Advanced Folder Listing
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Advanced Folder Listing - Enable automatic updates with Joomla Updater
All releases after version 1.6.5 of Advanced Folder Listing are able to be automatically updated through the Joomla builtin Updater System. When a new release is available you will be notified in Joomla's Control Panel. You may also check for updates maually by going to Extensions > Manage > Update then click on Clear Cache, followed by Find Updates.
Step 1: Find the Order Number
- After logging in the Valor Apps website, go to the Customer Dashboard
- Copy your order number from your current confirmed purchase:
Step 2: Go to the Advanced Folder Listing Options
- Go to the Listings Manager by accessing the Administrator Components menu: Components > Advanced Listing > Listings
- Click on the Options button in the top right hand corner
Step 3: Enter your Order Number
- Paste the order number in the Order Number textbox
- Click Save
Update the Extension
- Go to Extensions > Manage > Update then click on Clear Cache, followed by Find Updates
- Select the Advanced Folder Listing extension, then click the Update button in the top left hand corner
- If the Order Number was entered correctly, the new release would be installed successfully:
- If the Order Number was incorrect or none was entered, you will get an error response:
- Once you get an error response, you may click on the link provided in the error notice to check the error message:
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Advanced Folder Listing Companion Plugin Documentation
Installation:
This plugin is designed for Joomla 2.5 and 3+. It is automatically installed when you install Advanced Folder Listing version 1.5 component.
Usage:
To use this plugin as content in an article, first enable the plugin and configure the default parameters in the Plugin Manager.
To use the plugin in an article, you utilize a single shortcode. It is used very similar to xhtml, with the exception that it surrounded by curly brackets.
The shortcode expression is {advlisting}. It has 4 attributes as follows:
advlisting Attribute default value possible values id 0 Any integer representing the id of an existing listing layout table list, table or pagetable title 0 1 for Yes, or 0 for No description 0 1 for Yes, or 0 for No For a full example of how to use the plugin, type the following code:
{advlisting id=102 layout=pagetable description=1}
Also note that attributes can be specified with single quotes, double quotes, or no quotes (if the value contains no spaces or are integers).
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Advanced Folder Listing Documentation
Basics: How-to-use Video
Help Files
This component comes pre-packaged with an extensive set of help files. The documentation is not located online at present. Each view of the component that can be accessed from the Administration has a help icon located in the top right hand corner of the screen. Just click on the help icon and the documentation for that view will be displayed. Look for the following icons:
- Joomla 2.5:
- Joomla 3.0+:
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Compare Listing Extensions
We offer multiple products that list files and allow downloading. Each has its own feature set, with similarities and differences. To better understand which product will best suit your needs, please review the comparison table below:
Feature Easy Folder Listing v2.8 Easy Folder Listing Pro v3.2 Advanced Folder Listing v1.6 Full Compatibility Extension Type Displays Files Displays Subfolders Automatic Sync (File Discovery) 1 Displays as Unordered List Displays as HTML Table Displays as Paginated Table Displays in Explorer View Hides Actual File Location Displays File Name, Size, and Date Allows Custom Text and Images Allows File Preview (Using Google Docs Viewer) On-Screen File Filter/Search 2 2 Multi-file Download as Archive (Zip, tar.gz) Time Limited Download links Companion Editor-Extender plugin Price Free USD $20.00 USD $20.00 Download Buy Buy - AFL uses Manual Sync, where the Administrator needs to click the "Sync" icon in the Files Manager. This will detect all the new files placed in the listing path.
- Uses full AJAX search.