Joomla! CyberCapeTown Extensions

Version 2.09
Compatible with Joomla 1.0.x
by cybercapetown.com
Last Updated on 10 July 2008

Table of contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Licence
  3. Using the Extension
  4. Stylesheets
  5. Support and Help
  6. Change log
  7. Credits
  1. Introduction

    This extension is designed for the opensource Joomla Content Management (http://joomla.org) and allows you to embedd preformatted CyberCapeTown pages within your site within a matter of minutes.

  2. Licence

    This software is distributed under GNU General Public Licence. By installing and using this software, you agree to bind to the licence conditions.

    Please note that some add-on parts for this software (component and module extensions) may be available under other (commercial) licence conditions.

    WARRANTY DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY:
    THE INFORMATION AND OTHER CONTENT AVAILABLE FROM OR THROUGH THE JOOMLA EXTENSION AND ITS SITES ARE PROVIDED "AS-IS," "AS AVAILABLE," AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ARE DISCLAIMED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, CYBERCAPETOWN.COM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, (A) THAT ANY INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM OR THROUGH THE JOOMLA EXTENSION, OR THE CYBERCAPETOWN OR SECUREBOOKING SITES THEMSELVES WILL BE MERCHANTABLE OR FIT FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, (B) THAT ANY JOOMLA EXTENSION OR INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM OR THROUGH THE SITE, OR THE SITES THEMSELVES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, (C) THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, (D) THAT THERE ARE NO VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, (E) THAT THE SECURITY METHODS EMPLOYED WILL BE SUFFICIENT, (F) REGARDING CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, OR RELIABILITY, OR (G) AGAINST INTERFERENCE WITH YOUR ENJOYMENT OF THE EXTENSION OR INFORMATION, OR AGAINST INFRINGEMENT. ALL 'INFORMATION' AND 'COMPUTER PROGRAMS' PROVIDED IN THE COURSE OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE PROVIDED WITH ALL FAULTS, AND THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO SATISFACTORY QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY, AND EFFORT IS WITH YOU AS THE USER. WE AND OUR AFFILIATED PARTIES HAVE NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR YOUR USE OF ANY INFORMATION OR OTHER CONTENT AVAILABLE FROM OR THOUGH THE SITE, OR THE SITE ITSELF. IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT AS A LIMITATION THEREOF, WE AND OUR AFFILIATED PARTIES ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY COMPENSATORY, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF PROFITS, LITIGATION, OR THE LIKE), WHETHER BASED ON BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, TORT, PRODUCT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE; NOR FOR ANY THIRD PARTY CLAIMS OF ANY NATURE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR CLAIMS. THE NEGATION OF DAMAGES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN US AND YOU. THE INFORMATION AND OTHER CONTENT AVAILABLE FROM OR THROUGH THE SITE, AND THE SITE ITSELF, WOULD NOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT SUCH LIMITATIONS. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, YOU OBTAIN FROM US FROM OR THROUGH THE SITE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION OR GUARANTEE NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT.

  3. Using the Extension

    Settings

    In order to earn your sale commission, CyberCapeTown needs to know who referred the customer.

    Click on the "Components" menu at the top of the page, and select "CyberCapeTown Content" then "Settings".

    Enter your Skin Number, as provided to you in your signup email or on the CyberCapeTown Affiliates Website (http://affiliates.securebooking.org)

    If you wish to see your sales performance using the "CyberCapeTown Content", "Performance" menu item, you will need to login to the SecureBooking Affiliate website. In the Affliate website, click on "Joomla Authentication Key" in the "Quick Links" on the bottom left. Then highlight your authentication key and press CTRL+C to copy. Now return to your Joomla site and paste the key into the "Affiliate Key" field.

    Select your preference of Star Rating and Reservation button colours.

    Optionally enter META header details to display for Search Pages.

    Click on "Save" near the top right of the page.

    Synchronise Content

    You will need to synchronise with CyberCapeTown in order to retrieve Areas, Page Indexes and Menu Profiles.

    Click on the "synchronise with CyberCapeTown.com" link displayed after installation, or go to the "Components" menu at the top of the page, and select "CyberCapeTown Content" then "Synchronise".

    You are advised to resynchronise every 2-3 weeks.

    Build Menus

    Manual: Links to CyberCapeTown content pages can be built manually using the Joomla menu editor. Use "Link - Cybercapetown Item" to link to a content page, or "Link - Cybercapetown Area" to link to a search result page for a specific area.

    Automatic: One of the greatest features of the extension is that you can import predefined menus, to save you the time of building your own menus manually. Click on the "Components" menu and then "CyberCapeTown Content" and select "Create Menus". Select an existing menu on which to build the new menus, then select the Menu Profile you wish to import. Click on the NEXT button and your menu will be generated.

  4. Stylesheets

    Colour schemes and fonts of the Areas/Search and Content pages can be modified in /components/com_cybercapetown/style.css and /components/com_cybercapetown/embedded.css

  5. Support and Help

    Should you have any queries, please contact us via email at support@securebooking.org.

  6. Changelog

    v2.09

    10th July 2008
    • Resolved _NO_AUTH error when editting generated Menu Items
    • Resolved MySQL 5 compatibility installation issues

    v2.08

    14th September 2007
    • Fixed link issue for SEO compatibility
    • Joomla 1.5 compatible
    • Multi-language Content Pages
    • Fixed link bug in automated Menu Creation scripts

    v2.07

    2nd July 2007
    • Fixed installation script errors
    • Fixed various script warnings
    • Fixed header spacing issue with some templates
    • Added stars and buttons for dark background templates
    • Fixed bug in search when resource type filter is applied
    • Added functionality to retrieve affiliate_key automatically
    • Added Content Pages META headers set indicator
    • Support for embedded flash photographic content
    • Various optimisations and minor bug fixes

    v2.06

    9th February 2007
    • Added 'Similar Hotels in the Area' to bottom of content pages
    • Improved joomla sites content caching
    • Fixed mambot that caused joomla searches to hang on some sites
    • Added META description and keyword availability in Area List
    • Improved potential security vulnerabilites
    • Other small bug fixes
  7. Credits

    Nitric Industries
    Suite 516, 125 Buitengracht Street
    Cape Town
    South Africa

    http://www.nitric.co.za
    info@nitric.co.za

    Nicholas Köhne, team leader and developer

Copyright © 2008 Cybercapetown.com
Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.