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thanks phil

just a quickie for you..
i can see all the files on svn but is there anywhere where its wrapped up ? or indeed a possibility to download all files at once as right clicking and save as'ing every file takes a while (just wondering)


cheers
sean

Download http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ and connect to the SVN - this will download the entire file base for you in once shoot. As well as you can keep the file base updated. No need to right click for the rest of your life.

I've recently downloaded this plugin and was able to get installed but changes to J! 1.5 beta2 plugin triggers means that the registered event never gets fired;



Changing this to;



fixes the problem but there seems to be no way to report this bug to either a forge project or to the phil taylor forum (I get "Not a customer" error messages when I attempt to register).

The latest version of this plugin I can find is sometime in September 2006 so I'm hesitant to include ajax functionality in my component via this plugin.

Does anybody know whether the joomla xajax 1.5 project is still active, and if so, whether there is a corresponding forge project?

Due to the licensing debacle and work load and constantly changing API in Joomla 1.5 I have put no effort into the plugin for Joomla 1.5 at this time.

Once things settle down I'll take another look at the resulting Joomla 1.5 API and make this work again.

Thanks for the feedback Phil.

Once the Joomla project is nearing final release will there be plans to move the joomla-xajax 1.5 plugin to gforge similar to what has been done with joomla-xajax 1.0?

Can I raise a question on the Joomla/Xajax concept without going into discussion about the yes/no of Louis and Brian?

May be Phil can answer as well, as he seems to know it all about Ajax.

My believe of the now Ajax concept is the build of 3-tier websolutions where the tiers are the database server/application server/webserver. This concept was years ago used by the Silverstream company completely build with Java. Therefore I tend to see Ajax as a new invention of the above.

Putting that notion to the Joomla framework, I believe that not every joomla website builder will be building websites according to that concept. Would therefore the inclusion of Ajax in Joomla not make Joomla more heavier than it is.
What I mean is that Joomla is a CMS framework making it easy for the webdevelopers to build dynamic information delivering websites rather than heavy commercial 3-tier websites.

There is of course also the security problem with Javascripted applications unless attention is given to proper coding rules.

Just my 5-eurocents

Well, in my experience, AJAX works a little differently from that.  It is possible to make things much heavier using ajax.  An example of this is the google suggest type thing, where, whenever a key is pressed in a form field a request is made to the webserver for possible search terms.  This can be really server intensive.

But Ajax can also be used to make things lighter.  By using Ajax, you can reduce total page loads.  There are some places where only part of a page has to load.  Thus by using Ajax, instead of Joomla! having to render an entire page, it just has to render one portion.

There is no need for a three tier websolution with Ajax.  It can range from very simple and light to very complex and heavy.

Care does need to be taken not to go overboard with Ajax, but, used properly, it can make the user experience nicer and reduce server load.

Ajax is actually used in the installer.  THe example I'm referring to is the 'load sample data' button.  When this button is clicked, a request is sent to the server to load the data into the database.  the result is returned and displayed on the current page.  This saves rendering the entire page again.

Ian

Thanks, Ian. This clears things up for me.

from xAJAX4Joomla1.5.zip, and update to xajax 0.2.5

http://www.xajaxproject.org/
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no test, and no try it.
I have not use Joomla! 1.5, now.

Hello!
Phill, is there any progress in xAjax for Joomla 1.5 plugin now that 1.5 RC1 has arrived and the feature set is complete?

Thank you!

Hallo there,

I have migrated Phil's original mambot so that it works in Joomla 1.5 (with no need for legacy support).

I have tested it with my components on the front end, and it works fine.
I know that it also loads in the backend, but I have not yet tested it to see how it behaves there.

If you want to use it, take it.
If you do use it, please reply here.

Phil, if you want to take over again the development of this, by all means please do :-)
Given the easiness the original mambot gave (and most importantly the avoidance of conflicts between our components) I would love something like that to exist for j1.5 .
And I believe that the website that people know is the best home for this. So,
if you have not abandoned it, put it in the website http://www.xajax-joomla.com/

Any comments welcome,
thanks,
Konstantinos

Edit: Download is now 3 posts bellow, with a new version with some fix.

I hope to see good news more... and for j1.5 only!

Newart, the file I have attached in my post is for j1.5 only.

New version with a small fix:

I found out that the plugin (or jambot if you prefer) was being loaded also in the rss feed pages, which was causing the rss not to work (cause of the object called $document being of a different type).

I have now fixed that by checking the instance of the object before using it.
So find here the v0.4

Edit: new version, 2 posts bellow....

[quote="koyan"]New version with a small fix:
So find here the v0.4
[quote]

Thanx a lot!

Again a fix new version.

The "instanceof" that I used in version 0.4 only works in php 5, which is good for development, but not for production.
So I have changed the code to use "method_exists" and here comes the latest version of the plugin.

Is there much work required to update the version of xajax used? The folder hints at version 0.2.5 and version 0.5 is now available. I only ask because there are some useful additions to the ObjectResponse class which I had to hack to make use of.

I dont know how much work is involved. And given the limited interest of other people in this (yours was the first comment a long time now), I am not inclined on working on it just for one person. If I hear that other developers are interested on it, then I will try to make it work with xajax 0.5. But this would mean that the other developers would need to put some time down for testing....
If you are interested, post here...

Sounds fair enough. I think it's a great plugin and it unlocks such powerful functionality and gives developers great flexibility, surely I can't be the only person who has any intention of using this. I guess we'll wait and see who else posts...

Hi there!

I'm also using xAjax in Joomla! 1.5 and a new plugin version would be very welcome. Thanks for your effort anyway! :-)

Here too, I would like to use it also for my new component...

Yes, great plugin, great work, keep going!!!! I will use the new version too...

The fact that ppl don't respond doesn't mean that there is no intrest. It just means, that it works fine and no need to ask for stuff. ;-) Untill now ;-)

Hi All

I'm actually looking for several developers to update and assist with the xAJAX-joomla.com project.

We personally have a working version for Joomla 1.5 which differs from the original and is part of the framework that Joomla Tags/Knowledegbase is built upon. It would be great to merge the best of both projects.

xAJAX is a slow moving project - but v0.2.4 has a serious security issue - even thought he Joomla Developers are ignoring that fact and using it in Joomla 1.5 installation (They say its not an issue as the installation folder is deleted after install, but if you dont rename it then your server could be brought down! - They closed my security bug report!!!)

The next version of xajax is 0.5 which is the holy grail and is soooooo close - hence the reason I have delayed rereleasing xajax-joomla.com for Joomla 1.5

Personally I use an xajax SVN snapshot that is quite stable.

If any other developers are interested in maintaining the www.xajax-joomla.com website and the PHP code for the Joomla plugin (all GPL of course) I'll be happy to hear from you.

Phil.

we use TypeWatch for this - it waits until you stop typing before fireing the ajax - meaning it should in thory only fire once per search.

It is a JQuery (JS) Plugin.

See:
http://plugins.jquery.com/project/TypeWatch

Hi Phil,

As I have said above, I am very interested of coming down to a common solution. I will gladly help with the maintenance of the website and the code.

Be well,
Konstantinos

first of all thanks to konstantinos and phil taylor for making xajax plugin possible.

i have been trying to use this for a chained list solution in a form but having problems.

this is the link where i have posted the problem also.
viewtopic.php?f=231&t=274199&p=1339260#p1339229

can someone help me with this here ?

Hi Koyan and whomever it may concern,

Thank you very much for making the xajax plugin available to Joomla 1.5.X users.

I dowloaded and installed xajax4joomla15v0.5.zip on Joomla 1.5.3 because a Joomla component has a preview feature that requires this xajax plugin. However, the preview feature cannot execute because it reports a script error "Unknown Function collectionFetch." What's the remedy here?

Hallo SoundEagle,

Are you sure the developer of the component has made her/his component to work with this plugin?

If yes, then the question should be directed to the developer.
But it seems to me like the error that would happen if either the file xajax.componentname.php was missing, or if the plugin was deactivated.

Hi Koyan,

Yes, the preview feature of this component uses the original xajax plugin, which, as you know, can only be installed in Joomla 1.0.x, not 1.5.x. Other features of this component work fine and do not need the xajax plugin.

I shall email this new xajax plugin to the developer.

Please let me know if you thought of a solution later. Thanks.

Oh, you mean that the component works on "legacy" mode?
I have never tested it with a legacy mode component.
When I made it I made it for a component that I changed to work "native" in 1.5.x

Koyan