Vkontakte article widget for Joomla 3 and Joomla 4
Module «Vkontakte article widget» for Joomla 3 and Joomla 4 will help to add an article widget from the Vkontakte social network having only a link to the article
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Vkontakte article widget for Joomla 3 and Joomla 4
Module «Vkontakte article widget» – extension for Joomla 3 and Joomla 4, which allows you to add a widget to the site in a few clicks, displaying an article from the social network Vkontakte. The article can be read in full without going to the social network, the content of the article opens directly on the site.
Did your community on the social network Vkontakte appear before the site, and you need to display articles on the site? Then this module is for you. After installing the extension, go to the modules section, fill in the article ID from Vkontakte and select the display location. The rest of the work will be done by the public API of the social network Vkontakte. A neat widget with the title of the article and a “Read” button will be displayed in the selected location. A visitor by clicking the “Read” button will see the full article, and there will be no transition to the social network.
The main features of the module «Vkontakte article widget for Joomla 3 and Joomla 4»
Supports all the features of the public API of the Vkontakte community widget.
Publish widgets with articles from your community on your site with no extra work in a couple of clicks.
Link the site to your community in the social network Vkontakte without programming.
The module supports all the basic features of Joomla when working with the module.
Support for the public Vkontakte API
The module generates code to display a community chat widget based on the public API of the Vkontakte social network and supports all the features of the community chat widget API.
Simple widget control
No programming is required to display the widget. Fill in just one field with the article ID, the rest of the work will be done by the module itself.
Universal widget
The widget design is generated by the social network Vkontakte and is fully consistent with it. The widget is fully adaptive, its width is set to 100% of the width of the parent block.
A detailed review of the article
The widget has a «Read» button, clicking on which will open a pop-up window with the detailed text of the article. The possibility of enabling night mode in the pop-up window makes reading more convenient.
Data Storage
Data from articles are stored on the servers of the social network Vkontakte, which allows you not to overload the database of your site and not overload it.
Joomla feature support
The module supports all features of working with modules in Joomla. Automatic installation, automatic updates and cloning function of the module occurs in just a few mouse clicks within one site.
No programming skills required
Management of the module is so simple that it does not require programming skills. You will need to fill in the ID of the desired application, select the desired widget display option, and all the rest the module will do itself.
Additional information
Demonstration of the user part of this module is available at the link: https://joomla.iws.by/en/free-modules-en/23-iws-by-widget-article-vkontakte. Demonstration of the administrative part is located on this page as an image in the gallery.
There are suggestions for adding new functions, please contact us by e-mail shop@iws.by.
If you need to adapt this module for another CMS, please contact us by e-mail admin@iws.by.
System Requirements
- Joomla version 3.0 and above.
- PHP version 5.6 and above.
- MySQL version 5.6 and higher.
- Virtual memory is limited to 128MB or more.
Available translations
Update history: Vkontakte article widget for Joomla 3 and Joomla 4
1.0.6
Joomla 3 version:
* Optimized module operation.
Joomla 4 version:
* Optimized interface in the admin panel according to the documentation of the developer Joomla 4.
* Optimized the module according to the developer’s documentation.
* Added an option to read the update history in the extension update window.
* A sha256, sha384 and sha512 hash sum checksum has been added during the update.
1.0.5
* Optimizing module operation.
* Development of the module is divided into two branches, separately for Joomla 4 and Joomla 3. This step is necessary for more convenient work with modules.
1.0.4
* Optimization of the module.
1.0.3
+ Added hints in module settings fields.
+ Added information and a link to the paid version of the module.
1.0.2
* Changes in files with module translations into Russian and English.
+ Added a field for entering a license key, which is issued when downloading on the IWS.BY website.
Free
Additional information
| Developer | IWS.BY |
|---|---|
| CMS | Joomla |
| Joomla Version | 3.x, 4.x |
| Extension type | Module |
| Release date | 02.03.2020 |
| Last update date | 17.10.2021 |
| Module version | 1.0.6 |
| License | GNU/GPL v3 or later |
| Translated | English (en-GB), Russian (ru-RU) |
| Included formats | HTML, INI, PHP, XML |
Joomla! Extensions Directory
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