Jambook
Latest version: 1.0 RC1
Price: Free License: GNU GPL v2
Jambook is a feature rich open source Joomla guestbook component with spam protection, email address cloaking, flood protection, double posting checks and the ability to use Joomla wysiwyg editor, even for guests! Updated for Joomla 1.5.
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Jambook is a feature rich open source Joomla guestbook component with spam protection, email address cloaking, flood protection, double posting checks and the ability to use Joomla wysiwyg editor, even for guests! Jambook uses AJAX in the backend to speed up some common administration tasks.
Requirements
- Joomla 1.0.15 or Joomla 1.5.x (using Legacy Mode Plugin)
- PHP 4.3.0 or above
- MySQL 4.0.x or MySQL 5.x
- TrueType support in PHP required for CAPTCHA image
License
This component is released under the GNU General Public License, a copy of this license should be included in the zip file and available for reading from the administrator page once the component has been installed.
Installation
Please read the Joomla documentation for more detailed information on how to install components. Below are quick descriptions for Joomal 1.5 and Joomla 1.0.
Joomla 1.5
Go to the Administration page for your Joomla installation. If you haven't activated the Legacy Mode plugin, you must do so first from the Extensions -> Plugins page. Then go to the Extensions -> Install/Uninstall in the menu. Click the "Browse..." button, select the Jobline package file and click on "Upload File & Install". Go to Components -> Jobline -> Configuration and make sure you setup it up correctly. See the Jobline documentation for descriptions of all configuration options. Once you have the component set up correctly, make sure you don't forget to create a menu item for it.
Joomla 1.0
Go to the Administration page for your Joomla installation. Go to the Installers -> Components in the menu. Click the "Browse..." button, select the Jobline package file and click on "Upload File & Install". Go to Components -> Jobline -> Configuration and make sure you setup it up correctly. See the Jobline documentation for descriptions of all configuration options. Once you have the component set up correctly, make sure you don't forget to create a menu item for it.
Try a demo of Jambook
There is a Demo of Jambook installed here on the site that you can use to try out the frontend functionality of Jambook. I will try to get a separate site installed where you can try out the backend as well.
Features
- All frontend html in template files editable from administrator.
- Several spam shield settings to determine if entries should be considered spam.
- CAPTCHA image spam protection.
- Possible to ban specific IP addresses from publishing entries.
- Fully compatible with Joomla 1.0.x
- Email address cloaking
- Flood protection and double posting checks available.
- AJAX enabled to make admin interface snappier.
- Registered users may edit their own entries within a set timeframe.
- Configurable whether guests should be able to enter a name for the entry.
- Configurable whether to show username or real name for entries made by registered users.
- Automatically delete entries after a set number of days.
- Send email to admin and/or author when entry is written.
- Joomla Wysiwyg html editor support, even for guests!
- Possibility to turn off editor even when using editor in Joomla.
- Configurable whether a preview page is shown before entry is saved.
- Available languages: English, Swedish, Dutch
- Import entries from AkoBook.
- Super Administrators and Administrators are allowed to edit and delete entries in the frontend.
- Configurable whether all, some or no HTML should be stripped from entries entered from the frontend.
- Admin can define which HTML tags are allowed in entries.
- Both server side and client side checks that URL and Email are valid.
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