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Sourcerer! ...place any code in Joomla! ModulemodulePluginplugin
Rating
22 votes
Developer:NoNumber! (Peter van Westen) Version:1.0.0 (Updated 7 days ago)
E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Compatibility:Compatible with Joomla! 1.5 Native
Views: 14,221 License:GPLv2.0
Favoured:
42
Type:Non-Commercial
Date Added:Jun 2, 2008
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Sourcerer! ...place any code in Joomla!
Sourcerer! enables you to place PHP and any kind of HTML style code (including CSS and JavaScript) right in to your content! Not only in your articles, but also in sections, categories, modules, components, META tags, etc.

You can now just place your original codes right into your WYSIWYG editor. The only thing you have to do is surround the code with the Sourcerer! tags. Easy peasy!

You can also use PHP scripts in your content. That opens up a great deal of possibilities. Unlike Jumi, you don't need to make external files.

Most Joomla! Text Editors will strip parts of your HTML code, like JavaScripts (think of statistics scripts) and movie embed tags. With Sourcerer! you won't have these limitations.


HOW TO US IT:
syntax:
{source}your code{/source}

Some editors, like TinyMCE, don't want you putting html code into the non-html view. It will convert the tags to html and strip things like scripts. So you are left with the same problem.
Advise: use JoomlaFCK, it has an option to leave html tags alone if they are entered in the non-html view.
But Sourcerer also supports an alternative tag syntax, by use of double brackets. So if your editor acts like TinyMCE, you can do this, for instance:
{source}[[b]]This tekst is bold![[/b]]{/source}
For editors like JoomlaFCK, you can just do this:
{source}<b>This tekst is bold!</b>{/source}

More syntax examples:
http://www.nonumber.nl/sourcerer?tab=Examples


MODULE SYNTAX:
You can use the Sourcerer! Module not only to place the above {source} syntax code in, but also to include other modules, simply by using:
{module 1}
or
{module Main Menu}

So you can either enter the module id or name, both work. You can include multiple modules into one Sourcerer! Module.
SEE ALSO: http://mindvacant.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1095&Itemid=1188


SECURITY LEVEL:
Sourcerer! comes with lots of security measures to protect your site. Enabling the use of PHP, but also JavaScript and CSS can be hazardous to your site. Therefor you can control in what areas of your site you want to enable certain codes.

For instance, for articles you can set the minimum group level for the use Sourcerer! and also for CSS, JavaScript and PHP separately.

You can tell Sourcerer! to not allow certain tags, also per area.

To protect your site, PHP can only be used in articles, sections/categories and modules (by use of the Sourcerer! module). For extra security, you can disable the use of certain PHP functions.


USAGE EXAMPLES:
▪ place a PHP redirect (like I use now on my homepage... temporarily)
▪ output available PHP variables (like server info or Joomla! variables)
▪ include external pages (html,php/javascript/etc)
▪ place JavaScripts
▪ place embed tags (or any other tags that might get chucked away by your editor)
▪ do database queries and output whatever you want
▪ group different modules into 1 module (saves a lot of time)
▪ and many more...


HOW TO US IT: http://www.nonumber.nl/sourcerer
CHANGELOG: http://www.nonumber.nl/sourcerer/changelog

KEEP UP TO DATE: http://www.nonumber.nl/news
SUPPORT FORUM: http://www.nonumber.nl/forum
(Please do not use the reviews to post support issues. Use the forum for that.)

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Itīs awesome for scripts in modules! by Tomek, November 29, 2008
1 of 1 people find this review helpful:
I installed it, published the plugin, wrote my script in the module configuration within the {source} {/source} tags

=> And it works AWESOME!!!


Owner's reply:
That's the way it should be :)

The best support around by ftapon, November 26, 2008
1 of 1 people find this review helpful:
Not only does this module work, but more importantly, it comes with some outstanding support from its creator!

I'm a Joomla newbie and Peter (the designer) worked patiently with me to solve the problems.

The best way to get the support is to ask questions on his bulletin board. He usually responses in less than 24 hours (and many times in less than 24 minutes!).

If you need to plop in code, use Sourcerer.


Sourcerer by TIKA, October 22, 2008
2 of 2 people find this review helpful:
Thanks, all works fine. Is easy to install and to use if you have the right code, and work wonderfull!
Especially thank for Mr. Peter van Westen!


Owner's reply:
Thanks. If you need or have more examples for code, please let me know by mail

Thank you Peter by rjsi, October 15, 2008
1 of 1 people find this review helpful:
I had used Jumi and Anytags before redoing things and getting Sourcerer. I started using it and came across the need for the module class suffix to reduce some css. I put a note on the forum and Peter had a solution for me within an hour. I was impressed enough to write this review


Owner's reply:
The module class suffix will be implemented in the next version 1.0.1 (solution can already be found on forum).

Sourcerer is actually a result of AnyTags. I don't recommend people using AnyTags, I am not working on that anymore. But it does work on Joomla 1.0, Sourcerer only works on Joomla 1.5.

Easy, time saver by lies, September 14, 2008
1 of 1 people find this review helpful:
Very easy to use. I prefer this over Jumi. Jumi seems too advance, or more manually editing. Sourcerer works out of the box. LOVE! the editor button.


Owner's reply:
Thanks. Yeah, the power of Sourcerer is that you can use it right in your articles. No need to include external files (you can if you want).

Awesome work and suberb support! by seppo, September 11, 2008
1 of 1 people find this review helpful:
I have tested couple of these code-inserters, but I like Sourcerer the most. While others can maybe include script file, with this component you can actually write the code inside ther article - a little like you would in normal HTLM-PHP-javascript coding.
I had this problem keeping variables alive from codeblock to codeblock, but it was fixed in less that 15 hours, including the night time! Awesome support!


Owner's reply:
Thanks Seppo, for contributing to making Sourcerer better.

The global variables thing will be included in next version (0.1.6 or 1.0.0)

Excellent! by wlatshaw, August 12, 2008
1 of 1 people find this review helpful:
This worked great for me out of the box with no tweaking. I just needed to add some html forms to a site running 1.5.5. Thanks for a useful and time-saving extension!


All fine except the generation of RSS by lcanton, July 30, 2008
1 of 1 people find this review helpful:
Thanks, all works fine, I want to include one google documents intro my Joomla!, google give me the iframe code and soucerer do the rest. Is easy to use, and work wonderfull

Except that a conflict ocurr with the RSS (the default module of J1.5.4). I create a discussion on the forum about this.

Good work. Hope the next version didn't have this issue (Joomla! and pluggin)


Owner's reply:
I will look into the rss issue!

Thanks for the review

Works like a charm, and great support by dhphllps, July 1, 2008
1 of 1 people find this review helpful:
Installed and configured painlessly, and it just works. I had a minor problem with html entities inside sourcerer tags being rendered properly and Peter fixed the problem by issuing a new version within a few hours. Bravo!


Owner's reply:
Yes, tthanks for pointing out that bug... bringing Sourcerer! closer to perfection ;)

New version (0.1.4) is just released.

Great way to add javascript! by VThomas, June 28, 2008
1 of 1 people find this review helpful:
Thank you. I had this up and running very quickly. I added a javascript for a dynamic weather script from accuweather.com into a moduule via Sourcerer. It worked, first time! Honestly, I didn't really understand all the other features it has (yet) but had no problems with this. Make sure to install the plugin and enable it first, before using the module.


Owner's reply:
Thanks for your review, VThomas.

YEs, the module needs the plugin to work. Joomla sets all plugins to unpublished by default. So publishing it after install goes for all plugin extensions.

Most features in the plugin are for security control. You can leave it alone, if it all works. If Sourcerer! doesn't seem to work somewhere, it might be due to those settings being to strict. If the code doesn't work, you can look into the source code of your website to see why. Sourcerer! places a html comment that states why certain code is not shown.

nice one. by Mark.s, June 24, 2008
1 of 1 people find this review helpful:
This works great for me, keep up the good work Peter.


Owner's reply:
Thanks ;)

Outstanding extension and developer support by marcuss, June 9, 2008
1 of 1 people find this review helpful:
This is a great tool. I use it to embed javascript in my articles linking to an affiliate store. Works out of the box and has great consideration to security settings.
Granular settings allowing you to control where in your site you allow the inserted code to work (articles,sections,etc) Settings for PHP, CSS and JAVASCRIPT are independent allowing for maximum flexibility. This is very well thought through.

Simple to install and use.


I did have an issue when my isp upgraded to PHP 5.2.6 causing an error that crashed the plugin. I emailed Peter, the developer and within 1 day - he had it fixed and helped me on another issue I had. Cant say enough about how great it is have people like this that develop great modules and offer some of the friendliest and best help - all on their own time. This is what defines open source. Well done!


Owner's reply:
Thanks Marcuss for the compliments.

And thanks for mailing me on your issues, which has resulted in the release of version 0.1.1.



I'm working on making the code a bit more optimized (faster). And I'll give it a few more weeks before I'm confident enough to release Sourcerer! as stable.



I therefor urge everyone to mail me with anything they come across. Also please test the Sourcerer! Module.

BRILLIANT PLUGIN & MODULE! by tek, June 4, 2008
1 of 1 people find this review helpful:
This plugin & module is genuinely excellent! I only wish that I had seen this and this had been released earlier. This opens up an entire new field of applications and uses!
Once again, excellent plugin :D
Now I can finally put searches and generators in my code :D


Owner's reply:
Thanks for the compliment, tek.

You are right in saying this extension opens up a world of new possibilities.



I just released a bugfixed version (0.1.1)

Eliminated several "Wrappers" by Mindvacant, June 3, 2008
1 of 1 people find this review helpful:
I was able to create articles to replace some fairly lengthy .HTML files I'd been "wrapping" into the site.

They display just as they should. No glitches whatsoever.

Thanks


Owner's reply:
Thanks Mindvacant. Glad to hear it comes to some use. If there is anything that does come up, let me know. It's still in Beta.