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This Macrotone Rialto FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) is intended to assist you in providing answers to some of the most commonly asked questions. It is intended to supplement the main documentation.
How do I get hold of a copy of the component?
The release is now available for download in the 'Download' directory.
Which version of Joomla does it work with?
The initial release was for Joomla 3.4 but it runs on the current release versions of Joomla. It is not supported on any older versions of Joomla!
Are there any front end features?
Yes the main functionality is available through the front end. This includes the creation and upkeep of Rialto entries, and also the ability to send a message to the entry owner.
Where is the documentation?
The full product documentation is available as web pages and in PDF format. The documentation covers all releases.
Are any Joomla core files changed?
No. The component uses standard Joomla functionality, no core files are changes.
Are other languages supported?
The main supported language is English. We welcome any submitted language translations that users might like to contribute. These would then be made available to the whole community.
The component is now using the Transifex system and there are a few additional languages being provided. Please see the appropriate pages on the site for details of the currently available translations.
Can you explain how the expired flag works?
An entry can have the usual published/unpublished state, which ultimately controls whether the entry is visible in the front end. In additional an entry has an 'expired' flag which works in conjunction with the 'state' flag. An entry may become expired when it has been displayed for more than the specified visibility period (expressed in days). Once expired the entry is no longer visible in the front end as it is also 'unpublished'.
Depending upon the component settings when an entry 'expires' it may also be automatically deleted. If not automatically deleted it is possible to change the entry flags in the back end. If an 'expired' entry is re-enabled, it is not necessarily made visible again.
Rialto Changelog
This document shows the changes made to each release. Details of changes for releases not yet made publicly available, are the confirmed changes already made for the release although this can not be guaranteed, since problems may be revealed during final testing necessitating changes.
Rialto 1.2.0
+ Add support for Joomla Tags.
# Modify breadcrumb display in front end to include parent categories.
- Remove Akeeba restore points from xml file.
# Modify front end entry creation and edit displays to use JForm.
# Get version number from manifest rather than meta table. # Increase permissions check using more ACL settings.
Rialto 1.1.1
+ Add update site details.
# Correct SQL install script which was preventing a fresh install. Zip created and released as 1.1.0A.
Rialto 1.1.0
+ Add option to load videos with entry. Utube and Vimeo supported. Also adds code to check that the specified video exists, both upon saving or updating but also upon entry display.
# Correct category image display in front end entry view.
~ Change front end redirects to return to the entry view rather than the index page on update, save and reactive success.
~ Modify front end category list to add a dash for each sub level before the category name.
+ New option to modify category front end drop down list to indicate the specific level where the category is situation.
+ New language fields added to support full multilingual ability.
# Correct problem preventing deletion of categories.
~ Modify front end entry display to make better use of display if no images or videos provided for the entry.
Rialto 1.0.0
+ Initial Release
This Macrotone Consulting Rialto component is a Classified Advertisements component. Wikipedia defines Classified advertising as a form of advertising which is particularly common in newspapers, online and other periodicals which may be sold or distributed free of charge. Advertisements in a newspaper are typically short, as they are charged for by the line, and one newspaper column wide. An advertisement as seen in a newspaper, magazine, or the like is generally dealing with offers or requests for jobs, houses, apartments, used cars, and the like. The Joomla component permits a site to accept such advertisements from its registered members and acts as a conduit between purchaser and seller.
The name is derived from a historic market district of Venice, Italy, named the Rialto, located close to the Grand Canal and to the 16th-century Rialto Bridge. It became the business centre of medieval and renaissance Venice. Since that time the word has come to have a few other meanings such as 'agora', 'forum', 'marketplace', 'shoppingplace' etc.
The Rialto component is based upon an old Joomla 2.5 component by Codingfish named Marketplace which is no longer supported by its originator. It has been extensively modified and runs only on Joomla 3.4 and above.
Release Versions
Release 1.1.0
New options to control placement of breadcrumbs in front end displays.
Ability to display videos with entry. Utube and Vimeo supported.
Implement support for Joomla Multilingual sites.
Release 1.0.0
This is the initial release of the component.
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The documentation is accessible from the 'Joomla menu'.
Modules
There is an included module named mod_rialto_latest incorporated within the main component release package. The documentation is included as part of the main Rialto Tracker documentation.
Rialto Overview
The documentation in PDF format and also as web pages is available upon the site. [Please see links under 'Joomla Extensions' on the site.] This document only presents a brief overview of the functionality.
| Language | Code | Name |
| French (France) | fr_FR | |
| Danish (Denmark) | da_DK | Ole Fisker |
| German (Germany) | de_DE | |
| Persian (Farsi) | fa_IR | |
| Italian (Italy) | it_IT | |
| Norwegian Bokmål (Norway) | nb_NO | Markus Færø-Lunde |
| Polish (Poland) | pl_PL | Łukasz Dylewski |
| Portuguese (Brazilian) | pt_BR | Carlos Rodrigues de Souza |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | pt_PT | |
| Russia (Russian) | ru_RU | |
| Swedish (Finland) | sv_FI | Rikard Ejfarsson |
| Swedish (Sweden) | sv_SE | Rikard Ejfarsson |
Our apologies to anyone we may have unintentionally omitted from the above list.
The component is based upon a former component (Joomla 2.5) by Achim Fischer of CodingFish.
The Akismet integration is based on the library provided using the PHP5 library by Aching Brain