Alexandria Book Library
Version
2.0.4 (last update on Aug 26, 2012)
Rating
Compatibility
Reviews
23
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Date Added
9 December 2010
Alexandria Book Library is free and open source.
Features
* Free! ;-)
* MVC structured code
* Book management:
o Title
o Subtitle
o Alias (for SEF optimization or Search Engine Friendly URL)
o Category
o Image
o E-book
o Insert Date
o Year of publication
o Place of publication
o Catalog number
o Editor
o Authors (multiple selection)
o Price
o Number of pages
o ISBN
o Author of review
o Alias of author of review
o Review/Introduction with plugins support
o URL and it's label
o tags
o note
o Metadata (description and keys). Will be inserted into document meta tag for SEO scope (Search Engine Optimization)
* Authors management:
o Name
o Alias
o Image
o Description (Bibliografy, Introduction, etc)
* Editors management:
o Name
o Alias
o Description
* Category management:
o Name
o Alias
o Order
o Permissions
o Description
* Place of publication management
* Library management
* tags manager
* import/export tool
With the frontend publication you can choose from:
* Single author: menu item will shows all book from that author
* Single book: this will show a single book choosen
* Categories: this option will shows the whole library categorized
* Category: this will shows all books from only that category
* Tag group: this will shows all tags
* Tag: this will shows all books with same tag
* Search: the visitor will get the Alexandria Book Library search engine
Alexandria Book Library can be published more times on the same site. This way let you to improve you site with many different views.
Extra features: jcomment plugin (j1.5, j2.5), Xmap plugin (j1.5, j2.5), sh404SEF plugin (j1.5)
Images
After several weeks of inputting my book collection I can say I am satisfied with this extension. While the extension is not geared towards the serious bibliophile, and that is the market it should be directed towards, it does allow for simplistic book cataloging.
A Pro version, with a paid subscription, would be a much needed addition the developers should look into.
All-in-all, this is a an excellent extension needing additions.
A Pro version, with a paid subscription, would be a much needed addition the developers should look into.
All-in-all, this is a an excellent extension needing additions.
Good extension, not very intuitive, but it worth it.
After installing this component for the first it looks fantastic but I got this error Error loading component: com_jcomments, 1 can you please help me with this, becoz I love to use this extension.
Thanks for the good work
Thanks for the good work
Owner's reply
Hi sioto,
thanks for your review, but to get technical support you have to post your message to the Abook forum.
If you haven't installed com_jcomment you have to uncheck the jcomment option in the Abook configuration (book and category tabs).
As the extension is expected to be used in Public libraries (as mentioned in intro), I was expecting that book lending functionality will be available. I wanted to use for non-profit secondary school in my locality. But the 'Book Lending' functionality is not provided. Hence I can not use it for the said purpose.
Running ABL-1.5.0 on J!-1.5.26 and ABL-1.6.0 on J!-2.5.4.
ABL not only work fine, it has strong and smart support via forum.
Hope ABL-1.6.0 will have Xmap module ans french (and others) translations.
Bravo ! Keep on going !
ABL not only work fine, it has strong and smart support via forum.
Hope ABL-1.6.0 will have Xmap module ans french (and others) translations.
Bravo ! Keep on going !
Alexandria Book Library is the simplest component to manage and publish book on joomla. Very useful the plugin.
The author has done a wonderful job
I am developing a website for a non-profit school and using it there .
(Only one request since there is no plugin support for SEF like in 1.5 version of the same,so wish author would support that for Sh404sef for Joomla version 2.5 too )
I am developing a website for a non-profit school and using it there .
(Only one request since there is no plugin support for SEF like in 1.5 version of the same,so wish author would support that for Sh404sef for Joomla version 2.5 too )
I'am a beginner Joomla user.
This extension helps me build corporate document library.
For a costless extension it works well. Just had some php-notice issues, partly resolved via their forum in a day - nice support.
Keep up the good work!
This extension helps me build corporate document library.
For a costless extension it works well. Just had some php-notice issues, partly resolved via their forum in a day - nice support.
Keep up the good work!
This component is really what I was looking for. What I like is that I can register the metadata in seperate database fields which makes it easier for the sitesearch.
The major con is that there's no 1.6 native version. I wonder if this in te planning already.
The major con is that there's no 1.6 native version. I wonder if this in te planning already.
Owner's reply
Alexandria Book Library for !Joomla 1.6 is coming soon.
the interface is good and can search chinese...
but author selection makes the book input complicated, etc. and seems not publisher field?
and cannot know how to import an csv if no sample for reference....
but generally speaking, it is better than MediaLibrary for chinese support and good design for easy use front end...
but author selection makes the book input complicated, etc. and seems not publisher field?
and cannot know how to import an csv if no sample for reference....
but generally speaking, it is better than MediaLibrary for chinese support and good design for easy use front end...
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