FJ Uncategorised Module

This module creates a list of links to uncategorised articles. This is useful if an author submits an article and forgets to assign a category to it. Using this module, the article can be viewed and edited from the front end. A count parameter allows you to control how many articles are listed. Articles are listed in alphabetical order by title.

New features as of February 2009:

* Option to show article preview in tooltip.
* Option to exclude selected articles from list.
* New! Option to exclude uncategorised articles assigned to the front page.

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I thought this wasn't working at first but that was just operator (me) error. The module doesn't show up if the uncategorised articles are unpublished as well as uncategorised which makes sense. Anyway it's very useful.
bybeanluc on August 22, 2009
It doesn't include articles which have a section but not a category. So, I think it's going to be only a little bit useful to me.
Owner's reply

Hi beanluc. You can't enter articles that have a Section but don't have a Category. So I don't understand your comment. Thanks. Mark

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The first thing all new site contributors do is forget to assign a section and category!

I've been able to add an additional menu for these contributors to be able to find their "Lost" articles. Excellent!

The one thing that I think would be fantastic, is a Yes/No parameter on the component settings to ask it to exclude items if they are assigned to the front page. As these items are not "Lost" to my users.

At the moment, I'm updating the list of IDs to exclude when I spot a new front page article.

Otherwise I'm delighted. It does exactly what I needed!
byrikoos on October 18, 2008
Very handy to find the "hidden" content. I have a lot of editors who sometimes forgot to set the cat or section ;)

BUT why frontend will most of the admin tasks are done in the bendend of Joomla. Now i have to switch will logged into the back.
Owner's reply

I don't quite understand your comment. This module is only needed for front-end users. If you are working in the back end, you can just use the Article Manager to see uncategorised articles, so you don't need this module.

bydemo38 on October 17, 2008
Does exactly what is says it will do, give you access to your Uncategorized Articles from the front end of the site. Thanks a lot!
byspadilla on September 1, 2008
This works perfect and finally solves the problem of having articles disappear from the front end when a user forgets to select a section. Thanks!!