Glossary 



Version
2.64 (last update on Apr 17, 2009)
Rating
Compatibility
Votes
30
Favoured
35
License
GPL
Non-Commercial
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73518
Date Added
5 March 2006
The latest version includes use of the "Markdown" editing scheme for styling glossary definitions; soundex option in searching; numeric items grouped together; more configuration options.
byel_astrologo on September 16, 2009
I am so glad I found this component, I was thinking I was going to have to write this kind of thing from scratch but you guys did a hell of a job!
byJoomla-Big-Fan on July 1, 2009
Thank you very much for that tool!!!
It installs easily and causes no problems!!!
Great job!!!!
It installs easily and causes no problems!!!
Great job!!!!
bylrawling on June 25, 2009
How good is this extension?? It is so easy to use and the support is quick! I really needed this product for the tooltip plugin and it took me a while to work out where it was to download but I got a response from the forum within the same day - fantastic!
Thank you for this nifty add-on - it's great.
Thank you for this nifty add-on - it's great.
byspinfx on June 11, 2009
I used this extension on my site until recently - and it's true that it does what it says, and very well too.
However, there is just one feature that is missing - the ability to assign categories of Glossary Terms, to specific sections/categories.
We have a site that carries both scientific and non-scientific content and, sometimes, terms that refer to specific science processes have the same name as common terms and therefore there can be a degree of confusing and misinformation. Consequently, I have had to unpublish the bot.
The component allows the grouping of terms into categories, but then seems to make no use of this feature. The ability to assign these categories intelligently across a website, would make this component a "must-have".
Would love to see this Martin.
Cheers, David
However, there is just one feature that is missing - the ability to assign categories of Glossary Terms, to specific sections/categories.
We have a site that carries both scientific and non-scientific content and, sometimes, terms that refer to specific science processes have the same name as common terms and therefore there can be a degree of confusing and misinformation. Consequently, I have had to unpublish the bot.
The component allows the grouping of terms into categories, but then seems to make no use of this feature. The ability to assign these categories intelligently across a website, would make this component a "must-have".
Would love to see this Martin.
Cheers, David
bykaneiam on May 15, 2009
This is an awesome component that has almost everything I need. I don't have a need for multiple glossaries, but I like having the option.
I was going to say that the output is hard to read, but this has been fixed in the latest version.
I still would like more control over the appearance of the output, but its not a turn off that I can't control it.
The only downside I currently have is it doesn't work with shSEF404.
Make it compatible and its perfect.
I was going to say that the output is hard to read, but this has been fixed in the latest version.
I still would like more control over the appearance of the output, but its not a turn off that I can't control it.
The only downside I currently have is it doesn't work with shSEF404.
Make it compatible and its perfect.
bymukcung on May 6, 2009
Hi, thanks for this great extension. It would be very helpful for all of it users if there is an extension for SEF, especially sh404SEF which is supported by many others extension as standard.
Again, thank you very much.It's rock...
Again, thank you very much.It's rock...
byBacter on January 2, 2009
Thanks, excellent bot, but i can't built my glossary with à é ï ö ù, etc...
Have you a solution for this problem ?
I am french and my site is here : geephage.org
Thanks.
bacter
Have you a solution for this problem ?
I am french and my site is here : geephage.org
Thanks.
bacter
Owner's reply
Glossary works correctly with accents, this can be seen at http://j15.joomlaguru.net. Any remaining problems are to do with the configuration of the database for the site.
bytommyfrench on March 23, 2008
Super, easy and quick.
Exactly what we wanted.
We only have three words in the glossary for the moment. :p
It was perfect.
Thanks once more.
Exactly what we wanted.
We only have three words in the glossary for the moment. :p
It was perfect.
Thanks once more.
bybudfit on October 4, 2007
If you want to build up your own dictionary or glossary of terms this is the best component to use. It's easy, it has categories, it has terms, it has search, letters etc... all in one
byhyphenated on September 18, 2007
I was primarily interested in the bot part of this addon. Glossary is simple to use. Install the component, then install the bot. Add your terms into the component and viola' you have definitions on mouseover! Of course you can configure it to act and look very different from default. I recommend it.
*Con - however your term is defined in the component is how it will appear on the content. Ex: I had the term "roundworm" defined as a term in the component. But in my content page it was the first word in the sentence. It should have appeared as "Roundworm" instead it took the bot term set and uncapitalized it.
*Con - however your term is defined in the component is how it will appear on the content. Ex: I had the term "roundworm" defined as a term in the component. But in my content page it was the first word in the sentence. It should have appeared as "Roundworm" instead it took the bot term set and uncapitalized it.
This worked very nicely for me and was just what I needed. Thanks!
MP
MP
bystephthegeek on October 14, 2006
Works great for me, as advertised. I love having the popup terms in the text body, with configurable options such as matching whole words and only showing the definition the first time the term is used in an article.
bycentralpulse on September 4, 2006
It's a good start but I found there to be a few problems, the major 1 is with the template - the component distorted it.
Secondly we have assigned menus to pages so when a term was clicked on in the glossary there was no menu assigned and there is no ability to assign the menu in this manner unless each individual item has a menu item created for it - it would be nice if the links could be optionally removed from the output within the glossary component so a visitor can't click on them and produce a new page, I'm sure this wouldn't be hard to hack but I simply don't have the time.
3rd when I used the categories they were sitting above the component title.
Next, I set the component to display all by default but nothing was displayed in the component - just a link saying 'All' - when this was clicked on it gave 0 results in a search output where there were actually 27 entries, the only way the terms could be viewed was through creating and clicking on the category.
As I said it's a good start, I would love to use this when the kinks are ironed out of it.
Secondly we have assigned menus to pages so when a term was clicked on in the glossary there was no menu assigned and there is no ability to assign the menu in this manner unless each individual item has a menu item created for it - it would be nice if the links could be optionally removed from the output within the glossary component so a visitor can't click on them and produce a new page, I'm sure this wouldn't be hard to hack but I simply don't have the time.
3rd when I used the categories they were sitting above the component title.
Next, I set the component to display all by default but nothing was displayed in the component - just a link saying 'All' - when this was clicked on it gave 0 results in a search output where there were actually 27 entries, the only way the terms could be viewed was through creating and clicking on the category.
As I said it's a good start, I would love to use this when the kinks are ironed out of it.
I've upgraded from version 1.8 to 1.9.2 but it didn't work, so i switched to 2.0beta. It works! Just some problems with italian letters àèìòù...
To upgrade DON'T install but overwrite files. Always backup first.
To upgrade DON'T install but overwrite files. Always backup first.
byDaveyP on August 10, 2006
Can install OK but even with prefs set to "Public" the Glossary cannot be viewed (displays "You need to Login" message)
Also once an definition has been added its not possible to edit it (just shows blank 'new item' screen instead of existing content to be edited).
No documentation.
Looks good but support/troubleshooting etc non-existent. This is a shame as it looks good on the demo site.
Also once an definition has been added its not possible to edit it (just shows blank 'new item' screen instead of existing content to be edited).
No documentation.
Looks good but support/troubleshooting etc non-existent. This is a shame as it looks good on the demo site.
bymike on June 11, 2006
Definitely a useful add-on if the content you publish is accessed by both novice and expert users. Very easy to use, got it to work in just seconds.
bymarkv on April 26, 2006
Simple and straight forward component. Does what is has to do, easy to configure. Very nice work.
byanderson2877 on March 28, 2006
This component installs simple and clean. Setup is pretty straight forward in the backend. I had my first definitions created within 5 minutes.
byberberama on March 21, 2006
I could not get this to work in Joomla 1.0.8 (Stable). Poor documentation. Also a suggestion, please clearly label downloads as "com_xx", "mod_xx", etc. this would be very helpful. Also, for a newbie it is confusing when the downloads refer to Mambo only and makes new users question if this really is a Joomla extension. Again, I could not get this one to work.





