As some of you may have heard, we have recently made the difficult decision to discontinue our distribution contract for Agora bulletin board.

jVitals — the author of Agora — has been a reliable development partner but here at Anything Digital we have decided to step back and focus on our core competencies.

These include our flagship extensions like sh404SEF® and JCal Pro® — the latter of which has a new release pending and is chocked-full of new features — but also our development of new products such as the recently released Josetta.

Existing Agora subscribers will continue to have access to downloads and support at jVitals for the remainder of their subscriptions. If you have any trouble accessing your subscription, please be sure to contact jVitals.

As development continues for Agora Pro — the bulletin board for Joomla — we are happy to announce new features and add-ons.

This week we are highlighting the new themes that were included in version 4.0.01.

Agora Pro Standard now includes 5 great new color variations — Amaranth, Deep Sky, Goldenrod, Olive and Pink.

Agora Pro Ultimate includes the themes in the Standard package as well as Amber, Copper, Dark Red, Green Apple and Tangerine.

As you can see in the previews, all 10 of these new themes are well suited for any light-colored Joomla template.

For some time Agora has had an informal system for identifying new versions.

However, starting with the current release of Agora Pro we have adopted a standardized format to identify new releases.

All releases will now consist of a three-digit identifier such as 4.0.01 — the current version.

The identifier will be formatted as X.Y.Z where:

• X = major new version with architectural changes. Migration of content is typically required (i.e. 4.0.0 and 5.0.0).
• Y = minor new version with new features and/or add-ons. Seamlessly upgrades from prior version within the same major version (i.e. 4.1.0 and 4.2.0).
• Z = maintenance release with bug fixes and language updates. Seamlessly upgrades from prior version within the same minor version (i.e. 4.1.1 and 4.1.2).

If you would like to be notified of when new versions are released, please be sure to subscribe to the Agora New Version Notification newsletter.

Today we are proud to announce the immediate availability of Agora Pro 4.0.01, which is fully compatible with Joomla! 1.5 and 2.5!

This is a maintenance and feature release.

Notes: In addition to various fixes, this release includes 10 new themes for superior styling options, JomSocial and UddeIM Integration Add-Ons and Smilies management features.

After months of development and testing, we are proud to announce that Agora Pro — a native bulletin board add-on for Joomla — is now available for purchase.

Starting with the 4.x series, the project will now be called Agora Pro. Earlier versions will retain the same name, simply Agora. As the new names imply, Agora 3.0 and all its add-ons are now publicly available as a cost-free download.

As we stated in our February teaser, Agora Pro is a complete re-write and brings all the great features of Agora to the Joomla 2.5 platform.