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  1. time-scheduled availability of menu items

    i. e. menu item = link to webcam is displayed from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM only. Out of this time range no such menu item displayed...

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      4 comments  ·  Content  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
    • System Logging

      o Build a system to log errors and warnings within Joomla.
      o Log user/administrator activity.
      o Allow email notification to administrators for certain log events.

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        3 comments  ·  Site Administration  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
      • Read more button - Automatic

        Enter in the options of articles three items:
        "Read more" automatic: Yes No
        Number of characters "Read More": X (eg 1300)
        Include images in "Read More": Yes No

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          1 comment  ·  Site Administration  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
        • Permissions & Privileges Management, Access Control

          A granular and sophisticated permissions and privileges management system that allows for multiple user types, groups with customised permissions and privileges to various contents, areas and sections of the site. Even within Articles, certain text (containing sensitive or restricted content like passwords, URLs, download links, etc) can be hidden or shown to various groups based on their membership ranking, privilege, karma, subscription or payment status.

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            3 comments  ·  Site Administration  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
          • more flexible module assignment

            It would be sensible to allow the assignment of modules at or underneath a certain menu item (either including or excluding the menu item). If provided, you don't need to investigate and reconfigure the modules when creating a new sub-Menuitem. This feature is important for large sites (>200 Menu-items)
            Additionally the menu assignment should be done by means of an expandable tree - currently the list takes severall pages with a scollbar. Moreover, since there are 2-columns, you is not clear where the menu to be assigned is located.

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              1 comment  ·  Site Administration  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
            • Better RSS Feed management

              Currently the frontpage has its own RSS Feed, and other feeds can be added to single pages with the RSS module.
              What about a better RSS feed management and creation, like Ninja RSS feed? I mean, If I want to publish a feed of all articles published on the site, now I only have the choice to publish all articles on the frontpage...
              Add a way to create RSS Feeds with choice of what to publish in each feed.

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                5 comments  ·  Content  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
              • Articles should have a page title tag setting in its options and be set in the article not the menu

                One of the major missing feature is the ability to set a title tag for a joomla article. You can set it by using a menu item but this can bit a nightmare to manage.

                For an article, what should happen is you set all SEO data including the page title tag, robots info and all other required data for SEO meta kyewords (using mainly internally now), meta description and ability to add custom meta information. If the information is not filled in the default info can be used like now (globally setting here would be useful ie use article…

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                  3 comments  ·  SEO/SEF  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                • Happy Birthday Joomla 1.6

                  What about the promises about upgrade functions from Joomla 1.5 to 1.6?
                  Will you really let all the 1.5 users out in the rain?

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                    6 comments  ·  Content  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                  • Name

                    Split the name in first- and surname. User name for login can be the email.

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                      3 comments  ·  Site Administration  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                    • CCK in core

                      It is important to have this feature so users don't have to be dependent on third party CCK components and if they get updated or not. Most websites today depend on more than just a TITLE and BODY article (Content Item/Node). In addition, CCK in the core has been aaopted by Drupal 7...Why not Joomla. Thank you all.

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                        3 comments  ·  Site Administration  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                      • Custom Database Relation Model

                        A plugin or tool that will allow Joomla users develop their own business data models according to their business rules. This should allow the creation of custom tables and perform basic database interaction queries on the fly like view, update, edit, etc... or based on custom sql

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                        • Hardcoded module dependency (mod_custom)

                          Why is the editor for the module "mod_custom" with a hard-coded condition included?

                          Adminstrator/components/com_modules/views/module/tmpl/edit.php (Joomla 1.6.1)

                          17: $hasContent = empty($this->item->module) | $ This-> item-> module == 'custom' | $ This-> item-> module == 'mod_custom';

                          I think it would be a good idea to control this content editor of a parameter in an XML file of own modules.

                          25 votes
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                            2 comments  ·  Site Administration  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                          • 24 votes
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                              0 comments  ·  Content  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                            • enhanced module manager

                              ability to assign modules to components, categories, url variables, user groups, etc.

                              24 votes
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                              • SQLite Support

                                Support SQLite Database (not only mysql...)

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                                  3 comments  ·  Site Administration  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                • featured finished publishing date

                                  Instead of just having one finished publishing date for an article, there should be two. The current one for when a article expires, the other to expire it only from being a featured article.

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                                    4 comments  ·  Content  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                  • 23 votes
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                                    • Content-Associated Media

                                      When images, videos, etc.. is uploaded within an article editing page, it is 'associated' with that article.

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                                      • Switch roles

                                        This allows a user to switch temporarily to another role so that they can see what the pages would look like to someone with that role. A user can only switch to roles he/she can assign

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                                        • Authentication Bridge to Apache htuser and htgroups

                                          It's possible to direct access via URL the pictures ore downloads you place in a Joomla closed area for people with no Joomla account. This, for me, is some kind of security bug.

                                          To avoid this, you normaly use Apaches htacces and htuser, htgroups files so that direct access via URL needs Login into Apache as a htuser.

                                          It would be a great idea, to have a synchronisation between Apache htusers and groups with Joomla users and groups and to implement a single sign on (SSO) for this users.

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