We are thrilled to announce the release of SocialEngine PHP 7.8.0! This major update includes new features, key improvements, and essential fixes to enhance your social networking platform.
We truly appreciate your support and are happy to finally bring you this long-awaited release.
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Demo: https://demo.socialengine.com
Admin Demo: https://demo.socialengine.com/admin
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PHP8.2 compatibility
SocialEngine now supports PHP 8.2 with improved compatibility and stability. This release ensures a seamless experience in modern PHP environments.
License Work
We have implemented license validation in SocialEngine and the following plugins. Before upgrading or installing SocialEngine, you must configure a valid license key. Please raise a support ticket with our team, and we will provide you with the required license key. Please do not upgrade without getting the license key for SocialEngine and the following plugins. After generating license key you will be able to see at client area
- Generative AI Powered Plugin
- Story Plugin
- Live Streaming Plugin
- Authorize.net Payment Gateway Plugin
- GDPR Plugin
- Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway Plugin
- Web & Mobile Browser Push Notification Plugin
- User Profile Lock Plugin
- X Clone Theme
- Facebook Clone Theme
New Feature:
- NEW – New Setting in Appearance >> Banner Manager for admin title of banners.
- NEW – New Stories feature plugin in SocialEngine. It is also integrated with both Android & iOS mobile apps. With this plugin users can upload the photos, videos and texts in their stories.
- NEW – We have successfully integrated the Generative AI Powered Plugin with the following SocialEngine (SE) plugins. This integration has been implemented across both the website and the mobile applications:
– Blogs Plugin
– Employment Plugin
– Classifieds Plugin
– Businesses Plugin
– Events Plugin
– Groups Plugin - NEW – By default links for Child Safety Policy, and Refund Policy
Improvements:
- Improved – We have now shown the loader on click of submit button in smoothbox popups.
- Improved – We have improved the captcha setting in the admin panel. Now you can enable only one type of captcha at a time.
- Improved – Signup Process >> Gender Specific Avatar will display, If you have selected gender Male in sign up then you will see only Male Avatars.
- Improved – We have shown the video thumbnail in videos Plyr player in the activity feed.
- Improved – While uploading the video from my computer now only the video extensions file will show in the file manager.
Bugs Fixed:
- Fixed – Birthdate error message is not getting translated in other languages.
- Fixed – When we login to the site, then it does not redirect to the home page properly.
- Fixed – Shared posts feed filter is not showing in the activity feed in mobile apps.
- Fixed – Like, Comment, Share, and other action buttons being hidden behind the next post in the feed.
- Fixed – If the scheduled post option is disabled in the backend then it is still showing at the front end.
- Fixed – Fatal error on Reset Statistics in Task Scheduler.
- Fixed – Fatal Error on Invitation Method search in Admin Panel >> Manage >> Manage Invites.
- Fixed – Like, Unlike, Follow, and Unfollow texts are not getting translated in other languages.
- Fixed – Log error is coming in Poke plugin.
- Fixed – Feed is not refreshing automatically in activity feed.
- Fixed – Admin user is not able to edit other user’s profile from the user panel.
- Fixed – Autosuggest result’s text is not coming properly for global search in Header.
- Fixed – When we compose new messages then we are not getting auto-suggested friends’ names.
- Fixed – Header Ajax Loading >> Header is not refreshing properly.
- Fixed – Mobile Apps section not coming fine in the landing page of Inspira theme.
- Fixed – More tabs and 3 dots menus overriding on the groups view page.
- Fixed – Issue while posting link in the activity feed.
- Fixed – Log error is coming in the Poke Back button widget.
- Fixed – I have posted a text status and after commenting on that feed status, my feed is not coming on the member home page.
- Fixed – Preview is not disappearing after posting a vimeo video using comment reply in albums view page.
- Fixed – Array is coming instead of View on the View Classifieds page in the admin panel.
- Fixed – Searching is not working properly for Browse Searching and My Listings page for Business Plugin for the fields “Service Offered” and “Amenities” field.
- Fixed – Employment Listings >> Searching is not working properly.
- Fixed – Language variable is missing for Item type on the global search page.
- Fixed – Removed the attached photo option while editing the forums post.
- Fixed – Group search is not working properly on my groups page.
- Fixed – When a user shares a post, only the user profile is shown, and nothing about the information or content they are sharing.
- Fixed – Multiple issues are coming when we post sell something from the status post box in the activity feed.
- Fixed – Members search is not working properly on the browse members page.
- Fixed – Some posts are not getting edits in the main activity feed.
- Fixed – Member home page is not loading properly with ajax loading.
- Fixed – Feed background images are not showing with posts made in groups.
- Fixed – Content is showing according to the admins location in the admin panel.
A complete changelog is available for more details about the changes and fixes implemented in this 7.8.0 release. Please view our demo and explore 7.8.0!
Clients with v6 access can download version 7.8.0 from our client dashboard. Clients who do not have access will need to purchase v6 access.
As always, we highly encourage all users to do a complete backup of both files and the database before performing an upgrade. Please have the backup performed by your host or a developer if you’re not comfortable performing it yourself.
Fresh installs should follow our installation tutorial, or you can order an installation, and our team will get it installed in no time.
To upgrade from a previous version to 7.8.0, please view our upgrade documentation, but if you want our experts to perform an upgrade on your site, then you can purchase our required Upgrade Service.
Important: There are special steps and patches for those upgrading from versions below v6. You will need to follow the special steps in the upgrading documents linked here before upgrading and applying the patches mentioned.
SocialEngine Cloud clients, please submit a ticket for an upgrade so we can schedule it.
If you find any issues with this release, please let us know by filing a bug report in our Bug Tracker.
With Great Appreciation,
The SocialEngine Team
