I looked around on DBDesigner and found out how to make the diagram exactly like the PNG.
I’m posting back here for reference for other visitors.
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I’m assuming that you, just like me are hearing about DBDesigner for the first time thanks to this page. I have DBDesigner 4.
Install DBDesigner, download the XML provided by Torkil and then go to File>Open and find the XML you downloaded.

In DBDesigner you can go to the top menu and select ‘Display’. This option controls what you see on the diagram. The three sections that you are interested in are the Notation, Table Columns and Table Indices. Also notice the option ‘Display Relation Names’.

1. To show/hide the data type go to ;Display>Table Columns>Physical Schema Level.
2. To show/hide the Indices go to; Display>Table Indices>List Table Indices
3. To Show/hide Foreign Keys go to; Display>Table Columns> Show Foreign Keys.
4. To hide, I see no reason to show, the Relationship Names go to ;Display>[Uncheck] Display Relation Names

5. To change the Notation go to Display>Notation and choose your option of EER, EER[1..n] Shows numeric relation, Traditional and Crows Foot.

Pretty basic stuff but if you are like me and want to get things done quickly without reading the whole manual, this should help.

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Torkil, If I start getting more involved with the DBDesigner and Joomla I may start doing some updates to the diagram.
I will definitely let you know and send the file your way if I change/add things.

Thanks again

Fernando

Somewhere inside DBDesigner — can’t remember where :) — you can switch on/off this feature to make the diagram more readable.

Hope this helps, and remember the diagram is old. The database has changed since I made it, so an update is required! *hint hint, nudge nudge*

I’m just getting into the whole DB Model and creating my first component, it will be a while before I have a good understanding of the structure and dependencies between all the objects. If I start modifying things I certainly keep you posted.

FYI: When I imported the XML, the diagram didn’t look like the PNG you have. All the tables for the different colored sections were lumped together, Some of the large tables were ‘overflowing’ from their respective colored areas as well.

Nevertheless this is fantastic and it prints great on 4 Tabloid pages.
Thanks once more

Fernando

Not a problem! I have uploaded the schema now, you’ll find a link to it in the post above. Just download the zip and decompress it, and you should get an xml-file ready to be imported into DBDesigner!

Since I have done the groundwork in April last year, the database structure has probably changed a bit. I’d really appreciate it if you would share with me an updated model should you decide to make one.

Please note that the checked_out field is in fact a foreign key to the users.id field in many tables, but has been left out of the diagram to keep it readable. Please see my note on the right side of the diagram.

- Torkil

Thanks for the hard work, this will help alot.

I believe this will get you a PDF from most any software:

Print to Postscript File (you can do this in Windows… I assume you use Windows as Kylix is abandoned by Borland and requires really old distros).

In Windows, there’s a number of .PS –> .PDF utilities (pick one), or use ‘ps2pdf’ in Linux.

Generally Postscript is resolution independent so paper size SHOULDN’T matter… but if it looks all bitmappy then they’re exporting the graph as a bitmap (ugh), and oversized paper might compensate.

You can email me with a zip of the PS if you need someone to run or test the output of ps2pdf.