Vip Portfolio
Version
3.0 (last update on Mar 31, 2011)
Rating
Compatibility
Votes
Favoured
34
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Views
87240
Date Added
5 April 2009
The categories are SEO optimised and you can write an own meta description, title, keywords and canonical link.
There are Facebook layouts which you can use to put your projects list on your Facebook fan page.
You are able to upload unlimited images for any project.
You can choose from several types of lighbox.
There are many parameters you can use to adjust the projects.
! Read the documentation before upgrading the extension.
Changelog
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v3.0
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Refactored to Joomla! 1.6
Added Facebook layout
Added category description
Added Slimbox for modal gallery
Removed category style - "Image Menu"
Removed projects styles - MooViewer, "Smooth Gallery", "Interface Carousel"
Improved
v2.3
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Added JoomFish support
Added new options for Tabbed category style
Fixed some bugs
Images
I really like what this component is supposed to do. It is beautifully designed and pretty easy to use except for one major flaw. You cannot change the order of the projects but clicking the up/down arrows or putting numbers in ordering column. There seems to be no consistency of how the projects are ordered. It doesn't matter how you enter, the order seems random. This is a problem because I would like to place my best projects at the top of the list.
A lot of potential, but I've spent hours on trying to figure this out. I could have completed the whole website in the time I've wasted on trying to get my projects to show in the order I want them to.
Any assistance would be appreciated.
A lot of potential, but I've spent hours on trying to figure this out. I could have completed the whole website in the time I've wasted on trying to get my projects to show in the order I want them to.
Any assistance would be appreciated.
It's a really good extension because it just does what it's meant to do. It's easy to style and manage. Plus it has all layouts you would need for a portfolio. We found two minor bugs. First, the Facebook template doesn't seem to work in 1.6 but we don't really care about that anyway. The second is the links in the category list layout. When the Joomla SEF option is activated the link targets the same page it's on. Don't know where that comes from since it's using JRoute like any normal extension.
One very cool feature is the possibility to add multiple images to a project. we also have two suggestions. Having a script to resize images to the thumbnail size and a project case study view would be awesome. But those are just luxuries. In conclusion we do recommend this extension and thank the developer for the time and effort put into it.
One very cool feature is the possibility to add multiple images to a project. we also have two suggestions. Having a script to resize images to the thumbnail size and a project case study view would be awesome. But those are just luxuries. In conclusion we do recommend this extension and thank the developer for the time and effort put into it.
Worked well for the website portfolio I needed to build. It was very easy to get the list version set up. My ONLY complaint would be that when I loaded up extra photos on each of the projects, they do not allow you to click from one to the next in the modal window. You have to close each window and select the next thumbnail. I may have done something incorrectly, but I don't think so. Still...an excellent tool...especially considering the price :o)
Owner's reply
Rob, thank you for the review! :)
Now you are able to use Slimbox as a modal gallery which will allow you to change the images from one to next one.
Greetings!
Took me extra time to figure out what gallery was what. Simply adding a name to your images would certainly help. The documentation is very poor and not complete. The demo page has no description whatsoever starting with the image menu what should be mentioned. An extension is as good as its documentation therefore I can't give more than 2 stars.
Great work. I am happy with this component. I just want to share with you that you have not updated the xml file with the latest version typed. It still shows as version 2.0 not 2.1.
Great work thank you very much.
Great work thank you very much.
Owner's reply
Thank you mbrsolution,
Now is correct. :)
I tested it and it's very good program but I detect that is not compatible with SH404 component. I wish that in a future can be solved.
thanks!
thanks!
First impressions are very good. Took me a bit of fiddling to get it working as I wanted. Had to tweak the source code a little bit to get margins/padding right but I like it.
Couple of little things: don't seem to be able to stop the title from linking in list view, even when I remove the link. May have to tweak the PHP file.
Also it would be nice to be able to have an introductory paragraph at the top of my list. Can cheat and add a new project with a description but would be good to have a dedicated introduction.
Anyway, great work.
Couple of little things: don't seem to be able to stop the title from linking in list view, even when I remove the link. May have to tweak the PHP file.
Also it would be nice to be able to have an introductory paragraph at the top of my list. Can cheat and add a new project with a description but would be good to have a dedicated introduction.
Anyway, great work.
Owner's reply
Thank you for good idea joe_chump. Now you can use the parameters to remove the links from the title. :)
I should be the only one idiot who can't run it. I had installed it ,in components I can see the button with the control panel, settings and... I can attach photos but nothing else , I can't see the result :( What had I missed , help... I know that should work :)
Owner's reply
Just add a new menu item that points to the extension.
I installed this module Monday and had one issue with it. I contacted the author and he told me that he would fix it on Saturday. He fixed it, uploaded the corrected module and sent me an email telling me of the fix. It works great now. Some authors need to take leasons from this one.
This is really a simple table application. But when I go to edit a listing, I have to reload the images, it seems.
This is a good start, but needs more work and debugging.
This is a good start, but needs more work and debugging.
If I want to save the project I get this error File must be png. But the image is a png
