Mod LCA
Version
0.9.5 (last update on Apr 21, 2012)
Rating
Compatibility
Votes
Favoured
49
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Views
37281
Date Added
15 December 2009
22 Apr 2012 - v0.9.5
+ New option: show public articles (you can show only archived articles disabling this option)
# Fixed bug saving year & month opened
# Fixed bug showing archived articles (thanks miqui)
# Fixed bug showing articles in Joomla 1.5
04 Mar 2012 - v0.9.3
^ Save year & moth opened
19 Feb 2012 - v0.9.2
# Fixed css
! Module for Joomla 1.5, 1.6, 1.7 and 2.5 in the same .zip installer
06 Nov 2011 - v0.9.1
^ Improved SEO URLs
16 Oct 2011 - v0.9.0
^ New option: show archved articles
# Fixed bug collapsing years
28 Sep 2011 - v0.8.9
^ Improved caching
# Fixed bug when collapse month or year (thanks Phenom75)
! Auto-collapse months and years when user open one of them
04 Sep 2011 - v0.8.6
+ New option: show date next to article
! Supports Joomla 1.7
18 May 2011 - v0.8.5
+ New option: cut title (thanks bennystrasser.de)
+ New option: show registered articles (thanks bennystrasser.de)
+ Show day next to the article (thanks simovina)
+ New system of cache
! Supports Joomla 1.6
Great mod!
With all respect to the code, I do have a problem with presentation of the "advertisement" - "By JoniJnm.es" It's a bit confusing. It may be confused with another article on the list or article author.
I hope that the advertising message is changed to something like "powered by Mod LCA" where "Mod LCA" is a link to the mod's page. Also hope that not just "by" but the whole advertising message is gray or dark.
for a good example of mod advertising see jComment. (gray, small font, in lower right corner)
I am honored to use your mod and would like to display its advertising, but the present advertising presentation is (1) potentially confusing and (2) stylistically incorrect. I am tempted to turn the advertising off just because of these reasons.
With all respect to the code, I do have a problem with presentation of the "advertisement" - "By JoniJnm.es" It's a bit confusing. It may be confused with another article on the list or article author.
I hope that the advertising message is changed to something like "powered by Mod LCA" where "Mod LCA" is a link to the mod's page. Also hope that not just "by" but the whole advertising message is gray or dark.
for a good example of mod advertising see jComment. (gray, small font, in lower right corner)
I am honored to use your mod and would like to display its advertising, but the present advertising presentation is (1) potentially confusing and (2) stylistically incorrect. I am tempted to turn the advertising off just because of these reasons.
Owner's reply
Changed in the v0.6 :)
Hi,
I have this installed and running pretty quickly and easily.
Some things that could be tweaked would be the option to put the css and js in the head instead of the body of the html.
Also this was missing menuclass_sfx in the default file so added
to the mod_lca.xml
and
that made it so I can add a custom class for this module in the administrator.
Thanks for the great module.
I have this installed and running pretty quickly and easily.
Some things that could be tweaked would be the option to put the css and js in the head instead of the body of the html.
Also this was missing menuclass_sfx in the default file so added
to the mod_lca.xml
and
that made it so I can add a custom class for this module in the administrator.
Thanks for the great module.
Owner's reply
Added in the v0.6 :)
Install and use was a snap! It makes use of language settings and Joomla routing, making customization really simple (I'm using it with Flexicontent).
The only thing that might be nicer is if it allowed category selection from a picklist.
The only thing that might be nicer is if it allowed category selection from a picklist.
This module is a very good idea. However it is a pitty that there is a limitation on the max number of articles (or else a blank page will appear!).
Furthermore the month sorting is not ok.
Also it should be possible to select if the first mont is collapsed or not.
Succes with further development!
Furthermore the month sorting is not ok.
Also it should be possible to select if the first mont is collapsed or not.
Succes with further development!
Owner's reply
Fixed month sorting (you can download it and reinstall).
Try to show now all articles.
Very nice module. Do exactly what it says. My only complain is that it misses its previous state. Let's say that you select an article under the "February 2008". After loading the article, the module does not keep Feb08 open but initializes again to the most recent date...
The lack of the above feature kept me from an excellent rating.
Hope you find this useful.
The lack of the above feature kept me from an excellent rating.
Hope you find this useful.
Great mod! Does everything it says it does.
-Easy to install using the standard Joomla installer
-Easy to configure.
-Allows you to select category and section.
-Can independently sort ascending or descending by year, month, and article
-Can select how many years to show
Overall well done. It's exactly what I was looking for.
-Easy to install using the standard Joomla installer
-Easy to configure.
-Allows you to select category and section.
-Can independently sort ascending or descending by year, month, and article
-Can select how many years to show
Overall well done. It's exactly what I was looking for.
Am redesigning my website using joomla which included moving my blog from blogger onto joomla. This was just what I needed to show my blog archive similar to how it shows on blogger.
Two small things you might want to add in a future version are:
1. Add a count of the blogs for that particular year/month in brackets after the year/month (I actually customized your to add it for the month, havn't done it for year yet though)
2. Allow the indent for the years, months and article titles to be configurable. I was put this in position right which only has about 30% of screen on my template and because it was using standard list indents it didn't fit very well with very little room for the article titles. I adjusted the list indentation directly in the module code to get around this but would be better if you could configure with a parameter in admin.
Two small things you might want to add in a future version are:
1. Add a count of the blogs for that particular year/month in brackets after the year/month (I actually customized your to add it for the month, havn't done it for year yet though)
2. Allow the indent for the years, months and article titles to be configurable. I was put this in position right which only has about 30% of screen on my template and because it was using standard list indents it didn't fit very well with very little room for the article titles. I adjusted the list indentation directly in the module code to get around this but would be better if you could configure with a parameter in admin.
Pretty good for the version 0.3. Just works right there after you install it.
Suggestions:
- Option to open current month in collapsed/expanded mode.
- Optionally show number of articles for each month in parenthesis. And for the year as well.
- Value field for indentation of the months from the years.
- Option for ordering of months asc/des.
- Create separate CSS file for modifications
Suggestions:
- Option to open current month in collapsed/expanded mode.
- Optionally show number of articles for each month in parenthesis. And for the year as well.
- Value field for indentation of the months from the years.
- Option for ordering of months asc/des.
- Create separate CSS file for modifications
The module works great. It would be perfect if there would be the possibility to select section and category of the articles listes. May in a future version?
Thank you!
Thank you!
Owner's reply
Added :)
I have been looking for some extensions to make my website more user friendly to people who are more familiar with Wordpress and Blogger.
This mod does exactly that by laying the articles out in an easy to use date format.
It installs easily and quickly and it works. It just works. It looks good.
Thank you for this.
This mod does exactly that by laying the articles out in an easy to use date format.
It installs easily and quickly and it works. It just works. It looks good.
Thank you for this.
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