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A flexible and powerful catalog system for Joomla, which allows you to create your very own content types with custom fields.
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.
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.
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.
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Form Elements
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 | Submittable | 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 with optional subject or body – supports email cloaking | View | |||
| Date | Displays dates and allows selection through a date picker | View |
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Media Elements
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 |
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Social Elements
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 |
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Web Service Elements
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 |
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Other Elements
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
