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The 2.6.0 version I've just finished uploading to the Downloads page is the first version of DOCman List that can be used with the new DOCman 2.0 out from Joomlatools. NOTE: Please do not use this new version if you are using DOCman 1.6.x on your site! This version adds in some major new features and includes a lot of code cleanup to make DOCman List have great performance with DOCman 2.0 and make it easier for me to add in additional features and layouts in the future.
The new features mentioned below aren't available yet in the 2.5.x series of the DOCman List plugin that works with DOCman 1.6, but I will be adding in most of the new features in a new release for that version over the next week or two as I begin backporting the new changes to the older version.
More details on the new update are below (if you have questions about how to use the new features just visit the Contact page above!
Version 2.6.0 Changelog
Please note again that this release DOES NOT work with the older DOCman 1.6.x version since there were too many changes required to do so. I will be releasing an updated version of the DOCman List 2.5.x plugin within the next week or two that contains most of the new features I've brought in with the 2.6.0 version.
- Big New Feature: DOCman 2.0 Compatibility.
- Performed a major code cleanup to make it easier to add new parameters and Option Keys
- Added additional Option Keys for existing parameters
- Moved the parameter labels/descriptions into the Language file so that they can be translated (if anyone cares to do so, feel free to send me your translations to Support).
- Added in 4 New Layouts: Image Columns, Image List, Simple File List and Simple File List with CSS3 Columns
- Added in the ability to use regular template overrides so you can create your very own custom DOCman List Layouts! Simply place your own custom versions of the layouts (or even create new ones) in: templates/your_template/html/plg_content_docmanlist/
- Simplified way of creating nested layouts
- Added in ability for Document Thumbnail to be displayed in table layouts or in the Title Hover ToolTip
- Reworked the data retrieval methods for DOCman 2.0 so that DOCman List can retrieve document/category information efficiently.
- Created new classes to make generating SEF URLs more efficient
- Created new class to make retrieving the Asset Rules for Document/Category more efficient
- Created new "Demo" mode that you can use by adding in the showDemo Option Key. Provides a nice way to present the information contained about the parameters, along with all of the Option Keys available in DOCman List, in a way you can print out more easily for yourself or others.
- Added ability to turn the Submit Files links On/Off
- Added ability to turn the "New!" labels for Documents/Categories On/Off
- Added ability to display a File Extension column/value
- Added in ability to override the default PHP Execution Time and Memory Limit if your web host allows doing so via PHP. This can help if you have a few DOCman List pages that are outputting a lot of content and need the extra time/memory.
- Added in support for Wildcard Category Filters (prior to this you could only specify an exact match to filter out). So now you could do something like 15:Board* to filter out any subcategories that start with the word "Board" of Category ID = 15.
- Added in ability to filter out Categories with spaces in the title (I noticed spaces would cause an incorrect result). So now you could do something like 15:Board of Trustees and the "Board of Trustees" subcategory should be filtered out from Category ID = 15.
- Added in additional checks to process DOCman List code more effectively (sometimes TinyMCE/JCE would add in HTML in odd places that would break things so I'm trying to handle that transparently for you guys).
- Added in ability to filter out Categories with spaces in the title
- The showMenu option doesn't currently show the Search or Submit Files, but it still allows you to link to the DOCman Main Page.
- Reorganized the File Parameters and Grouped them...hopefully this makes the configuration screen a little more user friendly.
- Removed Modal View Link Option (wasn't working correctly in the new version)
- Removed the View Link (DOCman 2.0 simplifies the available links so I only have the Download/Details/Edit links currently)
- I'm sure there are probably a few things I've forgotten, but all in all it's a pretty major release! Enjoy!
DOCman List 2.6.0 Screenshots
Note: Please install Customized System SEF Plugin
Update: For DOCman List 2.6.0 I've optimized the layouts to not use as few inline styles as possible (really the only scenario where they'd be used now would be if you specified a custom width/height value using one of the configuration options, but none should be output by default anymore). During development of DOCman List 2.6.0 I spent a little time investigating what exactly is going on with the default System SEF Plugin that comes with Joomla and what I learned was that one Regular Expression used in the System SEF Plugin would get progressively slower if there were many inline styles present in the DOCman List output (even if they were empty). Once I started clearing these out, it helped reduce the negative impact the System SEF Plugin had so installing my custom System SEF Plugin shouldn't be as necessary anymore, but may still be needed in certain scenarios.
When using DOCman List there is a high probability that you will cause Joomla's default System SEF Plugin to break, because of the regular expressions and error handling it uses. This will result in a WSOD (White Screen of Death) with no apparent reason/cause. The solution is to download and install (FREE) the Updated System SEF Plugins (available for Joomla 1.5 and 1.7) from the Downloads area.
Want to see what other features DOCman List has? Check out the Features page! Want to see the plugin in action? Check out the DOCman List Plugin's Example page on our Demo Site (it's been newly updated with an example of the nestedtable layout)!
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Just about to wrap it up for the evening, but I just wanted to let everyone know that I've been working pretty intensely on DOCman List 2.6.0 which will be adding in support for DOCman 2.0!
The past 3-4 weeks have been almost wholly dedicated to the new version and I hope everyone enjoys it once it's released (just a few more days now, wrapping up things and testing on my end at the moment).
The new version adds in a few more layouts, the ability to override the layouts within your own templates, some new features plus support with DOCman 2.0!
I'll be backporting some of these updates into the next DOCman List 2.5.x release which I'll start working on as soon as I release the 2.6.0 version so that everyone still using DOCman 1.6 (like myself) will be able to take advantage of the new features!
If anyone has questions, feel free to send me an email at Support!
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The 2.5.4 version adds some small features that were requested since the 2.5.3 release 3 days ago. More details below (if you have questions about how to use the new features just visit the Contact page above!
Version 2.5.4 Changelog
- Added code changes to the table with preview layout
- Added simply JavaScript to close iframe in table with preview layout by clicking again on the title (works fairly well)
- Added detection for when your docmanlist tags are surrounded by paragraph tags added by your editor (paragraph tags are automatically removed).
Note: Please install Customized System SEF Plugin
When using DOCman List there is a high probability that you will cause Joomla's default System SEF Plugin to break, because of the regular expressions and error handling it uses. This will result in a WSOD (White Screen of Death) with no apparent reason/cause. The solution is to download and install (FREE) the Updated System SEF Plugins (available for Joomla 1.5 and 1.7) from the Downloads area.
Want to see what other features DOCman List has? Check out the Features page! Want to see the plugin in action? Check out the DOCman List Plugin's Example page on our Demo Site (it's been newly updated with an example of the nestedtable layout)!
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The 2.5.3 version adds a number of new features that have been requested over the past few months since the 2.5.2 release. More details below (if you have questions about how to use the new features just visit the Contact page above!
Version 2.5.3 Changelog
- Added ability for DOCman Document Attributes (defined in administrator/components/com_docman/docman.params.xml) to be displayed in the table output (thanks to Martin for sponsoring the development work!)Added ability for view links to be displayed in a new window when clicked (thanks to Jessica for suggestion!)
- Added ability to have the document description displayed as a column in the table (thanks to Eric for suggestion!)
- Added ability main filename link to be configured to be a Download, Details or View link (default before has always been Download)
- Added in a few links that were missing from the older table layout that hadn't been migrated over from the nestedtable layout
- Added ability to customize the Filename and Description Column Names in the Plugin Parameters
- Added ability to customize the Table/List Width (in Pixels) allowing for tables with a large number of columns to be displayed with a horizontal scroll bar.
- Added ability to customize the Filename, Description, and Custom Attribute Column Width Percentages in the Plugin Parameters
- Added in if statement in main plugin file that will prevent DOCman List from running on com_docman's Details page, which resulted in a PHP warning for some users if they had the Process Content Plugins turned on for Document Descriptions.
- Added in pt-BR language file (Thanks Ronaldo!)
Note: Please install Customized System SEF Plugin
When using DOCman List there is a high probability that you will cause Joomla's default System SEF Plugin to break, because of the regular expressions and error handling it uses. This will result in a WSOD (White Screen of Death) with no apparent reason/cause. The solution is to download and install (FREE) the Updated System SEF Plugins (available for Joomla 1.5 and 1.7) from the Downloads area.
Want to see what other features DOCman List has? Check out the Features page! Want to see the plugin in action? Check out the DOCman List Plugin's Example page on our Demo Site (it's been newly updated with an example of the nestedtable layout)!
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The 2.5.2 version fixes a small issue in the categories layout where the language key (DOCMAN_SUBMIT_FILE) was being displayed instead of the words "Submit File". That issue has been corrected now in this release.
Version 2.5.2 Bug Fix
- Fixed an issue with the additions made in v2.5.1 to the normal Categories layout Submit File addition (wrong Language Key was being used). This has now been corrected.
Note: Please install Customized System SEF Plugin
When using DOCman List there is a high probability that you will cause Joomla's default System SEF Plugin to break, because of the regular expressions and error handling it uses. This will result in a WSOD (White Screen of Death) with no apparent reason/cause. The solution is to download and install (FREE) the Updated System SEF Plugins (available for Joomla 1.5 and 1.7) from the Downloads area.
Want to see what other features DOCman List has? Check out the Features page! Want to see the plugin in action? Check out the DOCman List Plugin's Example page on our Demo Site (it's been newly updated with an example of the nestedtable layout)!