Hi this is a great plug in. Thanks. I have used it to show articles from different categories on one page. Is there a way to extend the options to include all available. ie
show_title=1
link_titles=1
show_intro=1
show_section=0
link_section=0
show_category=0
link_category=0
show_vote=1
show_author=0
show_create_date=0
show_modify_date=0
show_pdf_icon=0
show_print_icon=0
show_email_icon=0
language=
keyref=
readmore=

It would be great to make my custom article list look like the rest of my pages.
Many thanks,
Mark

Hi Mark,

Wow, that's quite a lot of work. For example, to display the pdf icon, you have to first dig out what is the function in Joomla 1.5 and 1.0 that displays the pdf icon, and then code it in the plugin.

Besides, I prefer simplicity. Now you can just include an article with [include_content_item 123]. The more options you give, the more complicated it becomes.

However, having said that, if you're willing to code some of those, I could add those in the new version. (One of the users, Aleksandar Bogdanovic, actually did it for the show_title and link_title, which I've incorporated in v1.0.2.)
Include Content Item history

By the way, when you start to include all these options in, e.g. showing the author, creation date, pdf icon, print icon, email icon, etc., doesn't this become just like the blog display?

Regards,
/kksou

Thank you for your quick reply. Maybe I am going at it the wrong way. Your module is the only way I have found that allows me to put articles from different categories on one page.
I have used an article and put the include intro code in for each article i want to show on the page. The problem is I have most options turned off in the rest of my site.
ie no pdf icon no print icon. The options above are actualy from my site.
When i use the plugin, it includes everything. So I can not get the page to look the rest of my site.

The other problem I have is I would like to include the rating in each intro.
Do you think it is possible. I dont know enough about php but would editing the com_content article to force these options work.
Kind regards, Mark

Gally wrote:
The problem is I have most options turned off in the rest of my site. ie no pdf icon no print icon. The options above are actualy from my site.

When i use the plugin, it includes everything. So I can not get the page to look the rest of my site.

I'm confused. The "Include Content Item" doesn't include the pdf/print icon. It only includes the intro and maintext, plus the title if you have set it.

Regards,
/kksou

Sorry I totaly over looked the global settings in article manager.
In each article I had most things turned off.
When i use Include Content Item I failed to see it was using the global settings for the page. It is fine now.
It shows the rating for the article but it is not showing the the original articles votes. It is showing 0 votes. Also I can not get the read more link to show.

If I could just get rating and read more sorted out then my site is ready to be filled with content.

I have been looking at the Plugin called Magazine http://jxtended.com/products/magazine.html
I think this may be a way to have an article in 2 categories.

I am on a steep learning curve at the moment, thank you for your help.

Totally agree with both of you... i guess the category/section makes sense, and i am personally missing the readmore link!

The plugin, and especially the module is really great. It helps me to layout single Articles in different positions... something Joomla really lacks IMHO. I hate to setup HTML/Custom modules... cause they can´t be edited by an average user with frontend access!!! That makes IncludeContentItem so indispensible.

J!1.5 version is working great.
One problem though: The module did not work for me in J! 1.0.x ??!


(BTW, In the meantime i used "Display News BK", which is not comparable... but it has a nice ReadMore feature, which even displays the custom readmore text of the extended article parameters)


I would love to see an option/parameter for the Readmore link (if there is a fulltext)... is it possible?

Hi,

Will try to take a look this weekend. If it's just adding a few lines of code, I'll add it in.

Regards,
/kksou

rexkramer wrote:
I would love to see an option/parameter for the Readmore link (if there is a fulltext)... is it possible?


Hi,

It's done - version 1.05/1.55.

It's a simple request. But actually a lot of work involved because of the many different scenarios that may arise for different users.

Download: here

How to use: readme first

Pleaes give it a try and let me know if this is what you have in mind.

By the way, I'm actively using include_content_item on J1.0. What's the problem that you have faced? Any error messages?

Regards,
/kksou

p.s. Got your PM. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too!

Merry Christmas and all the best to everybody. Now that Christmas is here I have had a bit of downtime to sort my site out. The extra coding you have done in your plugin is great. Thank you for all your hard work. It is just what I needed.

There is one more thing I would love to include and it would be the icing on the cake.

How can I include the rating, of the original article, in a include content item.

Could it be done with the direct.php plugin?

For me this would be the complete solution to cross categorization.

Cheers.

Gally wrote:
How can I include the rating, of the original article, in a include content item.

Could it be done with the direct.php plugin?

Hi,

The default joomla does not include any rating for an aritcle. So I do not know what other plugins or components you've used for your rating.

You could probably do it with DirectPHP.

With DirectPHP, you can use a bunch of PHP and mysql statement to retrieve anything from the backend database and echo it to your article.

However, since you're using DirectPHP, I suppose you're pretty comfortable with PHP coding. If this is the case, I would suggest you change the include_content_item codes directly to retrieve and echo the ratings.

Regards,
/kksou