The following list attempts to enumerate all the existing features in the Community Builder component upto and including release candidate 2. The list is by no means complete as there are a lot of minor “functional” related capabilities that would need a detailed specifications document in order to correctly describe and present.

• Extensive and flexible, fully configurable, registration process (four workflows supported) using a combination of email confirmation functionality,”Terms of Acceptance” verification, moderator notification email messages, personalized applicant pending approval and welcome email with customizable email messages.
• Allow your members to have their profiles.
• Specification of group level allowed to view other profiles.
• Selectable Profile image via avatar gallery or via upload support. Image moderation supported. Image resizing automation.
• Connections feature supporting buddy/friends list type functionality between members. Public and private connections, connection workflow activities, connection path between users, connection comments posted by users, connection categories.
• Field definitions also provide pop-up tooltip like help messages to assist front-end users during field completion activities.
• Ability to deliegate specific registration approval and maintenance (image upload approval, banning of offensive profile from public display) activities to moderators via front-end access module.
• User List sorting may be specified. List filtering may also be specified. Specific list group access rights may be specified.
• Initial user plugins pre-installed in the RC2 distribution package include: Simpleboard/JoomlaBoard tab integration, Author tab integration, Mamboblog tab integration, Yanc tab newsletter integration, Connections tab and PMS (OS & Pro as well as UddeIM) integration.
• Ready for a multi-language social network website.

Ready to grow

Community Builder offers a lot of features, some of the standard features are listed above. Please note that you can extend the functionality of Joomla! and Community Builder using Plugins, Components, Templates and Modules to make them do what you need!

The Community Builder's Plugin Framework API enables the extension and integration with other components via the deployment of plugin packages. Plugin packages can be of 3 types: template plugins, language plugins and user plugins. All packages are managed via backend plugin management operations, thus enabling the installation of add-ons to the original installation. Detailed API document is available.