JExtBOX Article Auto Manager

Version 4.6.0. 8 Mar 2024. Improved the category selection field in the visual query builder.

Version 4.5.0. 3 Nov 2023. Supported Joomla 5. Improved user interface.

Version 4.4.0. 19 Aug 2022. Improved manual execution. Added front-end manual execution. Supported cron job and Joomla Scheduled Tasks.

Version 4.3.3. 28 Jun 2022. Solved the issues for manual executions at the component and operation loading at the content plugin. Also, corrected the mistake in the language file.

Version 4.3.2. 4 Feb 2022. Patch for the new update server.

Version 4.3.1. 10 Nov 2021. Solved the issue which is related to missing database columns for the paid version.

Version 4.3.0. 4 Oct 2021. The new operation "Extend Publish Down" and the new article selection rule "Published Down" has been added.

Version 4.2.1. 4 Sep 2021. Patch for Joomla 4. Solved the issue, that is related to the less operator for article selection conditions.

Version 4.2.0. 10 Oct 2019. Added the new toolbar button for resetting the last executed DateTime of article managing operations.

Version 4.1.0. 5 Oct 2019. The new global configuration parameter "Extend to Publish Down" was added. This parameter is used to control managing operations to access articles that are unpublished by its option "Finish Publishing" when the AAM condition rule "State equal Unpublished" and the AAM operation "Change State to Published" are used.

Version 4.0.1. 17 Jan 2019. A bug for buttons publish/unpublish/archive in the toolbar and a button toggle in the list was solved. The bug was detected after upgrading Joomla to 3.9.1.

Version 4.0.0. 12 Nov 2018, Rewrote completely and added the new visual query builder.

Version 3.9.0. 3 May 2017, The managing rule execution settings were improved.

Version 3.8.3. 27 October 2016, Maintenance for the latest version of Joomla.

Version 3.8.2. 3 March 2016, A bug at "assign featured status" has been fixed in the plugin.

Version 3.8.1. 17 February 2016, A bug at "Set of Articles" has been fixed in the plugin.

Version 3.8.0. 11 August 2015, 1. A manual (forced) execution command has been added. 2. Auto enable the plugin during installation.

Version 3.7.0. 21 July 2015, 1. A new option Number Type has been added. 2. Rule validation at saving has been added to the back-end component. 3. The relation between Filter and Options has been modified. Also, it was renamed as "Apply with Options" and moved to the tab "Filter Settings". 4. The database table structure has been modified.

3.6.1. 2014-12-13. A bug has been fixed in the language file.

3.6.0. 2014-10-26. Delete history /versions/ entries too, when deleting articles or empty trash.

3.5.1. 2014-08-26. 1. A bug at "Select by Status" has been fixed. 2. Detection of bad queries has been improved.

3.5.0. 2014-08-22. 1. "Select by Publishing Date" option has been added. 2. The usage of "Restricted Articles" has been changed. 3. Detection of empty where syntax and the empty selection and empty setting have been improved.

3.4.0. 2014-08-09. User interface i.e. JS code has been improved.

3.3.0. 2014-08-07. 1. Modify Publishing, Change Access Level, and Assign Featured blog layout operations have been added. 2. Some operations have been combined with the Update method. 3. Settings type of date and time have supported TimeZone. 4. "Finish Publishing", "Revision" and "Hits" options have been added to the "Order by" field. 5. Description field, options for a logic operator for SQL query, Select by the "Featured" status, Select by Access Level, Select by Language options have been added. 6. User interface has been improved. 7. The option for allowing or disallowing empty "WHERE" condition has been added to the configuration of the extension. 8. The selection of logical operators has been added. 9. Major changes to the database table.

3.2.0. 2014-07-29. 1. A new method "Publish" has been added. 2. A new filter type "Set of Articles" has been added. 3. Removed a bug related to the directory separator from the version for Joomla 3. 4. The group of options, named "Article Status", has been added to this version. Now filters can be applied to published, unpublished, archived, and trashed articles. 5. "Restricted Articles" and enabling/disabling all filter settings have been added to the configuration of the extension. 6. A bug is related to the type of "Number of Articles" removed from the plugin. 7. User interface and description of fields have improved. Now component of this extension is easy to understand and use. 8. "Period" has changed to "Execution Date", and has more advanced features. Now a filter could be executed once or periodically. 9. "Order by" global parameter has been moved to the configuration of the filter. Also "Ascending" and "Descending" options have been added to the "Order by" parameter.

3.1.2. 2014-07-21. Minor bug - DS constant, which was added to the previous version, has been removed from the component for Joomla 3.

3.1.1. 2014-04-13. Major bug 1054 error, related to the "Order by" parameters initial value, has been fixed. Also, a possible issue in one important function has been removed.

3.1.0. 2013-12-27. Joomla 3.x has been supported. The database structure and Extension Name have been changed. Date for ordering and ACL options have been added. The demo version has been released. Empty Trash new feature has been added. Also, very optimal code is written at an advanced level.

3.0.1. 2013-10-24. A major bug has been fixed in the plugin.

3.0.0. Minor bugs have been fixed. Joomla 3.x support in beta version.

2.1.0. The form for creating or editing filters has been improved. New features (periodicity and execution time) have been added. Three minor bugs have been fixed.

2.0.2. Minor bugs have been fixed.

2.0.1. Minor bugs have been fixed.

2.0.0. A Component-based filter manager has been added. Joomla! 2.5 has been supported.

1.0.0. 2011-06-22. Initial version.

Update to version 4.3.2

It can not update due to the new update server. Thus you need to install it manually.

Upgrade from previous major versions

We have made big changes in the major version 4.x such as the visual query builder. Thus, before installing the latest version 4.x.x, you need to uninstall a previous major version 3.x.x.

Joomla 4

This extension has supported Joomla 4 since its version 4.2.1. Version 4.2.1 of this extension is compatible with Joomla 3.10 too.

Install and Cache

Clear the cache if the query builder is missing after installing it.

A bug for the visual query builder

Users who are using a major version 4.x.x below 4.2.1 of this extension, should update to version 4.2.1 immediately due to the issue, that is related to the less operator for article selection conditions.

Configuration

There are all parameters of this extension in the configuration page of the component which is a part of the extension. By using these parameters, you can specify the following options.

1. Whether disable all article managing operations or not.
2. Specify which articles are unaffected by article managing operations i.e. archive, move to another category, and others.
3. The maximum number of article managing operations are automatically executed at once.
4. Allow or disallow to affect articles that are unpublished by the option "Finish Publishing" when this extension's condition rule is given as "State equal Unpublished" and its operation is "Change State to Published".

Execution of article managing operations

There are several methods to execute article managing operations.

The principal execution method is the front-end user-activated execution. It executes published and execution time reached article managing operations when a user opens your article on the front end.

The other methods are available for the paid version only.

Now consider the execution methods available for the paid version. If you have installed the paid version, you can execute article managing operations manually and define additional automated executions. For manual execution, you have to use the particular button on the back-end web page of the component. For further automatic execution, it is possible to use the cron job and Joomla Scheduled Tasks with our specific front-end links "index.php?option=com_jextboxarticleautomanager" and "index.php?option=com_jextboxarticleautomanager&operation=YOUR_OPERATION_ID".

Extend Publish Down or Finish Publishing

The operation which is called Extend Publish Down adds a given interval to articles' publish down date/time if its values are not null.

Difference between free and paid versions

There are no visible differences between the free and paid versions except for the notification about the full version and the list of differences between the free and full versions. However, if you installed the full version, it hides notification messages about the paid version and activates the following functions or parameters.

• Package Configurations
  • Article restriction for excluding specific articles from accidental change
  • The upper limit on the number of executed operations at once, which is used to avoid enormously high load on a single request
  • The particular parameter for disabling all managing operations
  • The option for controlling article managing operations affects articles that are unpublished by its option "Finish Publishing" when the AAM condition rule is given as "State equal Unpublished" and the AAM operation "Change State to Published"
• Conditions
  • Article exclusion by its age and hits, which is used to prevent emptying a category and the front page
• Execution buttons
  • Manual or forced execution in the back-end and the front-end
  • Ability to connect Cron job and Joomla Scheduled Tasks
  • Reset the last executed DateTime of the article managing operations

If the full version is installed, all your configurations will be kept and become usable.

JExtBOX Article Auto Manager is the Joomla extension.
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