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All you ever wanted to know about content mambots but never even knew you could ask...

Mambots, soon to be renamed into Plugins (upcoming Joomla 1.1), are very usefull bits of code used almost everywhere in your content. You don't generally pay much attention to them, as most of their job is done "behind the curtains".
The most visible of these beasts are editor and editor-xtd bots: the WYSIWYG editor and the buttons under the text input field for your content. Probably the most used mambot is the one processing the mosimage tag (will also be renamed to just image). If you look in your Joomla / Mambots folder, you'll see 5 folders with bots in there (as of version 1.0.8, in version 1.1 there are currently already 9 folders!): the two already mentionned, plus system, search and content.

I'll be focusing on the last one mostly: content.

[Note: you can extend Joomlas search capabilities by writing your own search bots, change the WYSIWYG editor by simply installing other editor bots etc..]

I just created 2 very simple admin modules, and would like to share here the ease of doing so.
My goal was to quickly access some functionality without diggin through menus, in one single click, from whatever screen I was on in admin.
All you need to create your own is 3 files:

• mod_yourmodule.php
• mod_yourmodule.xml
• image.png

The image is needed to have something to click on ;
the .php file does all the work ;
the .xml file is needed for installation.

If you are a registered user of this website, I suggest you click below to download one or both of these modules, and use the files as an example.
mod_allcontent provides a link to the Content =>  All Content Items screen (first icon on the picture)
mod_preview opens a new broser window to the frontend of your site. (2nd icon, unlabeled)

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