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Looking for a module with similar functionality

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Hello,

I am using CMSMS and I am pretty happy with it :)

Anyway, it is very important for me to find and use a Module that is similar to the very powerful one used in Drupal, namely: Views.

Is there such module in CMSMS with similar functionalities?

Thanks!
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Re: Looking for a module with similar functionality

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Could you tell us a bit more about what it does other than the name?
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Re: Looking for a module with similar functionality

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It basically enables users to organize in blocks (pages or other displays) their content - lists of any type of articles, news, comments... anything that users need. It makes extracting and retrieving content from the database very easy - it has any possible options for such purposes and is highly customizable.

For example, a user may decide to have a block on the website, containing list of the 5 most recent comments, posted to blog articles only; and the list itself may be further customized to show the date of the comment and the first sentence of the text (for example).

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There's nothing that does quite the same thing as that - that's bordering on a page builder and not really the direction CMSMS aims for.

That said, a lot of similar functionality could be done with LISE, CGContentUtilities, template inheritance, and judicious use of Smarty. You have quite a bit of power to give the content editor options, but it's not an "out of the box" solution.
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Re: Looking for a module with similar functionality

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Thanks a lot!
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