News, Announcements, Updates

Our new version of Cobalt 8.639 - comprehensive Joomla CCK, has a lot of improvements, fixes and even new features.

Highlights

• add - section display parameter "Display if author is in". Work well together with Emerald. You can hide all articles of non subscribed authors in the list. Previously it only restricted access to full view but continue list it in the articles list.

• add - new parameter for rating if author of the article can rate. This is very useful if community DB

We are countinuing to improve already best Joomla paid membership extension Emerald 9.320.

This new version includes some small but very cool additions. I want to mention that all of them is a request of our customers for tha last 6 days. This is how we treat them. We try to all we can, so they can achieve their best.

Onle click migration to Emerald is available from Mighty Membership, Akeebasubs, OSE Membership and OS Member. You want to migrate to Emerald? Just tell us what you use and

Here is new version of great and oldest Joomla CCK version 8.633.

There are few new features in this release. module records now can compare field values more smartly. And Status field now can change status when article commented not only for standard comments but for "Comments as cobalt type" as well.

Small features Changelog

• fix - date field - show in calendar.
• fix - cobalt - field records with map template geo getmarkerlist record id was
• fix - cobalt - table name
• fix -

New version of Emerald 9.316 is here.

This release generallyy includes fixes and performance improvements.

Changelog

• fix - emerald - send exaparion emails alert.
• fix - emerald - cancel action
• Fix - emerald - translation of plan descritpion with coma in the text
• fix - emerald - trigger event and subscription

Affected files

• Emerald [com_emerald.j3.v.9.316.zip]
• Emerald Action [action_emerald.j3.google.v.9.16.zip]

New version of Cobalt CCK - 8.630 is here.

This version contain performance improvements and fixes.

Changelog

• add - rule for moderators to add/delete tags
• fix - slow page load with a lot of events
• enhanced - tags display
• fix - cobalt - robokassa gateway
• fix - cobalt - redirect after delete record if was view_what
• fix - cobalt - alphaindex
• fix - delete cobalt article as comment in parent full article view return to wrong url
• fix - module records - affect by

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