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With Advanced Module Manager you have extra options and functionalities to control your modules.

Read about the new version on Brian Teemans blog: http://brian.teeman.net/joomla-gps/joomla-administrator.html

If you use Advanced Module Manager, please post a rating and a review at the Joomla! Extensions Directory.

Description

Advanced Module Manager is an extension that changes the way your Module manager works. It adds a few functions.

  • See what modules are active for the menu item you are editing
  • Edit modules in modal popup windows
  • Option to not show modules that have no output (handy for things like dynamic menus)
  • Option to show modules on all pages except the selected menu items (reverse functionality of normal selection)
  • Many other publishing limits for your modules! You can limit by (AND/OR):
    • Menu Item
    • Sections / Categories
    • K2 Categories (NEW)
    • Articles
    • Components
    • URL (NEW)
    • Date
    • User Group Levels
    • Users (NEW)
    • Languages
    • Templates
    • PHP evaluation (NEW)
  • You can also choose to mirror the assignment settings of another module!

See the Screenshots too.

PS: I know, I know, there is next to no documentation besides what you see here. Sorry... still have to write more on this. If you have any questions, please just ask me via the forum.

Screenshots

These are still from version 1.0.0.

The new version has more features!

Module Manager with edit buttons

Advanced Module Manager editor button

Module edit window in popup screen

Advanced Module Manager popup screen

Active Modules tab in menu items

Advanced Module Manager status bar

Installing

The package installs/updates all necessary extensions, like components, module and plugins. (If the package contains plugins, they will be published after install, so you won't have to do that by hand.)

The package makes use of a special installer. This checks to see if it needs to install the extension(s) or update them. So you can just run this package through the Joomla installer without having to uninstall the older version.

You might experience problems during install for certain setups. In that case you can install the extension(s) manually. Please read the INSTALL.txt in the package...

If you run into any problems, please report this on the forum or let me know via the contact form.

Need more help?

Need more help?

If you need more help, please take a look in the forum.
If you can't find your answer there, please post your question. I am very willing to help!

>> NoNumber! Forum

Changelog

Changelog

Changelog

 
 + = Added    ! = Removed    ^ = Changed    # = Fixed
 
NEXT VERSION:
  + Added field to add a tooltip description for each module (used in module list)
  + Added filter for menu item selection (All/Varies/None)
  ^ Displays disabled menu items as italic in menu item select box
  # Fixed issue with trashed menu items appearing in menu item select box (was not fixed in v1.7.0
  # Fixed issue with assignment to date not working correctly
  # Fixed issue with error about attempt to assign property of non-object
 
28-Feb-2010 : v1.7.0
  + Added option to move selection of modules to other position
  + Added filter for access level in module list
  ! Removed Pages column from module list
  ^ Optimized more code to make it all a lot faster/lighter
  # Fixed issue with position select box not working on IE
  # Fixed issue with mirroring modules not working correctly
  # Fixed issue with trashed menu items appearing in menu item select box
  # Fixed some layout issues for APLite template
  # Fixed issue with modules assigned to K2 categories also appearing on other pages
  # Fixed issue with links pointing to com_advancedmodules when option is com_modules
  # Fixed issue with admin modules giving errors in edit screen
  # Fixed issue with database table not being created (for real this time)
 
14-Feb-2010 : v1.6.1
  # Fixed issue with database table not being created
 
12-Feb-2010 : v1.6.0
  + Added more assignment filters ( matching, user ids,  categories,  evaluation)
  ^ Changed display of position combobox (text field and pulldown separately)
  ^ Changed assignment checks to use global plugin
  ^ Reduced number of queries
  ^ Optimized more code (= faster)
  # Fixed ordering of module list in menu items view
  # Fixed issue with mirror module not working correctly
  # Fixed issue with sections/categories assignments not working correctly
  # Fixed issue with modal links breaking on titles with special characters
  # Fixed issue with deprecated syntax for php 5.3+
  # Fixed issue with errors about registry for php 5.0.5
 
19-Jan-2010 : v1.5.0
  + Added save button to module popup (modal) window
  + Added option to mirror assignment settings of other module
  + Added option to choose AND / OR method of assignments matching
  + Added option to also show/hide on child menu items
  + Added extra options to hide certain settings
  ^ Reduced number of queries
  ^ Optimized code a little (= faster)
  ^ Moved elements to separate global plugin (also used by other extensions)
  ^ Changed the License Code check (now controlled by the License Manager)
  # Fixed ordering field in module edit screen not working
  # Fixed location of Joomla! DTD files
 
03-Jan-2010 : v1.4.3
  # Fixed issue with error on Custom HTML module admin pages
 
02-Jan-2010 : v1.4.2
  # Fixed issue with error on plugin settings page (due to License check)
 
01-Jan-2010 : v1.4.1
  + Added Commercial License Code support
  ^ Moved Module Assignment options to parameter tabs
  # Fixed issue with assignment to JACL user group levels not working correctly
  # Fixed issue with modules assigned to articles/categories/sections also showing on other pages
 
18-Dec-2009 : v1.3.3
  # Fixed issue with database query error on installation
 
14-Dec-2009 : v1.3.2
  # Fixed issue with php warning if no modules are published
  # Fixed issue with ordering of modules on some setups
 
04-Dec-2009 : v1.3.1
  ^ Reduced amount of queries (thanks to Omar Ramos)
  ^ Improved some code
  # Fixed issue with jos instead of # being used in 2 queries
 
01-Dec-2009 : v1.3.0
  ^ Changed name from Advanced Modules to Advanced Module Manager
  ^ Changed size of modal window to maximum
  ^ Changed order of filter options
  ^ Changed titles and descriptions of filters (publish on instead of limit by)
  ^ Improved User Group Level selection
  ^ Improved some code
 
18-Nov-2009 : v1.2.0
  + Added extra option to not render module if it has not output
  + Added extra limit filters (date, sections / categories, articles, user group levels, components, languages, templates)
  # Fixed issue with php syntax error for php4 setups
  # Fixed issue with error on uninstallation of plugin
 
28-Oct-2009 : v1.0.0
  + First stable release
  # Fixed issue with new module screen returning blank (when selecting type and clicking next)
  # Fixed issue with menu item edit screen returning blank on some setups
  # Fixed issue with toggling of settings
 
13-Oct-2009 : v0.2.2
  ^ Changed file encoding to UTF-8
  ^ Changed some code to make it a bit lighter
  # Fixed issue with module ordering not working correctly (wasn't fixed in v0.2.1)
 
12-Oct-2009 : v0.2.1
  # Fixed issue with module ordering not working correctly
 
09-Oct-2009 : v0.2.0
  + First beta release
 

Commercial License

is completely free and you DON'T need a Commercial License Code to use it.

However, if you use the extensions on websites you make for / sell to your customer, I would appreciate it if you purchase a License Code.
The License Code will remove the license message from the extensions administrator screens.

Note: If you don't want to pay for the License Code and want to continue to use the extension for free, please do. You will just have to ignore the license message in the administrator.

Note: If you have donated before and feel you should get some reduction on the price, please contact me about it... we'll sort it out :)

more information...

Really no difference?

Here you can see the difference between the use of the extensions without and with Commercial License Code.

WITHOUT Commercial License Code WITH Commercial License Code
Full version download yes YES yes YES
Full functionality yes YES yes YES
Message in administrator license_invalid license_valid
Encrypted no NO no NO
Free updates yes YES yes YES
Free support yes YES yes YES
Free RSS news subscription yes YES yes YES
Free holiday to Barbados no NO no NO