promotions, mailers and taxes.
• New admin sub-menus for taxes, promotions and mailers.
• Compatibility with Joomla 4.0 RC1 and 3.10 alpha 6.
• Support for PHP 8.0 and MySQL 8.0.

CBSubs 4.5.2 is available in our Downloads section and simply requires an active subscription to CBSubs. It is a highly recommended upgrade and requires and works great with latest CB 2.6 and Joomla 3.x-4.0 RC1.

Full changelog with the over 20 improvements is available, and CBSubs 4.5.2 is also installed on our demo site.

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Published: 26 May 2021

Last Updated: 27 May 2021

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Joomla 3.9.27 is here - a security and bug fixes release!

The Joomla project team has recently released version 3.9.27 as a security and bug fixes release.

Joomla 3.9.27 fixes 3 (low severity - low impact) security issues and over 15 bugs.

Community Builder 2.6 (latest build) and all Joomlapolis add-ons work just fine with Joomla 3.9.27. You can see everything in action on our demo site.

Joomla 3.9.27 is a recommended upgrade for all Joomla sites - you should upgrade.

As always, before any Joomla upgrade on your live website, take a backup just in case anything goes wrong.

Also, it is always a good idea to review the specific Joomla 3.9.27 release FAQ article for any release specific known issues.

You can learn more about the fixed bugs by reading the Joomla 3.9.27 announcement.

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Published: 12 May 2021

Last Updated: 03 November 2021

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Community Builder 2.6 can be freely downloaded by all registered members

We just released Community Builder 2.6 with 18 new features and 20 bug fixes!

The main new features (full CB 2.6 changelog) include:

• Modernized design and user interaction
• New default registration forms
• Improved user profiles with new menus
• improved users lists
• New modern abstract default galleries of avatars and canvas
• Default avatars with initials (configurable with parameter setting)
• New modern UX on mobile browsers
• Improved installer splash screen
• Advanced warning for obsolete (and soon incompatible) PHP, MySQL and Joomla versions

Community Builder 2.6 is a recommended upgrade for all CB sites.

Our demo website has already been updated to Community Builder 2.6, so you can see it in action along will all our Joomlapolis add-ons.

As always, you should first test on a cloned environment before upgrading your production site.

Kyle's latest blog has more details and lots of screenshots!

Looking ahead to Community Builder 2.7 and 3.0!

We have already started modernizing our code-base for CB 3.0 as you will see in next CB 2.7 release. This modernization effort will use new features that PHP 7.0-7.4 supports. This means that the obsolete PHP 5.6 to 7.3 versions will no longer be supported starting with the next CB 2.7 stable release. The CB 2.7 upgrade/install process will be checking the PHP version as a prerequisite for completion. Similar checking will apply to over 5 years old MySQL versions prior to MySQL 5.7.8 (bringing highly useful JSON columns support) and to Joomla versions prior to Joomla 3.9.0. To avoid any surprises, we have added PHP, MySQL and Joomla obsolete version warnings to CB 2.6.

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Published: 28 April 2021

Last Updated: 28 April 2021

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CB Paid Subscriptions (CBSubs) 4.5.1 is here with new features and bug fixes!

CB Paid Subscriptions (CBSubs GPL) 4.5.1 is a features and bug fixes release that streamlines and modernizes the payment experience.

The main features in this release are:

• Modernized look and user experience for checkouts with better display for baskets and modernized credit-card forms for Stripe and other on-site payment gateways
• New triggers for integrating CBSubs Family plans with CB Auto-actions workflows
• Better user experience for payment method selections with radio selectors
• Faster payment confirmation with Stripe
• Possibility to have multiple Stripe gateways to separate various payment methods (e.g. in radio-selection)

CBSubs 4.5.1 is available in our Downloads section and simply requires an active subscription to CBSubs. It is a highly recommended upgrade and works great with latest CB 2.5 build.

Full changelog is available and CBSubs 4.5.1 is also installed on our demo site.