CommodorePeter
Results 1 - 6 of 6
byCommodorePeter, November 5, 2009
1) you have to be aware that besides editing the plugin configuration you must also edit each user profile that you wish to have the button.
2) an odd arrangement of additional ACL must be configured inside the plug-in. (The odd part is that this is confusing and perhaps redundant).
But on the whole this adds a great efficiency and usability boost to Joomla editing. Fantastic!
byCommodorePeter, November 4, 2009
However I will say that the support forum is good so eventually I got things figured out.
byCommodorePeter, March 31, 2009
This is exceptionally easy to install and after a double take on the way it creates a second administrative menu rather than just an item update to the component list menu was easy to use.
Documentation also needs a round-a-bout method to find as the listed support site is not up yet but Sam's personal site is more than adequate for figuring it out.
If you have a lot of derivative sites to support (such as a test sites and development sites) boy does this make things easy. I love you Sam!
You can set parameters to make simple lists of categories in a section or all the way up to elaborately expansive tables. This is a must for any publisher speed demon as you can view the categorization (and relationship) of all your articles and then drill down into their content all from one page. This way you can render a page that can encompass an entire section of a site without having to first bother with highly granular menu definitions.
It's far better than a site map (as you don't need to over invest time in menus) and you see all the articles. This feature and functionality should be in the core product. Version 1.5.0.8 is the best yet.
Well done Robert!
Pros:
* if you need a starting point on how to develop your own component, the simplicity of this thing makes it easy to follow
* excellent for a beginner web builder like myself
* good way to produce a site document reference (cut and paste screen to word for example)
Cons:
* need to be aware that it shows everything even those registered and special things even though the front-end is not logged in. Provided you have enabled proper security elsewhere that's fine.
* may not want to let your users see it, until you massage it some. (I like to hide my warts and stuff.)
byCommodorePeter, November 29, 2007
Only minor issues were found. When authoring a document you don't know you have this feature until you start to save the article. But once you use it you are impressed. Also it needs a small hack for the spelling of begginning (sic).
But when you use it you really get that Eureka feeling! Well done Paul.