SectionCategoryArticleList
The articles are grouped by categories and sections.
In the administrator backend you have the possibility to change the component - title, the shown categories, pre- and aftertext and edit the CSS - Style definitions.
Links which are created by the component are SEF - friendly.
Also the component is designed with the MVC - Pattern.
After installation it was a simple job of relinking my menu item to the SECTIONCATEGORYARTICLELIST component and setting the categories to include on the page. Was up and running in 5 minutes, maybe less.
Well done for providing a great component for free.
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I wanted to list all the articles across multiple categories on a single page, and have the list items linked to their full article.
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SectionCategoryArticleList does that exactly.
After installation, I initially tried to use it through the Components menu but all I saw there was css. A quick search in the developer's forum informed me that it's set up and configured through the Menu Manager.
(The forum is German language, luckily my problem had already been submitted already in English.)
I was looking for a Joomla 2.5 replacement for Section Ex too. This is real close.
A couple things that are missing here (that Section Ex had)...
Would be good to turn off Category Title links and just have them as headers. Just have the Articles linked.
Also SEO the article links to domainname.com/category/articleTitle
Thanks again for your contribution.
Hello buwebs,
thanks for your review and your input.
The option to NOT link the categories is now available (version 1.7)
The links which are generated are already SEO-friendly as you can see on the demo: http://tuts4you.de/tutorials
If you have a problem with this, I would be glad if you create a post with the issue on my forum: http://tuts4you.de/forum/sectioncategoryarticlelist-support
Thanks!
However I found that in the backend page - where I assigned it to a menu item, under "Basic Options", the text fields for "pretext" and "posttext" are not well located (overlapping with some radio buttons).
I emailed you a screen shot.
PS, I am using Firefox 16.0.2 and Joomla 2.5.7.
Hello douba,
as I said in the recent PRIVATE Mail, this is an template issue. NOT a component issue. I can't do anything about it. And I also said, no matter if it's not my fault, that I'm looking for a workaround (which I included in Version 1.6).
You couldn't wait for that?!
Sorry, but I can't understand your rating. I'm willing to code components for free and also trying to solve problems in private emails and you're still unthankful and impatient.
Thats very frustrating...
Hello Jadzia,
I was searching for your mentioned issius for hours, but couldn't figure out where this problems occure.
Does this problem exist in the demopage too?
I'm sorry for the german-parts. This was just a little experiment of mine and is in the new Version (1.5) obsolete.
Furthermore is the Section for the SectionCategoryArticleList in my Forum for english requests too. Until now, all of the requests were written in english. So you're welcome to write there and help me figure out what problem you have. Maybe a testsite where i can see the problems would be good.
By now, none of the others which are using my component had this problem.
So I'm looking forward for your answer.
Thanks
So far, this Component is a good start. It's nice and simple, and does the job, but it lacks features that would make it a knock-out winner. The ability to expand or collapse categories in the listing would be great, and would get that extra star from me. Otherwise, it does exactly what it says is does, and simple CSS can control the display of the listing.
Hallo GJSchaller,
the functionality to expand / collapse categories is now available (Version 1.4)
Hope it works well for you ;)
Thanks for the review and the idea.
Thank you anyways
Hallo kokujin,
thanks for your review.
The Problem with the Categories should be solved in the new Version (1.3).
Hello Gwynplaine,
thank you very much for your reply. I don't know which version you are using, but on my testsystem deleted articles are not shown. In fact the query just fetches the published articles so I don't know why you're having this problem. Maybe you can give me a scenario when this happens?
Well I'm a beginner in 'Joomla-Programming' so what do you mean with the backend is poorly programmed? I almost just use the standard Joomla Core functionality. If you can give me any tips I would be happy to improve the functionality of the component.
So I'm looking forward for your answer :)
Thanks!
