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computesta/yii2-articles
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Yii2 Articles to create, manage, and delete articles in a Yii2 site.

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Yii2 Articles
=============

[](#yii2-articles)

Yii2 Articles to create, manage, and delete articles in a Yii2 site.

- Create, edit and delete articles
- Article with attachments, image, gallery, hits
- Manage categories and subcategories
- Advanced Access Permission
- Approval
- Multi-Language with I18N
- Extra Field Management
- SEO Optimization

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

The preferred way to install this extension is through [composer](http://getcomposer.org/download/).

Either run

```
$ php composer.phar require computesta/yii2-articles "*"

```

or add

```
"computesta/yii2-articles": "*"

```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

### 1. Images folder

[](#1-images-folder)

Copy img folder to your webroot

### 2. Update yii2 articles database schema

[](#2-update-yii2-articles-database-schema)

Make sure that you have properly configured `db` application component and run the following command:

```
$ php yii migrate/up --migrationPath=@vendor/computesta/yii2-articles/migrations

```

### 3. Set configuration file

[](#3-set-configuration-file)

Set on your configuration file, in modules section

```
'modules' => [

	// Module Articles
	'articles' => [
		'class' => 'computesta\articles\Articles',
		'userClass' => 'dektrium\user\models\User', //you can use other user identity class, not always Yii2-user

		// Select Languages allowed
		'languages' => [
			"en-GB" => "en-GB"
		],

		// Select Date Format
        'dateFormat' => 'd F Y';
		// Select Editor: no-editor, ckeditor, imperavi, tinymce, markdown
		'editor' => 'ckeditor',

		// Select Path To Upload Category Image
        'categoryImagePath' => '@webroot/img/articles/categories/',
        // Select URL To Upload Category Image
        'categoryImageURL'  => '@web/img/articles/categories/',
        // Select Path To Upload Category Thumb
        'categoryThumbPath' => '@webroot/img/articles/categories/thumb/',
        // Select URL To Upload Category Image
        'categoryThumbURL'  => '@web/img/articles/categories/thumb/',

        // Select Path To Upload Item Image
        'itemImagePath' => '@webroot/img/articles/items/',
        // Select URL To Upload Item Image
        'itemImageURL'  => '@web/img/articles/items/',
        // Select Path To Upload Item Thumb
        'itemThumbPath' => '@webroot/img/articles/items/thumb/',
        // Select URL To Upload Item Thumb
        'itemThumbURL'  => '@web/img/articles/items/thumb/',

		// Select Path To Upload Attachments
        'attachPath' => '@webroot/attachments/',
		// Select URL To Upload Attachment
        'attachURL' => '@web/img/articles/items/',
		// Select Image Types allowed
		'attachType' => 'application/vnd.ms-excel, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet, .csv, .pdf, text/plain, .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .png',

		// Select Image Name: categoryname, original, casual
		'imageNameType' => 'categoryname',
		// Select Image Types allowed
		'imageType'     => 'jpg,jpeg,gif,png',
		// Thumbnails Options
		'thumbOptions'  => [
			'small'  => ['quality' => 100, 'width' => 150, 'height' => 100],
			'medium' => ['quality' => 100, 'width' => 200, 'height' => 150],
			'large'  => ['quality' => 100, 'width' => 300, 'height' => 250],
			'extra'  => ['quality' => 100, 'width' => 400, 'height' => 350],
		],

        // Show Titles in the views
        'showTitles' => true,
	],

	// Module Kartik-v Grid
	'gridview' =>  [
		'class' => '\kartik\grid\Module',
	],

	// Module Kartik-v Markdown Editor
	'markdown' => [
		'class' => 'kartik\markdown\Module',
	],

]

```

### Advanced Template Recommended Configuration

[](#advanced-template-recommended-configuration)

[Advanced Template recommended configuration](docs/advanced-template-recommended-configuration.md)

URL Rules
---------

[](#url-rules)

```
'components' => [

        // Url Manager
        'urlManager' => [
            // Disable index.php
            'showScriptName' => false,
            // Disable r= routes
            'enablePrettyUrl' => true,
            // Disable site/ from the URL
            'rules' => [
                '/' => 'articles/categories/view',
                '//' => 'articles/items/view',
            ],
        ],
    ],

```

Users Auth
----------

[](#users-auth)

### Articles Permissions

[](#articles-permissions)

createpublishupdatedeleteindexviewadminyesallallallyesyeseditoryesallallhisyesyespublisheryeshishisnohisyesauthoryesnohisnohisyes### Categories Permissions

[](#categories-permissions)

createpublishupdatedeleteindexviewadminyesyesyesallyesyeseditoryesnoyesnoyesyespublishernonononoyesyesauthornonononoyesyes### Users Types

[](#users-types)

The migrations add to the database 4 types of users:

1. Admin:
    - Can Create Categories
    - Can Publish Categories
    - Can Delete Categories
    - Can Update Categories
    - Can Index Categories
    - Can Create Articles
    - Can Publish all Articles
    - Can Update all Articles
    - Can Delete all Articles
    - Can Index all Articles
    - Can View all Articles
2. Editor:
    - Can Create Categories
    - Can't Publish Categories
    - Can't Delete Categories
    - Can Update Categories
    - Can Index Categories
    - Can Create Articles
    - Can Publish his Articles
    - Can Update all Articles
    - Can Delete his Articles
    - Can Index Articles
    - Can View all Articles
3. Publisher:
    - Can't Create Categories
    - Can't Publish Categories
    - Can't Delete Categories
    - Can't Update Categories
    - Can Index Categories
    - Can Create Articles
    - Can Publish his Articles
    - Can Update his Articles
    - Can Delete his Articles
    - Can Index his Articles
    - Can View all Articles
4. Author:
    - Can't Create Categories
    - Can't Publish Categories
    - Can't Delete Categories
    - Can't Update Categories
    - Can Index Categories
    - Can Create Articles
    - Can't Publish his Articles
    - Can Update his Articles
    - Can't Delete Articles
    - Can't Index Articles
    - Can View Articles

LINKS
-----

[](#links)

- Admin Panel: PathToApp/index.php?r=articles
- Admin Panel with Pretty Urls: PathToApp/articles
- Categories: PathToApp/index.php?r=articles/categories
- Categories with Pretty Urls: PathToApp/articles/categories
- Items: PathToApp/index.php?r=articles/items
- Items with Pretty Urls: PathToApp/articles/items
- Attachments: PathToApp/index.php?r=articles/attachments
- Attachments with Pretty Urls: PathToApp/articles/attachments

CHANGELOG
---------

[](#changelog)

- Version 0.6.2 - Implementing Pull Request #6
- Version 0.6.1 - Fixed #4 #5 and adding active/deactive buttons
- Version 0.6.0 - Adding Url Rules
- Version 0.5.2 - Adding Attachments
- Version 0.6.2 - Adding Access to Categories and Articles
- Version 0.5.0 - Update Articles index, Categories index, Refactor RBAC functions
- Version 0.4.1 - Update RBAC functions
- Version 0.4.0 - Adding first RBAC functions
- Version 0.3.1 - Adding image to categories view
- Version 0.3.0 - Deny to not logged to index, create, update, delete; only view permitted
- Version 0.2.7 - Update Articles Params
- Version 0.2.6 - Update Migrations
- Version 0.2.5 - Update Asset Depends
- Version 0.2.4 - Update Italian Translations
- Version 0.2.3 - Update Asset setting articles.css after bootstrap
- Version 0.2.2 - Update Item View
- Version 0.2.1 - Adding video\_type field in Items and fixed modified
- Version 0.2.0 - Adding Upload Image in Items
- Version 0.1.14 - Cleaning Categories Code
- Version 0.1.13 - Generalizing Upload File Field
- Version 0.1.12 - Adding Migrations Example
- Version 0.1.11 - Fixing Delete Image in Categories
- Version 0.1.10 - Adding Admin Menù
- Version 0.1.9 - Adding Attachment's Files
- Version 0.1.8 - Refactoring Categories Upload Image
- Version 0.1.7 - Fixing TinyMCE problems
- Version 0.1.6 - Adding Imperavi Redactor as Editor in Categories and Items
- Version 0.1.5 - Update Item Created and Modified
- Version 0.1.4 - Adding Item Variables in Module
- Version 0.1.3 - Refactoring Module Variables
- Version 0.1.2 - Added Facebook and Twitter Item View
- Version 0.1.1 - Added Attachment's Table in database
- Version 0.1.0 - Refactoring Project
- Version 0.0.7 - Added Image Upload for Categories
- Version 0.0.6 - Added Composer
- Version 0.0.5 - Fixed problem with Upload Image
- Version 0.0.4 - Added editors ckeditor, tinymce, markdown from other Packages
- Version 0.0.3 - Various Fix and Update for Categories Views
- Version 0.0.2 - Added multi-language with I18N
- Version 0.0.1 - Initial Releases

LIBRARIES NEEDED
----------------

[](#libraries-needed)

- Yii2 Grid:
- Yii2 Widget:
- Yii2 mPDF:
- Yii2 MarkDown:
- Yii2 CKEditor:
- Yii2 TinyMCE:
- Yii2 Imperavi Redactor:

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 97.8% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~36 days

Recently: every ~16 days

Total

9

Last Release

3718d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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