Plugin Include Component
Version
1.10 (last update on Oct 19, 2011)
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License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
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Date Added
24 June 2009
Latest version 1.10 of the plugin is released.
This version solves some problems like forms without action defined, Joomla1.6/1.7 ' bug
Extra functionality automatic Joomla update
This version also is a native Joomla 1.7 version.
The syntax is {component url='' }
Replace with the url to your component and include index.php?
For example:
{component url='index.php?option=com_component&Itemid=73¶meters....' }
You maybe need to change the url when using an SEF component. If you get a component not found when using SEF url then use the normal url. So not:
Contact-Us/category/
but:
index.php?option=com_contact&lang=en&view=category
You can make a hidden menu item so you can configure components with their menu parameters and copy the generated link to the url parameter of the plugin.
You should add the menu id as a parmeter to the url for the plugin, for example:
index.php?option=com_contact&lang=en&view=category&Itemid=63
This worked exactly as it said it would. I'm using it to include a classified component in an article. Search results from the component are included underneath article content. Works a treat. And above all, the support is excellent! That's so important with Joomla extensions. Thanks Mike.
A great extension that adds real flexibility to Joomla. You can use it to include a page (article, category, section, component or whatever) into a an article just using its URL. It does not use frames to do it and it does not mess with the css at all, everything looks the way you expected it to look. But take care of 2 things:
1) the joomla editors usually convert the & character of the included URLs to & when this happens the plugin cannot work properly
2) your web server has to support Curl library (or allow_url_fopen which is not suggested because of security reasons), else the plugin cannot work at all.
1) the joomla editors usually convert the & character of the included URLs to & when this happens the plugin cannot work properly
2) your web server has to support Curl library (or allow_url_fopen which is not suggested because of security reasons), else the plugin cannot work at all.
This plugin saves a lot of time because you can virtually create your custom content page, something that would be virtually impossible to achieve in other ways!
I have tried 3 of the other similar extensions but had issues with each one. This one seemed to cover all bases and do exactly what I needed. Excellent, big thanks to the developer!
As I knew the existence of this plugin, life is much better! =D It's definitely essential to be integrated into my website! It's a reccomended plugin especially when you need to show your components at your front page! I was looking and trying out the rest of the plugins that perform the similar function, but none work out well as to what I wanted! Finally, as I found this plugin, everything was worth it!
At first as I tried to install it, I had problem with it, so I emailed the creator of the plugin, Mr Mike himself. I was so glad that he replied pretty soon! Speedy reply and being helpful he was.
Try it out to know its excellence! =D
Thanks again to Mr Mike for the great plugin!
At first as I tried to install it, I had problem with it, so I emailed the creator of the plugin, Mr Mike himself. I was so glad that he replied pretty soon! Speedy reply and being helpful he was.
Try it out to know its excellence! =D
Thanks again to Mr Mike for the great plugin!
well.... first nobody said that you need the core design plugin scriptegrator to make this plugin run... then after installing that, the message "404 component not found" keeps coming up. Probably its not working with SEF turned on :-(( that would be a very weak point. I had to switch back to the old plugin "load component in module position"
Owner's reply
You don't need the core design plugin scriptegrator to make this plugin run. Please send me an email with your problem and I'll look into it for you.
Nice and simple way to embed a component into an article.
No problems installing or using the plugin after a) I got my head around finding the Component URL with SEO turned on! B) Learning how to include left and right menus when you click the any of the links in the embeded component.
Nice work, thank you!
No problems installing or using the plugin after a) I got my head around finding the Component URL with SEO turned on! B) Learning how to include left and right menus when you click the any of the links in the embeded component.
Nice work, thank you!
One of my Joomla frustrations is that there is content generated by certain components that can only be accessed via a menu item and the component provided no means to provide introductory text to guide the person access the materials or fucntion. This little plug in solves all that. It lets you embed any component (i.e. anything you can get to as a menu item) in an article. The only challenge for beginners is racking for component parameters from the makers of the component you want to embed since they must be passed as URL parameters rather than select from checkboxes, etc. Mike was very helpful with a minor problem that turned out to be a template artifact and not related to his plugin at all.
Very good idea, but won't work so good with subdirectories. Hack: in file plugins/content/plugin_component.php must add before index.php name of catalog (approx in line 69). But then, when trying submit Jml standard contact form, site gets error 'Invalid Token', maybe this depends from server conf.
Owner's reply
Can you send me an email with the problem, maybe I can help you to solve it and make the plugin evolve
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