{"id":455,"date":"2012-12-20T23:10:03","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T20:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phpsugar.com\/blog\/?p=455"},"modified":"2012-12-22T14:26:56","modified_gmt":"2012-12-22T11:26:56","slug":"php-melody-18-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phpsugar.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/php-melody-18-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing PHP Melody 1.8 and more&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A month ago, we introduced PHP Melody 1.7, which as you know, is a big milestone for our small team. We&#8217;re happy to announce that the overall feedback from our customers was overwhelmingly positive. New comers were also impressed by PHP Melody 1.7. The clearest indicator was the 100% organic increase in the conversion rates.<\/p>\n<p>We wish to thank all our supporters for their confidence in our <strong>video cms<\/strong>. Our commitment to PHP Melody is as strong as ever<strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Today we&#8217;re introducing version 1.8<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The most noteworthy feature PHP MELODY 1.8 brings is the built-in <strong>social module<\/strong>. Inspired by the successful social networks, we&#8217;ve implemented the coolest features out there:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Twitter-like user following system<\/li>\n<li>Facebook inspired notifications and status updates<\/li>\n<li>Activity stream<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We&#8217;d like to point out that by adding a social component to your site, you will see increased user engagement and retention. <em>Social <\/em>and <em>mobile <\/em>are must-have components for the CMS of tomorrow. And we&#8217;re committed to bring even more of both in future PHP Melody releases.<\/p>\n<p>To give the social module a look, please visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/demo.phpmelody.com\">online demo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Existing customers will be relieved to know that besides the social module, this new release <strong>takes care of all reported issues\/bugs<\/strong>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phpsugar.com\/phpmelody_mobile.html\">Mobile Melody<\/a>, the plugin which makes your PHP Melody site mobile friendly, has also received our attention. Thank you Trace for the help.<\/p>\n<p>As themes go the B52, Carbon and Ruby themes have been brought up to date and are 100% compatible with version 1.8. We&#8217;ll be introducing two new themes (Square and Cinema) in the coming weekend.<\/p>\n<p>It gives us great satisfaction to end the year with a noteworthy PHP Melody release for you guys, our fans. As always, you are invited to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phpsugar.com\/customer\/\">download the latest updates <\/a>and enjoy the improvements.<\/p>\n<p>We truly hope that besides enjoying this new PHP Melody, you&#8217;ll end 2012 on a positive note.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your continued support.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phpsugar.com\/customers\/\">Download PHP Melody 1.8<\/a> (<em>update package or the full package<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.phpsugar.com\/phpmelody_order.html\">Buy a PHP Melody 1.8 license<\/a> ..or two<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/demo.phpmelody.com\">See the PHP Melody 1.8 Demo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.phpsugar.com\/phpmelody_whatsnew_18.html\">See what&#8217;s new in PHP Melody 1.8<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A month ago, we introduced PHP Melody 1.7, which as you know, is a big milestone for our small team. We&#8217;re happy to announce that the overall feedback from our customers was overwhelmingly positive. New comers were also impressed by PHP Melody 1.7. The clearest indicator was the 100% organic increase in the conversion rates. 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