Archive Page

iJoomla Search & Archive allows publishers to display a highly organized archive page, making it simple for users to find vintage content. Readers can browse your site by looking at all or some of these zones: Sections & Categories Years and month Last 7 days Last 4... Read More...

Search Page

The iJoomla Search & Archive extension brings a new level of search to your site. Compare the regular Joomla search page with the iJoomla search page. Not only do users receive more options on the search page itself, but they also get more in the search results.... Read More...

Search Results

With iJoomla Search & Archive, you can fully control your search results, from the elements to include (such as date, author, category, etc.) to the color of the background. You can even show a thumbnail of the article, automatically generated from your content item's images, include the... Read More...

Colorful Results

Any keyword entered into the search box will appear highlighted in the search results. Multiple keywords will appear in different colors (up to a maximum of ten, after which the colors will repeat.) Highlight color is customizable on the backend, by selecting the "Color" tab and choosing... Read More...

JoomFish Support

iJoomla Search & Archive is completely compatible with JoomFish. Install a language in your language manager and when your visitors select that language from the drop down menu on the front end, both the archive and the search page will be displayed in that language. Read More...

Search Module

iJoomla Search & Archive includes a free search module which is very similar to the core Joomla search module. Our module however generates results from the iJoomla Search & Archive component and therefore offers additional features. Read More...

Full Integration With iJoomla Magazine And iJoomla News Portal

iJoomla Search & Archive has been created at the special request of our iJoomla Magazine and iJoomla News Portal customers. Naturally, this component works smoothly with both those two popular extensions. Read More...

Full Feature list

Full feature list of iJoomla Search & Archive Read More...

"The Archive function has increased stickiness"

"iJoomla Search and Archive enhances Joomla’s search capabilities many times over by giving you full control over how your search results look like and even gives you the option to include a thumbnail of each displayed article which makes it easier for your visitors to find what they are looking for.

The Archive function has increased Joomla Views’ stickiness by giving our visitors a history and a kind of sitemap of all our articles per category and in chronological order, also with thumbnails to make it easier to find what they are looking for.
 
Either of these functions would be worthwhile getting for your Joomla site, the fact that you get both in one convenient package is just a bonus and we highly recommend it."

Tony Lindskog, Editor-in-Chief, Joomla Views
 

"much more advanced than the standard built-in Joomla! search"

"I'm a happy user of iJoomla's Search & Archive component. It works great, and it's much more advanced than the standard built-in Joomla! search. "

What are the benefits of iJoomla Search & Archive?

There are lots of benefits! The biggest is that it helps you get more out of your existing content. Instead of leaving your vintage articles buried in the depths of your site, users can find them, retrieve them and read them. Offering an advanced search function that ensures your users find what they're looking for will also make your site more user-friendly and increase your site's stickiness. That's all good news for you. Read More >>

What is the difference between the regular Joomla search page and the iJoomla search page?

You can see a complete comparison table here. iJoomla Search gives your visitors many more options for browsing your site, including the ability to search by author, date and category. They'll find what they're looking for, stay on your site longer, and be more likely take action, whether that's clicking an ad unit, signing up to your newsletter or buying a product. Read More >>

What are the different zones in the archive?

We've divided the archive page into different areas and called each area a "zone." These zones can be used to display sections/categories, authors, and a whole lot more. Not only can you choose which zone to display, you can also set their layout and redefine their order. It's completely flexible. So if all the articles on your site are written by the same person, for example, you'd probably want to leave out the Author Zone. However, if you have many contributors, you could use the zone to link to all the articles by each author and indicate the number of... Read More >>

Can I choose which search fields to show on the search page?

Yes, you can choose to show or hide any of the search fields you want. Read More >>

Do you have a manual?

No, we didn't feel you'd need it. It's such a straightforward extension and every field on the backend has an info icon next to it with an explanation. It's pretty tough to get lost with this one. Read More >>

I have some sections and categories that I don't want visitors to search

You can easily choose which sections and categories to search. Just un-publish the sections/categories you don't want your visitors to search. Read More >>

I'd like to show only archived items on the archive page. Is that possible?

Yes. Just change the settings on the archive tab on the backend. Read More >>

How are the archive page and search results styled?

On the whole, we've used style classes that already exist on your template's css file, so the style should be consistent with the rest of the site. However, you can enter any existing class name for each element on the style tab. On some elements, we've allowed you to set your own style: for example, on the background and border of search result items. Read More >>

Which SEF do you support?

Currently iJoomla Search & Archive supports Core SEF. We are also working on making it compatible with: sh404 SEF Advanced Read More >>

How are the article thumbnails generated?

The thumbnails are automatically generated from your article images. If you placed an image on the article's image tab, iJoomla Search will use the first image it finds there to generate a thumbnail. If there's no image in the image tab, it will use the first image in the intro text. And if there's no image there, it will take the first image it finds in the full text of the article. All thumbnails generated are real thumbnails and not a resized version of the same file. It makes the page a lot faster to load. Read More >>

Does the search include the forum or mosets tree?

Not at this point. The extension will only search in content items: static, dynamic, live or archived. Read More >>

Can I change the colors of the keywords on search results?

Yes, you can control the color of text and the background of ten keywords, just like Google's cache feature. Go wild. Read More >>

How do I access the search page?

By simply creating a menu item that links to the iJoomla Search & Archive component. Search and you'll be taken to the search page. Read More >>

How do I access the archive page?

Login to the admin backend, go to iJoomla Search and Archive and click on the archive icon. Copy the URL that appears on the tab and create a new menu item that links to this URL. You can omit the beginning of the URL (http://www.yourdomain.com) if you want to move this site to your production site. Read More >>

Under what license did you release the iJoomla Search & Archive extension?

iJoomla Search & Archive was released under a commercial license. Our extensions are not derivative works, so they don't have to be released under the GPL license. The only exception is the search module which is released under GPL alone. Read More >>

Can I use iJoomla Search & Archive on more than one domain?

Yes, however we will provide support only to the domain name you've registered. Read More >>

Do you support other languages for iJoomla Search & Archive?

Yes, we currently support the following languages: Dutch French German Greek Italian Polish Portuguese Russian Spanish Turkish You can download translations to all our languages here. Note: We've used Google Translate to translate the language files, so that means that the translations may not be perfect, however they will save you 95% of the time if you had to translate it yourself. Read More >>

Version 2.2.2 (Joomla 1.5)

• Fixed a security vulnerability
  
• Fixed some problem with numbers of articles shown when search
• Fixed problem with shown articles even if joomla category/section was unpublished
• Fixed some problems with shown weeks of the month

Tuesday, 24 August 2010

Version 2.2.1 (for Joomla 1.5)

• Fixed PHP 5.3 compatibility issue

Tuesday, 23 February 2010

Version 2.2 (Joomla 1.5) and 1.0.9 (Joomla 1.0)

• Fixed a security problem, please upgrade!
  

Wednesday, 4 June 2008

Version 2.1 (Joomla 1.5)

• search by section/category bug fixed
• search by date/time interval bug fixed
• search by static/dynamic content bug fixed
• fixed SEF links from results
• Search module: added an option to add Advanced Search link.

Wednesday, 4 June 2008

Version 1.0.8 (Joomla 1.0)

• Pagination to tables on search results
• Fixed problems with sections/categories showing/not showing when should
• Enhanced search module
  

Thursday, 20 March 2008

Version 1.0.7 (Joomla 1.0)

• Fixed some bugs related to languages, images and pagination
  

Friday, 18 January 2008

Version 1.0.6 (Joomla 1.0)

• Corrected display of date syntax
• Aadded mambot support to content boxes
• Fixed display of weeks on archive page
• Fixed search in article title
• Fixed years, now the years are dynamic
• Fixed hard coded words

Wednesday, 24 October 2007

Version 1.0.4 (Joomla 1.0)

• Fixed some issues regarding  thumbnails creation
• Corrected the display of date syntax in "Weeks in Past Month"

Wednesday, 10 October 2007

Version 1.0.3 (Joomla 1.0)

• Database size doesn't increase anymore
• Doesn't show unpublished articles on search resultsFixed some issues with image display on search results
• Added 2 more options (Like Article Settings and Like global config settings ) for "Show Author:" in Settings tab
• Added "localization of date" - each day and month are on language file
• Fixed: option Show Author - Link to all articles by this author
• Fixed some issues regarding Ignore Mambots.

Wednesday, 10 October 2007