Kunena Topic to Article

Get Kunena Topic to Article (vVersion 3.0.0)

Introduction

Automatic Articles, Forum, Kunena extensions

MAIN FEATURES:
- Creates Joomla articles based on Kunena forum topics
- Supports Joomla 5/6 and Kunena 6/7
- 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, post index links and parent post connections
- Post info block appearance can be customized from the component form
- Preserves formatting, links, images and Kunena attachment references
- Converts Kunena BBCode to Joomla HTML using chriskonnertz/bbcode parser (MIT License)
- Processes video links from forum posts
- Supports AllVideos integration on Joomla 5
- Uses standalone responsive embeds or styled links when AllVideos is unavailable or not used
- Email notifications to topic authors and site administrators
- Author filtering: exclude specific users' posts from created articles
- Link references back to original forum posts

USE CASES:
- Converting valuable forum discussions into regular Joomla content
- Archiving important forum topics as articles
- Creating a knowledge base from forum discussions
- Publishing structured discussions from museum, gallery, educational or research forums
- Preserving long forum topics in a more readable article format

TECHNICAL DETAILS:
- Requires: Joomla 5/6 and Kunena 6/7
- Kunena table schema checked for Kunena 6.3.10, 7.0 and 7.0.7
- Supports English, German and Russian language files
- Database: utf8mb4 encoding recommended
- Administrator-side component

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

VERSION 3.0.0:
Version 3.0.0 is a major refactoring and compatibility release.

The article generation workflow is preserved, but the internal structure has been modernized. Kunena data access, article rendering, tree building, notifications and result handling are now separated into dedicated classes.

The release also improves Joomla 5/6 and Kunena 6/7 compatibility, fixes several BBCode and URL conversion cases, improves preview rendering, and adds form-based customization for the post info block appearance.

OPTIONAL PLUGIN:
The optional post-anchor positioning plugin has also been updated to version 3.0.0. It is not required for normal component operation, but it may partially improve Kunena's post-anchor positioning problem in long topics with many images.

GENERAL NOTES:
The component automatically creates service information at the beginning of each article, noting that it was generated from a Kunena forum topic and that later edits may cause differences between the article and the original posts.

Created articles are standard Joomla content and can be edited using regular Joomla tools. Articles and forum topics live independently after creation, but optional post index links can keep navigation back to the original forum discussion.

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