Customize the layout/tempates
Changing an existing layout.
The easiest way to change an exisisting layout of the component or module is to use template override
Simply copy
JOOMLA-ROOT/components/com_datafeeds/views/items/tmpl/default_<LAYOUT>.php
to
JOOMLA-ROOT/templates/YOUR TEMPLATE/html/com_datafeeds/items/defa...
Menu configuration
Display options
This tab allows to set navigation and sorting options. There are two sets of options, one applies to the start page of your 'shop' the other to all other deeper pages.
group function
When setting the group on option to on or setting it to one of the database fields, the comp...
Database fields
The following values are avaible to create custom layouts in the component or module
item values
[items_id] => incremetal number
[feed_id] => 147
[feed] => Name of the feed from the feed configuration
[hits] => number of kliks on the url
[description]
[title]
[url] => clo...
automatic import using cron jobs
For automatic updating the feeds you will need to call the feedcron periodically. On unix style systems this is usually done using a cronjob. Most hosting providers allow to set up some cron.
There are two options calling the webpage using w g e t, curl or lynx. Or using the CLI version of php. ...
Using share a sale productfeeds
The shareasale network provides CSV (piped) formated datafeeds. Adding the feeds to the component could be very straightforward, unfortunately the share a sale feeds have some issue's:
they don't have a header row
the are zipped instead of gzipped ( must be windows people over their)
using...
Adding content to the datafeeds pages
Mod_datamenu allows to add extra text, meta tags and page titles to single datafeeds pages.
For example, this gardening page has a customized meta-description and (the same) text in the lower left part of the page.
Step one
adding a mod_datamenu module
Create a new mod_datamenu module using t...
Installation
Either use the component to add the com_datafeeds to your existing joomla site or use the full installer this is a complete joomla website including the component and examples. You can not use the full installer on an existing site! Please select the correct download
After installation clic...
Affiliate feeds for Joomla
Features
Import XML or CSV product datafeed into Joomla
Suitable for any currency, for example £ € $ etc.
Search engine friendly links
Each feed can be pre-processed before importing, rewriting data
Automatic cron imports
Automatic purge of old items
Cloacked links
free
Get started u...
Downloads
Joomla 5.0 Version
This version is not 100% backward compatibility issues with the Joomla 4 version.
Latest version for Joomla 5: pkg_datafeeds-500.zip
PHP Version >= 8.1.0
The latest Joomla 4 versions should work in Joomla 5, with the Behaviour - Backward Compatibility plugin enabled.
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Terms and definitions
Joomla-menu
This is a menu item defined the joomla admin 'menus' section. Here you define one or more joomla-menus for the component.
Datamenu
The module used with the datafeeds component is called mod_datamenu. This module is added and changed using the 'extensions -> module-manager' part ...