Sigsiu Online Business Index 2 (RC 2.8.7.2) (3 votes)

If you upgrade from a SOBI2 version prior to RC2.8.x please read the Special upgrading Instructions carefully!

SOBI 2 - Sigsiu Online Business Index 2 is a directory component for the WCMS Mambo and Joomla! to show entries of companies, clubs, persons, shops, products, aso.
The entries are divided into categories, which can contain subcategories. One entry can be entered in several categories. The companies/clubs/persons enter themselves in the index. Registered users can modify or delete their entries. Entries can be renewed by the user if they expire.

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 Entries and categories can be deleted, unpublished and moved.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 Fields 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, checkbox group, select list, text code or calendar), search methods, in which view a field should be shown (Category View and/or Details View), and much more. An unlimited number of new custom fields can be added.

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

An alpha index is available to show only entries starting with a specified letter. Also only the most popular entries and categories, the recently updated entries, the new entries or entries by tags (mata keywords) can be shown.

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 or within a specific category.

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.

See here for upgrading instructions.

Additional Requirements:
Requires at least Joomla! 1.0.12, Joomla 1.5.3, Mambo 4.6.2 or MiaCMS 4.6.5, PHP4 (> 4.4.X), MySQL4, Apache Webserver, Safe Mode off, GD Library installed, Java Script activated. Also ECMA standard encoding (ISO/IEC 8859 and UTF-8) needed. For Non-UTF-8 sites with special characters: Iconv library or mbstring module installed.

The requirements of SOBI2 have to be complied also.