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v4.1.8 Scheduled for Release

We are excited to release 4.1.8 towards the end of this month! As you may have noticed, we’ve been creating video documentation for our community, and we will continue to add more videos and articles, so leave us feedback on what we should cover.4.1.8 includes many bug fixes, and we thank you for supporting us…

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Setting Up a Local Development Environment

Hello everyone! I’ve been hearing a lot of requests to explain what kind of IDE and environment we use for local development. In house, we all agreed to use Netbeans IDE. This has great SVN support and works well with the Zend Framework. I will go over setting up a SocialEngine project below. Depending whether…

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Photo Albums Version 4.1.7p1 Release

We have just released a p1 version for the Photo Albums plugin. There was an issue with Photo Albums v4.1.7 which could cause uploaded photos to get put into the wrong album. This has now been fixed. Photo Albums Version 4.1.7p1 is now available to download from the client login area. Please contact us if…

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Version 4.1.7 Release

We are pleased to announce the release of version 4.1.7! This version is now available to download from the client login area. In case you missed the features list in our last blog post, here they are again: – Speed optimizations– Direct signups using Twitter & Facebook– Better handling of disabled plugins– Theme chooser widget–…

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Version 4.1.7 Scheduled For Release

Hello SocialEngine fans! Keeping with our new bi-monthly release schedule, we’d like to let you know the official release date for version 4.1.7 has been set for the 10th August, 2011. The upgrade will be available to download from the client login area at that time. Please contact us if you have any questions about…

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Tips and Tutorials: Photo Tutorials on Facebook

We want to let everyone know about the photo albums we’ve been posting on our Facebook Page. Give us a “Like”, if you haven’t already, and check out the links below for helpful screenshots and documentation. We’ll be posting more photo tutorials on Facebook, so be sure to check in from time to time! Membership…

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New Bi-Monthly Release Schedule

We are pleased to announce our new bi-monthly release schedule! We have decided to put a little more time into implementing new features and thoroughly testing each new version before release. We feel that an every other month release schedule will cater to this much better than the previous monthly plan. Our programmers are working…

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Tips & Tutorials: How to Monetize Your Community

During development of your SocialEngine site you may wonder, how do I monetize my Social Network? For some, monetization simply means covering the costs of the niche Social Network they have built, and for others the goal is to grow into a profitable business. Here are some key features you may find with SocialEngine that…

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Tips & Tutorials: Spam & Banning Tools

Many of you have emailed us asking how to best protect your community from spam and fake user-profiles. Our software includes built-in tools for spam control, however some of them are not enabled by default. The Spam & Banning Tools article in our Knowledgebase can walk you through the Settings > Spam & Banning Tools…

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Version 4.1.6p2 Release

Version 4.1.6p2 is now available for download from the client area. This version includes fixes for a few issues that came up after the initial 4.1.6 release, including: Potential fatal errors in Facebook API when missing the JSON PHP extension, upgrade errors in the storage system, and missing language on the admin twitter integration page.…