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There is a security issue in version 1.5.0 of this program. This version has a bug that makes it possible to include any file on your webserver in the page. Please update to version 1.5.1. If you have downloaded the program after 11 May 2009, you should have version 1.5.1 installed.

This is the download page. Here are the files of the current version:

Download Instructions
Download the zip file. Do not unpack it. Log in in the administration section of your joomla page. Now go to "Extensions->Install". Upload the file and install it. Install the module after installing the component. See the documentation for more information.

Note that the bloc below is not a demo of the component (coming soon), it's for comments!
 
Feature requests
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Here are the current items I want to do. If you think there is a missing feature (please submit bugs to the forum, not here), please post a comment!

So this is my current list:
  • Community Builder integration
  • Tamka integration
  • Maybe integrate with other programs like fireboard
  • UTF-8 support (to support non-ASCII symbols)
  • Update the languages and make a better language support in the future (make it easier to submit languages)
  • Integrate the backup/migration tool to the component
  • Try understanding why the mysql table isn't always correctly installed or make a clearer error message
  • Add some other ways to seperate user names (, but also ; for example)
  • Resize the name suggest box (to make it easier to select names)
  • Put the new message box in the menu (is this possible?)
  • Make the sent box look more like the inbox (for example, with dates)
  • Reply-all
  • Send to all
  • Making groups/address book
  • Themes
  • Attachments
The last five should be seen as a "bonus" and will only be added if I have enough time and motivation.

And of course some bugs:
  • Long messages?? forum thread
  • Don't let users send messages to users who are blocked or whose accounts are not activated yet. forum thread
  • Apply inbox size fix. forum thread
  • Correct some other minor bugs (see forum)
Well, I've still got some work to do, but my most important goal is still the same as when I started, make it easy to use: no need to configure anything after installing the program.
 
Adsense easy insert manual
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Small plugin that allows you to insert two adsense ads in your content before and after a content item. These two spots are two of the best represented on the google adsense heat map.

Just install the plugin, set the parameters for your two ads, publish the plugin and you already have the ads installed.

For a demo, you can have a look at our website where all our top and bottom ads are positioned with this plugin.

Note that adsense ads are limited to three per page, so this plugin will not work if you have more than one content item displayed (for example if you have a category blog layout displaying several content items as intro or full)

In construction, details will follow soon. You can download the plugin here

For questions, you can write to our forum
 
Messaging component download
Joomla

This is the download page. Here are the files of the current version:

Download Instructions
Download the zip file. Do not unpack it. Log in in the administration section of your joomla page. Now go to "Extensions->Install". Upload the file and install it. Install the module after installing the component. See the documentation for more information.

Note that the bloc below is not a demo of the component (coming soon), it's for comments!
 
Messaging component manual
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Installing the plugin

Start by downloading the latest release. Now acces the Joomla! back-end (the administration panel). Click on Extensions->Install/Uninstall. Upload the program and click on "Upload file & Install". The program is installed! You have to add the messaging system to the links in the main menu by going under Menus->Main Menu. Click on "New". In the new page click on messaging and select the "Messages->Default Layout" in the submenu (if you want to make a link to the "New Message" page, select "Message->Default Layout"). Now set Title to Messaging (or anything else you want) and set the acces level to "Registered". Click on "Apply". The installing is finished. The users can now use the messaging system.

Settings for the Administrator

The administrator can control different aspects of the program. The first thing is how the name suggestion should work. You can set "Suggested Name" to four different settings:
  • Username ->The usernames of the users will be shown in the name suggestion dialog
  • Name -> The name of the user will be shown
  • Both -> Both the username and the name will be shown
  • None -> Name suggestion will disabled
The next thing that can be set is "Send notify Email". If this is set to true, the user who receives the message gets an email notifying him he received an email. The user can use the personal settings tab to disable these mails entirely (this only works if the UserMeta plugin has been installed the right way).
The third setting is "Let users send messages to users". If this is set to true, users can send each other messages. If it is set to false, users can only send messages to administrators and administrators can send emails to anyone.
The last settings are for setting the inbox sizes. If you want all users to have the same inbox size, just change the value of the Default Size. If you want to change the sizes individually for administrators and users set the radio box to Yes. Then you can set the inbox size for each usertype.

Settings for the users

The user can only access one setting, disabling the messaging system for himself, and only if the administrator enables this function. To do this, install the UserMeta plugin. Enable the plugin and open the user.xml file in the following folder "plugins/system/usermeta/". Now insert the following piece of code after the last param tag but before the end of the params tag:
 
<param name="messaging" type="radio" default="1" label="Use messaging system" 
description="Use messaging system">
   <option value="0">No</option>
   <option value="1">Yes</option>
</param>
<param name="messaging_mail" type="radio" default="1" 
label="Receive an email when you receive a new message" description="Send Email">
   <option value="0">No</option>
   <option value="1">Yes</option>
</param>
 
Save the file. Users can now set if they want to use the messaging plugin and if they want to receive an Email when they receive a message.

Using the component

Using this component should be quite easy. Clicking on Inbox will bring you to the Inbox, and to send a message, you have to click on New Message. To view a message in the Inbox, click on that message. It should now appear on the container under the message box. To send a same message to multiple users, separate the users with a comma and a space (", "). To see your sent messages, click on the "Sent Mails" button. All messages you have sent that have not been deleted by the recipient will be shown. If there are more problems, you can post your question on the support forum (it is necessary to log in to post on the forum).

BBcode and emoticons

BBcode (BulletinBoard Code) is a secure way to allow formatting in messages. Here is the code and the effect:

Wanted effect
BBcode
Sample result
Bold text
[b]Text[/b]
Text
Italic text
[i]Text[/i]
Text
Underlined text
[u]Text[/u]
Text
Link
[url]http://www.joomla.org/[/url]
http://www.joomla.org/
Costumized link
[url=http://www.joomla.org/]Joomla[/url]
Joomla
Image
[img]http://www.joomla.org/...Thumbnail.png[/img]
Joomla logo
Quote
[quote]Quoted text[/quote]
To quote:
Quoted text
Code
[code]Code sample[/code]
Code sample
Text with a different size
[size=24]Textsize = 24px[/size]
Textsize = 24px
Text with a different color
[color=red]Red text[/color]
or
[color=#FF0000]Red text[/color]
Red text



The component now also supports emoticons:


Symbol
Result
O:)
O:)
:)
:)
:(
:(
;)
;)
:P
:P
B)
B)
:D
:D
:[
:[
:O
:O
:'(
:'(
:\
:\
*JOKINGLY*
*JOKINGLY*
:!
:!
*STOP*
*STOP*
@}->--
@}->--
*THUMBS UP*
*THUMBS UP*
*DRINK*
*DRINK*
*HELP*
*HELP*
%)
%)
*OK*
*OK*
*SORRY*
*SORRY*
*BRAVO*
*BRAVO*
*LOL*
*LOL*
*NO*
*NO*
*CRAZY*
*CRAZY*
*YAHOO*
*YAHOO*
*YES*
*YES*
*WALL*
*WALL*
*WRITE*
*WRITE*
*SCRATCH*
*SCRATCH*

Uninstalling the component

To uninstall the program, click on the "Install/Uninstall" button in the extensions menu. Go to the "Component" tab and click the radio button of the Messaging extension. Now click on the "Uninstall" button. The program is uninstalled.

Warning!! Doing this will delete all messages. If you don't want to lose all messages, read the following chapter.

Backing up the data of the component

If you want to install a new version of the component without losing all messages, you have to use the Messaging Backup component. You download it in the download section of this site. Install it as a normal program on Joomla. Then go to Components->Messaging Backup. Click on the export button. It should now show a confirmation that the messages have been saved to a file. You can remove the old version of the component and install the new one now. When you've done this, go to Components->Messaging Backup again. Now click on the import button. The file which saved the backup data on the server will be deleted now to protect your privacy and the messages will be put back in the database. Enjoy the new version of the component!!!


Note that the bloc below is not a demo of the component (coming soon), it's for comments!
 
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