IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR EXISTING USERS:
If you experience automatic update errors, please download the latest version manually and install it over your existing installation. This is a one-time fix - future updates will work automatically. The issue has been resolved in version 1.0.5+.

MAIN FEATURES:
- Creates Joomla articles based on Kunena forum topics
- Two transfer schemes: Sequential (chronological) and Threaded (preserves discussion tree structure)
- Smart article splitting when content exceeds size limits
- Customizable post info blocks showing author, date, subject, and parent post connections
- Preserves all formatting, links, and BBCode content
- Automatically processes video links from forum posts with support for AllVideos plugin or standalone responsive embeds
- BBCode parser (includes chriskonnertz/bbcode under MIT License)
- Email notifications to topic authors and site administrators
- Author filtering - exclude specific users' posts from articles
- Link references back to original forum posts

PERFECT FOR:
✓ Converting valuable forum discussions into permanent content
✓ Archiving important forum topics as articles
✓ Creating knowledge base from forum discussions
✓ Museum and gallery sites with discussion forums
✓ Educational sites with student forums

TECHNICAL DETAILS:
- Requires: Joomla 5.x and Kunena 6.x
- Tested with: Joomla 5.4 / Kunena 6.3.10
- Supports: English, German, and Russian languages
- Database: utf8mb4 encoding recommended
- Admin-side component only

ADDITIONAL FEATURES:
- Customizable CSS styling for articles
- Preview function before article creation
- Handles hidden and deleted posts intelligently
- Preserves parent-child post relationships in tree mode
- Optional precise positioning plugin included
- Detailed creation reports with article links

The component automatically creates service information at the beginning of each article, noting that it was generated from a forum topic and that subsequent edits may cause divergence between article and original posts.

Created articles become standard Joomla content and can be edited using regular Joomla tools. While articles and forum topics live independently after creation, optional post index links maintain connection to original forum discussions.

Perfect for site administrators who want to preserve and showcase valuable forum content as permanent articles!