Other additional features include :

1. Extending content mambots to the list of blog entries, instead of just when users view a blog entry
2. Bug fixes
3. Default publishing option for entries
4. Artio SEF plugin
5. etc......

Right now we are in our final stages of testing, and hope to have the new version ready soon.

=)

 

Comment (67) Read More...

It’s about five months since the renovations completed at our new office at Amcorp Mall. Take a look at how our office is, in it’s messiest state (when everyone’s busy with product release, with bug fixing, support e-mails and sales!)

This month’s budget includes… Decorating

Hooray! This month The Management allocates some fund in decorating our office space. We haven’t really decided on what to buy yet, but we’ve short-listed a few items that could find a place to call their new home here at the office. Unveiled in the list are:

-         mini-fridge

-         sofa set (more like a sofa-bed)

-         air-purifier

-         plasma TV *smiles* (not this month people!)

I personally opt for the mini-fridge, since I will be using it the most. But I don’t know if the rest care for a tub of Haagen Dazs once in a while? Hhhmmm…

What’s in Our Book List?

In case you don’t know, we also have a monthly budget for books. This month, we went out on a splurge for books. I personally got two books for the office, mainly in Graphic Design to help us out with the Website. Azrul got two, one’s on Ruby-on-Rails and the other’s a book highly recommended by Joel Spolsky in his blog. Here’s what we got from Kinokuniya the other rainy day:

The Little Book of Layouts – David E. Carter

www.Corporate Identity – Hector Guere

Ruby for Rails – David A. Black

Dreaming in Code – Scott Rosenberg

I got the Amazon link for the books just in case any of you like to check them out.

Everyone else in this team spend hours and hours a week scouring the Internet to search for ideas. I personally like them packed in a book. Instead of looking at a laptop screen getting lost in the process, I like to spend my time around the big bookshop at KLCC with chances of getting lost in the idea universe slimmed down in the process when looking at specialized books that capture specialized websites. Hmph.

Comment (2) Read More...

We have been working hard last week to move to a new support system, which is now live at http://support.azrul.com . I've transferred all your purchased record to the new system. You should be able to download all updates from your account page from now onwards.

We love to help you and we are dedicated in replying all emails, but we are hoping that you'll take advantage of the knowledge base. Do spend a few minutes browsing through it before sending us an email/ticket. You might be able to solve your issues faster than typing an email. The less email we receive the more time we have to focus on doing what we love most, coding and improving the components, which eventually means that you guys get a better components!

Comment (22) Read More...

Hi everyone,

We are pleased to announce the release of MyBlog Professional. The Pro version comes bundled with a few templates, and also with the 'Powered by..' link removed.

Click here to purchase the Pro version of MyBlog.

Thank you =)

Comment (15) Read More...

Hello all,

As most of you already know, in the past week we made a business decision to remove the free version of MyBlog, NiceTalk, and Jomcomment from our site. These products will now be fully commercial. For those of you who are currently using the free version of any of these products, you can continue to use them but however to get product updates, a purchase would need to be made for the product. In any case, you can always buy MyBlog and if you are not happy with it, there is a 7 day money back guarantee, although I am very confident that you will not be disappointed, with MyBlog being the only blogging component in Joomla! that comes close to WordPress.

MyBlog 0.9 Build 3 is now finished and released. It might take some time for the new release to be put onto the email updates page, as well as Plimus (our sales solution). For existing customers of MyBlog, if you would like to get the new build right away, please send us an email with the email address that you used to purchase MyBlog and we will send you the latest build.

Here is the official release notes for MyBlog 0.9 Build 3:

Myblog 0.9 Build 3 Release Notes
===============================
Package contents
===============================
- com_myblog_std.zip : Installer file for main MyBlog component
- cb.myblogtab.zip : MyBlog Community Builder plugin installer file
- mod_myblog.zip: MyBlog module installer file

===============================
Fixes
===============================
- Auto calc dashboard thickbox size for User Blog page.
- Allow viewing of blog entry content in Joomla backend admin for MyBlog
- Fix ordering in dashboard to be sorted by date
- Fix encoding issues with dashboard home
- fix tag clouds. Previously, tags with a higher frequency had smaller fonts.
- Warning to user that entry will be lost when navigating to View Blog in dashboard
- Add blog description to the MyBlog frontpage whenever visit a blogger's blog
- Fixed social bookmarks bot to use correct links to bookmark
- Fix issue with saving entries when 'Use HTML Editor' is set to No in MyBlog settings.
- Added option to disable image browser
- Fix URL generated when searching blog entries
- Add write a new entry to backend admin interface
- Automatically ping technorati for the main MyBlog frontpage isntead of just pinging for the user's blog
- only allow safe tags for security when saving blog entries. (script tags, embeds, are all disabled)
- Fix RSS entries title link encoding issue with accented characters
- Fix permalink generation to correct convert whitespaces to dashes
- better Itemid detection while in Dashboard
- Add image file upload limit
- Add option for users to post-date publish time.
- removed 'clear' CSS in templates for better compatibility with Pure CSS templates like Rockettheme
- Saving an entry now will take into account if the entry was posted in AM or PM. Previously all entries are saved in AM.
- Remove quotes from permanent link to prevent errors while visiting a link that has quotes.
- Fix issue where SMF avatar only appears for the first entry

===============================
Recently Added Features
===============================
- Added feature to list all blogs. Create a menu link-url to 'index.php?option=com_myblog&task=blogs' to access this feature.

===============================
Useful Menu Links
===============================
- MyBlog Dashboard: Create menu 'link-url' pointing to 'index2.php?option=com_myblog&task=adminhome&admin=1&no_html=1'
- MyBlog Dashboard in a Thickbox: Create a menu 'link-url' pointing to 'index.php?option=com_myblog&task=adminhome&admin=1&lightbox=1&no_html=1'
- View My Blog: Create a menu 'link-url' pointing to 'index.php?option=com_myblog&task=userblog'
- View All Blog Entries: Create a menu 'Component' for MyBlog
- List all blogs/bloggers: Create a menu 'link-url' pointing to 'index.php?option=com_myblog&task=blogs'

Also, along with the bug fixes, we have also bundled the new MyBlog module in the Standard and Pro versions. The module is pretty awesome - sections of the module like Archive, Latest Entries, Latest Comments - all change according to the person's blog that you are viewing (or all blogs if you are viewing the main MyBlog page). You can also customize the order in which the sections appear in the module. Another thing you can do is copy the module, and then have (let's say for example) Latest Entries and Archive appear on one module on the left side of the page, and another module containing Tag Clouds and Latest Comments on the right side of the page.

And for those who have been waiting for the Pro version for a looooong time, we are happy to announce that the Pro version is ready, and it will only be a while until we get the Pro version uploaded to Plimus and have a purchase link available for it. The Pro version includes a few templates, most of which will be familiar to WordPress users as the templates were based on existing top-downloaded WordPress templates. As we progress we will also be adding more and more templates to the Pro Version. For $10 extra, it's worth the purchase =). Oh and not to mention we remove the "Powered By Azrul's MyBlog" Link on each page.

On top of that, we are also providing prioritized customer support for our paying customers! =D

Hope you all like the new features and module and bug fixes in this new build. If there are any problems, issues, or enquiries, please do not hesitate to email us at support@azrul.com , or visit our forums at http://forum.azrul.com/index.php/board,14.0.html

Thank you all

 

 

 

Comment (4) Read More...

this is an article with a couple of Joomla links. Just thought it was interesting

http://www.linuxpros.org/links/joomla/

 

 

Comment (8) Read More...

Hey all, I've been seeing that you guys are not happy at first when My Blog brings you out of your site to post entries? Well, just to make it known to all, The Dashboard in Thickbox allows you to write your blog entries in the Dashboard without bringing you out of your site. Go on, try it!

:-) 

Comment (12) Read More...

After weeks of toiling and nailing bugs, we are getting real close to bringing out a stable version of MyBlog - stable meaning all major bugs exterminated. MyBlog 0.9 Build 2 addresses a lot of the issues of not being able to save a blog entry in the Dashboard, and should be a fix for most, if not all, users.

Our next step would be to release the Pro version of MyBlog, which would have the 'Powered by...' footer removed, as well as a few additional MyBlog templates to choose from. In the process we will also be looking into feature additions for both the standard and pro versions of MyBlog.

Someone did mention the trackback does not work, so I'll try trackbacking to one entry on this site and see if it works.

Comment (12) Read More...

is now in the Top 5 Highest Rated Extensions , thanks to all our users' support and help in making MyBlog one of the best (if not the best) blogging component for Joomla! If you haven't rated or reviewed MyBlog, please head over to the Joomla Extensions Directory and rate/review MyBlog!

In the next week or so, we will be working towards bringing MyBlog out of Beta and into a stable release version. Feature additions will be minimal until we get the bugs all squashed and exterminated =). If you encounter a bug, do email us at support@azrul.com , or visit our support forum.

Have a nice weekend everyone.

Posting from MyBlog's Thickbox Dashboard interface =D

Comment (3) Read More...

I was shocked! AkoComment.com was bought by someone and they put a big Jom Comment product image and link back to us, with NO affiliates link!

Although it is a big compliment that someone has taken the trouble to spend a few bucks and some of their time doing this, I am extremely disturbed since it gives the impression that we are the one who did this on purpose.

So, for the record, neither me, my company, our staff, nor any living souls that I know purchased/own akocomment.com domain.  Heck, I don't even own jomcomment.com ! (ok, now, maybe I should do that fast!)  

 

Comment (19) Read More...