Sigsiu Online Business Index 2  (70 votes)

SOBI 2 - Sigsiu Online Business Index 2 is a directory component for the WCMS Joomla! to show entries of companies and clubs.
The entries are divided into categories, which can contain subcategories. One entry can be entered in up to five categories. The companies/clubs enter themselves in the index. A security code (security image) is available for spam protection. Registered users can modify or delete their entries.

Using the integrated Category&Entry Manager in the back-end all categories and entries can be managed comfortably. Entries and categories can be deleted, unpublished and moved.

A Field Manager can be used to configure each field entirely. This concerns the ordering, obligatory fields, fees, field length (width of field and number of characters), field type (textfield, textarea, checkbox or custom code), in which view a field should be shown (cards view and/or Details View), and much more. The standard fields can be deactivated and new fields can be added. Thus, the business directory simply changes to a directory for other items (clubs, music, books, aso).

For each entry two images can be uploaded (besides the linked images in the description). The images will be resized to an adjusted size. With the field type "image" it is possible to add fields for linked images.

To let the customer pay for the not for free options easily, a connection to PayPal is integrated.

In a menu module all categories can be shown in tree view or all main categories in a flat view. An extended search function gives the possibility to search within the existing values of one or more fields.

SOBI 2 works with "Register Globals" and " Joomla! Register Globals Emulation" off.
SOBI 2 is the big brother of SOBI and suitable for those users, which need the wide possibilities of configuration and subcategories.

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See here for upgrading instructions.

Requirements: at least Joomla! 1.0.12 or Mambo 4.6.2, PHP4, MySQL4, Save Mode off, GD Library installed, Java Script activated