Calendar Stamp
Version
1.5 (last update on Nov 15, 2009)
Rating
Compatibility
Votes
Favoured
55
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Views
40705
Date Added
25 March 2009
Features:
-CSS based - Minimal use of tables.
-W3C valid XHTML and CSS.
-Built-in nice templates.
-Restrict use on certain Sections, Categories or Articles.
-Creation or modification date.
-Show/hide original date.
-Stamp doesn't show if date is hidden in article's parameters
-New layout option (CSS) to fix display on CSS based overridden layouts (New).
-Fully dependent on language files to support multilingual websites.
User Style mode:
-Define your CSS.
-Show/hide day, month and year
-Define month format: Letters (Jan,Feb,Mar) or (January,February...) or Numbers (01,02,03)
-Define year format: 2009 or 09
Note:
This release fix all the language issues reported in the previous versions
Changelog:
ver 1.5 on 16 November 09
-Months names moved to language files.
-Added new function to user style mode (Full months names)
-Code optimized for better performance.
ver 1.4 on 19 September 09
-Added different layout option (CSS) fix display issues on most overridden templates. Tested on (Beez, Purity & Afterburner)
-Added new template (Simple) with 8 different colors
ver 1.3 on 21 April 09
-Fixed a bug where calendar didn't work on some articles.
ver 1.2 on 3 April 09
-Stamp doesn't show if date is hidden in article's parameters.
-Added new template (Thin) with 12 different colors.
ver 1.1.2 on 28 March 09
-Fixed a bug : March missing character on German Language (Thanks to Dirk for reporting)
-Fixed a bug : showing wrong date when choosing "modification date" and the articles has not been modified before (Thanks to Agostino)
ver 1.1 on 27 March 09
-Fixed a bug where stamp didn't show up when setting Month Format to "Letters" in User Style mode.
-Fixed a validation error (Thanks David)
-Added a new color (Turquoise)
ver 1.0 on 9 March 09
-Initial release.
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Pros: easy to install, easy configure and many options in plugins
Cons: don´t work when Article have READ MORE function (calendar display only full article), after uninstall, all my articles have a string DATE, probaly this plugin hack joomla files.
My advice: Don´t install this plugin in serious site.
Cons: don´t work when Article have READ MORE function (calendar display only full article), after uninstall, all my articles have a string DATE, probaly this plugin hack joomla files.
My advice: Don´t install this plugin in serious site.
Owner's reply
I'm surprised your website have language string after uninstall ... The plugin neither change any of the core files nor modify the contents ... Everything is dependent on external language files (Days, Weeks & Months) away from Joomla core language.
Perhaps you could email me and I could find a solution for you.
Nice little plugin - easy install, easy configuration, and nice looking layout! Top!
Congratulations, very nice work :D Simple & easy to configure. Thanks to the author!
Great plugin! Looks great on my site!
I had only a SMALL coding issue with the display of the plugin because of the site template i was using, it was very minor issue.
However i emailed the author and within minutes he gave me the solution to my issue and it solved it.
However i emailed the author and within minutes he gave me the solution to my issue and it solved it.
This is the best plugin of its kind that I've seen, and it's good to see it improving, but it still has some basic design failings: 1) the PNGs need transparent backgrounds, and 2) the calendar layout should not use tables or at least it should use them better.
As is, version 1.3 will break good, properly designed tableless templates, and it will probably not function well with any temoplate using overrides to replace the core/default com_content page output.
To make a quick fix you will need to remove the table width attributes hard-coded into the plugin's HTML output and remove the table/tr/td tags it inserts (and never closes) at its end.
As is, version 1.3 will break good, properly designed tableless templates, and it will probably not function well with any temoplate using overrides to replace the core/default com_content page output.
To make a quick fix you will need to remove the table width attributes hard-coded into the plugin's HTML output and remove the table/tr/td tags it inserts (and never closes) at its end.
Owner's reply
I agree that the output need some work and I stated before that the plugin would break -at the time being- any template using overrides. I am working on a solution that would give the user the ability to edit the code from the backend or to choose default mode for overriden templates or default templates. Just the exams and life are keeping me away now.
You can check my idea on my blog:
http://www.alfystudio.com/blog/64-calendar-stamp-and-template-overrides.html
Thanks for the useful review and If you have any idea or thought that would help improving the plugin I hope you don't mind sharing it, I am all open to discussion :)
Regards
Great for display dates for a blog section or category. A simple and subtle, yet very eye catching and effective at drawing attention to what you would like your audience to read.
Allows you specify which categories to display and which not to. Good job.
Allows you specify which categories to display and which not to. Good job.
Very pleased with this indeed. I was (am) a fan of Calendar Icon and was disappointed when Tomasz didn't have time to improve it and make it validate.
Ahmad's done a great job here with 'Calendar Stamp', it looks great, validates and is easy to implement. He even did a turquoise version just for my site... thanks :-)
Ahmad's done a great job here with 'Calendar Stamp', it looks great, validates and is easy to implement. He even did a turquoise version just for my site... thanks :-)
Owner's reply
You're welcomed :)
Easy to configure and looks great. I would like to see a feature to make it follow the date display settings for each article. In some cases I just don't want a date displayed. Otherwise, very cool. Thanks to the author!
Owner's reply
That's a great idea.
Will do it in the upcoming version.