Welcome to the EasySocial community support repository.
This repository is managed by the the J!User community and aims to provide support, bugfixes and compatibility updates to allow EasySocial users to maintain websites that use EasySocial and related StackIdeas products
This repository was created in response to the lack of proper support and updates provided by StackIdeas for this product. This leaves users that have made considerable investments into integrating this product into their community websites with an uncertain future. Many worried that thier sites will fail to meet requirements for upcoming PHP, SQL and Joomla versions.
The aim of the J!User project is to provide ongoing support for abandonware products like this one, and provide bug fix and compatibility updates. The goal is to allow users to continue being able to use the products that they have purchased. The J!User project is a community run and supported endeavour. Its sole aim is to help provide those of us who have websites that rely on abandonware products, to be able to continue to run our websites into the foreseeable future. This need in many cases is driven by the lack of alternative products to migrate to. THis is exepcially the case with niche products.
The initial aim is to fix compatibility issues with the existing products and address outstanding bug reports. Long term it is hoped that the products may evolve with new features.
All Joomla compatible products are released under the GPL2 license which allows the published code and derivative works to be released and distributed in accordance with GPL2 terms. This includes all files that form a part of the releases.
The GPL2 license states that components of GPL licensed code cannot be restricted by a different license, and that all such inclusions must be also be released under the GPL2 license. This nullifies the vendors 'Proprietary Use Licenses' from being enforceable.
The code published within this repository has been done so in line with the terms of the GPL 2 license as linked to below
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.en.html
For further information on the application and interpretation of the GPL2 license, the FAQ section of the GNU GPL2 license is a good source of reference
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-faq.html
Further information on the J!User community can be found over on the J!User website - http://juser.org/about
NOTE: All content is CopyLeft J!User.org
To install the component: Download the zip file from the main page of the repository, or the releases section. Upload the package file to your Joomla installation via the system dashboard as normal. Then follow the onscreen prompts to install.
If you need help you can find support by visiting the following channels
Dedicated forums over at juser.org - http://juser.org/forum/categories/easysocial Dedicated Discord channel - https://discord.com/channels/1324678065124675697/1324679221825769513
Or by right here in the repo by visiting the WIKI or for bug reporting by raising a ticket.
Contributing to the project is easy. You do not need to be a programmer or tech-savant. Discovering and raising issues, testing, helping out with community support, documentation and WIKI contributions are all different and valuable ways that you can help the project without nbeeding to code.
As a community we stand together and can provide help to each other. We can all draw on different skills. Sharing those skills within the community to help others is what this project is all about. Hopefully together we stand strong and can carry this project long into the future.
If you do have a bug-fix or improvement, please submit a pull request for your changes. Please refer tot he contrinution guidelines for more information on how to submit a PR
If you are a StackIdeas user then the following components may also be of interest. These projects are also supported by J!USer
https://github.com/DeeEmm/easyblog
https://github.com/DeeEmm/easydiscuss
(Please consider contributing to these projects too)