Kazaam!
Version
1.6.3 (last update on Oct 22, 2012)
Rating
Compatibility
Reviews
6
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Date Added
4 May 2012
Editor's Note
- This extension requires registration to download.
Kazaam! is an automatic menu manager. Just plug it in, turn it on and it’ll start working for you. Never spend your time creating a menu item again!
Need more details? Here they are.
This is a plugin that creates a menu, and automatically maintains it. You can see the menu in your Joomla menu manager, and use it exactly like any other menu. It is a tree menu, and it maintains your category and article tree structure perfectly in your new menu.
You can select which categories you want to include in the menu, and whether you want to also automatically create menu items for articles.
Your categories will be used as category blog menu items, and your articles will be used as single article menu items.
Your new menu items will also take on your category or article parameters, such as whether they are published, are available to registered users, and so forth.
Changes to your categories or articles will be instantly reflected in your Kazaam! menu.
Kazaam! is built to save you time and effort – which you can use for things that really matter.
We have just upgraded Kazaam! to be faster and more efficient than ever!
If you use Kazaam! please leave a rating and a review at the Joomla extensions directory
The reason I downloaded this extension is to as an automatic hidden menu to populate my xml sitemap through Xmap. I could not get all of my articles to show previously because of plugin issues between Xmap and another extension. I needed a menu program that automatically updated as I added content. Sure enough, I followed the directions given for Kazaam and updated my Xmap settings. This process took less than a minute. I got exactly what I wanted. I do not have to mess with my sitemap again. Kazaam truly works automatically, as advertised.
P.S. Those of you who also want to use this to solve Xmap problems, just don't create a module for Kazaam to keep it hidden, but remember to publish the plugin. All of the categories and articles (if you choose that option) will be included in your sitemap. This extension is your answer!
P.S. Those of you who also want to use this to solve Xmap problems, just don't create a module for Kazaam to keep it hidden, but remember to publish the plugin. All of the categories and articles (if you choose that option) will be included in your sitemap. This extension is your answer!
Don't use Kazaam as your default menu. You'll realize that, if you don't create a menu item for a category BEFORE creating your articles, you must then regenerate your menu items through the KAZAAM! plugin. And this is where it gets messy.
When you regenerate your categories, well, needless to say, all your categories will replace the menu items. Like for example, you'll have an Uncategorized button, your uncategorized home button will disappear, with all you mods [*blood boils*] and the rest of the menu items that have nothing to do with categories will disappear.
At least the name fits its purpose; KAZAAM! and there goes your menu system.
When you regenerate your categories, well, needless to say, all your categories will replace the menu items. Like for example, you'll have an Uncategorized button, your uncategorized home button will disappear, with all you mods [*blood boils*] and the rest of the menu items that have nothing to do with categories will disappear.
At least the name fits its purpose; KAZAAM! and there goes your menu system.
Owner's reply
I appreciate your feedback.
However, please note that Kazaam! is an automatically generated and controlled menu. It is not intended to be edited directly.
Any changes made to your categories will instantly be reflected in the Kazaam! menu, so instead of editing the menu itself, you should make changes to your categories and articles in the Category / Article manager.
If you want a menu that is *not* automatically generated and controlled, please set one up in the menu manager.
Thanks!
I have a custom style on my site's home pages, but any articles that weren't assigned to a menu were automatically inheriting that style. This plugin fixed that issue for me by automatically assigning new articles to the Kazaam menu, allowing non-techy users to submit articles without having to mess around with menus to get their articles to display properly.
Saved me a lot of messing about - thanks :)
Saved me a lot of messing about - thanks :)
Great job! This pluing makes setting up new sites SO much easier and for clients to maintain sites and menus. T
he upside of systems like WordPress is they have a nice unified backend but, they don't have the massive arsenal of addons like we do here at the JED!! This plugin helps close that gap.
Another reason why we only roll with Joomla.
he upside of systems like WordPress is they have a nice unified backend but, they don't have the massive arsenal of addons like we do here at the JED!! This plugin helps close that gap.
Another reason why we only roll with Joomla.
