 The SmartFactory is very proud to release the new version of its articles management module SmartSection 2.1 RC 1 ! What's new in version 2.1 RC 1? - All the code has been improved to decrease the amount of queries sent to the database, thus improving the performance of the module. - The module now generaly supports XOOPS 2.2.x even though it does not take advantage of the new features of the 2.2.x series. - Thanks to our friend Sudhaker, SmartSection now includes an URL_REWRITE feature allowing, for example, to transform this URL :
http://smartfactory.ca/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=64
By this one:
http://smartfactory.ca/library.item.64/release-of-smartpartner-1.2-rc.html
Of course, this kind of URL is much more appreciated by Google and can significally improved the ranking of your site on Google.
Moreover, with the help of the "Short URL" field of categories and articles, you can customize the name of the category and article in the URL to remplace release-of-smartpartner-1.2-rc.html bywhat-ever-you-want.html.
- A new field has been added in the category form : "header" This field is used in a new Display Type called "WF-Section like" allowing you to display a header for each category.
- A "Level of features" has been added to the module allowing you to hide the more advanced features of the module if you like. Some site don't need all the advanced features of the module so hiding them decrease the overall complexity of the module.
- The fields meta-description and meta-keywords have been added to categories and articles, allowing you to customize the information you would like to be indezed by Google. Of course, if they are left blank, the module will take care of generating them for you.
- The module now supports the WYSIWYG Framework of XOOPS 2.2.x.
- New WYSIWYG editors are now supported : FCKEditor, Spaw, Inbewteen and HTMLArea.
For a complete description of the changes, please have a look at the changelog in the module folder, or in the About page of the module in the admin section.
What is SmartSection?
SmartSection is an article management module for your XOOPS site. It is intended to provide the best functionnalities of the News and WF-Section modules. The administrator would have the opportunity to use the module to manage news, article, tutorials, etc... It is intended to be complete, flexible and yet easy to use.
Where can I get it ?
Carefully read the file upgrade.txt as it contains important informations about the steps that need to be performed in order to successfully upgrade to this version.
As a usual recommendation : The SmartFactory STRONGLY recommends that you take a full backup before INSTALLING or UPDATING any module.
You can download the module here: SmartSection 2.1 RC 1
The language packs are available here : SmartSection Language packs. We encourage the community to create the different language package needed and submit them on The SmartFactory site.
Help and comments ?
As usual, any comments, bugs or suggestions are welcomed on the SmartSection Community Support Forum.
Enjoy !
Updated
A little mistake in the package : the extra folder containing clone.php as well as info about URL_REWRITING was missing.
Download it here.
Sorry for this.
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