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Subhramani
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Hello germi,

Just a small thing which I would like to see in MC. Something which I have been trying to have on my website.

When you create a menu item for MC, can we have an option where we can show the latest added artists?

Because now, the page looks very empty only with the search bars, until you click on any of the alphabets. So by default if we can see some 10 latest artists, it would be nice.

Also, a random artist module will be really great. I was using a random article module because every artist page was a seperate article in my website. But now, I cannot do that as I'm using MC.

Thanks :)
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    Friday, April 10 2009, 10:13 AM - #Permalink
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    I'll try to add some feature so the landing MC page doesn't look too empty

    I think the best option would be allow content plugins in this landing page, so you can, for instance, hav "{loadposition X}", wich would load the modules of the position X, these being "latest albums", or artists, or whatever

    :)
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    Subhramani
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    Friday, April 10 2009, 10:27 AM - #Permalink
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    germi wrote:
    I'll try to add some feature so the landing MC page doesn't look too empty

    I think the best option would be allow content plugins in this landing page, so you can, for instance, hav "{loadposition X}", wich would load the modules of the position X, these being "latest albums", or artists, or whatever

    :)



    I didnt understand. Sorry :(
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    Friday, April 10 2009, 10:49 AM - #Permalink
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    dont worry, this was som joomla-technical explanation lol

    anyway, the point is that yes, I will add a option so the page dont look so empty, and you can display latest artists, or albums :)
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    Subhramani
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    Friday, April 10 2009, 10:58 AM - #Permalink
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    Haha.. thanks. That sounds awesome.

    Just one more request. Is it posible to have a Random Artists module? :unsure:
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    Friday, April 10 2009, 11:48 AM - #Permalink
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    sure.

    I'll work on that
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    Luca
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    Friday, April 10 2009, 02:10 PM - #Permalink
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    In this way is possible to add this module also in any content?
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    Friday, April 10 2009, 02:15 PM - #Permalink
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    sure. this is a Joomla native feature my friend!

    joomla provides a content plugin called "load module" that allows you to load ANY module inside a content article. for instance, you can put into an article..

    {loadposition user2}

    and joomla will display all modules you have on position user2. of course, if any of this module is a MC module (eg random album, latest added, top rated...), you'll have a MC module inside a content! :)

    isn't it great? :lol:
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    Luca
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    Friday, April 10 2009, 02:26 PM - #Permalink
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    I just tried and it works fine.. wow! :)
    Just put in the content all the modules in that position..
    Is there a way to make just one module?
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    Subhramani
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    Friday, April 10 2009, 02:30 PM - #Permalink
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    Hey Dalcielo

    Can you tell me which plugin you used?
    I just tried searching for "load module", but didnt get it.
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    Friday, April 10 2009, 02:37 PM - #Permalink
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    the name of the plugin is "Content - Load Module" and its included on joomla distribution

    Dalcielo: to make just one module appear, the best you can do is create a position exclusively for that module.

    try to use a position you havent used (user3 or user4, MAYBE), or, if you have already used al positions, just create a new one (on the file templateDetails.xml, on your template folder)

    :)
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    Luca
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    Friday, April 10 2009, 02:40 PM - #Permalink
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    Thanks, I understand :-)
    I do some test.
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    Luca
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    Friday, April 10 2009, 02:43 PM - #Permalink
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    Yes.. the name of the plugin is "Content - Load Module".
    Should be enabled by default.
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    Friday, April 10 2009, 09:38 PM - #Permalink
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    Version 1.0.2 available on the downloads area.

    the main page of MC has been higly improved in this version :)
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    Saturday, April 11 2009, 04:44 PM - #Permalink
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    i tried it it didn't work the {loadposition x}. because I was trying to put a slideshow so the slide show i got was a module and i used the {loadposition x} and even the Modules in content plugin by nonumber. It won't show the module so i searched JED and I was able to find a slideshow that was a plugin. it's not exactly the slidesho that i wanted to use but it's working! and that's the best thing. So for my next suggesttion: How about processing modules for FULL customization? Thanks Germi! And i'll play with the css. I hope when upgrading, it doesn't replace the modified css. Thanks! Great component.
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    Saturday, April 11 2009, 04:54 PM - #Permalink
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    hey simone. it should work the modules processing!

    in this very site I'm using it rihgt now!! (go to the demo, you'll how I added a "top rated" module!!)

    have you checked that you have enabled the "content - load module" plugin?

    it should work...
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