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Magic Advent Calendar schedules 24 daily doors

Magic Advent Calendar is a Joomla module for showing visitors one of 24 Christmas messages and visual surprises on each December day.

The module creates a 24-door Advent calendar that unlocks doors by date, displays a configured message and surprise, and records opened doors in the visitor's browser, according to the listing.

This is a seasonal presentation problem rather than a standard Joomla content type. Joomla core can publish a module between set dates, and a Custom module, articles or template markup can handle static Christmas content. A template override can change the appearance of an existing module, but it does not by itself provide 24 separate unlock dates, door animations or per-visitor progress. Magic Advent Calendar goes beyond those core options with daily door logic, effects and settings for each day's message and symbol. The listing says the date check happens in the visitor's browser, and cautions that it is not intended for securely distributing prizes or valuable coupon codes.

It is aimed at hotels, shops, restaurants, tourism sites, associations and other organisations running a Christmas campaign where repeat visits are useful. A site that only needs a seasonal banner, a single landing page or server-side control over coupons has little reason to install it.

  • The listing identifies it as a Joomla 6 site module from PC-DIDI Webdesign, in the Directory's Design section.
  • It does not state whether the extension is free or paid, so check the download and licensing terms before installation.
  • The directory lists nine other extensions from PC-DIDI, while this entry currently shows no reviews. The listing does not explain update policy, support arrangements, accessibility considerations, performance impact of the effects, or how browser-stored progress behaves when visitors change devices or clear storage.

Listed on the Joomla Extensions Directory.