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Simple Image Gallery Pro

nospam@joomlaworks.net (Fotis Evangelou) — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:10:15 +0300

NEW VERSION 3.0 just released! Now a full fledged gallery system with a backend interface to upload images and edit captions, even inside articles/items!

Adding image galleries inside your Joomla! articles has never been easier!

Using the "Simple Image Gallery PRO" extension from JoomlaWorks you can quickly display a folder of images on your server as a stylish image gallery within any Joomla! article, K2 item, Virtuemart or redShop product and any other Joomla! extension that loads the Joomla! WYSIWYG editor (TinyMCE, JCE, JCK Editor etc.).

The process is dead simple. You just click the "Simple Image Gallery PRO" editor plugin button located under any WYSIWYG editor box, anywhere in Joomla! and you can easily select an image folder to present as an image gallery on your site. Don't have images uploaded yet? You can just drag and drop images in the extension's built-in uploader and batch upload images, one by one, without overloading your server or requiring high memory limits from PHP. Then add captions using the intuitive interface, save and simply select to add inside your Joomla! content.

The "Simple Image Gallery PRO" editor plugin will insert a Joomla! plugin snippet for every image gallery (something like {gallery}mygallery:200:140:0:2{/gallery} inside the editor content) and then this snippet will "automagically" present as an image gallery, in a stylish thumbnail grid with "lightbox" popups to showcase the original images, when users click on the thumbnails!

"Simple Image Gallery PRO" is the best Joomla! gallery system because a) it's easy to use & manage, b) it allows you to embed image galleries right where your content is (and not redirect your visitors to some other "gallery" section!), c) it offers multiple layouts/templates to present your image gallery and d) it supports 10 of the best popup (lightbox) engines to display the original images.

Check out the demo we prepared, showcasing multiple galleries with different layouts on the same page.

So now:

a) you don't need to have an additional gallery component to display your images and/or redirect your visitors elsewhere, as the galleries integrate with your Joomla! articles, K2 items, Virtuemart/redShop products or any other component that allows "plugin parsing" and also utilizes Joomla! WYSIWYG editor plugins.
b) you focus more on content writing and less on managing the images! You are not limited to embedding one gallery per article, you can embed as many as you want. Combine them with our free "Tabs & Sliders" plugin and you can even present your galleries inside a tabbed or accordion interface.
c) you don't have to worry about upgrades. Simply install any new version of the extension on top of the old one and your galleries will inherit any new features! Fully backwards compatible and better still, it works with Joomla! version 1.5, 2.5, 3.0 and the new 3.1!

FEATURES

Amazing backend component and WYSIWYG editor plugin allow you to fully control gallery creation, previewing and editing, either on a centralized place (the component) or inside any component form that load a Joomla! WYSIWYG editor: We have created a new design philosophy that blends amazingly well with the Joomla! admin user interface. And it's also consistent on all supported Joomla! versions (1.5 to 3.1). You, your clients and your content writers will love it. And when you upgrade to a newer Joomla! version, they won't need to adapt to a new design, because the design is consistent across different Joomla! versions.
Fully configurable thumbnails: Adjust the default width and height, set the thumbnail quality. You can even have different galleries displayed with thumbnails of different dimensions on the same page! You set all this options right before inserting an image gallery into your content. It's a piece of cake.
Captions in your galleries: Don't just create image grids. Add meaningful information under each thumbnail! Using the Simple Image Gallery Pro backend interface (accessible via the component or the WYSIWYG editor plugin) you can optionally provide a short title and a more detailed description text per image. You can even use full HTML code inside the image description which is displayed on the lightbox popup. Don't want to add captions? You don't have to, it's completely optional. Continue to just upload images inside Simple Image Gallery Pro and let it do everything else!
Full Joom!Fish/Falang support: for captions in multiple languages!
Smart thumbnail resize: If enabled, thumbnails are resized to fit the thumbnail viewport as set in the plugin parameters. This option is ideal when you want to display images of different aspect ratio in thumbnails of the same dimensions.
6 amazing gallery layouts (themes), including the CSS3 based "Polaroids" and the JavaScript enhanced "Galleria" which transforms your gallery to a slideshow.
Gallery layouts are based on the MVC architecture, which means you can fully override all gallery layouts (both HTML and CSS) to match your needs - and without caring about future updates of the plugin breaking your unique gallery layout! You just place the overrides inside your Joomla! template's folder structure.
10 of the best popup (lightbox) engines, including 2 responsive ones to match your responsive site design! Most popup engines are powered by jQuery, but we also provide 3 great ones that utilize "vanilla" JavaScript as well. The jQuery ones are loaded in "no conflict" mode to avoid any JavaScript conflicts caused by other poorly written Joomla! extensions.
Flickr Sets integration: Probably the easiest way to embed a Flickr set of images... Just paste the set URL within the plugin's { gallery} tags like this: { gallery}http://www.flickr.com/photos/joomlaworks/sets/72157626907305094/{/gallery} - Yes, that's it! This option makes Flickr Set embedding more practical as well, since your galleries are created with HTML/CSS and therefore are accessible by mobile devices like iPhones, iPads and Android devices.
Single thumbnail mode: only one thumbnail shows up in place of your normal gallery but once you click on it, you can browse though the entire source gallery folder! This mode is ideal for powerpoint-like presentations.
Thumbnails are created by the source images, but even the source images can also be resized: By utilizing external cloud services, you can make sure your "source" images never exceed a given width (e.g. 900px). That way, you avoid causing any confusion to your visitors by opening a 2000px wide image inside a lightbox that covers the entire browser window, just because one of your content writers uploaded an extremely large image! Some of the popup engines go one step further and will automatically adapt the source image to fit the browser window, when their original or "cloud resized" dimensions exceed the actual viewport.
Allow source image downloading: want your visitors to download the original images you uploaded? Just turn on the related component parameter and your visitors will see a download link the gallery popups.
Slideshow option built into most popup engines: if you choose a popup engine that is "slideshow capable", then your visitors don't need to manually click the navigation elements inside the lightbox popup to move back and forth in the image set. They can simple hit the slideshow play button and the images will auto-slide until the end of the gallery is reached.
Embed a module position in the popups: want to serve banners in all your popup images? Just include a module position which fetches banners from some banner module and let Simple Image Gallery Pro do the rest!
Print stylesheet: A "print" stylesheet makes sure your galleries won't look messed up when visitors print your articles (cause browsers don't render background images when printing). Simple Image Gallery Pro hides all your galleries and puts an anchor link in place, when printing a page with galleries on it. So your visitors have a point of reference for their galleries and if they print your pages as PDFs, the get working links to click on when they view the PDF file!
Simple Image Gallery Pro uses the Joomla! API to attach the various CSS and JS files required for the galleries: This makes it possible to use some of the many "compression" plugins (from the Joomla! Extensions Directory) to "mashup" all these files in just 1 CSS and 1 JS file. More over, the thumbnail creation engine is written from the ground up to consume the least possible resources from your server, making Simple Image Gallery Pro "shared hosting" friendly too!
Fully integrates with K2, the popular content extension for Joomla!, inside the "Image Gallery" tab of the K2 item forms.
Mobile/tablet device friendly: tested on iOS and Android devices of various dimensions - utilizing the "responsive" popup engines, you can also make the viewing experience better with touch support for navigating between images.
Advanced features include the setting of different gallery layouts (themes) and/or popup engines per gallery on the same page!
New extended syntax for more flexibility (for power users). Allows you to use multiple gallery layouts and/or multiple popup engines under the same page!
Backwards compatibility with the free version. You just uninstall the free version, install the PRO version and you're done! No need to re-edit your existing content items (articles) that previously included image galleries, inserted with the free version. If you forget to uninstall the free version, Simple Image Gallery Pro will gently remind you.
Requirements auto-detect: if something is not set up properly in your site or server or if a selected image folder is wrong or already deleted, preventing Simple Image Gallery Pro to operate properly, the extension can detect any limitations and notify you accordingly.
Compatible (native) with Joomla! 1.5, 2.5. 3.0 & 3.1.

THE NEW BACKEND MANAGEMENT INTERFACE

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Frontpage SlideShow

nospam@joomlaworks.net (Fotis Evangelou) — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:09:55 +0300

NEW VERSION 3.5 just released! Now Joomla! 1.5, 2.5, 3.0 & 3.1 compatible!

Frontpage SlideShow is the most eye-catching way to display your featured articles, stories or even products in your Joomla! website, like major websites Linux.com, CNet.com or Yahoo! Movies do.

It creates an uber cool slideshow with text snippets laying on top of images, in a variety of templates and combined effects.

Frontpage SlideShow allows you to create multiple slideshows within your Joomla! website (in different pages or even on the same page), comes with 8 uniquely styled templates, a powerful jQuery based slideshow engine with crossfade & carousel based transitions, text effects, statistics and can retrieve content automatically from Joomla! articles/menus, K2 items and Virtuemart/redShop/Tienda products!

Frontpage SlideShow is a pure CSS & JavaScript based slideshow system, which means it's dead simple to customize and it's both SEO and mobile friendly (iPhone/iPad/Android etc.).

And don't worry about how you'll manage your slideshows. Unlike other expensive/copycat implementations, Frontpage Slideshow has a dedicated Joomla! backend component which you use to effortlessly manage your slideshows. Easy and fast.

Moreover, it now natively supports content fetching from K2 and the three most popular e-commerce components for Joomla!: Virtuemart, Tienda and redShop. That means you quickly make up your slides just by selecting the source (e.g. a K2 item) and Frontpage Slideshow will fetch in a snap the title, description text and associated image!

It's no wonder Frontpage Slideshow is used by some of the most popular Joomla! websites in the world:

OnSports.gr (more than 5 million visitors per month)
Impact Wrestling (more than 3 million visitors per month)
Linux.com
World Health Organization

FEATURES

Fully compatible with Joomla! 1.5, 2.5, 3.0 & 3.1 as of version 3.5.3 (April 2013)
New slideshow engine, based on jQuery, offering new eye-candy effects, including crossfade & carousel transitions between slides, lava-lamp style navigation, progress bar and text transition effects. That means you have 24 different effect combinations to use! Sorry Mootools...
9 slideshow templates to get you started. Customizing them is very easy as all fonts, font-sizes, colors etc. are controlled by CSS. Building your own is a joy if you know your way around with MVC templating in Joomla!.
The slide creation process is dead simple to use through guided steps.
Drag and drop slide re-ordering (per category) in the backend.
Integration with Joomla! articles and the most popular Joomla! content extensions like K2, Virtuemart (1.x & 2.x), redShop & Tienda. That means Frontpage Slideshow can import the title, text, link and associated image from such components with a single clicks. For example, if you want to create a slide from a K2 item, all you have to do is select that K2 item and Frontpage Slideshow will automatically populate all slide fields, which you are free of course to edit as you wish!
You can now display your slideshows either via the module (or multiple module copies) or via the new component view. That means you can create a direct menu link to a specific slideshow, so you can e.g. assign a slideshow to your homepage, without messing with module positions and funky module display conditions. This option is ideal for portfolio based websites that want to assign slideshows directly to Joomla! menu items.
Multiple slideshows in your Joomla! website, even on the same page (thanks to new slideshow engine) - so you can have a slideshow fetched in the component region and an other in a module or in combinations you define.
Better slide image uploading using ajax (which means better previewing) and better slide image management (similar to K2's), with multiple copies of your original image created for better performance. And we got some cool new templates to show in the near future using these different size images...
Statistics! Frontpage Slideshow will now track (by default) all slideshow clicks and create beautiful statistics graphs in the backend, so you can visually see which are your most popular slides in various timeframes. Using Frontpage Slideshow to promote products? Now you can now which products draw your customers attention more! Statistics can of course be disabled at any time if you prefer SEO over click tracking.
Better performance compared to version 2. A new caching layer for the module and the new slideshow content prefetching mechanism, which reduces the queries needed to retrieve slide content from third-party extensions (K2, Virtuemart, redShop and Tienda). In high traffic or high content volume Joomla! websites, this translates to significantly better performance.
Better image compression on both desktop and mobile browsers with the integration of the Sencha.io Src service. This can lead to up to 50% image size reduction and mobile optimized serving of images when your site is viewed in mobile browsers on iPhone/iPad/Android etc.
Full ACL integration with Joomla! 2.5+.
New version/update notification in Joomla! 2.5+.

The component's user interface is very clean and easy to learn. It consists of only 2 areas to edit: your slides and your categories (slideshows).

Additionally, the styling/customization of each slideshow is entirely HTML/CSS based. You have full control over the layout of the slideshow and you can easily style it to suit your needs. No other website will ever share the same looks as yours!

As with all our Joomla! extensions, Frontpage Slideshow uses MVC template overrides - so you can modify existing templates or create your own from scratch without a) hacking core extension code and b) worrying about future updates breaking up your changes.

Frontpage Slideshow has been successfully tested in all major browsers. The prebundled slideshow templates are fully compatible with Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera and Internet Explorer version 7 and above. They also degrade nicely in Internet Explorer 6.

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SHOWCASE

See "Frontpage Slideshow" live in the following websites:

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Joomla! based websites

Some of the thousand Joomla! based websites using Frontpage Slideshow (listed below in alphabetical order)

adventure-cornwall.co.uk
amnesty.hu (popular)
apotheke-hh.de (staff pick!)
axxell.fi
ballet.org.uk (popular)
bancocultural.com.br
banque-robeco.fr
beer.gr
bpm.com
bridge-project.org
ccems.org
cellebrite.com
centroitalianoattori.com
cinemad.gr (staff pick!)
courtonnelameurdrac.com
coveritlive.com
covertapps.com
danaoscinema.gr (staff pick!)
dasouth.com (staff pick!)
delaatstefoto.nl (staff pick!)
dk4sport.dk
dokari.gr (staff pick!)
edwards.house.gov
ert.gr (popular) (staff pick!)
familyhealthguide.co.uk
fastbikes.se
festivalindonesia.com.au
filmoutsandiego.com
fiskersiden.no
foodietours.com
freemooviesonline.com
galwayindependent.com

golforlandoflorida.com
greekon.net (staff pick!)
grupolostres.com (staff pick!)
harringtoninn.net
heloisamarra.com
hookedonsoccer.com
ibsplc.com
iesb.net (popular) (staff pick!)
integritymanagement.com
irrigro.com
jooag.de
joomlajunkie.com (popular)
kettler.gr
kontentdesign.com
kosmos936.gr
members.onecoach.com
naiaslabs.com
noirporductions.gr
planetbike.gr
premium.gr
relevantmagazine.com (popular) (staff pick!)
shiptogaza.gr
standuppaddlesurf.com.au
theinsider.gr
theaterdefranscheschool.nl (staff pick!)
trendsmagazines.com
upsolute.com
umpi.edu (staff pick!)
veronicamagazine.nl (popular) (staff pick!)
whgmag.com (staff pick!)
wicombatsports.com
woman.ca

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Other PHP based CMS or static websites

Drupal
parapolitika.gr
ca.bahai.org
redlandscc.edu
top99women.com

WordPress
shaydoron.net

vBulletin
travelstories.gr
gridironfans.com
petforums.co.uk

osCommerce
novacommunications.com

Other
bettyconfidential.com (popular)
projectspaces.com
i-sft.de
reefdoctor.org
shoot.gr

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STANDALONE EDITION

Frontpage Slideshow is provided as a package which includes the Joomla! based version and a "standalone edition", which is a PHP script with HTML/CSS templates (almost identical to the Joomla! version's) and makes it easy to integrate Frontpage Slideshow in any PHP based website.

There is no backend system to manage the slides like on the Joomla! version, so your slideshows are created by editing static php files. We've made the whole process as simple as possible to configure and edit your slideshows, so you can integrate the awesomeness of Frontpage Slideshow in your PHP based CMS (WordPress, Drupal, e107, Textpattern, Habari, CMS Made Simple, XOOPS, eZ Publish etc.) or static website. There is a detailed documentation page explaining the process here.

K2

nospam@joomlaworks.net (Fotis Evangelou) — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:47:19 +0200

K2 is the popular powerful content extension for Joomla! with CCK-like features. It provides an out-of-the box integrated solution featuring rich content forms for items (think of Joomla! articles with additional fields for article images, videos, image galleries and attachments), nested-level categories, tags, comments, a system to extend the item base form with additional fields, a powerful plugin API to extend item, category and user forms, ACL, frontend editing, sub-templates and a lot more!

You've already been there... Joomla! is a great content management system. In fact it's considered one of the best in the world. But the default article system in Joomla! is so spartan! Just a title, your content body and that's it. This is where K2 comes in.

K2 was built as a complete replacement of the default article system in Joomla!. Install it like any Joomla! extension, import your articles from the default Joomla! article system and you instantly get a host of new features for your existing content: rich content forms for items (think of Joomla! articles with additional fields for article images, videos, podcasts & other audio files, image galleries and attachments), hassle-free image management (uploaded item images are auto-resized to 6 configurable dimensions, either globally or per category - you can now forget about using Photoshop resizing!), comments, tagging, built-in options to extend content forms (e.g. to create product catalogs), powerful content modules fetching K2 content in any way you can imagine, frontend editing with easy to use access control settings (for content-heavy websites), powerful yet easy templating (and sub-templating) for going above the "Joomla! average", extended user profiles, user groups, blogs, a powerful plugin API to extend item/category/user forms, "drag and drop" media manager and many more!

K2 is the ideal solution for managing your content, regardless of site "size": you can use it from a small blog to a complex corporate site or even a multi-author environment (portals, magazines etc.). To provide a practical example, using K2, you can transform your Joomla! website to a news/magazine site with author blogs, product catalogs, work portfolio, knowledge base, download/document manager, directory listing, event listing and more, all this bundled under one package! And since K2 is extensible with additional fields to its base item form, you can easily create category-specific content types, e.g. article, blog post, product page, directory listing.

It's no wonder that K2 powers some of the biggest and most popular Joomla! sites ever built worldwide!

These integrated features in K2 not only save website administrators precious management time (from managing a dozen extensions which would otherwise be required), but they also allow for better performance.

K2 was actually built on these 4 principles: feature-rich content in Joomla!, ease of use (for any type of user), flexible templating, performance

And best of all? K2 is totally free to use!

For more, please visit: http://getk2.org

SocialConnect

nospam@joomlaworks.net (Fotis Evangelou) — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:06:29 +0200

SocialConnect allows your visitors to easily connect to your Joomla! site using their favorite social network. But it's not just that - it brings a whole new meaning to the word "community" for Joomla! and it's a perfect companion to e-shops and forums.

Features

Let your users register to your website with their social profile from Facebook, Twitter, Google, LinkedIn or any Ning network.	Better login pages for your users, with multiple layouts to choose from. A dashboard for logged-in users. And a user module that actually makes sense.
Avatars for your users from their social profile, K2 or Gravatar.com	Easily check how many concurrent users browse your site and see who's logged into your site and from which social network in Joomla!'s backend.

Beautiful & customizable frontend

SocialConnect comes with a set of predefined layouts to use right out of the box - or customize anyway you like. Consistency between the component & module layouts make your user "not think" and thus easier to "engage" with your e-shop, community or other type of site that utilizes user engagement. Check out the available component and module layouts below for more.

Next Prev

Remember that ugly login page in Joomla!? Now you can forget about it. A simple layout that can easily fit any Joomla! template design - distinct blocks for the available user actions. Don't make your user think. Make it easy for them to join your site. The layout you see here is one of the 3 bundled with SocialConnect.
The second layout gives more focus to the registration process. Like the first layout, it allows you to have an optional descriptive text communicating to your users why they should sign up/register to your website.
The 3rd layout is a variation of the first one and it's ideal for single-column layouts. The optional welcome text in on the left of the sign-in block, while registration is at the bottom. Perfect for minimal designs or for clear focus on the registration/sign-in process.
Like the component, the SocialConnect module comes with 2 layouts as well. A compact layout that reveals the login/registration actions for your user, which can easily fit on your site's header or toolbar. The official K2 website uses the compact layout at the top-right.
...And an "expanded" layout, ideal for using SocialConnect in the sidebar of your Joomla! e-shop or forum. The layout is generic enough to easily fit any design. Maintaining a consistent login block across your site will not make your user wonder "where" they login when browsing through the pages of your site.

Integrates with all the major social networks

with more coming soon...

Connected users overview & site visitor count

Quick overview of how many visitors browse your site and how many users are logged in (and from which social network) at a given moment.

Total Connected
Shows you how many people are connected to your site

See how many people are currently browsing your site (including users connected in the frontend)

Break-down of the users connected to your site (via Joomla! or by social network)

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A dashboard that makes sense.

The SocialConnect dashboard clearly indicates which social network services are enabled (and which aren't) for your Joomla! site.

Check the status of each social network authentication plugin

Overview of required system information.

Showcase

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More features on the way

We want to make SocialConnect the "social hub" of your Joomla! site. More new features will gradually be added into the extension to make any integration with the top social networks an easy task for any Joomla! site owner. Sign up to our newsletter, so we can keep you posted on new features as they are released!

AllVideos

nospam@joomlaworks.net (Fotis Evangelou) — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:59:32 +0300

AllVideos (by JoomlaWorks) is truely THE all-in-one media management solution for Joomla!.

You can use the plugin to easily embed videos hosted on popular services like YouTube, Metacafe, Vimeo (and many more) inside your Joomla! articles (content items). Additionally, it allows you to playback almost any video/audio filetype directly from your server or a remote server, giving you the competitive edge when it comes to rich media content.

WHY ALLVIDEOS?

- You don't have to copy/paste huge blocks of HTML code, just to get a video from YouTube to playback on your Joomla! website! Your WYSIWYG editor loves it and so will you and your clients!
- You use simple and descriptive plugin tags like: { youtube}heu37ej3qs{/youtube}, { flv}batman_darknight {/flv} or { mp3}pixies_bonemachine{/mp3}.

HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF ALLVIDEOS

AllVideos is basically smart, cheap and now flexible content streaming for anyone:
- You can use, for example, YouTube to upload your videos and then embed them inside your site without consuming your server's bandwidth or having to spend money on expensive video conversion software!
- You can upload nearly any type of video or audio content and display them on your website, coming either directly from your server or from a remote server!

FEATURES

1. Dozens of media providers supported like YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Metacafe, MySpace, Flickr Video, Blip.tv, TwitVid, yFrog, SoundCloud & more.
2. Stream your own media content, using the 20+ web compatible video and audio formats like flv, swf, mov, mp4, wmv, wma, mp3, 3gp, webm, ogv, ogg, divx and more.
3. Easily embed your media content either directly from your server or a remote server!
4. Simple controls inside the plugin's parameters page provide layout consistency on all the videos shown in your Joomla! website. Set your preferences in seconds, publish the plugin and you're ready to start streaming content!
5. Easy, descriptive syntax for media embedding - {format/provider}filename{/format/provider}. You can also use syntax like {format/provider}filename|width|height|autoplay{/format/provider} (e.g. an "autoplaying" {youtube}he73js82|600|450|1{/youtube}) to display videos at different dimensions!
6. Uses MVC templating. Just copy the /tmpl folder included in the plugin, move it to your template's /html folder and rename it to "jw_allvideos", then style the output of each sub-template as you wish or create new ones. The plugin will pick up any new templates and allow you to select them in its parameters.
7. Mobile/tablet friendly: if you use MP4 for uploaded videos or if you use services like YouTube, Vimeo & Dailymotion, your videos are mobile ready.
8. Includes 3 templates: Classic, Framed and Responsive
9. Fully responsive media players when using the "Responsive" template. See a screenshot on the default Joomla! 3.0 template.
10. Uses the core Joomla! updater since version 4.5.0.

--- VIDEO PROVIDERS SUPPORTED ---
AllVideos currently supports the most popular video/audio providers in the world:

YouTube (and all localized versions)
Vimeo
Dailymotion
Metacafe
MySpace Videos
Flickr (Videos)
Veoh
Google Video (and all localized versions)

...and the following (in alphabetical order)

Added in version 4.2

SoundCloud (audio provider)

Added in version 4.3

Blip TV
Justin TV
TwitVid
yFrog (videos only)

Added in version 4.5.0

TNAOnDemand.com

AllVideos is a Joomla! plugin developed by JoomlaWorks, released under the GNU General Public License.

The plugin is already the most favoured media playback solution for most Joomla! websites. Some of the highest traffic Joomla! websites like Impact Wrestling and OnSports.gr use AllVideos to playback videos.

SCREENSHOTS

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SuperBlogger

nospam@joomlaworks.net (Fotis Evangelou) — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:10:35 +0300

SuperBlogger is a new powerful plugin adding blogging functionality to Joomla! 1.5 articles. The plugin integrates popular services like Disqus.com (for comments), Twitter & Facebook, along with commonly used blogging tools like tagging, rating, bookmarking and social media sharing. Add to that MVC template overrides and the ability to process images server-side and you got a real Wordpress contender, if not better in some areas!

SuperBlogger's features can easily be set in the plugin's parameters, so you can choose which elements you want to make use of in your Joomla! website.

FEATURES

SuperBlogger extends standard Joomla! articles like no other plugin has ever done before!

Common features include:
- Integration with the popular Disqus.com comment system.
- Article rating system using ajax (built-in).
- Article tags (using the meta keywords field inside the Joomla! article form).
- Article tools like section/category links with associated RSS feed links, stats, date created, font resizer, 'bookmark this' button and social media sharing via Twitter/Facebook buttons (includes related meta tags required for better content sharing with Twitter/Facebook). Also includes an option to retrieve the latest tweets from your Twitter account and because the process is done server-side, tweets will display even when Twitter.com is down.
- Drop-cap feature and introtext emphasizing for cool magazine style typography. The styling can easily be altered on the article page template of the plugin.
- Author tools like author avatar (via Gravatar.com) and latest articles from author.
- Image resizing and resampling (server-side) for the first image in your articles. On listing pages (e.g. blogcategory) the image is wrapped with a link to the rest of the article and on article pages the image is wrapped with a link to lightbox popup for displaying the original image which was processed by the plugin. Your website will now have a consistent look, perform better (due to optimal image sizing) and your content editors will not have to worry anymore about resizing images in desktop applications!
- Predefined anchor links enhance navigating on an article page.
- Option to insert custom HTML at the footer of the article. Useful for adding copyright statements or other generic messages for your articles.
- MVC template overrrides architecture: The plugin uses 2 templates for listing and article pages, with 1 associated CSS file. Modifying these files inside your Joomla! template's /html folder gives you absolute control over the layout of your blog pages.
- You can select to render the plugin on specific (or all) categories and/or menus. So if your site has a "blog" category, you can instruct the plugin to render only there and not in the entire site. The selection is done easily is the plugin parameters.
- It can load any module position in 3 different places: after the article text, before and after the comments. These options are fully configurable in the plugin parameters. Using MVC template overrides or simply tweaking the plugin templates, you can move these positions elsewhere or even add more (e.g. some position with Google Ads, another with "related articles" etc.). For more, this is fully explained in the documentation page of the plugin.

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MVC TEMPLATE OVERRIDES

The feature trully setting apart SuperBlogger from any other Joomla! plugin is its MVC architecture, currently available in Joomla! for components and modules only. That means you can use HTML and CSS template overrides inside your Joomla! template and completely change the way the plugin elements display on your website! So you can either choose to use the versatile base styling of the plugin or simply override it (both the HTML and CSS code) by copying the plugin's /tmpl folder within your Joomla! template's /html folder. SuperBlogger uses 2 templates for listing and article pages, with just 1 associated CSS file. Of course you are able to override all files or selected files, as you would with any other MVC component or module, with the better exception that SuperBlogger overrides CSS files as well!

PERFORMANCE

SuperBlogger improves performance of existing Joomla! websites by resizing and caching the first image it locates inside an article. The cached copies reside in Joomla!'s /cache folder and they can either auto-expire on a set time interval or they can be stale, until an image is updated or removed (even better for performance). Even if Joomla!'s cache is not enabled in your website, the plugin will still cache the content it processes (like images or your latest Tweets feed). Whether Joomla!'s cache is on or off, you can always go to the "cache manager" in the administration and select to manually delete cached copies, whenever you want to "hard-refresh" the resized images.

One more great feature of the image processing mechanism in SuperBlogger is its ability to grab remote images (located in some remote server) and store them locally for even better performance. So if your first article image is located in some other server, SuperBlogger will fetch it, resize it and store the resized copy locally onto your server for better performance.

Caching is also used for your Twitter "status" (the 'Latest Tweets from' feature) thus speeding up the article page significantly, as your viewers won't need to wait for Twitter to respond with your tweets on every page load of your site.

User Extended Fields for K2

nospam@joomlaworks.net (Krikor) — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:13:51 +0300

"User Extended Fields for K2" extends the user profile of K2 with additional contact and social details.

Download, install and activate the plugin and all your Joomla!/K2 users will be able to add their expanded contact and social details in their profiles.

REQUIREMENTS & LICENSE
This is a K2 plugin and it requires that the component K2 version 2.5.2 or later be installed on your website. For additional information on K2, please visit the related entry here on the Joomla! Extensions Directory: http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/news-production/content-construction/8061

"User Extended Fields for K2" is a Joomla! plugin interfacing with K2. It's developed by JoomlaWorks & licensed under the GNU/GPL v2 license.

USEFUL LINKS
Visit the K2 website: http://getk2.org
Join the K2 community (support, tutorials, videos): http://getk2.org/community

DOWNLOAD
To download the latest release, please visit the plugin's page on the K2 Extensions Directory.

K2mart

nospam@joomlaworks.net (Fotis Evangelou) — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:10:26 +0300

UPDATED TO v2 - now compatible with Joomla! 2.5 & Virtuemart 2.x

The problem: Virtuemart powers your website's e-shop. Updates are painful, styling is a nightmare.
The solution: K2 for your catalog and K2mart to import and syncronize your Virtuemart products into K2.

Consider K2mart as your middleman to e-commerce success.

So what does K2mart do? K2mart integrates Virtuemart and K2 allowing you to build your product catalog using K2's advanced content, taxonomy and templating options with Virtuemart's powerful cart and checkout functionality.

Why should I buy K2mart?
Because it allows you to build or extend your existing e-shop (based on Virtuemart) with the power of K2, the no.1 content component in the Joomla! community. With K2, updates are easier, styling is a breeze and a ton of template providers already support it on almost any new template release in the Joomla! community.

Check out K2mart v2 in action on our exclusive demo site at: http://k2martdemo.joomlaworks.net

YOUR NEW E-SHOP DASHBOARD

FEATURES

- Adds Ajax based "add to cart" functionality to every K2 item/product.
- AJAX based filters in the frontend allow for better sorting for your products - your customers will greatly appreciate the less page views required!
- 2 amazing themes in 2 different color variations for your "cart blocks" - the designs are neutral and can easily fit any Joomla! template or custom design.
- Built-in migrator will migrate all your Virteumart products and categories to K2 with a single click. The K2mart migrator will also import Virtuemart product/categories images and will create K2 tags for Virtuemart categories, further improving your e-shop's SEO.
- Brings all Virtuemart product properties like manufacturers, discounts, product status, product attributes and so on into K2.
- Create and edit products directly through the K2 item form. "Quick edit" links next to some properties like VAT, Manufacturers etc. will open up a lightbox popup to Virtuemart so you can add/edit them without leaving the K2 item form.
- Redirect all Virtuemart product details and shop browse pages to the corresponding K2 views. Virtuemart will only be used for the cart & checkout procedure.
- The Virtuemart elements output by K2mart are a breeze to theme! Using MVC overrides, you can completely control the output of the Virtuemart elements inside your K2 items. Furthermore, you can control which cart elements to display on the a K2 item page, on K2 listings or on K2 items output through K2 modules. So for example, you can hide the tax rate on product listings, but show it on the product page. These elements are configured from the K2mart component settings without the need to edit code.
- Future updates to Virtuemart will be a piece of cake as you won't have to worry about "Easter eggs" breaking up your site's design...

Check out K2mart v2 in action on our exclusive demo site at: http://k2martdemo.joomlaworks.net

PERFORMANCE

K2mart is designed in tight integration with K2. Despite the additional operations executed in the backend (using the K2mart plugins), your site will actually perform better. Short tests we executed on stock Joomla! installations of e-shops with just Virtuemart and a combination of Virtuemart, K2 and K2mart indicated less queries to the database. That is actually normal as the K2mart/K2 database scheme is far more optimized compared to Virtuemart's. And if you turn Joomla!'s cache on, you can benefit from even better performance using K2's advanced caching layer. All in all, your e-shop will perform better which translates to more happy customers for you!

SEARCH ENGINES WILL LOVE YOUR E-SHOP

Since you'll be using K2 as the base for your e-shop, you can count on better SEO for your e-shop as well. That's because K2 uses the Joomla! framework to create search engine friendly URLs (unlike Virtuemart). If you install a SEF component like sh404SEF you can benefit from even better URLs.

MVC TEMPLATE OVERRIDES

You can use HTML and CSS template overrides inside your Joomla! template and completely change the way K2mart elements display on your website!

You can either choose to use the versatile base styling of K2mart or simply override it (both HTML and CSS) by copying the K2mart plugin's /tmpl folder within your Joomla! template's /html folder. K2mart uses 4 files per template - one for the K2 item view, one for the K2 item listings, one for the filters box and one for K2 items displayed in modules.

Of course you are able to override all files or selected files, as you would with any other MVC component or module, with the better exception that K2mart overrides CSS files as well!

Simple RSS Feed Reader

nospam@joomlaworks.net (Krikor) — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:08:53 +0300

Adding RSS/Atom syndicated content inside your Joomla! website is now super-easy and simple with the 'Simple RSS Feed Reader' module from JoomlaWorks. All you have to do is add a few feeds to the module parameters, publish the module in some position and that's it!

You can even publish multiple feeds at the same time (meaning in the same module instance) and have them display combined!

The 'Simple RSS Feed Reader' module is based on the same feed parsing engine that powers JoomlaReader.com, the most popular Joomla! news aggregator in the Joomla! Community.

The feeds are stored inside your Joomla! site's cache folder and refreshed in a specific time interval, which you set in the module's parameters. This feed cache is different to Joomla!'s cache, as you may need to have your site refreshed every 5 minutes, but have the feeds the module retrieves stored longer than 5 minutes.

Notable features

one input box for feeds enables you to add unlimited feeds per module instance
combine multiple feeds into one output list
show or hide the first image inside each feed content
extract and resize remote images for more layout control - we use Sencha's world class image resizing service for fast loading times and without stressing your server
additional content options include pre-text, post-text and a custom link option at the bottom of the feeds block
MVC templating is now standard, module comes pre-packed with 2 generic templates that will fit most sites - they also serve as a great starting point if you want to create your own
One input box for feeds enables you to add unlimited sources to your module (previously limited to 20 feeds only per module instance).

After you install the module, add one or more feed sources in the related box under "Fetch Options" and simply adjust the "Feed Content Options" in the module parameters.

Styling

The module installs with 2 generic templates (default and compact), which should be sufficient for most websites. If you want more control, you can simply override both the generated HTML and CSS, using MVC template overrides within your Joomla! template. Or you can create new folders with new module templates inside your template's /html/mod_jw_srfr/ folder and just select the new ones in the module's parameters.

The compact template is inspired by JoomlaReader.com.

"Simple RSS Feed Reader" is released under the GNU/GPL v2 license.

TinyLetter Subscribe

nospam@joomlaworks.net (Krikor) — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:20:33 +0300

TinyLetter is an elegant, simple and free newsletter service brought to you by the folks behind MailChimp. Sign up for a free account and start sending newsletters in a couple of minutes.

If you are looking for a simple way to add a newsletter to your Joomla! site without the bloat and complexity that usually comes with most native Joomla! newsletter extensions, then TinyLetter is just the right service to use. By using the TinyLetter Subscribe module for Joomla! (by JoomlaWorks), you can quickly integrate the TinyLetter service to your Joomla! site.

The module is compatible with Joomla! versions 1.5 to 3.0 (available in 2 distinct files).

GET STARTED

1. Sign up for a free account at TinyLetter.com: It's quick and easy. When you sign up you create a username which you can then use in the module parameters to hook up your TinyLetter account to your Joomla! site.
2. Design your subscribe page: The signup form is elegant and easy to edit, so you can make TinyLetter your own.
3. Install and setup the TinyLetter Subscribe module: Once you install the TinyLetter Subscribe module, enter your TinyLetter username, set the module parameters and publish the module in some position.
4. Compose your TinyLetter: Log into your TinyLetter.com account. There aren't any templates to bother with. One click, and you’re off.
5. Reply to your readers: See who reads your newsletters, and continue the discussion with those who respond.

REQUIREMENTS

The only requirement is that you (obviously) need to sign up for a free TinyLetter account.

MVC TEMPLATING

The module already includes some generic CSS styling, which makes it truly 'plug and play' for your Joomla! website. If you want more control, you can simply override both the generated HTML and CSS, using MVC template overrides within your Joomla! template. Hover over each parameter on the right for additional info on each parameter.

ABOUT

TinyLetter Subscribe is a Joomla! module developed by JoomlaWorks, released under the GNU General Public License.