List of Articles extension for Joomla!

Version: 1.4.2

A plugin/module to show the list of articles in selected category or menu items

Enable plugin first, or Use as module.

Usage syntax:

{articlesofcategory=CATEGORY ID, |COLUMNS|, |START|, |LIMIT|, |ORDER BY|,|SHOW/HIDE Active Items|,|Separator|,|Value Field|,|Exclude ID list|,|CSS Style|,|Recursive|,|Orientation|}

Place the code above into an article and change parameters according to your requirements.

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A plugin to show list of articles in selected category.

Enable plugin first !!!

{articlesofcategory=CATEGORY ID, |COLUMNS|, |START|, |LIMIT|, |ORDER BY|,|SHOW/HIDE Active Items|,|Separator|,|Value Field|,|Exclude ID list|,|CSS Style|,|Recursive|,|Orientation|}

Parameters

Category - ID of category, example: 4
Columns - Show results as a table with number of columns, values: 1 - Simple List, 2-9 Table grid, 0 a list separated by a character (set separator). example: 3
Start - start index (skip # of articles) default "0", example: 2
Limit - number of articles, example: 5
Order By - order by field, possible values: "title"(default), "modified", "publish_up", "ordering", "hits", "featured", "language", "metakey", "metadata", "lft" (same as ordering but for "menuitemsoftype")
SHOW/HIDE Active Items, values "show"(default), "hide"
Separator - a character to separate the list, works only when number of columns set to "0"
Value Field - show value of selected field, possible values: "title", "link", "encodedlink", "innertext", "fulltext", "modified", "publish_up", "hits", "metakey", "metadata". Works only when number of columns set to "0"
Exclude ID list - Articles to exclude from the list. List of article IDs separated by comma. Example: 5,3,8
CSS Style [PRO]. Example: color:#ff0000;margin: 5px;
Recursive [PRO] - Show article from sub-category, values: "true", "false"(default)
Orientation [PRO]- Table orientation, values: "horizontal"(default), "vertical". Works only when number of columns set between 2 and 9
Menu Item image file name replaceer [PRO]- two value separated by com. Example: "32a,64b". This will replace "32a" with "64b" in Menu Item image file name: "about-us32a.png" will be replaced with "about-us64b.png"

example (articles of category Id=11, in 1 column, skip 0 articles and show all article, 0 means - no limit, order by "title" in descending order, hide active links, also exclude article with id=17):

CSS Style parameter and Recursive are available in PRO version only.

{articlesofcategory=11,1,0,0,title desc,hide,,,17}

example (menu items):

{menuitemsoftype=main-menu,1,0,0,title,showinactive,,,,color:green;font-weight:bold;}

{menuitemsoftype=main-menu,2,0,0,title,hide}

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Enable plugin first !!!

{articlesofcategory=CATEGORY ID, |COLUMNS|, |START|, |LIMIT|, |ORDER BY|,|SHOW/HIDE Active Items|,|Separator|,|Value Field|,|Exclude ID list|,|CSS Style|,|Recursive|}

CATEGORY ID: Category ID

And optional parameters:

COLUMNS - optional, to show the list in columns
ORDER BY - (optional) is an any field of #__content table (where articles are stored) to order by. You may reverse order (descending order) by adding DESC after field name.
- fields to order by (articles): title, ordering, created
- fields to order by (menu Joomla 2.5): title, lft (it's for ordering)
SHOW/HIDE Active Items
Values:
- show - Show the link to the page even if the visitor is on it
- showinactive - Show the title only - no link
- hide or blank(no value) - Hide the link if the visitor is currently on this page
Separator: Is a character to put between item
Value Field: Is #__content table field to get value from:
- title
- created or "created:Y-m-d" PHP date format.
- modified or "modified:Y-m-d" PHP date format.
- publish_up or "publish_up:Y-m-d" PHP date format.
- ordering
- metadata
- metakey
- featured
- hits
It is also posible to get a parameter value: "params:menu_image" or "params:menu_image_css" etc. A parameter depends on a component (Menu Item Type)
A list of vield values also accepted, example: "params:menu_image,title"
Another example: "params:menu_image:button" - a buttomwith the image and menu title
Special Value fields:
1. button - will render a button with the menu title and an image is exists.
2. linkandtitle - will render a link tag with the title.
3. encodedlink - will return urlencoded link to a menu item.

Exclude ID list: Article or Menu Items to hide, list of IDs

List of fields for example: title, created, modified, ordering

List of menu items

{menuitemsoftype=MENU-TYPE, |COLUMNS|, |START|, |LIMIT|, |ORDER BY|,|SHOW/HIDE Active Items|,|Separator|,|Value Field|,|Exclude ID list|,|CSS Style|,|Recursive|}

Value Field: Is #__menu table field to get value from:

id
title
link
menutype
type
params
lft
rgt
language
alias
path
parent_id
level

Value Field can be a list of fields: "title,link" or JSON encoded "json:title,link,params"

example:

{menuitemsoftype=main-menu,0,0,0,title,showinactive}

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{menuitemsoftype=main-menu,0,0,0,title,showinactive,"

","link"}

/all-extensions?view=catalog /contact-us?view=edititem https://github.com/joomlaboat/&Itemid=3898 /?view=catalog https://www.patreon.com/joomlaboat&Itemid=3971

{menuitemsoftype=main-menu,1,0,0,title,showinactive}

{menuitemsoftype=main-menu,2,0,0,title,hide}

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1.4.2 (September 9, 2021) Compatible with Joomla 4
1.4.1 (August 28, 2021) Component and view menuitem values added.
1.4.0 (August 27, 2021) JSON output format added. Able to return list of menu items JSON format. Also menu order by rgt field bug fixed.
1.3.9 (May 08, 2019) Non-SEF link bug fixed.
1.3.8 (April 13, 2019) title translation added, button option added.
1.3.7 (January 17, 2019) date value field can be formated. Example: "created:Y-m-d"
1.3.6 (January 15, 2019) "modified" value added to the list of details that can be retrived from the article.
1.3.5 (December 13, 2018) JText extended, you can have translatable menu and article titles. COM_YOUREXTENSION_STRING
1.3.2 (July 03, 2018) Minor bug fixed.
1.3.1 (June 16, 2018) Code cleaned.
1.2.7 (Mar 29, 2014) Single Pack (for Joomla 1.5/2.5/3.x).
"linkandanchor" value field added.
1.2.7 (Feb 26, 2014) List of Articles Module added.
Vertical Table Orientation option added (Pro Version).
1.2.6 "Order By" field test FIX.
1.2.5 "Order By" field test added.
1.2.4 Bug fixed (it used to show unpublished articles).
1.2.3 Order by bug fixed.
1.2.2 Recursive list (optional) - get articles form sub-categories. Language filter for articles.
1.2.0 Publish Up/Down filter added.
1.1.9 CSS Styles added to PRO version.
1.1.8 External URL bug fixed.
1.1.7 Links can be prepared with third-party SEF extensions.
1.1.6 Title added to anchors - More SEO friendly.
1.1.5 New features added: Exclude List, Optional Separator, Optional Value Field
1.1.4 Duplicate Link Bug fixed
1.1.3 Now it is a System Plugin. And may show the article or menu titles as a list separated by any string or as a table. Also Front-end editor safe - The plugin doesn't run if the code is in the textarea tag. Doesn't run in back-end ether.
1.1.2 The option to Show/Hide the link to current page added.
1.1.1 Custom Ordering added, limit fixed.
1.1.0 Menu list ordering fixed for J1.6/1.7
1.0.9 Warning Message fixed
1.0.8 Bug fixed
1.0.7 Supports Joomla 1.7
1.0.6 Smart SEO (Looking for Menu item to get alias)
1.0.5 Some warnings fixed.
1.0.4 Custom classes, Joomla 1.6 compatibility, table view bug fixed.
1.0.3 Menulist bug fixed, menu search by menutype.
1.0.2 Start and limit properties are added.
1.0.1 Menu item lists.
1.0.0 First release.