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We make EasyBlog as extensible as possible by way of integrating with many third party Joomla components. This is a great way of sharing available resources across several programs without the need for repeated work i.e. signing up, fill forms, authorization, etc.

EasyBlog allows bloggers to create their own profiles in EasyBlog itself by adding their personal details, contacts and avatars. Or, if they already have an profile somewhere else, like Kunena or Community Builder, the blogger can still use the same avatar to appear in EasyBlog.

Joomla 2.5 is a great content management system for you to build solid websites using its articles. These articles does the job of displaying your content and images and can appear in any form and style. But for creating that blog 'feel', you will need some extensions and plugins to achieve it.

This means you will have to scour the Joomla Extensions Directory for plugins and components to make up for a full-fledged blogging environment. But bear in mind, the more components/plugins installed, the slower your Joomla website loads up and that will turn your visitors off!

We've compiled some tools that you could use to start your very first community blogging website in Joomla. These tools will not only works great but also looks stunning.

If you already have the latest Joomla 2.5.x installed, we recommend dressing it up with JA Social theme by Joomlart. I presume you already have JomSocial installed and most importantly, have EasyBlog installed too. And to complete the community blogging part, you will need some EasyBlog plugins to work that out.

We would like to announce that themes from Joomlart integrates with EasyBlog.

Here's how EasyBlog looks like inside the JA Social template... after the jump

Some of you might be wondering why we've actually used the version of EasyBlog 3.5 instead of EasyBlog 4.0 since the previous releases are all incremented by one. When we started off with EasyBlog 3.0 a couple of months back, we have identified quite a number of difficulties that most users are facing. But that wasn't perfected enough as there were still some underlying usability issues which required our immediate attention.

Hence, instead of introducing EasyBlog 4.0, this time it would be EasyBlog 3.5.

Just weeks ago, we announced about a new Joomla themplate that supports EasyBlog and had enjoyed positive responses from our users. Once again, EasyBlog has a new partner! We are proud to announce Mainstream, a brand new theme by ThemeXpert.com also integrates smoothly with EasyBlog!

Mainstream is a great template for news sites where contents can be highly configured to appear in a streamlined manner. This template release also marks the all-new version of their template framework Expose 3, which is the main powerpack for all your template layout needs when you use any of ThemeXperts products in the future.

If you intend to start a news portal using Joomla, this EasyBlog-Mainstream combo has got great tools for you to kick things off, fast and smooth!

More reasons to start NOW as you can get EasyBlog and Mainstream
at 15% off each, for a limited time.

Get them by clicking on these buttons and use the coupon codes:

Offer lasts till Saturday, March 17th, 2012 at 2359 hours GMT+0.

Happy blogging! ;)

Besides continuous product development, we strive to provide the best support experience our users can get. Everyday, we get dozens of support requests in different levels of complexities, both big and small. Over time, we have seen some of our users seeking support get frustrated due to the urgency of the technical support.

Documentations is a good place to start if you are a new and require some basic steps like getting started or even installing our Joomla extensions, hardware and software requirements, etc.

Not finding what you want? Our discussion forum is the next best thing for users like you connect with us and interact with one another. You're bound to find tips and tricks that may have shared by an experienced user in the forum itself.

Still unable to resolve your issue? Our friendly technical experts are just an email away. To help us serve you better, please have the following ready before you send that email to us:

1. Error messages that you encounter, copy that and show it to us
2. Screen shots of the issue(s)
3. Access to your FTP -- the username and password

By providing us with the above items, it will help us understand your questions and allow us to come back to you sooner; providing you with the best solution that you need.

Getting help is easier if you help us to help you better.

We'd like to announce that our StackIdeas servers will be undergoing its maintenance on March 15th, 2012 at 7.00am GMT+0.

This maintenance exercise is an effort to provide quality and trouble-free service to all our users when accessing our website to download our Joomla extensions, use our helpdesk or even participate in our forums. This is also an effort to ensure that our servers are in tip top condition and won't break down when you need to access it at any critical times.

You may experience some outages for 30 - 45 minutes during the maintenance process. I would appreciate your kind patience between these down times and continue to be with us along the way.

You can still reach us via email at support@stackideas.com if you need any assistance.

This is the fourth edition Joomladay organized by the Joomla folks of New England. To be held in the state of Vermont, the second least populous state of America, this one-day event will turn this peaceful place abuzz with talks, networking and the exchanging of new ideas amongst the Joomla users there.

Read more after the jump.

The awesome people at JoomlaPraise took time in between their busy schedule to release a brand new Joomla template called EleGlance 2.5 last week! We were super excited about the release and today, we want to announce it to you all about this 'marriage'.

Read the interview with JoomlaPraise, after the jump.

Tomorrow is when the Joomla users and fans in Bangkok, Thailand gather in one venue to learn and mingle amongst themselves, for the benefit and growth of the popular content management system.

Being involved in the world of Joomla, the StackIdeas Team always take pride in what we do for the Joomla community. This time, we decided to get upclose with you, our beloved users, especially with those in Krung Thep (the City of Angels in Thai).

Read more after the jump.