JEM is based on the famous Eventlist component, originally developed by Schlu.
It's a full-featured package that includes the core component as well as some very helpful modules and plugins.

JEM is open source and is developed, maintained and supported by an active community of volunteers.

November 2024
JEM 4.3.1 is out with some essential bugfixes and a few additions like a feature for event registration deadline.

October 2024
JEM 4.3.0 is out with tons of improvements and added functions!
Improved native Joomla 5.1 compatibility
Improved dark mode in JEM backend
Improved sample data, incl installation button in post install text – wider date range, recurring events, different reg. modes
Improved recurrence events – Create all events, add repeat event by year and 5th weekday
Improved en-GB language – removed all en-US expessions and made it real british, in addition we created a new en-US language package
Improved language file linking – rewritten all languags file linking according to Joomla standard, removed the language prefix in standard language en-GB
Improved the event list view in the backend
Improved search filter views

Added user registration for recurrence event – User booked in all events of series
Added option to show rows with month name in the eventslist view
Added css classes with uniques IDs to evnets/venues/categories
Added in teaser module: calendar page color according to category color and fallback color

April 2024
We are now releasing our second Joomla!5 compatible version with some bugfixes and added functionality (check the change log on our website).

November 2023
With JEM 4.2.0 we bring Joomla!5 compatibility to our free event management component along with some bug fixes. Enjoy!

September 2023
JEM 4.1.0 is out. It's contains essential bugfixes and also offers some added functionality like event-specific CSS class in component and modules for individual styling and added lightbox to all images

July 2023
The JEM Team is delighted to announce the release of JEM 4.0.0, our first Joomla!4 / PHP8 compatible version! If you are upgrading from a previous version, please make sure to read the instructions in the documentation area on our website.

November 2022
JEM 2.3.5 is a maintenance version with minor changes to make JEM install and run on Joomla 3.x running on PHP 8
JEM 2.3.5 is not yet ready for Joomla4. You have to wait for JEM 4 for that!

September 2021
JEM 2.3.3 is a maintenance version with minor changes to make JEM install correctly on Joomla 3.10.1. JEM 2.3.3 is not yet ready for PHP8 / Joomla4.

June 2021
JEM 2.3.1 is a maintenance version. Changes are made only in the component with some fixes for bugs and broken views. JEM 2.3.1 is not yet ready for PHP8.

March 2020
We are proud to announce JEM 2.3.0, our first fully responsive version of JEM! We also cleaned up the Frontend Edit Event screen to make it more logical and fixed a number of other enhancements. Check the change log at our site to see them all.
Please note thif you are updating an existing install, JEM automatically switches to this new responsive layout. If you want to use the old layout, in the Backend of your Joomla site go to Components -> JEM -> Settings -> Basic Settings and under Style, change the Layout Style back to Legacy (Table Style)

February 2018
We just released Version 2.2.3. Apart from many little fixes, we have added some nice new functions like Copy buttons for events and venues, straight from the details view and Calendar view, Ajax functionality now implemented in the standard Calendar Module (supports Ajax whenever possible), and registrations are now cleaned up on event deletion.

October 2017
Version 2.2.2 is out, now using the Joomla! Update System, so you will never miss a new version again! We also improved the code, thus making our rock stable extension even faster than before. We introduce custom fields in modules and there is a brand new plugin to list your events in any article.

September 2016
Version 2.2.0 is out, featuring enhanced Event Registration possibilities. Event creators can Invite, users can set they will Attend / Wil Not Attend. The mailer plugin now supports these changes too.
Apart for this we modified many views and fixes some other minor issues.

May 2016
For version 2.1.6 we are happy to announce that JEM is now fully PHP7 compatible! We also introduce a sidebar in the backend views when installed on Joomla 3, thus giving JEM a more native J!3 user experience.
Event registration has been enhanced, to allow attendees to send an additional comment with their registration.
And apart from this, many, many smaller enhancements and bug fixes.

JEM consists of:

Component
The JEM core component handles:
- Venue management (with built-in geocoding)
- Event Management. Events can be a one-off, or a repeating event with complex repeating patterns
- Repeating events can be auto-created in a configurable future time-window
- Category management (Events can be part of multiple, nested categories)
- Group management (for view access rights)
- Front end editing of events
- Auto-archiving of passed events. Archived events can be copied into a new future event.
- Attendees management, including waiting list and email notifications for attendees

Events display options:
- Day View
- Simplelist View
- Calendar View
- Week Calendar
- Categories View
- Venues View
- Venue Calendar (restrictable to categories or venues)
- Submit Event / Submit Venue
- My Events,
- My Venues
- My Attendances - views showing personalised data
- Search view

Modules
- Latest Events Basic Module
- Latest Events Wide Module
- Teaser Module
- Calendar Module
- Banner Module

Plugins
- Search Plugin
- Finder Plugin (smart search)
- Mailer Plugin (highly configurable automatic mailing of new events, subscriber mail for attendees)
- Comments Plugin (for integration with JComments)

Optionally, some additional plugins are available:

CB JEM MyAttending. This plugin shows events where the user is attending in their Community Builder profile. You need the Community Builder extension 1.9.1 or higher installed on your Joomla site.
CB JEM MyEvents Plugin. This plugin shows events that were created by the user in their Community builder profile. You need to have the Community builder component 1.9.1 or higher installed on your Joomla site.
Quickicon Plugin. Shows an icon to quickly jump to the JEM component in the administration dashboard.
Acymailing Plugin. This plugin enables you to insert events from JEM inside any e-mail sent by AcyMailing by using tags.

Languages
JEM is available in more than 20 languages. Please mind that not all language packs are yet 100% complete, but translation can easily accessed as each language is hosted on the Transifex platform.

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