News, Announcements, Updates

Here is the new version of Cobalt 8.623.

This version contain performance improvements. Although that was targeted as Cobalt 9 feature, it is 50% implemented in this new version. There will be still some improvements in Cobalt 9.

We had a case study with 300k articles and 1.5m fields values. The site we were working on took 17000ms just for SQL queries. Now all SQL queries are only 300ms. To achieve such a performance, of course you have to follow some principles, and I'll post case study

New version of Cobalt CCK 8.606 is here. In this release few new cool features.

Module records by field value

Module records gets new parameters in "What to show". It is "Field value equal to...". And below you can select field and what should be the value.

Just imagine how many cases, it can be used for. For example you have a boolean field called "Editor's choice". You can now show in module all articles in section with editor's choice flag.

Email field template

In

New version of Emerald 9.307 - beautiful Joomla membership extension.

In this version we were working on Restrict Anything feature. For those who do not know about this feature, this cool guy, allows you to restrict any part of your site by placing anything between [PAID] and [UNPAID] placeholders.

New and old customers

First [PAID] will protect anything that is in between, only for subscribers. Second [UNPAID] will display anything in between to unpaid users. This one is

New version of Cobalt - CCK 8.602.

In this version includes stability improvements and fixes.

Changelog

• update - field gallery - Update Galleria.io script.
• fix - cobalt - show records in home sections which not in any category
• fix - cobalt - comments do not use unpublished records

Affected Files

• Cobalt [com_cobalt.j3.v.8.602.zip]
• Comment [cmt_cobalt.j3.cobalt.v.8.36.zip]
• Field [field_cobalt.j3.gallery.v.8.79.zip]

New version of Emerald 9.304 is here!

With this release we added new integration with HWDMEdiaShare. This is special rule adapter, make it more handy to setup restrictions. You can select category and restrict videos of all category. Or you can indicate video IDs. Another cool way is to enable Article individualization, and restrict videos by simple inserting into description something like {EMERALD P=12,23} where 12 and 23 are plan

Here is new version of Cobalt CCK - 8.601.

Yes, I know. It is 601's build for approximately 1.5 years. Which is more than one build a day. This tells how much we care about Cobalt daily. So if you want CCK well taken care of, you cannot make a mistake by choosing Cobalt.

So if you want to know what CCK really have to be like, you can give the oldest Joomla CCK a try. You will be amazed what it can do.

Changelog

• fix -

New version of Emerald 9.302 is now available.

Emerald is advanced Joomla membership extension, so flexible that can be configures to work almost any subscription scenario, yet very simple and intuitive to understand. Without learning or reading documentation you will be able quickly create subscriptions and start earning.

This version provide stability improvements. A lot of small enhancements and optimizations.

Changelog

• enhance - emerald - countries in taxes and

New version of Emerald 9.292 - Amazing Joomla paid access extension is here.

New fine tune fixes and improvements are in this release. Our new concept to manage subscriptions from front-end now proven to be successful. Although at the beginning some people concern about security, later everyone loves it.

And any way Joomla's plan for future to merge backend and fronted. So, at the end of the days, there will be only front-end anyway.

Changelog

• fix - emerald - ecommtools

Here is the new version of greatest CCK for Joomla - Cobalt 8.591 with a lot of fixes and improvements.

Changelog

• fix - cobalt - multilevel select admin constructor
• fix - cobalt - notifications author instead user eventer
• add - cobalt - css classes to tables columns
• fix - cobalt - field url label fix
• fix - cobalt - module categories dropdown template, show records without any categories and template select.
• fix - cobalt - search in selectable like
• add - new

New version of Emerald 9.281 - Joomla coolest membership paid subscriptions extensions.

Starting from Joomla 1.0 (JContentSubscription) Emerald is the most innovative membership extension. And I think the only extensions that allow users to subscribe without registration process. User only enter email and continue to payment. Emerald takes care of everything. It creates account, subscription, send all needed emails to user.

Just read [Emerald

New version of Cobalt 8.581 - Joomla incredible CCK is here.

GEO Field Enhancements

In this version we improved Address & Map (geo) field. This field already can do a lot of things. Save address, contact details, map position, fill address from map position or vise versa.

It can show then all articles on the map, grouping them into clusters. Show different layers like weather, hitmap, traffic, panaramio, ...

New version of amaizing Joomla CCK - Cobalt 8.579 is here.

Changelog

• fix - cobalt - categories list checkboxes index fix
• fix - cobalt - language keys
• fix - cobalt - robokassa gateway recieve process
• fix - cobalt - sales list with deleted records error 404
• fix - cobalt - url import issues
• fix - cobalt - audit log error
• add - cobalt - cluster size parameter for map template.
• fix - cobalt - version list fix
• fix - cobalt - toolset delete files from image field

26 Июня в Москве прошел Joomla Day Russia. Вот небольшой отчет.

На этом событии были представлены как Кобальт так и Изумруд. Изумруд представил всем известный Александр Куртеев автор видео уроков на Mighty Membership - прототип Изумруда.

А Кобальт представил Василий Асмуз. Он пользуется кобальтом с самого начала, и знает о нем все. Вот посмотрите его доклад.

New version of most advanced and oldest CCK for Joomla 3 - Cobalt 8.573.

Changelog

• change - User name in sales and search by username too.
• fix - sorting return to homepage
• fix - article expiration notification.
• enhance - geo field address from marker mechanism.
• fix - user selector no access access
• fix - cobalt - fulltext search for composite title.
• add - translate aliases through language keys.
• add - category select default template add - Select Category -

Here is the latest version of amazing Joomla paid membership extension - Emerald 9.274.

Exodus to Emerald

Sinсe Emerald is such an amazing membership extension, and many other people just want to move their existing membership extensions to Emerald, we added another one click migration.

If you have Membership Pro from OS Solution (joomdonation.com) you may switch to Emerald with one

Here is the new version of winner Cobalt 8.565 - CCK for Joomla.

I know that many of you are busy following the FIFA World Cup. I came across a famous quote regarding football which reminds me very much on Cobalt:

Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win Gary Lineker

Let me transform it to Cobalt:

CCK is a simple game. Everyone runs after it and at the end it is always Cobalt where you end up with. Sergey

Here is the new version of Emerald 9.266 - Joomla membership component.

Enhance - emerald update mechanism table synchronizer

Enhanced new mechanism to update DB structure. Joomla has it's own mechanism but it was proven that with this approach you may fall into all sort of problems. For example you update extension, your ALTER queries was applied, but then something ant wrong and update report failure.

Version of extension is not updated but DB changed are not reverted. If

New version of most flexible CCK in the wold is here: Cobalt v. 8.555. Lucky number folks!

Download and try it and may get your luck. Luck of been able to do all your projects requirements. Luck of been able to do things you could only dream about before.

Changelog

• add - new event - article waits for approval.
• add - cobalt - item label in section params for notifications.
• fix - show block comments option even if there is not comments configured
• fix - extra email on

New version of amazing Joomla membership subscription extension - Emerald 9.251 is here folks.

The noticeable feature in this real ease is a donations. Now you can set plan to be purchased as donation. You can allow user to enter donation amount manually but always limit minimum. Or you can allow user to chose amount from the list.

Donation plans have different button in the list.

New version of Joomla Membership subscription extension - Emerald 9.246.

Search Plugin

In this weekly update we added Joomla search plugin. Now user may find subscription plans, right in a global Joomla search.

BMM Improvement

Another improvement is Benchmark Email integration. Before it required PEAR XML_RPC2 package with made it complicated for few our clients on servers with PEAR restricted.

We added independent library and now it should work without any