FJ Related Articles Blog and List Component 
Version
1.0.13 (last update on Jun 27, 2011)
Rating
Compatibility
Reviews
48
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Date Added
27 December 2008
Break free from Joomla's Section and Category restrictions. Did you ever want to put an article into two or more categories? List selected articles from multiple sections and categories? Create a blog or list based on author?
This component allows you to create a blog or list layout based on keywords and author. So you can create any number of menu items showing articles based on any combination of keywords.
* Create blog or list layouts exactly like the standard Category blog and list layouts, but using keyword and author matching instead of Category.
* Optional match on Author or Author Alias as well as keywords.
* Option to include articles with ANY matching keywords or only articles where ALL keywords match.
* Option to limit articles based on Section or Category.
* Option to show matching keywords and sort based on best match.
* January 7, 2010: Version 1.0.10 now available. Allows you to select Published or Archived. Also allows editing from layouts.
* August 29, 2009: Version 1.0.7 now available. Allows you to create a blog or list without needing an Intro Article. Also, allows you to show all articles written by the currently logged in user.
* June 9, 2009: Version 1.0.6 now available. This adds a new option to use an exact match on keywords. So keyword lists must have the same words and be in the same order to match.
* May 7, 2009: Version 1.0.5 now available. This adds a new parameter that allows you to link to other FJ Related menu items instead of articles. If a related article is an Intro Article for another FJ Related menu item, you can link to this menu item instead of to the article.
* April 12, 2009: Version 1.0.4 now available. It fixes problem with upgrades causing Into Article to be lost. Also adds Italian langage.
* March 12, 2009: Version 1.0.3 now available. It fixes minor display problem.
Here is how it works. You create an article with the desired keywords and author information. Then you create a blog or list layout and select this article for the menu item. That's all there is to it! The blog or list layout will show all articles that match the keywords and author information of the menu item's article.
See the Demo page for a quick tour of what you can do.
This is the most flexible extension I've found (and I've tried many!) It allows the use of the keyword field in articles as tags (or categories) from which to generate lists in just about any combination needed. I've been using K2 (for it's tagging system) in the past to give me this functionality but it's always felt a bit restricted in its implementation. No more K2 for me (as I don't need any of the other functions it offers and most can already be found in stock Joomla! anyhow)
description says: Did you ever want to put an article into two or more categories?
I say: yes! But it does not look as if this component is able to put an article into two or more categories. It's something different about article keywords an blog layout showing related articles.
This product does not what I expected. I am looking for a multiple articles solution. And that's why I was looking into this category: Multi categorization.
I say: yes! But it does not look as if this component is able to put an article into two or more categories. It's something different about article keywords an blog layout showing related articles.
This product does not what I expected. I am looking for a multiple articles solution. And that's why I was looking into this category: Multi categorization.
Until now I have used this component for my few site. It is easy to config and install. Keep your work. thanks
Had been duplicating articles so they could be listed under different categories until I found this. Keep up the good work!
Great extension! Cannot believe that being free it outdoes the expensive ones by quite a bit. Taken a while to set up (purely because of my own "senior moment"), but seems to be doing just what I wanted - have a main article at the top, and other articles that talk about same stuff listed underneath starting with most recent (although, there were plenty of other options).
Really quite flexible and works well, the only very very minor down side is that it is a little bit confusing to start with to understand how to set it up. But not worth reducing the rating for that. :)
Well done!
Really quite flexible and works well, the only very very minor down side is that it is a little bit confusing to start with to understand how to set it up. But not worth reducing the rating for that. :)
Well done!
Amazing !!
I searched a component able to alow multi categories, because the problem in Joomla 1.5 is that you can't make sub categories...
So I test this one and was very happy that this component can make menu wich show all articles that have same keyword in meta , very useful and easy to use.
Thanks a lot to share this free with Joomla community !
I searched a component able to alow multi categories, because the problem in Joomla 1.5 is that you can't make sub categories...
So I test this one and was very happy that this component can make menu wich show all articles that have same keyword in meta , very useful and easy to use.
Thanks a lot to share this free with Joomla community !
This is my third review in 9 years of being a member, installed this component on 1,7 and had it running in 45 seconds flat.
This or something like it should be part of Joomla.
Well done and thanks you.
Note: to those confused ones, you need to ad the keywords not only on the menu but also on the metadata keywords box for the article you want to display on it.
This or something like it should be part of Joomla.
Well done and thanks you.
Note: to those confused ones, you need to ad the keywords not only on the menu but also on the metadata keywords box for the article you want to display on it.
I have followed all documentation for this Component and no matter what I do it displays "No Related Articles Found". As far as I am concerned, it doesn't work.
Owner's reply
Hi. If you are having problems, please post a question in the Help forum. Here is the link: http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/freejoomla/forum/?action=ForumBrowse&forum_id=9399.
Thanks!
He was standing on a project without knowing how. If duplicate items or categories. This extension has saved my life. Thank you!
it is great and easy to install and work on, but i faced a problem, i have an author with more than 120 articles, and i did put his name in the keyword, still it did get like 40 articles and displayed them, but the rest i cant find a way to list all the articles of this author or any other. is there a way that we can link authors to the blogs so it will be displayed perfectly with no problems??? or else i will have no use of it. i hope there is a way to fix this because it is a great component.
Thanks
Dana
Thanks
Dana
Owner's reply
Hi. If you have a question or think there is a bug, the best way to get it resolved is to ask for help on the Help Forum. Here is the link: http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/freejoomla/forum/?action=ForumBrowse&forum_id=9399.
Thanks.
Until now I use this component for showing the logged in users articles of specific categories or (multiple) SECTIONS in nice blog layout, only. Never thought, it could be a difficulty to find the right extension for this. This extension does it in a flow, it lasts two minutes to install it and to create your menu items. It shows the articles exactly in the articles cck-introtext-layout - this is, how it should work. The extension is intuitiv and without any hint of difficulty. Now I see the possibilities of arranging articles by keywords, too and have to think about how to use this manifold skill! Thanks a lot for this great, great extension!
Hi,
well, it's a nice idea and a nice basic approach to solve the problem of the existing lack for multiple categories in Joomla. It's easy to install and nice to customize but there're still problems with some links to articles (breadcrumbs) which are not covered by this tool.
Maybe there will be a better next version.
Thanks
Rudolf Aigner
well, it's a nice idea and a nice basic approach to solve the problem of the existing lack for multiple categories in Joomla. It's easy to install and nice to customize but there're still problems with some links to articles (breadcrumbs) which are not covered by this tool.
Maybe there will be a better next version.
Thanks
Rudolf Aigner
I was almost in the point of writing this extension myself!! Finally someone filled this gap. Thanks a lot!!
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