FJ Related Articles Blog and List Component
Version
1.0.13 (last update on Jun 27, 2011)
Rating
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111
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
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111736
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.
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!!
What I was looking for was a way to add subsections to sections and subcategories to categories.
What I found was FJ Related Articles Blog and List Component. It allows the creation of menu items based on keyword selections.
I am still not sure, but it may prove very useful. I just have to get my mind wrapped around the possibilities.
A little later and my mind is wrapped around the possibilities and they are good. The higher the volume of articles I realized it is not only nice; it is essential to be able to create menu items based not only on either sections and/or categories, but on keywords that can be global or restricted to either sections and/or categories.
The Development>Web>Joomla>Plugins and Extensions is my first such menu entry. Restricted to the Development section, Joomla category, and the keywords plugin and extension, it presents the articles in a blog view.
This one is a must have!
What I found was FJ Related Articles Blog and List Component. It allows the creation of menu items based on keyword selections.
I am still not sure, but it may prove very useful. I just have to get my mind wrapped around the possibilities.
A little later and my mind is wrapped around the possibilities and they are good. The higher the volume of articles I realized it is not only nice; it is essential to be able to create menu items based not only on either sections and/or categories, but on keywords that can be global or restricted to either sections and/or categories.
The Development>Web>Joomla>Plugins and Extensions is my first such menu entry. Restricted to the Development section, Joomla category, and the keywords plugin and extension, it presents the articles in a blog view.
This one is a must have!
Works wonders, and works amazingly well - so simple to get thing working perfectly!!
I utilized this on a site that had me pulling my hair out trying to make organizational changes to articles. It alleviated all my issues, and made my organizational procedures amazingly simple.
I'm now redesigning another site and of course, there are over 3,000 articles all over the place. This tool was the first thing I installed!
It's nothing short of ABSOLUTELY amazing. This utility is on my 'must have' list for every site I design here on out.
Thanks to the developers!!
I utilized this on a site that had me pulling my hair out trying to make organizational changes to articles. It alleviated all my issues, and made my organizational procedures amazingly simple.
I'm now redesigning another site and of course, there are over 3,000 articles all over the place. This tool was the first thing I installed!
It's nothing short of ABSOLUTELY amazing. This utility is on my 'must have' list for every site I design here on out.
Thanks to the developers!!
Really. Absolutely fantastic. I am at a loss for words other than thank-you! Thank-you! Thank-you!
I know this is not a very helpful review to some of you, but after trying probably every extension out there to organize my site. This simple effective solution, finally did the trick.
I know this is not a very helpful review to some of you, but after trying probably every extension out there to organize my site. This simple effective solution, finally did the trick.
This is exactly what I was searching for since about 2 weeks of madness! It solved all the problems that I had... Thanks for this!
Easily installed and it was very easy to use but though I have associated a specific author with the articles, the edit icon does not appear for the articles listed in the Blog list. I am trying to provide edit access through the front end for this particular author as it will be her blog to manage. The edit icon appears for all other articles on other pages that are associated with this author. I even tried logging in as an administrator and the edit icon was not available to me as the administrator. Can you help?
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