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Categories Module
The SobiPro Categories Module allows you to display SobiPro categories in a standard Joomla! module position. A wide range of settings provides great flexibility in how categories are displayed, sorted, and filtered, as well as the ability to customize their appearance through the module's CSS or any other stylesheet. By default, it loads the theme CSS file of your SobiPro template (default3-based SobiPro templates only).
- One module for all category listings
- Category navigation
- Subcategories of a specific category
- Sortable and filterable
- Random display
- Customizable via XSL templates
Thanks to its flexible sorting and field settings, the Categories Module can serve many different purposes without requiring additional modules. Use the module as a:
- Most popular categories module (top-ranked categories)
- Latest categories module (newest categories)
- Recently updated categories module
- Categories expiring soon module
- Random categories module
In addition, the sorting order can be determined by a category input field, a category single-select list field, or a category calendar field from the currently selected section (directory). This allows the module to be used as a:
- Sort categories by field module
Categories can also be filtered by any category field select list, checkbox group, or radio group item from the selected section (directory), allowing the module to be used, for example, as a:
- Featured categories module
- Module for categories with specific content
Filtering and sorting can be combined. You can use all of these module types simultaneously by publishing the module multiple times for one or more sections.
The Categories Module comes with several templates, each offering a wide range of configuration options.
- Template for displaying sorted and filtered categories (flat list without hierarchy)
- List template (nested list respecting category hierarchy)
- Media grid template (nested media grid respecting category hierarchy)
- Accordion template (nested accordion respecting category hierarchy)
Available languages (some languages are only partially translated):
SCategories Module Installation
SInstallation of Categories Module via Repository
SUpdate the Categories Module
SCategories Module Configuration
SCategories Module Templates
2.0.1 (31 December 2020)
(#) Compatibility with Calendar Field 2.42.0 (20 February 2020)
(+) Besides the field's ordering and filtering mode (now called flat mode), a nested mode is added which shows all categories of a section with their hierarchy; ordering is within the hierarchy level(+) Several new templates added for the nested mode (list, accordion, media)
(+) Section name can be shown on top
(+) Ordering by category name added
(+) Ordering by popularity shows the hits counter
(+) Possibility to show the number of entries in each category
(+) Possibility to hide empty categories
(+) Possibility to show the icon/image next to the section name
(+) Possibility to show the introtext of a category
(+) Ordering by position (within a level) for nested mode
(+) Greek language added
(-) Ordering 'validuntil' removed as not really used for categories
(!) Engine selection changed to pagination selection (available only for flat mode)
(!) CSS file now generated from a LESS file
(!) Usage of Sobi Framework
1.0 (30 November 2018) first public release
0.9 (4 November 2016) internal release
SobiPro 2 and its applications represent a major upgrade. If you upgrade the application, it is highly recommended to use the new template file(s) for SobiPro and its applications, as the old template file(s) may not be compatible with SobiPro 2 and the updated application.
Copy them to your template by reselecting the section in the module configuration. If you have modified the template file(s), you should back them up first and then apply your modifications to the new template file(s).
Recent version: 42
All versions from site: 143
All versions from repository: 537
Total Downloads: 680
3.1.4 Build 0 (01 April 2024)
(#) Error message "cleanCategories() needs 'int' as parameter, 'string' given"3.1.3 Build 1 (27 February 2024)
(!) Ajax url changed to SPLiveSite+'index.php' (Joomla submenu problem)3.1.2 Build 0 (21 December 2023)
(+) Legacy template file for older SobiPro templates added (untested, unsupported)(!) Button size for copy storage button smaller for Joomla 3
(!) Update server definition updated for SobiPro 2
(!) Usage of SobiPro's sort method
(!) Languages updated (#) After copying template files (copy storage), the selected template was no longer selected
3.1.1 Build 0 (10 January 2023)
(+) Button in module's configuration to copy template files to the section template(#) Template files were not copied to the section template if there were already files
3.1 Build 0 (23 November 2022)
(+) Danish and French (partially translated) added(#) PHP 8.1 compatibility changes
(#) Division by zero if categories limit is set to 0
(#) First page for navigation not evaluated correctly
3.0.1 Build 0 (18 July 2022)
(+) Elimination of jQuery dependency (jQuery free)(#) Pagination layout wrong on Bootstrap 3 on Joomla 3
(#) SOBI constants file not loaded in non-AJAX mode
3.0 Build 6 (19 May 2022)
(!) Javascript file compressed; uncompressed version is not copied to the server(#) Template path wrong ('/' missing)
3.0 Beta Build 5 (24. February 2022)
(+) Adaption to Joomla 4 and SobiPro 2(+) Names of module limit fields and ordering fields followed by fields alias (nid)
(+) Template files now work for Bootstrap 2, Bootstrap 3, Bootstrap 4, Bootstrap 5
(-) Legacy mode for SobiPro below 1.4.9 removed
(!) Module navigation layout improved
(!) Category icons in flat mode are now aligned
(!) All templates use now flex boxes instead of grid containers
(!) All templates improved
(#) If changing section in the module configuration, wrong fields are got for the limits
2.0.1 (31 December 2020)
(#) Compatibility with Calendar Field 2.42.0 (20 February 2020)
(+) Besides the field's ordering and filtering mode (now called flat mode), a nested mode is added which shows all categories of a section with their hierarchy; ordering is within the hierarchy level(+) Several new templates added for the nested mode (list, accordion, media)
(+) Section name can be shown on top
(+) Ordering by category name added
(+) Ordering by popularity shows the hits counter
(+) Possibility to show the number of entries in each category
(+) Possibility to hide empty categories
(+) Possibility to show the icon/image next to the section name
(+) Possibility to show the introtext of a category
(+) Ordering by position (within a level) for nested mode
(+) Greek language added
(-) Ordering 'validuntil' removed as not really used for categories
(!) Engine selection changed to pagination selection (available only for flat mode)
(!) CSS file now generated from a LESS file
(!) Usage of Sobi Framework
1.0 (30 November 2018) first public release
0.9 (4 November 2016) internal release
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