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We have released yet another update for our Joomla advertising solution. We are happy to release SocialAds 3.1.15 which is primarily a bug fix release along with some security fixes.

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I recently happened to have a client approach us to build a mobile app. What should have been a fairly quick job turned out into a mid sized development project. The reason ? They had created almost half a dozen custom components where articles could have served the purpose.

We have released Shika 1.3.11 today which is a maintenance release and comes with some bug fixes. We recommend that you read the release notes before upgrading to the latest version. Read on for the detailed changelog.

We are happy that we have yet another feature packed Shika release getting released today! Key highlights are - Support for Large Exams, Safe Exam Browser integration & a new “integrations” plugin structure that allows plugins to define course level configuration. Ability to add a user to a Joomla user group and adding a user to an Easysocial g...

As we go on in our pursuit to use Joomla in never-seen-before use cases a few interesting problems came forth.

• A web-hooks implementation: Similar to how plugins can declare triggers they want to listen to, webhooks allow external applications to register URLs that can receive a JSON payload when an action happens in an application. Since there could be multiple webhooks, each webhook call is queued as a message and happens asynchronously.
• In Shika: Recalculating user progress in the background. When a new lesson is added to a course, Shika recalculates each enrolled user’s progress to take into account the newly added lesson. When there are a lot of lessons and a large number of users enrolled in the course, this recalculation cannot happen in real time. In this case, a recalculation job does this in the background once the lesson is saved.

In the past few months, we have made lots of incremental upgrades to com_api, our REST API extension for Joomla. For those who are not aware, com_api is a quick and easy way to add REST APIs to Joomla. Extensible via plugins, you can easily add support for more Joomla extensions.

With Shika 1.3.9, we have released a security update for Shika. In some configuration combinations, guests can get access to lessons in paid courses. We have fixed this issue in version 1.3.9. We recommend you upgrade to this release immediately. 

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Teens is that time between being a child and an adult when you start experiencing freedom & start liking the taste of it. It's that time when you slowly start taking the controls of your life into your own hands. It is like the first time you drive a car on a learner’s license with an adult riding shotgun. It's that time when your parents slowly start transitioning to being ‘guardians’ and helping you take control.

Depending on the nature of the business and the experience of its leaders, companies will most likely go through similar phases. When the company is just getting started, it needs careful nurturing & constant care from its leaders.

As it grows more people are added to the team, a culture starts to form and systems are put in place to allow the company to function in some areas ‘on its own’. This independence will free its leadership to start nurturing various aspects of the company to help it grow bigger and better in its areas of focus. It is a time to dream, experiment and go after aspirations with a passion and hunger. It is a time to explore, a time to build on the experience and guidance and grow.

As Tekdi turns 13, it is a time for us to reflect and a time to look forward.

The latest version of our Joomla advertising solution, SocialAds is now available and all our customers are requested to immediately upgrade to the new version. We have fixed plenty of bugs in SocialAds v3.1.14.

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Please read the release notes carefully before upgrading to the latest version. Read on for the detailed changelog.

We are happy to release Shika 1.3.8. With Shika 1.3.8, course creators can render course’s custom fields on the certificate. During the assessment, Assessors can also preview files uploaded for file upload question type for exercise and quiz. Google Viewer and  Microsoft viewer are currently supported.

Besides this, we have also released some features in alpha to manage some dependencies and fixed a few bugs.

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Techjoomla is pleased to announce our new partnership with JoomlaShine to bring JTicketing users a beautiful treat! JSN Festival, their latest offering brings a stunning new user interface for JTicketing. This template is a perfect fit for any ticketing system.

We had been working with our customer Osians, to build a knowledge base site for the years of archival work they had been doing documenting over 200 years of contemporary Indian culture. The catalog currently boasts of over 125,000 records documented with details.

We are happy to release Shika 1.3.7 which introduces character count configuration for text area type questions and also lets you set specific file size for file upload type for questions in Shika. We have also fixed a couple of bugs in this release. Buy Shika Now! We recommend that you read the release notes before upgrading to the latest version....

We are happy to release Shika 1.3.6 which introduces media-based support for question and answer options. We have also fixed plenty of bugs in this release.

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We recommend that you read the release notes before upgrading to the latest version. Read on for details related to the new feature and for the detailed changelog.

The fourth annual JoomlaDay Florida will take place from 22nd-24th February 2019 in Tampa, Florida at the Hillsborough Community College, YBor City Campus. JoomlaDay Florida is currently the largest attended Joomla Day in the United States. The who’s who of the Joomla community is going to be an integral part of the event. Even the Wordpress commun...