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With Content Templater you can create predefined reusable content templates.

If you use Content Templater, please post a rating and a review at the Joomla! Extensions Directory.

Description

With Content Templater you can create predefined reusable content templates.

Not only can you make complete standard page layouts, you can also use Content Templater for text snippets. So any piece of text you want to use more than once, just make a content template of it!

Under the editor you will get a list of available templates. If you select a template, your predefined content will be pasted in your article or other content item. And all the options you have set in the template will automatically be set (like title, alias, publishing settings, show icons settings, etc.)

Automatically load template

You can set templates to load as default. This way, the template will be loaded when you create a new article (or other content item). You can limit templates to certain sections / categories. So you can define different default templates per category.

Screenshots

Admin: Content Templater - items list

Admin: Content Templater - items list

Admin: Content Templater - new item

Admin: Content Templater - new item

Editor with Content Templater button

Editor with Content Templater button

Tutorials

Specs

Specifications

Content Templater is a Joomla extension compatible with Joomla 1.5, Joomla 1.7 and Joomla 2.5.

The extension consists of:

  • a component
  • a system plugin
  • an editor button plugin

Requirements

Content Templater will only work correctly if your setup meets these requirements:

  • Up-to-date version of Joomla!
  • PHP 5.3+
  • PHP mbstring (Multibyte String) functions should be enabled
  • MySQL 5+

Using PHP 5.2 (or lower)?
PHP 5.2 is old and support for it has stopped with the release of PHP 5.2.16 (16-Dec-2010). This means that PHP 5.2 cannot be considered stable or secure anymore.
If your host will not or cannot provide you with an up-to-date version of PHP, then you have reason enough to look for a decent host.
PHP 5.2 mainly has problems with installation of the zip packages. The extensions might work without problems for you once installed, but I can not give any guarantees on that.
>> For more detailed information, read: No more php 5.2 support - move on to php 5.3

I can not provide support for setups that do not meet the above requirements.

The core Joomla files should of course not be altered in any way.

Installation

The easiest way to install/update is via the NoNumber! Extension Manager.

If you have problems installing Content Templater, please try the manual installation process as described here:
docs.joomla.org/Installing_an_extension

Otherwise, please report this on the forum or let me know via the contact form.

Updating

If you want to update to the latest version, you do not have to uninstall first.

The easiest way to install/update is via the NoNumber! Extension Manager.

You can also update simply by installing the package via the Joomla core installation process.

Downgrading

If for some reason you need to downgrade, it is best to uninstall the extension first.

Also, you will have to uninstall the NoNumber! Framework plugin (system) (and the NoNumber Elements plugin if you have it installed).

After that you can simply install the older version zip file.

Please note that I cannot not provide support on older versions!

Open Source License

Content Templater is an Open Source Joomla extension. It is in compliance with the GNU/GPL license:
Licence: GNU/GPL GNU General Public License, version 2

Joomla is also Open Source.

Support

Need more help?

Before requesting help, make sure your installation and setup meet the requirements (see the Specs) and your extensions are up-to-date.

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

You can also contact me via the contact form or via chat (if I'm online).

Changelog

Changelog

+ = Added ! = Removed ^ = Changed # = Fixed

13-Jan-2012 : v2.0.6
# Fixed some css issues causing the editor button list to not show completely (Joomla 1.7+)
# Fixed issue with having more than 20 items causing them to not work (Joomla 1.7+)
# Fixed issue with installer not removing the folder/zip from the tmp

02-Jan-2012 : v2.0.5
+ Improved speed of toggler script
! Removed grey overlay during loading of page

23-Dec-2011 : v2.0.4
# Fixed issue with assignment options not showing on mootools 1.2+ setups

22-Dec-2011 : v2.0.3
# Fixed issue with script breaking, causing data not being checked (Joomla 1.7)

21-Dec-2011 : v2.0.2
+ Added option to hide the 'Create new template' in the editor button list
^ Updated translations: it-IT, lt-LT, ru-RU, th-TH
^ Improved speed and stability of toggler script
# Fixed issue with splitting the list when having a lot of items

05-Dec-2011 : v2.0.1
# Fixed issue with core search pages not working because of !NoNumber! Framework

01-Dec-2011 : v2.0.0
+ Joomla 1.7 compatible!
+ Added translations: th-TH
^ Cleaned code syntax (no longer guaranteed support for php 5.2.x and lower)
^ Moved Auto Load settings to Advanced view
^ Made loading of template a little faster
# Fixed issue with editor button list not showing properly when there is less than 2 templates to be shown

17-Oct-2011 : v1.14.1
# Fixed issue with assignment to homepage url being case sensitive
# Fixed issue with double checkboxes showing on long titles in select fields
# Fixed security issue in !NoNumber! Framework plugin

08-Oct-2011 : v1.14.0
^ Improved installer
^ Moved translation language files to main package (no more language packs)
^ Cleaned up some code (like no more use of DS)
! Removed help page (no help button links to online info)
# Fixed issue with dynamic tags not being handled in auto load templates

16-Sep-2011 : v1.13.0
+ Added K2 tags & item assignment option
+ Added display of current date/time in settings
+ Added Save as Copy button
+ Added robots/web crawlers to browser selection list
^ Changed !NoNumber! Elements plugin to !NoNumber! Framework
^ Moved common language strings to !NoNumber! Framework files
^ Updated browser selection list
^ Improved date/time assignment checks
^ Improved insertion of rich content in !TinyMCE editor
^ Added fire of change/click/mouseup events on set fields, to trigger other function
# Fixed issue with date/time assignments not working
# Fixed issue with templates not working on frontend
# Fixed issue with list split in editor button sometimes not working correctly
# Fixed issue with some html entities causing problems during import/update
# Fixed issue with browser assignment Safari also assigning to Chrome (thanks Liam)
# Fixed issue with !JEventHandler error on some setups

25-Apr-2011 : v1.12.1
# Fixed issue with new templates showing html entities
# Fixed issue with category selection not working

21-Apr-2011 : v1.12.0
+ Added display of current date/time in settings
^ Changed way the mootools version is detected
^ Changed date fields to also display time
^ Improved date/time assignment checks
# Fixed issue with offset not being taken into account on time assignment
# Fixed issue with browser assignment Safari also assigning to Chrome (thanks Liam)
# Fixed issue with content returning as html entities
# Fixed issue with editor button in frontend looking weird with list view

29-Mar-2011 : v1.11.2
# Fixed issue with copying multiple items
# Fixed issue with slashes not being handled correctly when copying items
# Fixed some language string issues
# Fixed issue with help popup in item view not working

01-Mar-2011 : v1.11.1
^ Changed language files to be J1.6 ready
# Fixed issue with editor button not working for registered/author level

18-Feb-2011 : v1.11.0
+ Added option to show template list above or below editor button
+ Added option to split template list in multiple columns
+ Added option to show template list on hover or click action
+ Added option to show template list by ordering or name
+ Added option to show template list as standard selectbox (old display)
^ Adjusted styling of template list of editor button
# Fixed issue with template list of editor button showing behind some editor elements
# Fixed issue with some advanced parameters not working
# Fixed issue with error when list is empty


Commercial License

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

However, if you use my extensions on websites that you make money from, 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...

 

 

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

WITHOUT Commercial License CodeWITH 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

Download

Downloads

Content Templater is compatible with Joomla 1.5, Joomla 1.7 and Joomla 2.5

NOTE: Content Templater needs PHP 5.3+. Please see the specs for more requirements.

  • Are you going to use this extension on a commercial website? Please consider buying a License Code

More downloads...

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NOTE: Joomla 1.6 is no longer supported. Joomla 1.6 reached end-of-life in August 2011. If you have a site running on Joomla 1.6 you are urged to upgrade to Joomla! 2.5. Content Templater will probably still work on Joomla 1.6, but any issues specific to Joomla 1.6 will not be fixed.

Tip!

Are you using multiple NoNumber! extensions?
Install the NoNumber! Extension Manager to easily keep them up-to-date.

Languages

This extension comes with the following languages:

  • [pt-BR] Brazilian Portuguese
  • [ca-ES] Catalan
  • [da-DK] Danish
  • [nl-NL] Dutch
  • [en-GB] English
  • [fr-FR] French
  • [de-DE] German
  • [el-GR] Greek
  • [it-IT] Italian
  • [ja-JP] Japanese
  • [lt-LT] Lithuanian
  • [ru-RU] Russian
  • [sk-SK] Slovak
  • [es-ES] Spanish
  • [sv-SE] Swedish
  • [th-TH] Thai
  • [uk-UA] Ukrainian

No language pack for your language?

I welcome you to help out and get involved with translations for NoNumber! extensions.

I am using Transifex for the translations of all NoNumber! extensions. So I kindly ask you to join Transifex.

There is a translation team/group set up especially for Joomla projects: OpenTranslators.

To join, see the different steps on the right under: Translator Guide: http://opentranslators.org/en/how-to

You can find all the NoNumber! projects here: https://www.transifex.net/projects/tag/nonumber/

All language files will be updated and packed with every new release of the individual extensions.

OpenTranslators

 
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