RokNewsFlash is module to display brief snippets of an article. The extension is perfect for Headlines as it can cycle through your chosen articles, displaying the content item title or a preview of the content itself. The items are cycled through automatically by the module's javascript. There are two control buttons which all you to navigate the previous and next articles manually, and the automatic cycling will continue from that point on.
The essential elements of RokNewsFlash can be easily configured in its settings. There are options that cover all the required aspects that you would wish to change, from content to transition.
RokNewsFlash has been updated to be compatible with the K2 extension.
K2 is a content construction component which allows you to create custom content types in your Joomla Site. The component drastically expands the power and functionality of Joomla content. Download from K2.JoomlaWorks.gr
List of Features
* Mootools Powered: Transition through snippets of news items * Standalone: Fully standalone allows for simple deployment * Control: Many options to control the various aspects of the module from content control to layout parameters * K2 Support: Fully compatible with the powerful content constructive component K2.
Community Builder suite (CB) extends the Joomla! user management system.
Key features:
extra fields in profile, enhanced registration workflows, user lists, connection paths between users, admin defined tabs and user profiles, image upload, front-end workflow management, integration with other components, like PMS, Newsletter, Forum, Galleries.
CB has many CB plugins from CB Team and from third parties, including Profile Gallery, Profile Blog, Profile Guestbook, Profile Wall, Paid Subscriptions Membership management, Donations management, Shop, Captcha and many more.
Over 180 extensions for CB are listed here. CB is compatible with all Joomla! 1.5 native, Joomla! 1.0.x native and Mambo 4.5.2-4.6.5. CB allows multi-criteria user searches, full field controls of core fields, ajax email and username checkers, image and integer fields, custom validations and many more features. CB 1.2.1 Stable is open-source and free.
Anyone trying to evaluate open source content management systems is aware that there aren't a lot of recent, useful comparative reviews. What's surprising is that this issue is true even for such popular solutions as Drupal and Joomla.
Stating in January that, "most comparisons of Drupal (news, link) and Joomla (news, link) conclude that you should select the one that best suits your needs. However, they give too little guidance about how to do that," Webology eBusiness Solutions set out to quantify the pros and cons of each by releasing a survey. The Survey
The survey divided questions into five categories:
Users were classified by their response to "CMS most experienced with," with those answering "Not Applicable/Don't Know" to this question being removed from the analysis.
In general, the respondents were slanted a bit more toward Joomla users than Drupal users. Their roles when working with their respective CMS's break down to the largest group being Project Managers, and other large groups including Programmers and Designers. The Drupal users were, somewhat unsurprisingly, more experienced, with a median of 7 years experience in web development, while Joomla users claimed 5.
We are often asked the question when we will officially stop supporting Joomla 1.0.x and, given the huge install-base, it's not an easy question to answer. We know that the code originates from several years ago and is certainly showing its age (Mambo 4.5.2 was released in early 2005, but the codebase originates partly from 4.5, released in December 2003). To recap our short history, the Joomla Project originated from a fork of the Mambo Project on August 17, 2005. Shortly thereafter, Joomla 1.0 was released on September 16, 2005 and was an improved version of Mambo 4.5.3 (you can still find that code in subversion). The announcement of the Alpha version of Joomla 1.1 was made on October 27, 2005 and this version was later on renamed Joomla 1.5. What began as a minor update turned out to be a full re-write of the codebase and the current version of Joomla was released on January 22, 2008.
Since then, seven versions of Joomla 1.5 have been released. Download numbers and usage have increased exponentially, evidenced by nearly 7 million downloads. In January 2008, just 15% of newly posted extensions were Joomla 1.5 native and that percentage has recently soared to 73%. The adoption rate of Joomla 1.5, by both users and developers alike, has occured at an amazing rate and demonstrates an untold level of commitment to the Joomla Project on both sides.
But now it's time to say our farewells to our old friend Joomla 1.0. As of July 22, 2009, the Joomla 1.0.x series will no longer be supported. As a user, is it required that you upgrade from Joomla 1.0.x? Absolutely not since security upgrades will be supported until this date. But if you're a user who hasn't yet upgraded to Joomla 1.5, you should do so in order to start reaping the benefits the latest version has to offer. If you're a developer in that small minority who hasn't yet become Joomla 1.5 native, this is your last call to join the majority of developers who have already discovered the power and ease of the Joomla 1.5 series.
In the meantime, we are working diligently on Joomla 1.6 (with its new ACL), which promises to be the most exciting release for Joomla yet.
