Content Builder

Introduction

Contact forms, Forms, Articles Display, Content Construction, Tables & Lists

While being an easy-to-use, quick and powerful content construction kit that everybody understands, ContentBuilder fills the gap between cracks and regular Joomla! users, who finally want to get the advantages of a CCK -- Check out our demos and videos!

Video tutorials and demos: http://crosstec.de/en/joomla-cck-demos.html

The main task for Content Builder is to structure Joomla!® content (articles) while preserving content layouts - but you can do a lot more with it, including:

Forms
Content Management
Catalogs
Directories
Classified Ads
Contact Forms
Article Submission
Basic Communities
Paid Content
File Directories (Upload/Download)
File Selling
Image Galleries
Extended Joomla! registrations, including Captcha and paid registrations
List/Details views (Record Display)
Site Builder
…or regular CRUD (create, read, update, delete) operations on your data.

Supports CSV Import!

Joomla!®'s article system is not replaced. Content Builder provides list/details views by default that can act as administrative panels. It also creates regular content items if desired, which you may use on your site just like any other content -- without the need of core replacements.

Additionally, you can use ContentBuilder to control user permissions for several actions, such as content access, content editing, rating, article parameter settings, publishing, etc.

Content Builder provides a well-defined plugin infrastructure to enhance its capabilities:

Content (extended ratings, image resizing, downloads or any other content plugin available)
Forms Elements
Forms Validation
List Actions (select records and perform actions on them)
Verification (think of payments and coupons)
Themes (yes, even themes are pluggable)

There is a variety of plugins that ship with Content Builder already, such as PayPal payment, image resizing (thumbnails, modal details), downloads, list actions and common form validations. Plugins and modules like Advanced Search, Videos and Article Selection Forms Element are available seperatly from download page.

Content Builder offers an easy-to-use integrated forms builder that can operate on the data source of your choice.

For our Breezing Forms fans, you might be interested to know that it also integrates perfectly with Content Builder (http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/contacts-and-feedback/forms/4709).

*** NOTE: version 1.0 is in the works. The current version may be used in production already ***

Changelog: http://bit.ly/qn1ygW

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The best Joomla CCK

X Bonize (29).
Posted on 19 January 2013

I'm really like this extension as it gives you thousands of possibilities and it really extends Joomla!

Interfaces also nice with Breezing Forms as well

10 out of 10

Daniel (1).
Posted on 18 January 2013

I have been using content builder for some time. In the beginning I checked out a range of CCK components within Joomla and in other CMS software.

Content builder really just nails it across many areas. It is a little daunting at first as there are many options but if you take the time to get used to the software the possibilities are endless.

The developers are quick to respond to any changes in Joolma which happen regually.

The component is free but you can subscribe for extra support.

Even without a subscription the developers are quick to respond to any questions or problems you may have. It is rare to see a question go unanswered.

I intend to stick with Content Builder well into the future for my website needs and cannot wait to see where the developers take it.

Content Builder is sort of like a CMS with your CMS, truly a work of art.

Great tool

raninger (1).
Posted on 15 January 2013

After some time to get familiar with it´s a mighty tool even for non programmers. The price for subscribtion (being able to use it together with breezing forms) is well invested, especially the outstanding support. Many thanks to Thomas.

Great Extenstion and Support

Gary Westoby (5).
Posted on 05 December 2012

Initially I installed Content Builder and navigated through the setup with minimal issues. The extension works great after it is configured. It took me while to get that worked out. Then I ran into a stumbling block with the final configuration. Thanks To DJ and the Crosstec Team for helping me through the issue. The extra for the subscription is well worth it in my opinion. Interfaces really nice with Breezing Forms as well. Great extension. Thanks for the assistance. G

waiting for content builder 1.0

Johann (4).
Posted on 22 July 2012

Content builder is a good and easy to handle contet builder. it works perfekt together with Breezing forms. so its a little sad that it seems the development slows down because we wait now a long time for 1.0

Owner's reply: Hi,

the development is very active and 1.0 is on its way. We decided to make it joomla 3.0 compatible in once to have ContentBuilder prepared for the future. Additionally there will be another large BreezingForms update that we need to take care of and keeping its integration with ContentBuilder.

Thanks for the review!

Regards,
Markus

Great Product

Michael Whobrey (1).
Posted on 11 June 2012

I am fairly new to Joomla, although no web design/programming. I have found the learning curve to be a tad on the sharp side. This extension, however, was very straightforward and easy to use. Setup was a breeze. There are a few little tricks that have to be learned to get the full effect of this product, but it is not hard at all to learn or use. The support provided for the product is decent, at the moment, but is usually great. I have been very satisfied with the over all functionality of ContentBuilder and recommend it very highly.

Good Component

Vivek Chandraprakash (1).
Posted on 08 June 2012

Works Great. Lot of options. The menu type Public Views List does not work at at all. Any help from the creator would be greatly appreciated.

Very useful but...

Matthew (1).
Posted on 31 May 2012

This app was very customizable and worked perfectly up until the beginning of this week. Had some issues with a 403 forbidden error when trying to do some edits on the back end. Tried for two days to get support and was never replied to once. Ended up figuring it out myself. Would rate higher except for the lack of support.

Owner's reply: Hi,

Sorry that it didn't work well for you, but the settings to prevent a 403 (access denied) are accessible for the public in the documentation and also in the forums.

As for the support: we raised the support staff by 2 new team members. Please understand that with the growing popularity of our extensions, it took a couple of weeks for these 2 new team members to catch up.

Last but not least we are giving free support with highest quality, which is outstanding in the joomla world.

I hope in the future you will recognize the changes we made already (and the future ones) and update your review.

Regards,
Markus

Very Powerful & Flexible

Steven Ayers (1).
Posted on 22 May 2012

This component is great for creating custom forms and functionality in Joomla! without doing development work. I would recommend watching the Introduction video before trying to use this component.

Perfect application - perfect application

thisisit3311 (1).
Posted on 09 May 2012

By CROSSTEC

Mailing & Newsletter bridges

Add your Breezing Forms submissions as new or updating contacts right into the Constant Contact cloud service. Features: Add / Update existing contacts Add contacts to multiple Constant Contact lists Remove (Opt-Out) from lists through Breezing Forms Supports Constant Contact custom fields Email logging in case of Constant Contact errors This plugin works with both, Lite and Full versions of...

Content Builder

Version:: 0.10 (build 300)
Developer:: CROSSTEC
Last updated:: Mar 05 2023
1 year ago
Date added:: Nov 19 2014
License:: GPLv2 or later
Type:: Free download
Includes:: c p
Compatibility:: J3 J4

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