PDA-plugin for Joomla! 1.5
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In spite of the fact that the final version of Joomla! 1.5 has not released yet, many already now try to create sites on its basis. Therefore, I often asked in comments to posts and by e-mail for release the version of a PDA-plugin for Joomla! 1.5.
So, the first version of a pda-plugin for Joomla! 1.5 is released. The set of functions is practically identical to functions of a pda-mambot 2.1.2 (but not all functions have passed a full set of tests), but they now are broken into two parts: the part of functions is tuned in options of a pda-plugin, and the part is tuned in options of a pda-template.
As before, first you need to install a pda-template, and then a pda-plugin. After necessary changes to options of a pda-template and a pda-plugin will be made, it is simply enough to activate pda-plugin.
One of difficulties with which you can confront, consists in the list of positions for modules has no positions added in options of a pda-template. In this case simply enter the name of a position from the keyboard, instead of choose it from the list.
If there will be any questions on installation and use of a pda-plugin, ask them in comments or by e-mail. Also, do not forget to make the donation on WebMoney purses Z152066003646, E721221419702, or R168896637514, if you are interested in the further development of this project.
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October 20th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
Hi i m using ur Template… its really great… !!
but only the news items are displayed…
the menu [ Transmenu ] , login panel , and no other component is visible !!!
is there any way to show them ?
i use Docman [ file manager ]
i need to list all my files there.. and people can download them direct to their mobile device…
is that possibe ?
October 21st, 2007 at 5:14 am
Well, I guess I’ll pile in on the bugs…
1) If an admin has enabled “link titles” where the titles are turned into links on the home page… the page titles are not readable. This is because you have a blue URL color on top of a blue box for the title text.
The solution would be to either change the URL color, or, change the color of the box.
2) The old version (1.9) of the template appeared much better than the current version on iPhone and iPod touch. I’m not sure if it’s respecing the normal font, or if it’s a spacing issue… I suspect the font size is expanding to the width of the page. This actually looks terrible on high-resolution devices (like iPhone), since you often have to drag slightly to the left or right to read each line.
I would switch back to the 1.9 version of formatting the text, defining a strict font size rather than being dynamic to the width…
October 22nd, 2007 at 2:30 pm
varun:
Yes. Make a copy of menu module, login module etc. and publish them in one of pda-template positions (you can specify names of positions in pda-template settings).
I didn’t test Docman component from mobile devices. So, I don’t know. Test it.
October 24th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
Really needed this component, thanks! But having trouble installing template file pda15.zip. Here is the error I am getting.
# JInstaller::install: File ‘/home/famouspo/public_html/tmp/install_471fa357123b8/css/index.html’ does not exist
Help!
October 24th, 2007 at 11:13 pm
Wayne:
Sorry, I forget to remove index.html from templateDetails.xml
Try to redownload pda15.zip.
October 25th, 2007 at 8:08 am
I managed to fix the problem with iPhone and iPod touch (at least for now).
What I did was take version 1.9 (which I have backed up) and altered that template to work with 2.1.2’s mambot (by changing the version check so that everything reads 2.1.2 in the template). Things look great on both devices once again.
Hopefully the old template will be offered, or better, find out whatever is causing the current plugin/mambot to look horrible on iPhone (I’m still pretty sure what I posted above is the main cause).
October 31st, 2007 at 12:48 am
Hai…..
Thia is jerlin…. I have gone through your site…… I don’t know about PDA plug-in… after gone through your site, i have a some idea about PDA….. Really its useful to everyone……. You have done a good job..
January 5th, 2008 at 11:47 am
Thanks for the awesome plugin. Finding this plugin encouraged me to play around with Joomla! for the first time. I am having a little difficulty, however. I am using 1.5 RC4 and your 1.5 plugin. Everything works great in most browsers, and my blackberry and windows mobile smartphones see the PDA page correctly. Unfortunately any IE browser sees the PDA page too, rather than the default layout. Did I miss something in the configuration?
January 5th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Joe:
Try to redownload plugin (sorry, I forgot to remove MSIE from mobile browsers list).
January 6th, 2008 at 1:42 am
Awesome…Thanks for the quick response and quick fix!!