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AlphaContent is a component that creates a Yahoo style directory of content items (articles) in specified
sections/categories of your Joomla! website. AlphaContent also makes it possible to sort this listing
alphabetically based on the titles or intro of these articles. Many parameters
for the presentation
and selection possible of the sections/catégories to be or not published.
This component will be
appropriate more particularly for all those which use the articles
like system of cards, or those which
need a classification of their items alphabetically
or in the form of directory.
From version 2.5, it is possible to create various menus attached to the component
AlphaContent
except
in the case where you use a component such as Sef Advance, OpenSEF, Artio JoomSEF...
The problem comes owing to
the fact that these components they even seek to it Itemid
of the menu and thus take into account only the
first menu attached to the found component.
The menus can be parameterized in order to accept only certain
sections or specific
categories what allows for example to create many distinct directories.
To parameterize correctly a menu, you must initially create new finely attached to the
AlphaContent component
then to record this one. Publish then the menu and type the parameters.
These new parameters have priority with those published in the general configuration of the component.
Installation of AlphaContent is easy, and is performed just like any other standard Joomla component installation.
In Joomla's administrative interface, go to Components -> Install/Uninstall.
On the bottom, you will see something called "Upload new component"
Click "Browse", then locate the folder to which you've downloaded AlphaContent and select the file com_alphacontent.zip.
Click the button "Upload File & Install" to confirm upload and installation of the AlphaContent package file.
Follow the instructions on the screen.
Go to menu item Components -> AlphaContent, and set the configuration.
For upgrading from one version of AlphaContent to another version of AlphaContent, the only thing you need to do before uninstall
the old version is save the existing configuration file (named "alphacontent_config.php" in admininistrator>components>com_alphacontent) and install the new version.
After installing the new version, replace settings introduced in the new version by your "alphacontent_config.php" file.
Go to menu item Components -> AlphaContent, and set the configuration for apply new parameters.
Artio JoomSEF : custom name (AlphaContent menu) = alphacontent
Sef Advance : custom name (AlphaContent menu) = same custom name in settings Sef Advance component
OpenSEF : custom name (AlphaContent menu) = same custom name in settings OpenSEF component
If error : edit the administrator\components\com_sef\core\sef.resolver.php line 390
replace
$this->output .= ($url[0] != '&' ? '&' . $url : $url);
by
@$this->output .= ($url[0] != '&' ? '&' . $url : $url);
AlphaContent version 3.x is released under Donationware license. All rights reserved.
AlphaContent version 1.x and 2.x released under GNU/GPL license.
ALPHACONTENT IS DISTRIBUTED "AS IS". NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND IS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. YOU USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK.
THE AUTHOR WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DATA LOSS, LOSS OF PROFITS OR ANY OTHER KIND OF LOSS WHILE USING OR MISUSING THIS SCRIPT.
---------- version 3.0.4 released -------------
- bug fix : Ajax Rating Bar with SEF enabled
- bug fix : Readmore link
- added : open link (weblinks) in new window
---------- version 3.0.3 released -------------
- bug fix : style block (hr or fiedlset or normal)
- bug fix : search first letter with alphabetical indexes
- bug fix : search words with UTF-8
- bug fix : navigation with alphabetical letter selected
- added : link on x comment(s) in layout
- added : exclude specific ID content in setting of alphacontentbot
- additional languages : Dutch, Russian UTF-8
Important : For russian UTF-8, rename russianutf8.php to russian.php in languages directory component
---------- version 3.0.2 released -------------
- bug fix : search paging
- bug fix : on search alphabetical, new regexp (specials characters)
- bug fix :
print, pdf, email and readmore link with Joomla 1.5 and SEF enabled
- added : Ajax rating system (IP testing and registered user testing)
- added : Location Google Maps
- added : choice 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 stars for rating
- added : choice field on search filter (title or introtext)
- added : if no mosimage, detect image with the html tag <img>
- added : show / hide button for search inputbox
- added : choice show title or title alias in listing
- W3C XHTML Validation
---------- version 3.0.1 released -------------
- bug fix : set page title
- bug fix : path for image new and hot in current language
- bug fix : on read more link
- Prevent bug on save settings
---------- version 3.0.0 released -------------
- Compliance with Joomla! 1.5 (legacy mode)
- Clean and rewriting code
- More layout flexible
- added com_weblinks as a section
- file for layout item listing
- Rewriting SEF support for common SEF components
- bug fix on Pathway
- bug fix on section description
- added install mambot content
- added listing on one or two columns
- added icon new and icon hot in language (example: new_english.gif, new_french.gif etc...)
- added search on keywords
- added default ordering
in sort listing
- added image section in main directory
- added link thumbnail (on
com_weblinks as a section)
- added print link
- added pdf link
- added email link
- Compliance with mamblog
- removed : Alphacont position module (not compatible with Joomla! 1.5)
Replaced by Insert Module in general settings
- additional language : Finnish
---------- version 2.5.8 released -------------
- Bug fix: Content not display with Joomla! Internationale version
- added : Support mXcomment
- additional language : Turkish, Chinese (traditional), Czech
---------- version 2.5.7 released -------------
- Bug fix: show/hide Alphacont position module
- added : show/hide Readmore link
---------- version 2.5.6 released -------------
- added : show/hide AlphaContent Pathway
- added : support OpenComment
- added : link author to Community Builder
- added : choice name or username for author
- added : custom format date
- added : show/hide section description
- added : mode normal on display result (normal, in fieldset, separate by HR)
- added : show related items after article if exists
- added : choice field for intro (introtext, fullttext or introtext + fulltext)
- additional language : Hungarian
---------- version 2.5.5 released -------------
- added : show Item in current window or in popup or in Litbox
- added : search by alphabetical letter sorting in section or category selected into the directory
- added : choose first or last image of article
- added : support AkoComment
- added : support AkoComment Tweaked
- added : support AkoComment Tweaked Special Edition
- added : support Jomcomment
- added : support !JoomlaComment
- added : support ComboLITE / ComboMAX
- added : support index alphabetical iso-8859-2 : Hungarian
- added : support index alphabetical iso-8859-2 : Slovenian / Croatian / Serbian
---------- version 2.5.4 released ------------
- bug fix : sorting on category
---------- version 2.5.3 released ------------
- bug fix : show section/category on result with full intro+mambots
-
bug fix : save setting for use module position alphacont
- added show readmore link
---------- version 2.5.2 released ------------
- bug fix : save settings with register globals = Off
---------- version 2.5.1 released ------------
- added show item in AlphaContent component
-
changed function <reductAlphaIMG>
- corrected sef_ext.php
- bug fix : static content
- bug fix : both content
-
bug fix : pathway
- bug fix : counter item in section
-
bug fix : anchor "top"
- bug fix : sorting selector
- bug fix : save settings
- added new char <li> between each cat on tree
- added on uninstall : remove menu
attached on AlphaContent
- added Turkisk alphabetical indexes
- added Estonian alphabetical indexes
- additional language : estonian
---------- version 2.5 released ------------
- added parameters for menu (possibility create many disctinct directory)
- added pathway
- bug fix : categories unpublished
Thank you for choosing AlphaContent !