Check the bottom on how to upgrade, if you need upgrade of your existing version
Version 2.2 Previews DESCRIPTION Circle system is a new way people categorize things or people they like to follow. Circle system works like follow system in which you follow people, pages, organizations that you want to get updates from , but circle system give additional features to let you categorize them into friends, celebrities, organizations, etc. Instead of using follow, circle system uses add to circles, so you can add a person to multiple circles. Circle system let you view updates from each of the people in your circles, you can also filter to only show from a single circle. Please Requirements PHP 5.3 or above Mod rewrite must be enabled for SEO friendly urls Mcrypt is required , though is always pre-installed, of any problem check the FAQS in the documentation ACCESS DEMO Username: demotester Password: demotester How does it works You look for people or organizations you will like to your circles, with the image below you will see how to add people to your circles, the form you see under it is a way you can add more circles. You only need to tick the checkboxes in which circles you want to the person to . You will notice that anybody you have circle, their photo will also be circle, so you will know who you have circle or not After you have people in your circles, on your stream page you will be able to see updates from those people you have added, and also from people who have added exactly like in G+ with option to block anybody ,the image below shows the stream page with the circles list for you to filter
Note that you can only see updates from them but them will also see your updates without them adding you to any of their circles, which make circle system works like G+
VERSION 2.2 Animate gif support Mobile version added with no need of responsive feature Mini News letter added Bug fixes Add like button (can be disable if you dont want it) Message system modified to fit mobile version New theme added for mobile version Your member can now invite their friends by using the invite system Vimeo support
VERSION 2.1 FEATURES
Grid view for user status G+ like
Verified badge for users like twitter Ability to block users to stop seing updates from them Ability to report posts, profile
@mention features is now included
Trending topic with location filter
#Discover like twitter, discover whats hot about people in your circles Ability to post to a particular circle or group circles More Users designs added to let you look and feel User info is now attach to photos and ability to +1 photos Simple newsletter is now included to let you send your users messages to there email or inbuild message system Hashtag before doesnot search user comments but now search comments Ability to post status right from your profile and others profile by mentioning the profile owner Great modification is done to other existing features to suite you Getstarted feature added to get your users getstarted at the time of register but can disable right from admin Any kind or character are now supported in your posts , comments e.t.c once you create your Database with utf8 charset View the demo to see the complete new features ……
WHAT ARE THINGS YOU SHARE WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE ADDED YOU OR YOU ADDED You share status, photos, videos and links with them You can send them private messages to a single person or multiple of them Share your photos albums Share your page design SUMMARY FEATURES Multiple languages Urlshortener system User can change profile cover and design their page exactly like Twitter does Complete Photo system, create albums, multiple upload of photos Create Hashtags in your posts or anywhere Circles Manager for you to manage people you have added easily Privacy system . You can check the privacy settings on the demo and see how it works Themmable system Sharing of posts Comment system +1 system , which works exactly like LIKE system Profile system SEO friendly URLs Notification system Registration/ reset password And much more…. ADMIN FEATURES Manage users, edit or delete Create global circles that all users must have Determine the number of characters users can enter in their posts Disable or enable registration, captcha system Edit the site details , title, logo , description, keywords and so on Add more or edit languages Manage the site theme Manage bundles settings And Much More………… CHANGELOG Restructure of the system/ design and how the features works, check the description above Reset password added Private messaging system included User can design page and profile Google+ +1 feature added Circle Manager, for you to manage people in your circles All bundles have been improved Ability to post or upload multiple photos Captcha system included in registration Privacy settings added Ability to limit users posts to 140 character or any number like twitter Fixed youtube video links Check the demo to see what all the changes
INSTALLATION STEP AND DOCUMENTATION Everything is included in the file you downloaded
HOW TO UPGRADE You are required to update all files and folder inside the application/ folder except the config folder….please note don’t update the config/ folder Also update the themes/ directory everything there For bundles upgrade you have use the admin panel to do that, by going to extension->extension manager->upgrade bundles there you have to convert each bundles to zip file and upgrade one by one, we didn’t convert each to zip because of the overall size That’s all what you need to do for upgrade, dont touch your database tables