| RELEASE INFO |
| VERSION |
1.0.0 |
| RELEASE DATE |
October 2005 |
| AUTHOR |
Robert Anthony Pitera,
SchoolastechWorks |
| LICENSE |
Released under GNU General Public License (GPL) |
| SPECIAL THANKS |
- Bob de Wit of
Active 6 - for his original work, a6mambocredits which inspired
this project.
- Wim Albers - friend, mentor and fellow member of the SchoolastechWorks
Dev Team.
Wim provided the database queries and the Dutch language files,
as well as constant support, testing
and advice - Thanks for all your
help and for teaching me so much!
- All the Joomla! Community - for their wisdom and patience; you guys
rock!
- The Joomla Core Dev Team - for not only making a place for me in the
Open Source community,
but for showing me how commitment to
your ideals is worth the sacrifice.
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ABOUT COLOPHON |
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Colophon is a publishing term which refers to a page where
information regarding the creation of a publication is placed.
Colophon for Joomla! automatically creates a page on your site (which can be
linked from any menu) that lists all the components,
as well as published modules and bots in use on your site.
This component was developed with two main goals:
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To give credit to Third Party Developers, provide a
way of cataloging add ons in use at any particular site and help
spread the word on those add ons we use
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To provide a way for visitors who use Joomla! to find
out how certain features are accomplished (Finally, an easy answer
to
"How do you do 'XYZ' on your site?")
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FEATURES |
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- This component will display credits (name, author, version, e-mail
and web site) for each installed Joomla!
component and each published
module and bot in one central page.
- Hovering over the Info Icon reveals details about each installed
Joomla! component and each published
module and bot entry.
- Clicking on the author name will launch your preferred email client,
and automatically format the email with
the author's address, putting the
component/module/bot name and version number in the subject line
- There is a user editable 'preamble' section which allows for any
text to be added
- Extensive language support (English and Dutch language files provided)
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CONFIGURATION
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- Install the component using the Joomla! Component Installer
- Create a menu item (Type = Component) using the Joomla! Menu Manager
- To add your own text to the component, edit the COLOPHON_PREAMBLE
entry in the language file that matches
your site language in
/components/com_colophon/languages. If don't wish to use this
feature, simply remove
the sample text and leave a blank space.
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TO DO
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- Editing the COLOPHON_PREAMBLE entry in the language file from an
admin backend
- Basic server and Joomla information section? (Possibly for
admins only?)
- Suggestions for other enhancements welcome!
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