Sobi2 - Directory Component with Content Construction Support for Joomla!.
Already in 2006, as no one talks about CCK for the content management system Joomla! Sigsiu.NET developed a component for Joomla! which has content construction support. Designed as a business directory (online business index) Sobi2 could already be used for every kind of directory. Therefore everything what the operator of a website wants to get listed in a directory like companies, clubs, persons, shops or products can be created.
Content Construction using Sobi2 Fields Manager
All fields which are necessary for your directory can be created easily using the Fields Manager. There are several field types to choose from like text input fields, text areas (w/o WYSIWYG editor), check boxes, check box groups, select lists (drop down lists), simple text fields or a calendar field.
For text inputs fields there are additional settings available. You can define a text input field to be used for an URL address, an email address, a link to an image or to a video/audio file. According to this setting the entered data will be shown in the views with the necessary syntactical format.
During installation, Sobi2 creates by default several custom fields for a business directory. You can easily extend them by any number of your own fields. Or you can simply delete these standard fields and create your own fields.
All Highlights of Sobi2 at a glance- CCK with different field types and convenient custom fields manager.
- Multilevel category structure with unlimited nesting depth and convenient category manager.
- Extensive configuration possibilities via administrator settings and/or registry editor for ease of use of the configuration file in Sobi2 administration panel.
- Individual entry form styling in front-end to add and/or edit entries by authors.
- Fast SigsiuTree script to show the categories in a tree view in administrator panel and entry form.
- Built-in image upload with automatically resize of the images to pre-set values.
- Different views available to show the content of the directory.
- Dynamical page title generation with a lot of configuration settings (SEO).
- Entry dependent meta data (keywords and description). Various settings for meta data generation for the different Sobi2 views (SEO).
- Extended and widely configurable search function with built-in category search.
- RSS feeds for the whole directory and for each category view. Additional configuration parameters available to generate RSS feeds of newest or most popular entries or for random selection.
- Extensive diagnosis systems like error logging or version checker.
- Built-in multi state cache system for fast retrieving of data (reduction of data base queries).
- Built-in template system for creating own templates of V-Card view, detailed view and entry form.
- Send out of emails for various events. Comfortable creation of email templates in administrator panel using place holders for different data.
- Integration of Paypal and/or display of account data at the end of a paid entry.
- Integration to a router possible (way search function). Routers available in Internet can be integrated into Sobi2. By default Google Maps will be used.
- Integration of „Google Maps“ directly in detailed view.
- A language manager to install different Sobi2 languages is also part of the Sobi2 administration panel. Various languages are available for Sobi2.
- Via Sobi2 plugin interface and plugin manager of Sobi2 administration panel you can develop your own functionality for Sobi2 and integrate it easily.
- Different modules, Joomla! and Sobi2 plugins are available to extend the possibilities of Sobi2.
Sobi2 is released under GNU/GPL V2 license.
- Radek Suski: neo_sigsiu_net
- Sigrid Suski: sigsiu
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- Sigrid Suski aka Trinity (www.Sigsiu.NET) - Core Developer, Quality & Testing, Documentation, Support, Public Relations
- Radek Suski aka Neo (www.Sigsiu.NET) - Core Developer, Software Engineering, Support
- Doug S. aka Syrinx - Quality & Testing, Support
- Helge Kreutzer Johnsen aka Poffen - Quality & Testing, Support
- Kostas Stathakos aka leven - Quality & Testing, Support
- Robert Vining aka Robert_Vining - Quality & Testing, Support, Public Relations
- Sławek Sikora aka sikor79 - Quality & Testing, Support
It is distributed "as is". No warranty of any kind is expressed or implied. You use it as your own risk. We will not be liable for data loss, damages, hackings, loss of profits or any other kind of loss while using this software.