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Introduction

Books & Libraries, Portfolio, Articles Display, Multimedia Display

"ARI Smart Book" is a Joomla! flipping book extension which creates digital publications like books, magazines, booklets, portfolios, brochures and etc. Content is shown as flip book. It is possible to use any media content like images, videos, sound and other elements which can do content more user-friendly and attractive.

Main features

  • Possible to use rich content with audio, video, navigation between pages and etc.
  • Allows save PDF files as images which will be shown as HTML5 flipping book
  • Can rotate pages automatically in slideshow mode
  • Supports zoom feature
  • Possible to create books directly in articles with help of "System - ARI Smart Book" plugin
  • Can show books in fullscreen
  • Books can be created based on Joomla! articles, K2 items or images from the selected folder(s)
  • Provides a lot of options to customize books styles
  • Possible to grant permissions who can see and preview publications
  • Supports left-to-right and right-to-left content
  • Possible to use Google and your own fonts
  • Easy navigation between pages. Possible to use next/prev buttons, navigation slider with pages preview or page numbers
  • Allows to group publications via categories (supports unlimited number of sub-categories)
  • Possible to open book print version
  • Books can be opened in a lightbox. Supports integration with several popular lightbox extensions inlcuding lightbox plugins from "ARI Smart Content" extension
  • No flash. The extension uses only javascript, HTML and CSS
  • SEO friendly. Possible to define metadata tags
  • Integration with popular social networks
  • Supports one/two pages layout with ability to switch between them automatically
  • Works on PC and mobile devices
  • Responsive layout

*** Changelog ***

v. 1.8.1 [28 February 2015]

^ Compatible with Joomla! 3.4

v. 1.8.0 [26 February 2015]

  • Possible to select one or two pages layout for books, switch between these layouts automatically depends on book size (for example use one page layout for mobile devices and two pages layout for laptops)

v. 1.7.0 [06 February 2015]

  • "System - ARI Smart Book" plugin supports ability to define pages inside plugin code
  • Possible to select books sorting cretiria for "Categories" menu item

v. 1.6.0 [23 September 2014]

  • Supports integration with K2 items

v. 1.5.1 [09 September 2014]

  • Supports integration with lightbox plugins from "ARI Smart Content" extension

v. 1.5.0 [08 September 2014]

  • Added slideshow support
  • Added page number search control
  • Added "Print" button (beta)

v. 1.4.0 [14 July 2014]

  • Added "Optimum page width" and "Optimum page height" parameter to template settings

v. 1.3.5 [10 July 2014]

Fixed navigation arrows for right-to-left content

v. 1.3.4 [09 July 2014]

Safari browser showed cover image fuzzy

v. 1.3.3 [28 June 2014]

  • Possible to disable/enable share button(s)

v. 1.3.2 [23 June 2014]

  • Possible to enter a path to PDF file on "Import data" page

v. 1.3.1 [20 June 2014]

  • Added "Module Class Suffix" parameter to "ARI Smart Book" module
  • Improved file upload page

v. 1.3.0 [06 June 2014]

  • Possible add a PDF file which will be used as PDF version of a publication

v. 1.2.0 [10 May 2014]

  • Possible to use lazy load for images which are used as pages

v. 1.1.5 [07 May 2014]

  • Possible to sort publications on frontend by name or creation date
  • Possible to hide publication title
  • Possible to remove shadow between pages and around publications

v. 1.1.2 [06 May 2014]

  • Possible create books without cover
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Reallly good extension



Posted on 06 June 2017
Functionality
really good
Ease of use
easy
Support
very good and they are willing to make new features
Documentation
enough
Value for money
good

excellent but



Posted on 27 August 2016
Functionality
showing our articles into a flipping book is awesome.
Ease of use
not really easy to configure, but when it is done.... cool
if article is too long then no page created. sad! sure they'll fix that soon
Documentation
Value for money
let's see when it will be fully functional o my site

Good but...



Posted on 23 August 2016
Functionality
Ordering by title or date (asc or desc) but there is no date field in each flipbook.
Also you cannot embed flipbook in an article.
Ease of use
Is straightforward and very easy to install and use
Documentation
Very helpful
Value for money
For what it does its ok

Really Great Extension



Posted on 24 March 2016
Functionality
Works great
Ease of use
Easy to use
Support
There were some conflicts with other extensions. Support was quick and resolved the issues.
Documentation
The documentation is more complete than most software. I really like that, most extensions are a little short but not this one, great.
Value for money
Excellent value. I have paid a lot more for other extensions and didn't half of what this extension offers.
I used this to: Our church webpage, for bulletin and prayer list publication.

Awesome Product



Posted on 29 September 2015
Functionality
I have not seen a aimilar product.Very simple installation.
You can either use PDFs or images to fill the books.
The animations are great
Ease of use
I love it, because it does what it should. Clean and simple.
Support
Best I've ever had. I got some problems in a very special installation, but they helped me to solve it.
Really remarkable.
Documentation
They have docs which shows more than the typical FAQs.
Value for money
I can't find the button for 6 stars.
I used this to: ... showing catalogues loaded in a fancybox.

One last word: The product is robust und the support is very friendly and very quick.
Thank you guys again.

Un seul mot : PARFAIT !!



Posted on 02 June 2015
Functionality
Le module est responsive et a bien toute les fonctions décritent
Ease of use
Facile à installer et configurer
Support
Super support très rapide !
Documentation
Evidemment pas de doc en français ! mais de toute façon pas besoin c'est facile
Value for money
Module pas cher
I used this to: Utilisation pour un journal en pdf. One word: PERFECT !!

Amazing



Posted on 25 July 2014
I love the extension! The only problem.... Is not responsive, but it's ok with the result on desktop versions.
Owner's reply: Thank you for the review. The extension is fully responsive, it works fine on PC and mobile devices. You can see it in action on the demo site.

Super fast and efficient support



Posted on 10 July 2014
I've purchased the Smart Book extension after a good experience with the previous Flip Book module. Had some small issues with the RTL support which was solved in less then an hour. This guys are FAST. The component is easy to setup and does what it suppose to do, clean and smart. JED should add a 5+ rating option for this guys.



Highly recommended.

Good Extension



Posted on 21 June 2014
The extension is good, only one improvement that for me complete de work its give the possibility tu take pdf file directly from folder hosting. Becouse so shoulde have a uploadind problem (upload_max_filesize for ex).



The staff told me the this improvement will be done in the next version.



The support is really really fast and good!



Ciao!

Excellent component, quick and efficient support



Posted on 17 June 2014
Ari Smart Book is the only responsive flipbook for Joomla, as far as know. It works perfectly with many parameters.

I had a JS conflict between this component and my template, it has been solved in 1 hour by Ari support. Really fantastic support. Many thanks.
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ARI Smart Book

Version:
1.8.1
Developer:
ari-soft.com
Last updated:
Mar 12 2015
9 years ago
Date added:
Nov 19 2014
License:
GPLv2 or later
Type:
Paid download
Includes:
c m p
Compatibility:
J3
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