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EasyArticles
StackIdeas
Joomla User Group Chicago North
SD Williams, Danico Enterprises
August 2018
Agenda
• Description
• Pricing
• Features
• EasyArticles vs EasyBlog
• Modules
• Demo
• Final Words
• Next Session
• Announcements
2EasyArticles
• Created by Stack Ideas,
Introduced May 2017 “Create content with
• When introduced was added to amazing authoring
each active bundle for free experience for
• Started as an idea for Joomla Articles”
EasyBlog content to store in
Joomla articles instead of the
EasyBlog tables
http://easyarticles.stackideas.com
3EasyArticles Pricing Added to active bundles 30-day money back guaranteee
Features
•Frontend Dashboard •Content Importer
•Scheduling •Works with many
•Autoposting template providers
•ACL •Quick Templates
•Media Manager •Email Notifications
•Joomla Custom Fields •Content Versioning
•Mobile Friendly •GA Integration
Content Creation •Editor Friendly
•Frontend Moderation •SEO Metadata
•Submissions •Rich Media
Workflow Embedding
•Collaboration •Post Scheduling
5EasyArticles vs EasyBlog
Stack Ideas A cutting edge tool packed with a Compose, manage and publish elegant
Description beautiful authoring experience along and sleek articles, with ease
with powerful front-end articles
management
Designed for Designed and built to work seamlessly Designed for blogging and authoring with
with Joomla articles out of the box blogging system bells and whistles
Integrations - Google Analytics - Newsletter integration
- - Google AdSense
- Google Analytics
- CompoJoom
- Disqus
- Intense Debate
- Community Builder
- JomSocial
Other Features - Joomla Custom Fields - Content Migrators
- Remote Authoring
6EasyArticles vs EasyBlog
• Both EasyBlog and EasyArticles have
• Front-end Dashboard
• Compatibility with Joomla Editors
• Media Manager
• Social Media Auto-Posting
• Post Scheduling
• ACL Capability
• Categories
• Subscriptions and Email
Notifications
• Post Templates
• Content Importers
7Installation
•Requires Joomla 3.x and Recommends min 3.8
•PHP v5.3.3+
•MySQL 4.1.3+
•Like EasyBlog - upload the Launcher or Full
Package and follow the prompts
https://stackideas.com/docs/easyarticles/administrators/welcome/minimum-requirements
Requires login to view
8Configuration - ACL
•It’s different from the Joomla ACL
•Anywhere you see “inherited” reflects
Joomla default permission.
•Configuration Sections
•Compose
•Categories
•Tags
•Templates
•Custom Fields
•Media
•Subscriptions
•Feed Importers
9Configuration - ACL
Compose - setting permissions for authors
10Configuration - ACL
Categories - setting permissions for authors
11Configuration - ACL
Tags - setting permissions for authors
12Configuration - ACL
Templates - setting permissions for authors
13Configuration - ACL
Custom Fields - setting permissions for authors
14Configuration - ACL
Media - setting permissions for authors
15Configuration - ACL
Subscriptions - setting permissions for authors
16Configuration - ACL
Feed Importers - setting permissions for authors
17Configuration - Custom Fields
Joomla Custom Fields introduced in v3.7
18Configuration - Editor
EasyArticles has
a built-in Editor
but also has the
ability for you to
use your favorite
such as:
TinyMCE, JCE,
Rokpad, etc. Reflects the editors
installed in our
demo site
19Configuration - Media
EasyArticles uses its own Media Manager. You can
define the storage path in Settings for individual users
and shared.
Tip: want to use
the Joomla Media
Manager, change this
to /images
20Configuration - Autoposting
• EasyArticles has the ability to Autopost to Facebook,
Twitter and LinkedIn. It keeps a running log of post
submissions and their state (success/failed)
• Like EasyBlog you need to set an Application ID,
Application Secret and log into the social sharing site to
grant permissions.
• For Facebook you can post to pages and groups.
• For Twitter you can enable Google URL Shortener
(requires Google API Key)
• For LinkedIn, can post to company pages
21Configuration - Feeds
• EasyArticles has the ability to import RSS Feeds
• Can be setup to run via a CronJob or manual
• Set to autopost or publish manually
22Modules
• Three modules out of the box
• Menu
• Revisions
• Shows on the article page
• Subscriptions
• If not logged in, you will see a text field for email
address and Subscribe button
• If logged in, only see Subscribe button
23Demo
Let’s give EasyArticles a try. We’re going to look at the
Dashboard, Composer and Subscriptions
JUGCN EasyArticles Demo
Stack Ideas EasyArticles DemoFinal Words
1. EasyArticles looks like it would be helpful with getting more people involved in
the content creation for a website with it’s frontend editor and simplified layout.
2. EasyArticles enables end-users to create a workflow by which content is
created and maintained within their website.
3. EasyArticles could be a nice starter for blogs for sites that want to leverage
the Joomla article structure
4. Together EasyArticles and EasyBlog would enable end-users, guest
contributors and authors the ability to create, submit, edit, moderate, and
publish content for the site, the blog and share with others through email and
social media.
5. From a developer/designer perspective, with the correct ACL setup would
help to ensure that as end-users/clients maintain content, style and design are
kept.
6. Lastly, I’m still exploring all the functionality. Don’t be surprised if you see it
used on the joomladaychicago.com and/or joomlachicagonorth.com websites.
25Next Session
Multi-Platform E-Commerce
Wed Sep 12 at 11am
E-Commerce is one of the biggest markets in web design, with
online shopping overtaking the retail market over the past ten
years. Joomla has been the CMS leader of E-commerce since
it's inception with the biggest collection of e-commerce
components available. WooCommerce is the default go-to for
WordPress and Magento is set to lead the way of Cloud-based
solutions since its acquisition by Adobe.
One of the biggest e-commerce markets is now SAAS /
Community solutions such as Shopify, Amazon, Facebook,
Google Cart, etc. In June our friend, Jason Nickerson,
presented the multi-platform eCommerce platform Ecwid at
JUG Tampa and has graciously shared it with us.
ECWID, the leading multi-platform SAAS e-commerce solution
for Joomla. We will explore the benefits and features of the
system and showcase the simple install in Joomla and other
Content Management Systems!
26Announcements
September 22 from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm
DePaul University Loop Campus
For information and to sign-up:
joomladaychicago.comThank You for Attending
Questions, Comments
or Suggestions
info@joomlachicagonorth.com
847-241-4227
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