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Joomla! has recently introduced a powerful new feature, Custom Fields. Now, it is possible to create articles and extended them with a rich set of fields. By default, Joomla! comes with these field types: Calendar, Checkboxes, Color, Editor, Integer, List, List of Images, Media, Radio, Sql, Text, Textarea, Url, User and Usergroup. On top of this, more field types can be installed and they are readily available on Joomla! extension directory.
To support this new ecosystem of functionality, we have augmented the integration of AutoTweet Free, PRO, and Joocial (8.16). The default content plugin, that processes Joomla! Content Articles, is now able to include the original text fields and/or the new custom fields. In the plugin configuration, we have added a new Post Template where a full message can be shaped to reach the site target.
To sum up, now, the basic component of Joomla! raises the bar of the content definition and becomes a complete Content Construction Kit (CCK). This feature is virtually a game changer and our social media management extensions (AutoTweet Free, PRO, and Joocial v8.16) are ready to accept the challenge.
To test the new functionality, version 8.16 is already available in the Beta channel and the stable version is going to be released in the next week.
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This month, we have a good share of news. At first glance, we see a convergence of several technologic trends, from Facebook Open Graph tags improvements to Web and Push Notifications on mobile apps for Joomla!.
Updates on AutoTweet and Joocial
AutoTweet and Joocial 8.15 are coming with several brand new features and improvements:
- NEW: Joocial - Facebook OpenGraph Tags - Smart Generator - Improvements for Composer posts
- NEW: Joocial - Global Automatic Publishing Agenda
- NEW: Joocial - EasySocial channel. Support for Groups and Pages
- NEW: Compatibility review for EasyArticles - EasyArticles is a front end Joomla article management extension for authors on your site.
- NEW: Joomla Event Manager plugin (8.14.0) - JEM is a free Event Management Component for Joomla
- NEW: Compatibility review for Joomla 3.8.0
- NEW: Compatibility review for Facebook Graph API v2.4 end of lifetime
- Enhancement: Joocial - Web Push Notifications - Button Translation Constants
- Enhancement: Joocial - Pushwoosh Push Notifications for JoomGap SlimApps - Improvements
SlimApps for DJ-Classifieds and EasySocial
This month, we have released SlimApps for DJ-Classifieds and EasySocial. SlimApps are our consulting projects where we combine a mobile app with a CMS to build a seamless integration. Working hand in hand with our clients and partners, we are ready to release two new SlimApps to the public. These apps show how a convergence between mobile apps and CMSs is happening right now to empower a new technology wave of innovation. For more information, please, visit this link.
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Facebook has recently implemented a change in the rules that follows to create Posts. As a consequence, many users are being affected worldwide, and the impact is still generating questions. Since the change affects the whole ecosystem of tools and solutions associated with Facebook, a new wave of extension updates and news is arriving to incorporate the new definitions.
Particularly, we have just released Joocial, AutoTweetNG PRO and AutoTweet Free 8.14 incorporating enhancements to the current family of components, modules and plugins. Please, remember to update as soon as possible.
What Changed
On July 18th, 2017, Facebook changed the rules of how the complementary information of a link is retrieved to compose a Post.
In the past, a post published by a site or service could be fully defined via Facebook API. The Facebook API could include all values for picture, name, caption, thumbnail and description fields.
After the change of rules, the complementary information of a link is loaded from the page, and the values submitted with the Facebook API are ignored.
This change has already been reported as a bug. For more information: On sharing a URL the picture, name, caption, thumbnail and description set manually is ignored developers.facebook.com/bugs/165375244006359/. We are monitoring if Facebook "fixes" this definition since many developers (14) are reporting this change as a bug. At this point, Facebook has closed all bugs, and the new definition is final.
Facebook post has no image
As an immediate consequence, many posts are being published with no image or a blank rectangle. To solve the issue, Open Graph tags must be implemented on the site, for every content item.
In the past, Open Graph tags were a good practice to adopt and describe the published information. These hidden tags help to enrich the posts manually shared by users. Right now, it's the only way to provide the right fields to Facebook. To confirm how Facebook reads your pages: Testing Your Markup
Next Steps
If your site is publishing posts with missing fields or a wrong image, please, check the following FAQs. We have updated them to reflect the change, and detailed what steps must be taken to solve the issue:
- Facebook shows the wrong image, why? - www.extly.com/docs/autotweetng_joocial/i...-the-wrong-image-why
- What are Facebook's "OpenGraph Tags"? - www.extly.com/docs/autotweetng_joocial/i...ooks-open-graph-tags
- AutoTweet OpenGraph Tags plugins - www.extly.com/docs/autotweetng_joocial/i...tion/open-graph-tags
Finally, we have just released Joocial, AutoTweetNG PRO and AutoTweet Free 8.14 incorporating enhancements to the current family of components, modules and plugins. Please, remember to update as soon as possible.
Reference: Facebook - A Guide to Sharing for Webmasters
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Today, we have just released AutoTweet and Joocial 8.12.0. This new version of Joocial completes our implementation of Web Push and Push Notifications. To check full changelog, please, visit this link.
- Web Push notifications were included in the previous version. However, this new version brings featured enhancements, such us support for Pushwoosh web push with images.
- The full scope of possible notification types:
Additionally, we have also release Joocial 9 CLI Alpha 3, including the same features to keep "feature parity" with the stable version. The Alpha 3 is coming with the full web service (secured with JWT) that will empower the future client integration.
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Summer News & Topics
In our notes, we have a whole load of exciting news that is coming in the second half of 2017. For all of these reasons, this is the right time to upgrade.
- Facebook for Developers - Upgrade Reminder: Apps with access to Graph API v2.3 will reach the end of its 2-year lifetime on 10 July, 2017. To ensure a smooth transition, please upgrade to a recent version of AutoTweetNG and Joocial.
- Joocial 8.11 has support for Web Push Notifications.
- Joocial 8.12 is coming with support for SlimApps and Mobile Push Notifications.
- The next versions of AutoTweet and Joocial will feature Joomla 3.7 Custom Fields with a seamless integration. For more information, please, visit this tutorial: Managing Custom Fields.
- On the horizon, we are developing Joocial 9, the next major version of our social platform as the future hub for content management systems.
- On top of these upcoming events, we are looking directly into Joomla 4. If you are interested in this development, please, watch this interview.
Don't miss this yearly opportunity. Upgrade now to be ready!
If you have any question or feedback, please do not hesitate to contact us. Our support team will be glad to help you.
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The Push API gives web applications the ability to receive messages pushed to them from a server, whether or not the web app is in the foreground, or even currently loaded, on a user agent. This lets developers deliver asynchronous notifications and updates to users that opt in, resulting in better engagement with timely new content. - MDN > Web technology for developers > Web APIs > Push API
Web Push Notifications is an emerging standard to send alerts. It is currently supported by Chrome, Firefox and Safari. Following the trend, we have just released Joocial 8.11.0 Beta supporting this technology, powered by OneSignal or Pushwoosh services. For more information, please, visit the documentation here: Web Push notifications for Joomla!. You can also visit our https://news.joocial.com, where Web Push notifications are enabled.
If you have any question or feedback, please do not hesitate to contact us. Our support team will be glad to help you.
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Today, we have severals news to share about the available versions and powerful new features:
- AutoTweet and Joocial 8.10: In our regular update, we are introducing RSS Feeds Direct Posts. A brand new feature, to publish posts directly from RSS Feeds. This feature requires Joocial 9 Alpha 1 CLI. To implement it, please contact us.
- XTDir 6.4.2 for SobiPro 1.3.6: SobiPro is on the road to renew its internal architecture, and we are closely following it. Please, remember to update as soon as possible.
- Joomla 3.7 is just around the corner, and these latest releases have been tested in the most recent Beta release.
Joocial 9 - Alpha 1 News
The future content hub
We are developing the stable branch of AutoTweet and Joocial 8 at the same time than we create Joocial 9. So, we are reaching full compatibility and implementing new features on the same releases.
- If you prefer to wait for the final Joocial 9 stable version, you are going to notice that new features are tagged in the user interface as "Only Joocial 9".
- If you plan to test the new Joocial 9 - Alpha 1 CLI, please contact us - only for experts -
Joocial 9 Alpha 1 features
- Run Joocial 9 in CLI mode (Headless).
- Requirements and compatibility: PHP 7 or PHP 5.6
- CMS: Joomla! 3 and Standalone mode
- Push and Web Notifications
- Social Channels: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Blogger, Scoop.it, Telegram, Medium, Tumblr, Xing, JomSocial, EasySocial and VK Profile.
- Unit Tests: more than 200 automated tests and counting...
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