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Favorite Mambots Part II

Favorite Mambots Part II

Since the last update to the list of Favorite Mambots, there have been quite a few new bots published.
In order not to make that first listing too long, I have decided to start this as a second part.
As it stands, the first part already caused out-of-memory alerts on every update, so I'll lleave it as is and continue here.
Suggestions always welcome

1. SocioTag 1.2
   

   Places icons linking to SocialBooking sites (del.ici.ous , furl, blinklist, etc) into your content. Aligns left or right, allows custom css and the option to decide which content you want the 'Sociotag' to be activated in.

2. AdSense 4Joomla

   Display your ads anywhere in your Joomla site, from a Module or directly merged within your Content. - Display Ads, Adlinks or the Google Search form. All of this with only one plugin. - Manage multiple AdSense formats, you can set up to three Ad Layouts and two AdLinks to display. - Define and include your channels, to track your visitors response.
   Free Lite version, commercial full version.

3. MjazTools Personalize

   Insert the current user's name or info in content items.
   Syntax: {username}, {name}, {email}, {usertype}, {registerdate}

4. MosModule

   Display nested articles, execute snippets written in PHP (without tags) and execute external php script filse with passed  parameters (with tags).
   Please take a look at the included readme for full details.

5. MosImageLink

   Adds a link to the first image found in the introtext in the blog-view to the full view of the content item.
   It checks for the HTML-Imagetag and the MosImage Mambot-Tag.

6. SMF Authorbot

   Creates a link from article authors back to their SMF profile. Decided to include here even if not standalone (as forum needed) because it is a nice idea and I would use it if I had a usage for SMF..

7. autoGoogle

   Performs a Google search on any keyword the author specified in the backend.
   Clicking any green linked word in an artcile will open the Google search results page for that term.

8. ROK

   1. RokGuest

      Show certain portions of a content item to people who are not logged-in. Logged-in users will not see this content.

   2. RokMember

      Show certain portions of a content item to people who are logged-in. Guest users will not see this content.

   3. RokTextile

      Provides Textile functionality for content using TextilePHP by Jim Riggs of jimandlissa.com which in turn is a PHP implementation of the Textile shorthand syntax. Textile is used to create valid (X)HTML output without using HTML markup.

9. RequestFilter

   Security plugin!
   This System bot should break attempts to specify values of configuration parameters via POST or GET queries. The plugin will search through the $_REQUEST array to check standard variables such as option, task, no_html, Itemid, id etc. for any url links. In case it finds anything, it will return an error 403 code and then stop the script. Also it will block any attempts to pass the parameters mosConfig_absolute_path and mosConfig_cachepath through GET or POST requests.

10. Xevidwidebot

    Displays Adobe Flash .flv Videos and High Definition Movies in your content items.
    Progressive streaming of FLV Videos (also High Definition), play and pause, Autoplay mode, Volume Control, Title description, Backgroundcolor settings, Popup supported, resize movie width and height...
    Commercial.

11. MultiThumb

    Automatically creates thumbnails and optionally creates popups to the original images in three different ways:
    1. Normal popup in new window
    2. Lightbox popups with picture grouping (image sets)
    3. Thumbnail expansion

12. Jombackup

    Perform automated daily mysql backups and email them to the address of your choice.
    Make sure you visit Mambots->Site mambots and click on the link to JomBackup system plugin to edit & publish it. Plenty of configuration options available!
    It runs every time Joomla is run. Most of the time, all it will do is check for the existance of a checkfile with today's date. If the file exists it will not do anything else, however if the file doesn't exist (IE the local server's time has passed the midnight hour and this is the first time today the site has been visited) then the plugin will perform a backup of the system's mysql data and email it to either the system default email address, or another that you may have specified in the config.
    No tag needed. Very quick and effective, used here: thanks, Vimes!
    

13. Tabs In Content

    Easily add content tabs within standard Joomla content items.
    The tabs simulate a multi-page structure, inside a single page! Very nice piece of code!
    Demo site.

14. J!Tags

    Automatically adds a tagline at the end of your content that links to Technorati.
    The keywords in the tagline are created from the metakeywords for the content item.
    No tag needed, just publish after install.
    

15. Xe-Flickr

    Free plugin to add a Flickr photo slideshow into your content.
    Syntax: { xeflickrbot}31955346@N00{/xeflickrbot }
    

16. RegistrationBlocker

    Prevent certain usernames from being registered. For example, you might not want someone to register by the name of "webmaster" or "admin" since it could give other users wrong ideas about their identity.
    Block one or more usernames. All you have to do is to enter the usernames in the mambot's backend, one on each line. You can even use an asterisk as a wildcard for blocking a whole range of usernames. For example, if you enter admin* in the list, you will block usernames beginning with admin like admin, administrator, administration and so forth. With *admin* you will block all names containing admin, like siteadministrator etc. Usernames are case INsensitive.
    Bonus: RegistrationBlocker works with the standard login component and with Community Builder.
    Thanks, marlar
    

17. TheYard Bots

1. Jx Rot 13
   Crypts the text of content items with the very simple rot13 algorithm which rotates the alphabet 13 (or a selected number) letters to the left or right.
2. Jx Leet Speak
   Translates all content items into leet speak.
3. Jx Title Flag
   Displays a specified flag before or after the content title, or the default flag from the plugin's settings when a specific flag is not given.
4. Jx Show URL
   Prints the URL to the content item above or below the content.
5. Jx Simple Grade
   Add a review grade image to content items.

18. FrontpageBanner

    Show the active banners after first news item on frontpage

19. MosSnippet

    Insert text, html or php code in content. You can create up to 15 snippets using the fields in the mambot editor. You insert the snippets in content by referring to the number or an optional name. For example, {snippet 1} or {snippet paypal}. When processed, the tags will be replaced with the snippet in question. Text and html code will be inserted unaltered, while php code will be interpreted.

20. Googlemaps

    Easily add one or more Google map(s) into your content. You can set width, heigth, latitude, Longitude, zoomtype, initial zoom level, text displayed in a marker and of course the google api key. These parameters can also be set as default in the administrator of Joomla at the plugin.
    Syntax: {mosmap width='500'|height='400'|lat='52.052312'|lon='4.447141'|zoom='3'| zoomType='Large'|zoomNew='0'|mapType='Satellite'| showMaptype='1'|overview='0'|text='sv DWO'|key=''}
    Notes: you need a Google API key to use this, you should read the documentation about the parameters, and the easiest way to get precise long. & lat. seems to be Google Earth
    

21. Component bot

    This may be very handy for some of you: include component output into a content item!
    Note: link is the a forum post with the download attached, if you don't see it, you'll need to register!
    Syntax: {component}url{/component} where url is relative url to your component WITHOUT "index.php?"
    Example: {component}option=com_blabla&Itemid=73&album=7{/component}

22. Simple gallery in Content

    Very nice gallery which couldn't be easier to use in your content:
    Syntax:
    
23. TBC..
    

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PostcardViewer

PostcardViewer

PostcardViewer is a free Flash image viewer.
The interface is based on the real world metaphor of a set of postcards shuffled onto a surface.

Looks very nice, very lightweight, very simple to use! 

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AutoViewer

AutoViewer

AutoViewer is a free Flash image viewer designed to display a linear sequence of images and captions.
AutoViewer-Pro has increased customization options and does not include the download link.

Features:

• Auto-Play allows you to view a gallery hands free.
• Displays image captions and gallery title as a text overlay.
• Intuitive image navigation via mouse.
• Keyboard navigation (Spacebar, cursor keys, 'Home', 'End' keys)
• Interface rescales to fit any aspect ratio images and monitors.
• Lightweight (34k).
• Image pre-loading to prevent waiting for each image to load.
• Cross platform - Windows/Macintosh/Linux (requires Flash 8 or higher).
• Flash 8 detection. Users without Flash 8 are redirected to an upgrade page.
• FlashObject to fix IE's active content update
• Free!

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Album Creator

Album Creator

Compose a professional looking Flash photo gallery and publish it on the Web.

Just a few easiest steps; customization, intuitive interface, instant sharing (by E-mail or FTP), possibility to enhance your photos, and more starting at currently $14.95 (Lite: 1 Flash theme), up to $39.95 (Pro: 6 Flash themes).

Each theme has its own settings such as

• thumbnails size,
  
• distance between thumbnails, 
• background color,
  
• possibility to include reference to original photo etc. that will help you to customize the web gallery.
  

To get you started quickly, check out this flash-based tutorial. 

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ImageVue

imagevue

Very good, feature rich Gallery with simple configuration via XML, auto thumbnailing, image descriptions, full admin..

 

Some features include:

• Simply create folders and upload your images
  
• Automatic thumbnails created on server
  
• ImageVue gallery can be loaded into other Flash presentations as subitems.
  
• Add descriptions to any image with the admin
  
• Altering the visual appearance, changing text attributes, colors and effect styles can all be done in the configuration file config.xml.
  
• All sourcefiles are included
  
• No limit on amount of images

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SlideShowPro

Slide Show Pro

Too many good features to list all.. resizable, add watermarks, add sound, custom colors, keyboard control, free iPhoto plugin, full admin application (extra cost), everything can be customized..

SlideShowPro is a drag and drop application (component) for Flash MX 2004 or Flash 8. You simply add it to you Flash movie (FLA), create an XML file with your image data, and publish. Within minutes you'll have a professional slide show ready to upload online, playback locally, or burn to a CD. Requires no ActionScript or programming experience.

Some of the many features:

• everything! can be customized to adapt to your site!
• full playback control: Auto-play, randomize, loop...
• full control over dimensions to fit iinto your site: large, small, tall or wide - total control over width and height
• full color control: change the color of any interface item with the eyedropper!
• full link control: load a new web page, a larger version of a photo, a pop-up window, or any URL
• full keyboard control: back, forward, play, pause, and hide/show navigation with handy keyboard shortcuts
• full load control: load images one at a time to conserve bandwidth, or load them all at once for a faster user experience
• easy updating: simply create more images, edit the XML file with your updated content, and reload the movie. Your new content will automatically appear.
• Great API: ActionScript developers have plenty of options to play with. Control assets outside of the component with Event Listeners, use your own preloader animations, create your own navigation, and plenty of methods for controlling interaction and behavior. All of it is fully documented and installed to the Help panel in Flash
• 60+ pages of PDF documentation!  >> download...
  

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Easy Slide Show

Easy Slide Show

Component to create animated slide shows.
To handle slide file names just use an external XML configuration file.
The file is very simple, highly semantic, and completely accessible.

Some features:

• Powerful playback control (Auto-play, loop, pause, randomize and more... Let Easy Slider handle playback duties, or put control in your user's hands with a full user navigation. 
  
• Simple images adding procedure (using xml configuration file)
• Page Preloader
• Publishing at any size
• Different URLs for each slide
• Rich visual effects
• Sound effects for slide changing
• Ability to use external navigation packages...
  

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CoffeeCup Flash Photo Gallery

CoffeeCup Flash Photo Gallery

Easy to use, supports all major image formats, automatically optimizes your images and uploads them with sliding flash thumbnails.

Some features:

• supports all major image formats from .GIF, .JPG, .PNG, .BMP ...
• Flash Photo Gallery will automatically optimize your images and upload them with sliding flash thumbnails
• photos can be sorted into separate albums and you can add captions to each image to describe the picture
• the design of the gallery can be completely customized to match your Website
• backgrounds, colors, sound and more
  

Note this software is a desktop application, not an online gallery / script.

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Flash Hoover Web Design

Hoover  Flash Gallery

Display your personal photos with descriptions for each photo. The photo's description allows for basic html.

 

You can customize:

• Number of Photos in the photo gallery up to 100
• Background color
• Title Color
• Title Text (Replace Hoover Web Design)
• Header Color (Gallery can not be removed)
• Up and down arrow colors
• Description text and color

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Gallery by Dali

Gallery by Dali

Small, powerful image gallery.

Features:

• automatic vertical and horizontal image panning
• view more information about any image
• auto-loop through any set of images
• gallery settings are loaded externally, from an XML configuration file
• thumbnail width and height display (number of images to show vertically and horizontally)
• whether or not to allow HTML popups
• image delays
• watermarks
• background music MP3 file
• gallery title
• menu options fully configurable via the XML file
• default volumne and tint values
• Zoom controls to zoom in or out and reset the zoom to 100%
• 100% of the Flash 2004 Pro. source code (.fla and .as files)
  

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