Extreme Joomla Offers Beta Version of JForce CRM 2.0 for Free

By Jayashree Adkoli

TMCnet Contributing Editor

 

Extreme Joomla, a provider of content management system, recently announced that it has released its “JForce 2.0 Beta RC1” as a free download to all registered users.

 

According to Extreme Joomala, JForce 2.0 Beta is a comprehensive CRM and project management system for Joomla 1.5.x. The system can be used as an internal tool or as an external sales interface, with fully customizable access roles. Incorporating new features, the CRM system is specially designed to manage or administer entire sales process from lead collection and management, to quoting, invoicing and project completion.

 

Joomla is an open source content management system that facilitates its users to build Web sites and powerful online applications.

 

To familiarize JForce 2.0 beta to users, Extreme Joomala offered the system for free download and gave a chance to see what they have been developing. Stable version of the system is expected to be released next month and till then few features will not be integrated, according to the company.

 

Extreme Joomala officials said that registered users and subscribers with single components are required to upgrade their account, in order to download the stable version of the system once it’s released.

 

Some of the key features of JForce 2.0 beta include: project management, lead management, invoicing/quoting, file management, reports, time tracking, calendar, RSS feeds, custom permissions/access levels, email notifications, tickets and discussions.

 

The JForce suite also includes jContacts 1.5, jProjects 1.5, jSupport 1.5, and jAccounts 1.5.

 

First, jAccounts is a quoting and invoicing system for Joomla that tries to provide clients with quotes that are easy to setup as well makes invoicing and payment acceptance even easier, whereas jContacts offers CRM functionalities for lead tracking and contact management by providing a lead form for integration directly into the website to gather the lead information. jProjects facilitates the management of tasks and projects, whereas jSupport helps users ask questions and get the support needed for a specific problem.

 

Extreme Joomla has started a new blog to keep users updated on the latest news and developments at http://blog.extremejoomla.com. The company recommends users not to use the jForce 2.0 beta version for use in a production environment. The demo site for the new jForce 2.0 beta version and a bug tracker is made available to all registered users at http://extremejoomla.com/jforcebeta, said the company.