obMassSecCat - Mass Sections and Categories
Version
1.5.3 (last update on Aug 14, 2010)
Rating
Compatibility
Votes
Favoured
5
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Views
16817
Date Added
17 April 2010
Overall, it saves your time for managing your content, make your life a bit easier.
FEATURES
* GNU/GPL license and it's FREE to use.
* Compatible Joomla 1.5 native, work on PHP5+ only.
* Joomla Mass Sections: Add multiple sections at once with syntax:
[Section Name 1]|[Description 1]
[Section Name 2]
[Section Name 3]|[Description 3 if there is, leave blank as Section Name 2 if there is no description]
* Joomla Mass Categories: Add multiple categories at once with syntax:
[Category Name 1]|[Description 1]
[Category Name 2]
[Category Name 3]|[Description 3 if there is, leave blank as Category Name 2 if there is no description]
* DOES NOT TOUCH Joomla core files.
CHANGELOGS
/* 1.5.3 (2010/08/14) */
~ fixed "mass category button did not appear in the category manager of Joomla" bug ~ thanks DDP Agency for the fix.
/* 1.5.2 (2010/05/14) */
~ the input forms bigger & nicer
~ fixed header allready sent bug, move translation to .ini file
~ fixed ALIAS bug
Images
Pretty cool idea, great concept, works the treat UNTIL you enable the "System - Mootools Upgrade" to version 1.2, if you enable this the component still works, but the Mootools Upgrade does not! so you end up with no 1.2 upgrade and errors for the components that need it.
Very useful and saved me a lot of time entering 9 categories for 50 states. I just copied and pasted, but I had to figure out that I couldn't use certain characters first took me a couple hours for that, but still worth it. Do NOT USE ' " () or in your descriptions and you'll be okay
Interested in extension - adding sections / categories (content structure in general) is very slow due to page refreshes...so feature to mass add these items is a good idea...but like other reviewer...mass add button only came up in sections menu and not categories menu...may be a small bug...
Owner's reply
Thank you for the review. The mass category bug has been fixed in 1.5.3 version.
The plugin works fine for my section area. However for the category area, the mass icon doesn't appear. At first I thought it was due to my joomla admin template as such I switch back to the default one but still the category area does not have the mass icon. I hope this shortfall is from my part because the plugin is good and save much needed time.
Owner's reply
Thanks harris for your review. The "mass category button did not appear in the category manager of Joomla" bug has been fixed in 1.5.3 version.
I used your extension to add a bunch of categories.
2 Main Problems that are related to eachother.
#1 - Your extension doesn't create ALIASES correctly. The aliases are made exactly as the name of the category. So if you have a category called Puppies & Dogs the alias comes out the same. Aliases have to be lowercase, no spaces and only allowed character is ( - ).
#2 - Because of the incorrect aliases, it breaks the article manager. In article manager, once you try to create a new article, you can select a section but it won't populate the category field.
5 stars if you can fix that issue.
2 Main Problems that are related to eachother.
#1 - Your extension doesn't create ALIASES correctly. The aliases are made exactly as the name of the category. So if you have a category called Puppies & Dogs the alias comes out the same. Aliases have to be lowercase, no spaces and only allowed character is ( - ).
#2 - Because of the incorrect aliases, it breaks the article manager. In article manager, once you try to create a new article, you can select a section but it won't populate the category field.
5 stars if you can fix that issue.
Owner's reply
Thanks for your review, whitemonster. It's 5 stars NOW ;)
I manage multiple joomla sites and some features are very time consuming this plugin should be part of the joomla installation in my opinion.
Having the same options for creating multiple menus would also be nice Hint Hint...
Only one probelm i Noticed was after installing and logging out I coudlnt log back in again I got
"Cannot send session cookie header allready sent"
There is a very easy fix, for this the problem is caused by trailing blank spaces in "/plugins/system/plg_obmass_seccat/plg_obmass_seccat_lang.php
Simply delete all trailing spaces after
All in all if you create multiple sections and categories you need this plugin, just make sure to fix the .php file.
Eric Fournier
Dotcomcatcher™
Having the same options for creating multiple menus would also be nice Hint Hint...
Only one probelm i Noticed was after installing and logging out I coudlnt log back in again I got
"Cannot send session cookie header allready sent"
There is a very easy fix, for this the problem is caused by trailing blank spaces in "/plugins/system/plg_obmass_seccat/plg_obmass_seccat_lang.php
Simply delete all trailing spaces after
All in all if you create multiple sections and categories you need this plugin, just make sure to fix the .php file.
Eric Fournier
Dotcomcatcher™
Owner's reply
Thanks Eric for your review. The bug fixed. The translation has been moved to .ini file.