 This is the best release of swMenuFree yet with many new features and enhancements.
Create a dynamic popout menu module for your site using either the trans or myGosu menu systems. Choise of menu systems provides for greater template compatability and configuration options.
Advanced menu source features for the menu now include the ability to automatically create whole menu structures from content(content only menu), Or too automatically append content items as menu items to existing section and category tables or blogs(hybrid Menu). This unique system of menu and content integration allows you to custom make a menu system that automatically updates itself as content is added. Virtuemart integation is also supported for sites with this installed.
Create and export external style sheet and edit it manually for unlimited styling capabilities and 100% XHTML compliance and validation. swMenuFree now includes manual and automatic style sheet editors.
Active menu feature will automatically keep the top menu item highlighted for the part of the site being viewed.
Cache feature makes for better server performance on busy sites.
Conditional module placement lets you add another element for showing modules. Specify a template, component, or langusge that must be true for the menu module to display.
Integrated update/repair facility makes it easy to upgarde to future versions of swMenuFree without losing any settings.
Trans menu can now have left opening submenus or submenus that slide up.
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| For J1.5... by ajwagner777, March 6, 2008 |
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Go to his homepage and grab the version FOR J1.5. Otherwise you're GOING to have errors. This is a great system; i use it in MOST of my sites! Great work Sean! |
| Nope by RBenke, December 5, 2007 |
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1 of 1 people find this review helpful:
Got two "Undefined Variable" error messages as soon as I tried to create a new menu. Ignored them, created the menu anyway, those errors then showed up on my front page as well. Both errors were in the SWmenuFree files.
My guess would be that SWmenuFree depends on the some other aspect of Joomla to define variables that it uses. If they're not defined, SWmenyFree bombs out. |
| Fantastic! by franciscojasousa, November 27, 2007 |
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After all the struggle, SWmenuFree was a blow of simplicity and efectiveness.
Thank you. |
| Great Customer Support by Bungle, October 24, 2007 |
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Support emailed me within minutes when I contacted them for help and went out of their way to provide me with support. I've installed the pro version. Being a newbie, I had to work out about Joomla sections and categories first but now I've sussed the system, I'm delighted with the result and with the simplicity and effectiveness of the user interface. |
| Jaded developer is impress by cwford, October 15, 2007 |
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I'm a jaded Joomla developer having slogged through finding errors even in popular Joomla extensions. I have to say I was really impressed with SWmenu. Everything about this extension says, "professional," and I hope that other Joomla extension developers copy such a professional, well-thought out component. Way to go SWmenu! You guys rock!
Clyde |
| Bewdy Mate!!! by NinjaForce, October 2, 2007 |
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Thanks Sean,
My client was insistent about having flyout menus, and this was my pick! I was able to customise the menu easily to suit the rest of the template - AND there is a how-to manual! I upgraded to the Pro version as my client wanted more than one fly-out menu, and that too comes with a how-to manual and some extra little graphics to use - excellent. Client is happy, I am happy. Thanks for your help. |
| Don't make an opinion unless you have read all the reviews by ksvprasad, August 6, 2007 |
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The mistake I made....I had gone through only the first review and was frightened because I am not an expert in these things and have no idea about any scripting language. I had tried all the other menu systems, but found one problem or the other. Finally, I decided to give this a trial too. And God! I was astonished with the simplicity, the extensive formatting capabilities and ease of instructions provided.
I can't understand the people who claim to be experts in Programming languages and haven't been able to configure this. No offence meant! But, believe me, I am new to this and do not know any other programming or scripting language. But, this was the easiest and the best I found around.
The instructions provided were the best which I haven't observed in any other components or modules. IF anyone find this difficult to use, I advise them to stay away from Joomla altogether.
The only thing I felt bad about was that I had taken the words of a few negative reviews instead of reading all the reviews and had wasted a lot of time trying out the other modules/components.
Believe me, this had been very easy to configure and I was able to tweak it to the exact look I needed. Go ahead and try this out, folks.
Thanks to the Developers for providing this for Free! So, some of the best things do come for Free!
Thank you.
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| The Best by saronno, July 22, 2007 |
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1 of 1 people find this review helpful:
I pratically tried every menu manager in these section: there is no match. SwMenuFree is absolutely the best.
The backend section is fantastic and let you to create whatever menu you have in mind. It's a pity it is not a part of joomla by default.
Regarding the documentation issue, I wonder if documentation was necessary .... very easy to use ... I think the manual is even overdone. |
| I've never been so impressed with an extension by cpreston, July 22, 2007 |
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2 of 2 people find this review helpful:
After installing and being underwhelmed with jscookmenu (it worked, but not what I was looking for), I installed this menu. First, I have to say WOW! What documentation! The module (that actually displays the menu) is installed as part of an admin component that is the most feature-rich free extension I've ever seen. Not only does each page have very nice illustrated help, there's a 30+ page PDF manual that you can download as well. Just tell it what you want the menu to look like (they've even got a color-chart picker!) and tell it to publish it. Voila! I was looking at it for a second Joomla! site of mine, and was so impressed that I put it in production on my main site (www.backupcentral.com). NO Javascript, DHTML. And the menus look really nice!
This extension is a prime example of how to make money with open-source software. This version is free, and it's awesome. Then he offers an even fancier version with even fancier-looking menus for $50. For what I'm going to do, though, I'm going to stick with the free one.
I do have one minor complaint. If you enable the cache option, there's a bug in the code that the author is aware of and has a fix for. See this web page: http://www.swmenupro.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=302&topic=4670.0
But he said he'd fix that in the core code back in April, and it's now July. It's a one character fix. Either turn off caching or add a digit in the code; it's up to you. |
| Questionable documentation/support for newbies by lemonstar, July 11, 2007 |
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1 of 2 people find this review helpful:
For a newcomer to Joomla but an experienced C++ developer I found the supplied documentation inadequate, more a list of features with no explanation on how you use the software. I would like to see a step by step set of instructions that show how you use the component to create a simple menu system, preferably with diagrams that show the finished menus. The support sites http://www.swonline.biz/ is currently inaccessible and the hosting of the forums at http://www.swmenupro.com also seem unrelaible - sometimes the site loads, sometimes not but in any event it looks as though the forums are quite slow and inactive - maybe one person is trying to support too many users. From my own experience, regardless of how good the component may be, a newcomer may not find the documentation and forum support to be adequate. |
| Great easy to use and very controllable menu system by webformatique, May 30, 2007 |
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This is a great component. Very easy to setup and configure. The preview allows you to very quickly develop a professional menu which is reliable. I used the free version for ages on our site which is great but moved to the pro edition recently the pro edition has many more features and is well worth the money. If you need a menu system which does it all look at this. |
| Great by Anyu, May 30, 2007 |
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This is the best free menu-extension that I've tried, and I've tried them all. Very easy to administer and customize. I've had a few minor issues but despite this I want to give the highest grades possible. The support from the forum/developer is very fast, helpful and professional! :-D |
| Wow - Intuitive by cybervigilante, May 16, 2007 |
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Wow - was that simple. I didn't even have to read the instructions and made a slideout menu right off. Let me get this straight though. Even though it's intuitive, SW comes with really extensive illustrated instructions. OTOH, most of the components I see are horribly complex and nonintuitive, so of course they come with little or no instructions, or garbled ones. It's all butt-backwards ;')
I guess we should have the swmenufree folks do instructions for some of the other components. |
| Excellent free menu system by JCarnley, May 4, 2007 |
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I have used transmenu in the past and it had conflicts with some of my templates and even though I know how to fix this now I still like SWmenuFree. It can be customized in so many different ways and it has transmenu in it. So if you like transmenu you will love this menu system. |
| woohoo! by Doe, May 4, 2007 |
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l'd been searching and searching for a simple way to design and update my menus that need to communicate with virtuemart. This is the only extension l've found capable of doing it oh so easily without any need for hard coding. five stars just for thinking of this option. |
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