article Factory Manager 1.6.0 released on August 28, 2008.
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* new feature: Submission mode available to choose - Joomla 1.0.x style (intro, maintext in separated textareas) or Joomla 1.5.x style (intro and main text separated by a read more tag).
* new feature: search filter by keywords, creation date & last modified period.
* fixed issue: Preview in the edit page is now in real time.
other improvements.

article Factory Manager 1.5.6 released on August 19, 2008.
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* new feature: limit number of characters per article (min, max).
* configuration settings: allow all tags by leaving the field blank.

article Factory Manager 1.5.5 released on June 22, 2008.
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* new feature in configuration settings: the front end user can set the end date of an article or not.
* fixed issue regarding the end date, never is default now.

article Factory Manager 1.5.4 released on June 10, 2008.
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* new feature: end date selection in article submision.
* new feature: configurable to modify dates to a posted article.
* new feature: required Intro text administrable.
* new feature: sorting of articles.
* fixed issues regarding design in article detail page, pagination, JRoute redirecting, send mail date format, some hard coded variables and other minor improvements.

article Factory Manager 1.5.1 released on May 16, 2008.
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* new feature: resourcebox text can be configured to be concatenated to the article's maintext or not (admin settings).
* missing tooltips in article submission.

article Factory Manager 1.5.0 released on May 1, 2008.
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* Redeveloped to be a native Joomla 1.5.X component.
* other improvements. article Factory Manager 1.3.0 released on April 14, 2008.
* Restricted groups; groups can be restricted not to publish in selecteted sections, categories.
* fixed issue regarding frontpage checkbox (checked/unchecked) in conformity with the article state (published, unpublished, ...) and the article 's front page publishing state.
* fixed issue regarding the counting of the number of links on article submission
* Save as draft - custom message.
* fixed issue regarding the pathway in frontend when doing a selction on my article.
* fixed issue regarding the display of options when approving articles.

article Factory Manager 1.2.0 released on April 1, 2008.
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* Scheduled articles; posters can choose the date when articles should be published.
* added German Language file. article Factory Manager 1.1.2 released on March 26, 2008.
* fixed an issue where the config value _ART_SET_publish_on_frontpage is ignored in saving a new article in fronend.

article Factory Manager 1.1.1 released on March 24, 2008.
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* fixed Layout, bigger size main text in article edit.
* fixed JS Validation on save draft task.
* fixed Reject from articles list.
* fixed metakey and metadescription values are now visible.

article Factory Manager 1.1.0 released on March 13, 2008.
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* new feature: USER GROUPS can be choosen and saved in order to publish articles directly without approval.
* for publishing groups a new constant has been inserted in config (_ART_SET_allowed_groups).
* new feature: DRAFT - articles can now be saved also as draft.
* Drafts can be reedited as draft or saved as peding (or published if allowed).
* new status ('draft') inserted in table #_art_articles_ref, column state.
* fixed an issue where the article title was not updated in administration.

article Factory Manager 1.0.0 released on January 7, 2008.
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Joomla Article Management Solution.
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Article Factory Manager is a very usefull tool for any article driven sites. As the titel inspires its an article manager with various features, like management of the articles, edit, delete, publish, etc. It also providing a new Approval System, much more simplified then the one present in the Joomla core. Administrators can set allowed html TAGS and the number of links per article.
A Resource Box its provided for the authorin order to make the publishing process faster.
Article Manager include also a Notifiy System where the administrator receive an mail each time an article is pending for approval and the author upon publication.
Here, shortly presented, the list of features:
* Simplified Submission System (in order not to confuse users)
* Users can review their articles and resubmit or unpublish them
* Administrator Approval System
* Feedback system regarding reject reasons for articles
* Set allowed html TAGS and number of links per article
* Notify the Administrator
* Notify the Author upon publication
* Resource Box for the Author
* Multiple configuration options for the webmasters
* and many more... For a detailed product description please read our TUTORIAL or check our Demo Server (you can login at the frontend as well at backend area by using the login buttons for the different usertypes).