Version 7.3.0 of VivoSocial has been released. There are many new bug fixes, features, and template updates in this release. This version also includes an EntitySpaces 2010 update for our BusinessObjects and is compatible with DotNetNuke 5.5

VivoSocial has been growing fast since we went Open Source in February. We have had over 8,300 downloads from the VivoWare site, and 7,200 downloads from Social.CodePlex.com. Combined, that is over 15,500 downloads. We have been fortunate to have many designers and developers to contribute code to the project. To support this trend, we will be givi...

Yesterday at the Facebook F8 conference, they annouced the new Open Graph API and the fact that Facebook Connect is going to disappear. They also annouced several new social plugins, including the Facebook 'Like' button. So, we decided to go ahead and add this to the templates. Now, in the 7.1.2 version of theIndexItem module, the default template...

Version 7.1.1 of VivoSocial has been released. If you experienced any issues with the previous version, please update your modules to the 7.1.1 release and see if they persist. You can download the new releases from social.codeplex.com or our downloads page. If you have any questions about this release, please post them in our Support forums. If yo...

A 30 minute video on some of the features of VivoSocial, our open source social networking software.

VivoSocial has been open source for 1 month now. It has been great seeing all of the excitement and feedback from the community this past month and we have even gotten our first two code contributions. Thank you David Trumble and "wpmilk". This week we released version 7.0.3 of our social networking software and it is available on our downloads pa...

Last week was the first week we have been “open source” and we have been very pleased with the responses from the community. Last Monday, I announced that we would open source VivoSocial, a social networking package, built on top of DotNetNuke 5.2.2 framework. Due to issues with Subversion and CodePlex, it wasn’t until Wednesday that I actually pub...

Last night, during the Super Bowl, we released version 7.0.1 of VivoSocial. This release focused on bugs and performance. If you experienced any issues with the previous version, please update your modules to the 7.0.1 release and see if they persist. You can download the new releases from social.codeplex.com or our downloads page. If you have a...

We have released the 7.0.0 version of VivoSocial as a DotNetNuke 5.2.2 Community Edition site, preconfigured with our social netowrking mdoules. This can be used a demo, or for a foundation for setting up a custom social network. VivoSocial can be downloaded from our Downloads page, or from CodePlex. This video covers the basics of installing VivoS...

Please follow these steps for upgrading your modules from Venexus to VivoWare modules. Backup your database and filesystem. Please do not skip this step. It will cause a lot less grief if you spend the time to do a proper backup. Create a new page for Administrators only and make sure no Venexus modules are on it. For example, make sure you remove...