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1.3b (last update on Aug 18, 2009)
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Date Added
19 June 2009
New features (v1.3b):
- Ability to publish/unpublish an article just clicking the icon in the listing
- Dropdown list for author (if the authenticated user have permission greater than the author permissions)
More features:
- Search field
- Dropdown list for section, category and state
- Ability to create new articles
- Move articles to trash
- Restore articles in trash
- Translation for Brazilian portuguese, Estonian, Dutch, Deutsch and French
Credits:
- Rivo Zängov (www.eraser.ee), that translated the FUAL component to Estonian language
- Parvus, that translated the FUAL to Dutch language
- Jojo Murer, that translated the FUAL to Deutsch language
- Vincent Murat, that translated the FUAL to French language
- Thábata Mattar Ferraz, that help me with the English language ;)
Await more news and thank you for all suggestions! :D
* Component without backend, only frontend.
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byrmarques on November 16, 2009
Thanks for creating this awesome component! For the next releases I would like to suggest these features:
URGENT - Very important
- Author is able to save and publish article
- Author is able to delete article (not just send to trash)
- Save as draft
- Select Section and Category is a mandatory field
NON-URGENT - But nice to have
- (Built-in) Attachment tool, like the attachment component on JED.
- (Built-in) Image Manager like User Images plugin on JED. Each author has own folder to manage images.
It would be nice to have these two important tools in one place from the same developer. The component becomes complete.
In the mean time, to make author capable of publishing articles directly do this:
Open
/components/com_content/models/article.php
Find
// For new items - author is not allowed to publish - prevent them from doing so
$article->state = 0;
Change $article->state = 1;
You must log in as an Author in order to see the component working, it won't show up for Registered users!
If you use Community Builder:
To make users sign up as AUTHOR by default instead of Registered, do this:
Open
components/com_comprofiler/comprofiler.php
Find 2 instances where this code appears
acl->get_group_id('Registered','ARO')
and change to
acl->get_group_id('Author','ARO')
These simple changes will get you going in no time. This component has a bright future ahead!
URGENT - Very important
- Author is able to save and publish article
- Author is able to delete article (not just send to trash)
- Save as draft
- Select Section and Category is a mandatory field
NON-URGENT - But nice to have
- (Built-in) Attachment tool, like the attachment component on JED.
- (Built-in) Image Manager like User Images plugin on JED. Each author has own folder to manage images.
It would be nice to have these two important tools in one place from the same developer. The component becomes complete.
In the mean time, to make author capable of publishing articles directly do this:
Open
/components/com_content/models/article.php
Find
// For new items - author is not allowed to publish - prevent them from doing so
$article->state = 0;
Change $article->state = 1;
You must log in as an Author in order to see the component working, it won't show up for Registered users!
If you use Community Builder:
To make users sign up as AUTHOR by default instead of Registered, do this:
Open
components/com_comprofiler/comprofiler.php
Find 2 instances where this code appears
acl->get_group_id('Registered','ARO')
and change to
acl->get_group_id('Author','ARO')
These simple changes will get you going in no time. This component has a bright future ahead!
bymediterran81 on November 2, 2009
Very easy to install and use.
First installed it, then created a menu assigned to FEAL (specials users access only) and then, gotcha! Everything works perfectly!
The only thing that is a light deception is that the users can resotre their articles to reviewing queue.
The next update should include this option:
The administrator should have another column that allows him/her to delete articles forever (purge them from Trash), so that the users cannot restore them again.
First installed it, then created a menu assigned to FEAL (specials users access only) and then, gotcha! Everything works perfectly!
The only thing that is a light deception is that the users can resotre their articles to reviewing queue.
The next update should include this option:
The administrator should have another column that allows him/her to delete articles forever (purge them from Trash), so that the users cannot restore them again.
Owner's reply
Hi, the version 2.0b will released pretty soon, but how, at moment, I don't have much time to dedicate myself to FUAL project. Although the functionality that you suggested me will be implemented in version 2.1b. Thanks and Regards, Felipe.
byjazzking2001 on October 23, 2009
loved it
it gives users the admin powers
but
you don't need to take the risk in given people the actual admin powers of them entering the backend of the site
love it
all my staff love that they have "more power"
simple to use and everything
it gives users the admin powers
but
you don't need to take the risk in given people the actual admin powers of them entering the backend of the site
love it
all my staff love that they have "more power"
simple to use and everything
Owner's reply
Hi. I hope you enjoy even more the new version that will be realeased soon.
Regards,
Felipe
byNickOg on October 20, 2009
Just the job! Quick and easy to install (though the absence of a backend interface puzzled me for a while).
It would help no end if one could choose to exclude and include selected columns.
All in all - simple to set up and use.
Thanks for this.
Regards
Nick
It would help no end if one could choose to exclude and include selected columns.
All in all - simple to set up and use.
Thanks for this.
Regards
Nick
bywild4gsus on October 18, 2009
I registered here just to write a review for this component... it is that good! As of right now, I installed it to test on the site and will not allow other members to use it until I can edit what is and isn't displayed to them.
While building a new website, I was looking to add a simple and nice looking component. I was afraid I'd have to modify the site a lot to accomplish what I want to do. Everything that I wanted, this is!
I can't wait to see what the next version will bring! I'm hoping that all of the dropdown menus are configurable as to whether you want them to appear or not. I'm also hoping that the "New Article" link can be substituted for your own link! I would like that a lot because I customized the "New Article" page and would like to directly link to it.
Keep up the good work and I can't wait for the next release! Hopefully it will come soon!
While building a new website, I was looking to add a simple and nice looking component. I was afraid I'd have to modify the site a lot to accomplish what I want to do. Everything that I wanted, this is!
I can't wait to see what the next version will bring! I'm hoping that all of the dropdown menus are configurable as to whether you want them to appear or not. I'm also hoping that the "New Article" link can be substituted for your own link! I would like that a lot because I customized the "New Article" page and would like to directly link to it.
Keep up the good work and I can't wait for the next release! Hopefully it will come soon!
Owner's reply
Hi, thank you very much for all praises.
The version 2.0b will be released before next week. The package is ready, but before release it, I'll do the functionality that you suggested.
Thanks and see you soon.
-
Felipe
byoddbyte on October 13, 2009
Really professional and useful. It was what I need for articles approving workflow. Just one small bug on the main table. The links on the "Edit" column don't work. I have the following error message "404 - Article #0 didn't find".
I found a work around.
It depends on the "Global configuration -> SEO Consiguration-> Friendly URL for the search engine".
If it is "yes", the column doesn't work.
If it is "no", everything works fine.
Thank you for your useful component.
I found a work around.
It depends on the "Global configuration -> SEO Consiguration-> Friendly URL for the search engine".
If it is "yes", the column doesn't work.
If it is "no", everything works fine.
Thank you for your useful component.
byDanielKonstanz on October 11, 2009
This component helps a lot to get an overview about the articles !
My wish would be that the component automatically shows the articles of the logged-in user selected, but thats just cosmetic.
Thanks a lot for this work ! Chris
My wish would be that the component automatically shows the articles of the logged-in user selected, but thats just cosmetic.
Thanks a lot for this work ! Chris
bykas on September 14, 2009
I am building a site - users are defaulted to being authors - BUT - when users save/submit an article (and I also use the excellent article attachments extension), the article they were just working on disappears into the backend awaiting the moderator to publish. They Cannot see or modify the article AT ALL until the moderator approves. I've not figured out in Joomla how a site copes with this deficiency in the default setup. With this extension, the user now has a User Menu item that gets them to all of their articles where they can manage them - if even only basic - it is a definite lifesaver!!! But I might like a feature that can be configured to for the site to DISALLOW a published article from being trashed.
bymronayne on September 14, 2009
This front-end only component provided exactly the capability I needed for providing registered users at the author level access to their unpublished articles. Prior to adding this component my users could submit an article that was not yet published but couldn't retrieve it for further editing. I want my users to have the ability to create "draft" articles that they can save and return to later.
Installation and configuration was simple and worked perfectly! Nice Job!
Installation and configuration was simple and worked perfectly! Nice Job!
bypauloortiz on September 1, 2009
This is something useful on my site since I can't find an adequate and safe joomla blog system. A couple of things though:
1. Users must be given Author status to use.
2. Publish button on the Author's list is not working and articles must be published from the back end. Is that correct?
3. Any way to limit sections/categories that can be published too?
This is very good work so hope and is esthetically pleasing so I'm not too picky. Can't wait to see your next version. Thanks!
1. Users must be given Author status to use.
2. Publish button on the Author's list is not working and articles must be published from the back end. Is that correct?
3. Any way to limit sections/categories that can be published too?
This is very good work so hope and is esthetically pleasing so I'm not too picky. Can't wait to see your next version. Thanks!
Owner's reply
Hi :)
1. The FUAL component has the purpose of assist the articles management (without preview to normal or just registered users) and only the users that have at least author status can create articles.
2. Now, the FUAL according with joomla permissions and natively the author hasn't permission to publish articles.
3. I didn't understand your question, but there isn't any limit for this... I guess :P
Thank you and you'll adore the version 2.0b of the FUAL component...
Abraços ;)
bysaisimha on August 29, 2009
Great concept easy to use... :) thank for the cool plugin ...
byjeroenbo on August 19, 2009
I have seen 1 other component with this feature but this one is not only functional but also nicely formatted.
My users are not interested when their article is published but when it will unpublishm so for me this is the only missing feature, please let us choose to show start or end date.
What may be somewhat confusing for not frequent joomla users is that there is no backend for the compnent, I imagine that people will be looking for it and asking themselves if it had been installed ok.
To the developer; thank you for this component.
My users are not interested when their article is published but when it will unpublishm so for me this is the only missing feature, please let us choose to show start or end date.
What may be somewhat confusing for not frequent joomla users is that there is no backend for the compnent, I imagine that people will be looking for it and asking themselves if it had been installed ok.
To the developer; thank you for this component.
Owner's reply
I'll remember these suggestions. In next version, I want to develop a backend with configurations that allow choose which columns will be show in the listing and others... Thanks! :D
byjosh123guy on August 17, 2009
I'm sure some of you gasp at the implications of this BUT it's just how good this component is. Unfortunetly, upgrading users to have super-powers didn't change the fact that the component only displays articles that the user has created.
Why still the 5 star rating?
- Graphics are A+ -- looks professional without any messing around
- Shows a list of uncategorized articles. I had 2-3 other modules to do this because people would forget to assign the article to a section.
- More stable then other code I've paid $$$ for!
- The ability to sort, search and filter is KEY! This instantly cut down on user comments like "what category is that article located under?"
My only request to the author. I agree with colinmac: add the ability to view ALL articles in the list that the user is able to edit not just the ones they own. Then create a filter that shows/hides articles that they created / edited / can edit ... ect.
Download it now. You won't regret it. (make sure you have php5 enabled. My own bonehead mistake!)
Why still the 5 star rating?
- Graphics are A+ -- looks professional without any messing around
- Shows a list of uncategorized articles. I had 2-3 other modules to do this because people would forget to assign the article to a section.
- More stable then other code I've paid $$$ for!
- The ability to sort, search and filter is KEY! This instantly cut down on user comments like "what category is that article located under?"
My only request to the author. I agree with colinmac: add the ability to view ALL articles in the list that the user is able to edit not just the ones they own. Then create a filter that shows/hides articles that they created / edited / can edit ... ect.
Download it now. You won't regret it. (make sure you have php5 enabled. My own bonehead mistake!)
Owner's reply
The feature that you suggested is already implemented in the version 1.3b :D
I could not find how to use the plugin at first
Have only been working with Joomla for two weeks !
But when i finally found it in the menu, and was able to add it i could really see the good thing it can be used for.
It would be really nice if Admins and Editors could be ablt to see all, and edit from there.
Or maybe it can be done in another way, that i have not found out yet !
Good and even excellent code for Joomla.
Have only been working with Joomla for two weeks !
But when i finally found it in the menu, and was able to add it i could really see the good thing it can be used for.
It would be really nice if Admins and Editors could be ablt to see all, and edit from there.
Or maybe it can be done in another way, that i have not found out yet !
Good and even excellent code for Joomla.
byjtcs on August 6, 2009
This extension is great. It is an example of what can be done when a developer has a very good, clear and simple idea.
The implementation of the module is very well done. We downloaded, installed,tested and started using in no time. The module does exactly what it says and does it very well. It has been much helpful to us since we have started using it. Our users already created and edited a quite a big number of articles without any problems. Very stable component.
Our site is used by a lot of people with previous experience in using the Internet to create and edit content. But we are already receiving many cheers from them about how easy it has become to create/edit/publishing their content using the site ( what is a direct reference the facilities provided by FUAL ).
A sugestion to the developer: - our knowledge base is a huge one ( thousands of articles ) and is very important to us to have something like the FUAL to let people consult the base by Author. The idea is to let people consulting the base to get a "view" of everything that a particular Author has already published. Though we all who run the site are Joomla newbies, it looks to us that to implement a module based on the FUAL to do that is easily manageable for the developer. All we need is table like FUAL already outputs, without the edit and trash columns and with the possibility of calling the module passin to it the Author Name or ID.
Great job! And please keep us aware of future updates.
Thanks!
The implementation of the module is very well done. We downloaded, installed,tested and started using in no time. The module does exactly what it says and does it very well. It has been much helpful to us since we have started using it. Our users already created and edited a quite a big number of articles without any problems. Very stable component.
Our site is used by a lot of people with previous experience in using the Internet to create and edit content. But we are already receiving many cheers from them about how easy it has become to create/edit/publishing their content using the site ( what is a direct reference the facilities provided by FUAL ).
A sugestion to the developer: - our knowledge base is a huge one ( thousands of articles ) and is very important to us to have something like the FUAL to let people consult the base by Author. The idea is to let people consulting the base to get a "view" of everything that a particular Author has already published. Though we all who run the site are Joomla newbies, it looks to us that to implement a module based on the FUAL to do that is easily manageable for the developer. All we need is table like FUAL already outputs, without the edit and trash columns and with the possibility of calling the module passin to it the Author Name or ID.
Great job! And please keep us aware of future updates.
Thanks!
Owner's reply
I'm very happy with the praise and suggestions. I think that your idea is very great! I don't have many time now, but little by little I'm developing these features. ;)
bycolinmac on August 1, 2009
Does a good job, though it would be really useful if it had a couple of additions.
So far as I can see this extension will list all of a users own articles, but will list all articles if the user is a super-admin.
It would be useful if it could list all the articles that a user can do something with, i.e. for an Author it lists only the author's own articles, but for an Editor is lists all articles with the option to edit, while for a Publisher it lists all article with the option to edit and publish. And it would be good if the filters could be set with default values in configuration.
So far as I can see this extension will list all of a users own articles, but will list all articles if the user is a super-admin.
It would be useful if it could list all the articles that a user can do something with, i.e. for an Author it lists only the author's own articles, but for an Editor is lists all articles with the option to edit, while for a Publisher it lists all article with the option to edit and publish. And it would be good if the filters could be set with default values in configuration.
Owner's reply
Really I didn't have thought about this. I'll do the possible to implement at least some of these features in the next version.
bygaatec on July 29, 2009
I was looking for a way a registered user could get a list of all the articles, and was reluctant to give them access to the backend.
This module definitely cover that need, and in addition give a lot of other valuable info such as Published or not, section, category date, and hits for each article in a table layout.
In addition the user sees the deleted articles and are able to "revive" these if required.
This is definietly a must if you create a site and want to give registered users a better overview of all articles on the site.
This module definitely cover that need, and in addition give a lot of other valuable info such as Published or not, section, category date, and hits for each article in a table layout.
In addition the user sees the deleted articles and are able to "revive" these if required.
This is definietly a must if you create a site and want to give registered users a better overview of all articles on the site.
I have been looking for this for a long time. Very well implemented. You could add the ability to create an article in future release
Owner's reply
The focus of the component is only articles listing, but I believe that in the next version will be interesting that the component had a web link to create articles. Thank you by your good idea. ;)
bynetdaniels on July 21, 2009
You know, sometimes people have very clear and simple ideas. And this is exactly the case.
Easy to install, easy to use.
Are there improvements to be made? Yes, but it works perfectly.
In the future, to make this extension even more interesting, all you have to do is implement the search feature.
Tks a lot,
Daniel.
Easy to install, easy to use.
Are there improvements to be made? Yes, but it works perfectly.
In the future, to make this extension even more interesting, all you have to do is implement the search feature.
Tks a lot,
Daniel.
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