xbBooks is an xbCulture family component for cataloguing books you have read and reviews of them. Version 1.1.1.2 is the current release. 

xbbooks listIt started out as I needed something to replace a local flat-file database I had been using to save details of books I read and short reviews/comments. Previous to that I had been using a simple spreadsheet and originally an paper file.

xbBooks is installed as a package containing two components - com_xbboos and a supporting component, com_xbpeople, for administration of people and characters which are common to all xbCulture components.

The primary intended user is someone wanting to keep a record of books they have read with a reminder of the plot and what their reaction was.


xbBooks v1.1.1.2
11th March August  J3

com_xbarticleman v2.1.0.0 
27th November 2023  J3

xbArticleMan is a component to provide some additional tools for backend administration of Joomla content. It provides views for finding Images, Links, Shortcodes and Tags in, or associated with, com_content articles.

com_xbarticleman-j5 v5.0.0.0 
17th March 2024 J5

xbArticleMan-j5 is a Joomla 5 version of the original xbArticleMan component with many enhancements and improvements.

It provides additional tools for managing articles, with views to list images, links, shortcodes and tags used by com_content articles. In addition a new TagItems admin view provides a list of all the items - both articles and items from other components - using Joomla tags.

The roadmap plan includes the addition of new site views for articles and tags - details below.

com_pdaddon_v0.3.0.2  
18th July 2018 J3

PD-Addon is an extension to the PhocaDownload (PD) component. It is only of any use if you have PhocaDownload installed on your site.  

It adds two new elements to the PhocaDownload data - a 'slug' or short description for the files and categories for the tags. Three new Admin views are provided - a tag editor, a tag category editor, and an improved file list view.