Looking for a home church in the Orlando Florida area? That task just got easier with the launch of new church directory called Church Search Orlando. The site, sponsored by Salem Communications, lists all of the churches in the Orlando area of Central Florida. Visitors to the site can search for a church based on proximity to their zip codes, by name, keyword, denomination, city, and specific Zip Code.

Joomla 1.7 is here! SOBIPro and Virtuemart 2.0 are coming soon. In honor of the changing landscape for Joomla software, CorFun is pleased to announce our Summer Sale! Most of our Joomla extensions are on sale 50% off their original prices. The sale includes extensions for both 1.7 and 1.5, so don’t miss out! Sale ends August 31^st, 2011.

CorFun is pleased to announce the release of its JMaps Joomla mapping suite 3.0 – now featuring custom map markers by SOBI2 Category! The JMaps suite includes plugins for mapping SOBI2 entries (Categories and Search Results), Community Builder members (User List mapping and export), and stand-alone mapping for custom XML files and feeds.

This question comes up frequently and the answer is, "Yes." But not by itself of course. JMaps is a Joomla module and a system of plugins, so it needs to work with other applications. JMaps has been used by many businesses to offer searchable point of sale locators on their websites. Below is a list of the software they used to do it. 

JMaps, the highly ranked Google mapping solution for Joomla, SOBI2, and Community Builder is on sale 30% off until the end of June, 2011. This sale is on the entire suite, as well as the smaller packages. JMaps supports mapping for:

• SOBI2 Search Results
• SOBI2 Category Listings
• Community Builder User Lists
• RSS Feeds
• KML files
• Custom XML files

JMaps includes both a module and a series of plugins for Community Builder and SOBI2.  For more information about JMaps, please visit the JMaps product information page by clicking here.

JMaps, the premier mapping suite for Community Builder and SOBI2 and Google Maps, has just been upgraded with even more capabilities. The new features include:

• Full language capability - The JMaps module can now support translations of all mapping literals! Building a non-English language site in Joomla using SOBI2 or CB? Then JMaps is for you. The Google Mapping rendered can now be easily done in the language of your choice.
• Details template only in the shadowbox - JMaps has long had the ability to open the details from the map or the accompanying list in a shadowbox. But now, you can select to have only the SOBI2 details template load - not the full template of the Website! This enhancement means that a details view popup only shows the SOBI2 information, not a full page including menu bars and module positions. This is the cleanest, most effective display available for encouraging visitors to your SOBI2 site to browse as many listings as possible.
• Directions "To" and "From" (optional) - You can now offer site visitors the option of getting directions to or from the listing!
• Keep in View map scrolling - Have a long list of category or search results to show, then select the "Keep in View" option to have the map float down the page while the user browses the listings!
• Ability to have a star on featured items, even when the marker label isn't shown - Have a category map that you don't need the number labels on, but still want to "feature" some entries with a star? Now you can!
• Rank the importance of categoris to make sure that more important entries from premium categories always appear over the lower-ranked categories in SOBI2.

The new version of JMaps is already up and ready for download. To see the new features, visit our updated demo by clicking here.

To purchase the JMaps mapping suite (or one of its variations), please click here to visit the primary product page.

You have a SOBI2 Directory with both category listings and a search page that serves up great results. Your directory may be of businesses, or products, or even people. Regardless of what you are listing in your SOBI2 directory, one thing is certain. You want people to browse multiple listings to make sure they get all the relevant information they need. But how can you encourage users of your directory to actually look at more entries? The trick is to keep the user on the page with all the category or search listings and load the details in a Shadowbox popup!

SOBI2 is the best directory component on the Web for the Web’s best content management system – Joomla! SOBI2 has a large number of plugins that enable the details for an entry to really showcase a business, a band, a product, or just about anything else. File downloads, media files, video embeds, and even photo galleries can all be included in SOBI2 entries. At CorFun, we have used all these plugins in various projects. It was from a build project that we got the idea for improving the SOBI2 Gallery plugin to make it easier on the eyes and easier to use.

SOBI2 is the premier directory component for Joomla. JMaps takes SOBI2's power and extends it by taking the entries in the directory and putting it on interactive Google maps! This article gives an overview of what SOBI2 can do, and especially what you can build by combining SOBI2 with the JMaps module and plugins from CorFun!

Community Builder is at the heart of many Joomla sites. Inside CB, sites often have information about birthdays, addresses, kids’ ages, hobbies, locations, and all kinds of other interesting information. For sites that are built around social or professional networking, or even sites for churches and other social groups, being able to find members with something in common in a geographic area can be a great thing.