ZOO by YOOtheme - Flexible content builder for Joomla

A flexible and powerful catalog system for Joomla, which allows you to create your very own content types with custom fields.

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The ZOO Apps

A Collection of Pre-built Catalogs

ZOO offers 8 catalog apps which come with pre-built layouts and content types to get you started right away. Tailor the perfect content type and create your own catalog.

Blog

Easily build your own blog with comments, tags and social buttons.
Product Catalog

Create a clearly arranged catalog with lots of built-in features.
Cookbook

Build a tasty recipe database, tag and rate your favorite meals.
Movie Database

Create a review resource of your favorite movies and actors.
Business Directory

Manage companies, addresses and employees with ease.
Download Archive

Provide downloads that are protected from direct linking.
Documentation

Create complex documentations with syntax highlighting.
Pages

You need to create simple static content pages? Here you go!

User Interface

Content Organization Made Easy

ZOO is perfectly integrated into the interface of Joomla. Manage any number of catalogs,
category trees, items, custom content types and comments.

Your Catalog Apps

Create any number of catalogs, each with
its own content.

Easy Navigation

Quickly access the item, category, frontpage,
comments, tags or submission manager or the
catalog configuration.

Item Manager

The main place to copy, edit, delete and
publish items, create new ones and set the
ordering and access level.

Item Priority

Besides the default ordering options you
can prioritize selected items.
Category Manager

Manage nested category trees
conveniently. They can be collapsed and
expanded with one click.

Drag & Drop

ZOO allows you to easily sort your
categories with drag & drop.

Item Count

Displays the item count of each category.
You can easily view the related items.

Extendable

Just like items you can extend categories
with your own custom fields.
Comments Manager

Keep track of your site's comments and
edit, reply, approve and delete them.

Social Connect

Let users authenticate with their Twitter
or Facebook accounts to comment.

Filter

Use filters like pending, approved
and spam to find exactly the comments
you are looking for.

Spam Protection

The services Akismet and Mollom are
integrated to detect spam.

Custom fields

Create Your Own Types

The content builder is used to create custom content types. Any combination of elements is possible to build the content type you need.

Form Elements

Form elements are the essential part of content type construction. They save all text information to be displayed in the frontend of your website.

Name	Description	Repeatable	Docs
Text	Single line input field		View
Textarea	Multi-column text field		View
Radio	Group of radio buttons	-	View
Select	Dropdown select box with optional multiple selections	-	View
Checkbox	Group of checkboxes	-	View
Link	Link with options for the title, target and rel attribute		View
Email	Email with optional subject or body – supports email cloaking		View
Date	Displays dates and allows selection through a date picker		View

Media Elements

ZOO offers various elements to display all kinds of media. For example, you can display single images or galleries with lightboxes, slideshows and integrated thumbnail creation.

Name	Description	Submittable	Docs
Image	Displays an image which can be resized – supports custom links and titles		View
Media	Displays HTML5 video and audio formats and videos from YouTube and Vimeo		View
Download	Provides a downloadable file which can be protected from direct linking		View
Gallery	Image gallery based on the Widgetkit Gallery with Slideshow, Spotlight and Lightbox	-	View

Social Elements

Social elements allow your users to communicate and interact with you and each other through your website. These elements are typically used for blogs but can also add a social feel to any type of catalog.

Name	Description	Submittable	Docs
Rating	Provides an ajaxed based rating system between 3 and 10 stars	-	View
Social Buttons	Displays Google +1, Facebook Like and Tweet buttons	-	View
Social Bookmarks	Displays icons of Facebook, Twitter, Digg, etc. to share items	-	View

Web Service Elements

These elements implement 3rd party web applications for various purposes – most of them are social web services. Usually, you must have an account at the respective third-party website to use their service.

Name	Description	Submittable	Docs
Google Maps	Displays any item on Google Maps		View
AddThis	Integrates AddThis bookmark and sharing service	-	View
IntenseDebate	Integrates IntenseDebate comment service	-	View
Disqus	Integrates Disqus comment service	-	View
Flickr	Integrates Flickr photo sharing service	-	View

Other Elements

This set of elements extends your item’s functionality and also the way your content relates.

Name	Description	Submittable	Docs
Related Items	Displays related items with any of their elements – very powerful!		View
Related Categories	Displays any related categories		View
Joomla Module	Displays any Joomla module in the item	-	View
Country	Provides a dropdown select box of all countries with optional multiple selections		View
Widgetkit	Displays Widgetkit widgets anywhere in ZOO	-	View

Powerful Features

Get Everything You Need for Building Amazing Websites

Custom Types

Use your custom content types to create all the items you need, e.g. articles, movies or different product types.

Element Library

Choose from a rich set of elements like forms, images, videos, ratings and more to build custom types.

Template Manager

Arrange your content via drag & drop! Just assign the elements to layout positions in pre-built templates.

Widgetkit Integration

Combine the power of ZOO and Widgetkit to create slideshows, galleries and more based on ZOO items.

Comment System

Nested comments with spam protection and support for Gravatar, Twitter and Facebook are included.

Tag System

Managing your tags is a breeze with text suggestions, auto completion and multiple selections.

Frontend Submission

Use our drag & drop form builder to let your users submit content from the frontend of your website.

Frontend Editing

Trusted authors can review and manage created content directly from the frontend of your website.

Importers

Automatically import your content from Joomla, CSV files and popular Joomla components.

More Features

Unlimited Catalogs
Extendible Catalog Parameters
Pre-built Template Layouts
Lots of Style Settings
Automatic Image Sizing and Caching
Render Templates for Elements
Repeat Functionality for Elements
Powerful Related Items Element
Drag & Drop Category Sorting
Extend Categories With Fields
Multiple Category Item Assignment
Advanced Item Ordering
Automatically Generated Slugs

Easy Upgrades That Preserve Settings
Support & Regular Updates
jQuery for All Scripts
Built for Developers
Use Events to Hook Into ZOO
Email Notification for Comments
Akismet & Mollom Spam Protection
Avatars Provided by Gravatar Service
Black List Comments by IP & more
Automatic URL Linking in Comments
Highlighted Author Comments
UTF-8 Characters in Alpha Index
Alpha Index for Categories & Items

Blog Template for Warp Themes
Google Maps Integration
Item Module With Its Own Layouts
Tag Cloud Module
Latest Comments Module
Joomla Search Plugin
Natural Language Search
Fast Search Index
Admin Quick Icon Module
Shortcodes Show Content Anywhere
Native Joomla SEF Support
Joomla Plugins Work Inside ZOO
Email Notification for Submissions

The ZOO Apps

Blog

Product Catalog

Cookbook

Movie Database

Business Directory

Download Archive

Documentation

Pages

User Interface

Your Catalog Apps

Easy Navigation

Item Manager

Item Priority

Category Manager

Drag & Drop

Item Count

Extendable

Comments Manager

Social Connect

Filter

Spam Protection