Category Block extension for Joomla!

Category Plugin example

• 1.8.1 (2014.06.25) Joomla 3.8.8 compatible.
• 1.8.0 (2014.06.05) Little bug(warning) fixed.
• 1.7.9 (2014.06.05) "Group articles by Category (Order By Category Ordering)" added.
• 1.7.8 (2014.05.15) New tags are added:
  [article:image_intro,width,height,any custom options] - Article Intro Image
  [article:image_fulltext,width,height,any custom options] - Article Full Text Image
  [article:urla] - Article URL (A) Link
  [article:urlb] - Article URL (B) Link
  [article:urlc] - Article URL (C) Link
• 1.7.7 (2014.03.12) Option to store scaled version of thumbnails added.
• 1.7.6 (2014.03.06) Module and Plugin "DS" bug fixed.
• 1.7.5 Featured Articles filter bug fixed.
• 1.7.3 Page Title with Menu Item control fixed.
• 1.7.2 Limit option with plugin bug fixed.
• 1.7.1 Custom Date format is fixed.
• 1.7.0 Third-party comments support fixed; Module, menu extended settings deprecated - use Profile instead.
• 1.6.8 Article limit fixed for menu item view.
• 1.6.7 Article Front-end edit button fixed (j2.5, j3.x).
• 1.6.5 Maintenance (GNU License).

• 1.6.4 "Custom Layout Without Table" added, pagination fixed in v. for joomla 3.0.
  
  Select "Custom Layout Without Table" in "Layout" box.
  
  This option only available in Category Block Profile (Components -> Category Block).
  But you can use profile with module, plugin or menu.
  
  

• 1.6.3 Global Article Configuration can be read in Article View.
• 1.6.2 Installer in version for j3.0 fixed.
• 1.6.1 The option to group articles by sub-category added.
• 1.5.8 Profile option added to all views.
• 1.5.7 Category should be selected in plugin;
  Menu item supports profiles.
• 1.5.6 Custom Layout Documentation added to back-end;
  Image Default Width/Height+Custom Layout bug fixed.
• 1.5.5 Joomla 3.0 compatible;
  Publish Up/Down bug fixed (j2.5);
  Fixed size and Featured article views deprecated (All this can be done from Profile) (j3.0);
  Category ID and Custom Itemid can be set in plugin (j3.0);
  Category cannot be selected in profile only in menu, module, or plugin (j3.0).
• 1.5.4 "Smart Category Detection for module" option added. Randomization "single page" issue fixed.
• 1.5.3 Module CSS/Style/Class option fixed.
• 1.5.2 Reads image alt in article and use it for image alt Category Block instead of page title.
• 1.5.1 Publish up and down filters added.
• 1.5.0 Image ALT and Title in TextWarp layout bug fixed.
• 1.4.9 Grand Cleanup.
• 1.4.8 Menu Item Type SEF link fixed.
• 1.4.7 Connection with menu by alias is optional now. Also "Clean Braces" works with all available views.
• 1.4.6 Custom Layout Conditional Tags: [if:active], [ifnot:active][if:first], [ifnot:first], [if:last], [ifnot:last], [if:beforeactive], [ifnot:beforeactive] are added.
• 1.4.5 Custom Layout Tags to separate layout by odd/even columns/lines/and articles in the list. Also there is a conditional operators to check is the article "first/not first", "last/not last", "followed by active item/ or not"
• 1.4.4 Custom Layout Tags (introtext, fulltext) added. W3C Validation Pass.
• 1.4.3 TextArea tag filter added. Custom Layout Tags (hits, createdby, username, metadata, metadesc, metakey) added. customblocklayout field changed to text (for bigger layouts).
• 1.4.1 Custom Layout "if", "ifnot" statements optimized
• 1.3.15 Content Source Selection IntroText / Full Text (in Pro version only)
• 1.3.14 Print, Email and Edit buttons are available.
• 1.3.13 SEF fixed in versions for J1.6,1.7,2.5
• 1.3.12 Pagination and limitation compatibility and bugs fixed.
• 1.3.11 Default image fixed.
• 1.3.10 Prepares images for Facebook etc.
• 1.3.8 Brace tag elimination improved.
• 1.3.7 Page Title added.
• 1.3.6 Custom Limit and Skip added to all views.
• 1.3.5 Pagination dependance on columns, to fill all lines. Pagination bug fixed.
• 1.3.4 JRequest::getUInt() replaced with JRequest::getInt()
• 1.3.3 Custom Block Layout and Orientation option added.
• 1.3.1 JComment (plugin) support fixed, custom ordering to all "views" added and Polish translation added as well.
• 1.3.0 Sub-category articles, randomization (in PRO).
• 1.2.9 Real SEF. The link creation is improved a lot.
• 1.2.8 The filter to show only Featured (Frontpage) articles added. Also profiles added for Joomla 1.5 version.
• 1.2.7 Stop scrolling on mouse over feature added and Joomla 1.7 compatibility.
• 1.2.5 Plugin added. Now you may embed the Category Block into an articles.
• 1.2.3 Character count limit added (Needed for Asian languages)
• 1.2.2 Open in a new window (optional), with or without navigation added, image (in text wrap mode) link fixed.
• 1.2.1 Versions for Joomla 1.5 and 1.6 have the same functionality. Title link fixed (for website installed not into root folder).
• 1.2.0 Leading Article and default image options has been added. Image proportion rare bug fixed.
• 1.1.9 Image proportion rare bug fixed.
• 1.1.8 "Read more" link for non SEF websites fixed.
• 1.1.7 SEF link creation, XHTML validation. Thank to Daniel Pardons.
• 1.1.6 Minor fixes.
• 1.1.5 Minor fixes.
• 1.1.4 Module width fixed, scroll bars now automatic. Title issue fixed for sections and categories.
• 1.1.3 Pagination in Category view has been fixed. Turn On/Off for "Read more" and "Title" added.
• 1.1.2 Uninstall fixed
• 1.1.1 Date format option added, Language pack fixed. Creates default module after extension installation.
• 1.1.0 Language file added for: English, Spanish, German, French, Greek, Russian and Czech languages.
• 1.0.9 Module flow effect fixed, component block and module style available.
• 1.0.8 Minor fix.
• 1.0.7 SEF support - supports Search Engine Friendly URLs.
• 1.0.6 Module added with mouse scroll and auto floating effects.
• 1.0.4 Now it will not show deleted or unpublished articles.
• 1.0.1 First release.