Joomla! 1.5.8 Released
Last night, as expected, Joomla!® 1.5.8 was released by the Joomla! Project on the official site.
We have now mirrored these files as we always do.
We urge you for your own security and stability to upgrade to 1.5.8 as soon as possible as several security issues have been resolved and many bugs removed.
If you need assistance with upgrading your site, for a fee, please contact us
Joomla! 1.5.8 To Be Released Today
Maybe…
I noticed today that the change log and version file have been commited to the SVN branch. This has tagged the release to be made pretty soon.
Well, I’m only guessing but I don’t see any reason to be wrong 
So Watch this space – and joomla.org for the official announcement. Remember you should upgrade to Joomla 1.5.8 as soon as its available to ensure your security and stability.
Tags and KB Extensions Updated Today
Today we have released further updates to KB and Tags extensions.
I dont have a full changelog, but a lot of bug fixes, including SEF plugin issues and other minor tweaks have been included.
Compatibility with KB and sh404sef/SEF Advance 2008 should also be fixed now.
And the other main issue was Tags and Layouts, these all now work correctly
Note: The main bulk of this release is to push out a new xajax plugin version. If, after upgrading FROM A WORKING VERSION to the latest version of either of these extensions you get a blank page then just delete /plugins/system/xajax.* and refresh the page – that will force a reinstall of the new xajax plugin – this is required on all sites!
ListMessenger For Joomla 1.5 – Updated
This is a new release for ListMessenger for Joomla 1.5.x that targets specifically issues when using ListMessenger on Windows servers.
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of ListMessenger For Joomla 1.5.x v2.2.2
You can learn more about ListMessenger for Joomla here:
http://www.Joomla-Mailing-List.com/
Existing users can download the latest version from their myJoomla.com account.
Joomla 1.5.1 Released – Important Security release
The Joomla Core team have today released Joomla 1.5.1 to specifically address a security issue,
The official announcement was:
The Joomla! community is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla! 1.5.1 [Seenu]. Since the stable release of Joomla! 1.5 we have seen huge numbers of downloads which has helped to push the total number of downloads to over 3 million in less than a year.
We have found in one of the new features of Joomla! 1.5, an XML-RPC Blogger API plugin, a high priority security vulnerability. While this feature is disabled by default on every Joomla! 1.5 install and would have to be manually enabled for the vulnerability to exist, we strongly recommend that all Joomla! 1.5 users upgrade to Joomla! 1.5.1.
Thanks to the work done by both the Joomla! Bug Squad as well as the Development Team , not only has this vulnerability been patched but so have several other smaller issues.
Joomla Tags – New Features Just Released
Well its Christmas time again And while you are all busy eating left-overs I have been busy improving Joomla Tags with adding the very most requested features!. I have just released v0.1.1541 which contains the following new features:
- Ability to select, on a per content item basis, whether to hide or show tags
- Ability to set the global value to either show or hide – the above feature can override the above feature
- You can now limit the number of tags in the tag cloud and set the number of tags that will display!
We have also fixed every confirmed bug/issue with Joomla Tags, added better non UTF-8 encoding support and even fixed a load of underlying issues with bfFramework. We have also added the cool codepress plugin which allows you now to edit the components CSS and Layout files with colour syntax highlighted editors! All from within your web browser!
We hope you will like the new features – please feel free to provide feedback on the Joomla Tags forum
mosListMessenger v2.0.8 Released
We are pleased to announce the release of mosListMessenger v2.0.8 to address some niggling bugs. The main issue was the stalling of messages, and the inability to resume the queue. Other improvements have been made to the mass import/export of users and the confirmation of users requests.
Existing customers can download the latest version by logging into myJoomla.com
Upgrade instructions can be found in the FAQ
Coming Soon, sneak previews…
Well we have been out of the office a lot in June/July but all for good cause. With investment from a local company we are pleased to give you a little sneak preview into a new Joomla Component that will soon be released by Blue Flame IT Ltd. Well ok we cant at this moment in time as I cant get the screenshot uploaded 
But watch this space as we have a BRAND NEW COMPONENT to be released some time SOON!
Server Upgrade:
In the world of servers there are two types of people, those that have the same server for 10 years (running linux, probably more memory in my watch than their server!) and people like me, who replace the server hardware and software every 2 years to stay current. Well this time is upon me again – having just purchased our new server we will be soon migrating all our sites (known and unknown!) to our new platform. At the same time we will take the opportunity to slim down – bear with us if we have ome downtime but we are aiming for 100% uptime during the move (No reason not to!)
New Site – Amazing Tools:
This one has been under wraps for some time, with only one other person outside our company having a preview of it. We will be launching this new site before the end of August – the site will totally blow your mind in terms of maintaining your Joomla Based sites! – No more details yet, just introducing it – building expectations
FREE Installs of our components:
We are also working on a system where you can get IMMEDIATE assistance, or Professional Installation of our components on your site, (Once you have purchased them!). We are aware that some of the bfFramework components can be tricky to install if you have many other conflicting components – or a naff server – and therefore we want to do our best to help you! This will come in the form of a Web form that you fill in to request assistance/installation – we will then do the rest within a guaranteed 24 hours! – again more details soon…
New Joomla Tags Component – Compatibility
Dear All.
We are pleased to announce the release of Joomla Tags v0.1.586 which is a stability and compatibility release.
There are no database changes – only code changes.
Joomla Tags v0.1.586 addresses conflicts with the following components:
- Fireboard Forum
- SMF Bridge
- A few other minor components…
New features include the ability to specify the default layout templates…
In order to provide this unprecedented level of complex compatibility you will need to upgrade the xAJAX system mambot and follow the prompts on Joomla Tags installation.
Here is the upgrade proceedure from any earlier version of Joomla Tags to v1.0.586:
- If you have modified the layout templates then BACKUP the files in /components/com_tag/view/front/user_templates – If you dont THEY WILL BE LOST!
- Uninstall Joomla Tags.
- Uninstall the XAJAX SYSTEM MAMBOT <–VERY IMPORTANT
- Install Joomla Tags latest version
- Follow the onscreen prompts to
- Reinstall xAJAX
- Upgrade bfFramework
- Patch for SMF Bridge(If needed)
- Restore user_templates (Optional)
Your tags and tag mappings are not lost when you uninstall Joomla Tags.
Have Fun.
Phil.