This package is a reimplementation of com_content. It is part of the Moyo CCK and this is the place that stores articles.

Note: Please note that com_articles is currently at version 2.1.X. Version 1 is not supported anymore, since CCK items are being stored in an altogether different way.

See the Moyo web site for more details.

• Joomla 2.5 or 3.X .
• Koowa 0.9 or 1.0 (as yet, Koowa 2 is not supported)
• PHP 5.3.10 or better
• Composer
• Moyo Components
  • com_cck
  • com_kutafuta
  • com_moyo
  • com_makundi
  • com_routes
  • com_taxonomy
  • com_terms
  • com_translations

Installation is done through composer. In your composer.json file, you should add the following lines to the repositories section:

from this repository;

{
    "name": "moyo/com_articles",
    "type": "vcs",
    "url": "https://github.com/kedweber/com_articles.git"
}

or from the purveyors of the software;

{
    "name": "moyo/com_articles",
    "type": "vcs",
    "url": "https://github.com/moyoweb/com_articles.git"
}

The require section should contain the following line:

    "moyo/com_articles": "2.*.*",

Afterwards, one just needs to run the command composer update from the root of your Joomla project. This will effectively create a composer.lock file which will contain the collected dependencies and the hash codes for each latest release (depending on the require section's format) for each particular repo. Should installations problems occur due to a bad ordering of the dependencies, one may need to go into the lock file and manualy change the order of the components. Running composer update again will again cause a reordering of the lock file, beware of this factor when running an update. Thereafter, you can run the command composer install.

If you have not setup an alias to use the command composer, then you will need to replace the word composer in the previous commands with the commands with php composer.phar followed by the desired action (eg. update or install).

Another option is to run the jsymlink script in the root folder, available via the original Moyo developer, Joachim van de Haterd's repository, under the Moyo Git Tools.

The joomlatools/installer plugin is free and open-source software licensed under the GPLv3 license.

Since com_articles is part of the Moyo CCK, you can not use the content menu in the admin backend of Joomla. Instead, go to 'Components >> Articles'. The articles view looks like the familiar com_content view, yet cleaner. Most notable is the translations column that displays the translation status per language.

The article form is a major refactor of the com_content version. The screen is divided into five sections:

• Content
  • Title: self-explanatory
  • Subtitle: self-explanatory
  • Slug: autogenerated. Useful for routing.
  • Fields: Contains a select2-box of possible fieldsets for com_articles. Please note that form will auto-update on changing this value, which will destroy any current data. Use with care
• Details: Publish dates as per Joomla 3.X.
  • Published: Sets publishing status.
  • Translated: Sets translation status.
• Meta: Metadata as per meta-tags in HTML
  • Description: Sets the value for the meta name="description" tag.
  • Keywords: Sets the value for the meta name="keywords" tag.
• Relations: Sets predefined relations with other Moyo CCK items. These may vary per project.
  • Category: Sets the com_makundi category.
  • Tags: Set the com_terms tags.
  • Regions: Sets regions for which an article is relevant. Makes it easier to filter by region.
  • Topics: Sets topics for which an article is relevant. Makes it easier to filter by topic.
  • Further reading: Sets an article-article relation.
• Fields: Contains all fieldset-specific fields.

In the frontend, there are three views:

• Articles Shows an article list as per the given parameters. As of the time of writing, JSON, HTML and RSS are supported.
• Article Shows a single article as per its fieldset.
• Frontpage Frontpage view for articles.

There is a module that displays an article as a Joomla! module. You can add it by choosing 'Articles' as module type. Choose the article and you are set.

• In order to make articles translatable, you must install the com_translations component.
• The stock search plugin does not work for our CCK. Instead, install com_kutafuta.
• Articles are categorized through com_makundi and com_taxonomy. The stock com_categories is not compatible.
• Joomla routing is less than complete. Therefore, com_routes is an explicit requirement for com_articles to work.