News February 2019
xbArtMan component v1.0.0.0beta released. See here: Article Manger
New and updated this month:
- Article Manager new component pre-release. xbArtMan
Planned for February (or Dreckley)
- Updates to xbArtMan ad lib
- A collation of template overrides and hacks improving core functions (com-content and com_tags)
- Improvements to sigplus editor button plugin for quick image or gallery entry
- Element site content plugin for converting {xb... elements to html on output. xbElement
- Improvements to PDAddon - moving towards a full xbDocLib component
Article Manager
31st January 2019
xbArtMan is a component to provide some additional tools for backend administration of Joomla content. Initially it focuses on three areas that I have had difficulty with - seeing what tags are assigned to which articles, seeing what links are embedded in articles and defined as related item links (and checking that they are valid), and seeing what images are used in which articles.
Tip Pop Button Plugin
4th January 2019
The Joomla editor extension plugin TipPop Button provides a quick and easy way of inserting Tooltips and Popovers using Bootstrap. Clicking the button brings up a dialogue that allows you to set the text and various parameters for the tip or pop. If you have text selected in the editor the tip will we wrapped around it, or you can enter the text in the dialogue.
TruncString Bugs
There is an annoying bug in the Joomla core JHtmlString truncate function. There is also an even more annoying (to me) flaw in the way it works.
Fixing these problems require modification to a core file libraries/cms/html/string.php
The blog post describes the problem in more detail, but here is the required new code for the truncate function in the file.
AutoSave Plugin
27th January 2019
The Joomla content plugin xbAutosave allows for timed automatic saving of work whilst editing an article or triggering a save with Ctrl+s or Cmd+s keystroke.
The autosave interval can be set in seconds (minimum 30sec) and timed save and keystroke save can be enabled separately.
Autosave only works on the backend (admin) site and only when editing an article (com_content). It is disabled on a new article until you have saved manually to give you a chance to set category, status, access etc before your work-in-progress gets automatically revealed to the world!
Full documentation is available here