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#1

Richieste (Requests) / Re: Alexandria Book Library fo...

Last post by dibu - 10 May 2026, 17:43:30

Hello,

that is my question too. Do you consider to upgrade Alexandria Book for Joomla!6?

Regards
Dieter

#2

Richieste (Requests) / Re: Automatic metadata entry v...

Last post by astronantes - 25 April 2026, 16:15:22

To demonstrate what would be expected, I created a plugin that adds an ISBN search button below the ISBN field when creating a book. This plugin is currently just a demo, but it works correctly on our site.

For your information, it's available at:
https://github.com/FERRATON/abookisbn
I think this would be a nice feature to integrate into a future version of Alexandria Book Library.

#3

Richieste (Requests) / Automatic metadata entry via G...

Last post by astronantes - 02 April 2026, 17:24:15

Hello !

Would it be possible to add a "Search for metadata" button below the ISBN field for new books?
This button would trigger a call to the Google Books API using the ISBN as the key. In the plugin settings, we could optionally add the ability to enter a Google key (not required for a small number of requests).

The Google API returns a rich JSON feed (example: https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes?q=isbn:9781784059507) which could populate a large number of fields, including a cover image when available. It would also be helpful if the author and publisher information were automatically added to the database if they don't already exist and pre-populated as entered data in the corresponding fields.

Please feel free to discuss this further if you find this request relevant.

Sincerely,

#4

Supporto (Support) / reports

Last post by usi15 - 09 January 2026, 08:55:58

Sorry, I Can Not find any Report in abook for joomla. How Can I create my own Reports?

#5

Errori (Bugs) / Re: Joomla 6 problem

Last post by Slacker - 17 December 2025, 13:23:26

Glad to hear that! Good News! But when such things happen I start to wonder why they change new versions of Joomla so much that older extensions become useless. Maybe Joomla should change direction to be able to keep old extensions alive longer.

#6

Supporto (Support) / Re: updat ABL to joomla versio...

Last post by federica - 08 December 2025, 19:49:44

Hi Boudewijn,
currently Abook does not support Joomla 6. In the future I will develop a version of Abook for Joomla 6 but I do not have a roadmap.

#7

Supporto (Support) / updat ABL to joomla version 6

Last post by Boudewijn - 06 December 2025, 13:24:20

Hello,

I am using the latest version of Alexandria Book Library, but I can't use it for Joomla vrsion 6.
I'm a Dutchman and already have the menu's translated into Dutch (nl-NL) but I need to change the installation files (XML) too.
WHo can be of assistance.
Thanks in advance

[So, my analysis and conclusion aren't entirely conclusive.]

#8

Errori (Bugs) / Re: collaboration with Joomla ...

Last post by giorgo - 05 December 2025, 11:02:35

I just remembered to repeat the error in a different environment: a new, separate J5.4.1 on PHP 8.3 (and 8.1 for abook) with a manually entered abook category & record and contact entry: no error!

So, my analysis and conclusion aren't entirely conclusive.

Perhaps incorrect data was imported:

During several import attempts from abook J!3, I encountered the following errors in J!5:
Field 'lang' doesn't have a default value (the "where" is missing: the table name?)
1062 Duplicate entry '3' for key 'PRIMARY'
Warning! – Error moving file to [ROOT]/administrator/components/com_abook/uploads/
The file must have the '.sql' extension

I'm still working on this...

#9

Errori (Bugs) / Re: collaboration with Joomla ...

Last post by giorgo - 04 December 2025, 23:57:09

hi,
I had trouble not only searching for AB titles, but also finding J! contacts.

The error seems to lie in the "finder" plugin "Smart Search - Abook" (Plugin 4.0.5, November 15, 2024, plg_finder_abook 4.0.5) <https://alexandriabooklibrary.org/en/downloads/29-plugins.html>.

The search index first reads content from external components, then the core components such as contacts, posts, etc.

The "external" Abook plugin displays an incorrect entry in the index status window (only "1" book instead of 1500), and secondly, it seems to abort the entire indexing process after the title cycle. Book titles are then in the index and can be found, but no authors are. The subsequent core components are also no longer being read. Therefore, for example, "Contacts" were missing from my search results. By saving individual contacts, they eventually made it into the index and were found, but after reindexing with the faulty plugin, they were missing again.

If I deactivate "Smart Search - Abook," everything works. For the "Alexandria Book Library 4.0.6," only its own pre-installed search function remains until its plugin is fixed.

best regards, g.



Joomla Version    5.4.1
PHP Version    PHP 8.3.x
AlexBib 4.0.6 (plg_content_loadbook_4_0_5, plg_finder_abook_4_0_5)

#10

Errori (Bugs) / Pagination for authors

Last post by RobertG - 01 December 2025, 16:33:54

Hi,

I'm using Abook on a J 5.4.1 website and I have just noticed that in the list of authors, if I select a letter and then try to go to the next page, the end of the address is not added and page 2 displays the second page (A) for a list of all authors.
For example: https://les-livres.de-ergé.fr/les-auteurs.html?letter=M displays the authors whose last name begins with M
If I click on the "2" at the bottom of the page, the address becomes (same problem without SEF)
https://les-livres.de-ergé.fr/les-auteurs.html?start=5 (without &letter=M)
and the displayed page is the second of all authors display.

I couldn't find an option to change this display and hadn't noticed it before.

Can anyone confirm this?
Thank you,
Robert