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Auction Factory 1.4.5 ComponentcomponentModulemodulePluginpluginExtension Specific Pluginextension specific plugin
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Developer:The Factory Version:1.4.5 (Updated 15 days ago)
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Type:Commercial.
Date Added:Oct 3, 2007
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Auction Factory 1.4.5
Auction Factory - the ONLY complete Auction System for Joomla and Community Builder
* all common auction types including also proxy bidding
* easy setup of fully functional auction site and user friendly interface
* fully SEF
* easy tracking of auctions & bids
* various administration features, easy language management
* built-in modules

NEW in 1.4.5 released on 22 September, 2008.
* Support for Joomla 1.5.x Legacy Mode

NEW in 1.4.2 released on 29 August, 2008.
* New Feature: XLS Export.
* New Modules: Random and Featured Auctions.
* Fixed issues involving months-minutes format and pagination.

NEW in 1.4.1 released on 30 July, 2008.
* Search Mambot
* Reserved Price
* Meta Tags in Auction details page and page title taken from the acution title
* Admin feature to set images as required
* Admin feature to resize images to x MB
* Fixed issues regarding: search tags, proxy bid (first bid), modul (picture display), BIN < Max. Bid + increase, date format, last day of month bidding, back-up & restore, choosing winner when auction is expired, included all xml paramaters into language file, My ratings on the CB tab, Template in IE and html tags, etc.

NEW in 1.4.0 released on May 5, 2008:
* Templating using Smarty-engine
* RSS Feeds including Latest Auctions, Categories present on the platform and User Filter
* Tags (Blog Style) for each Auction which can be also used as filters
* Unique Auction Number searchable and SEF implemented
* User Groups ACL from Native Joomla Groups or CB Community Builder Custom Fields
* Powerseller and Verified User
* Featured Auctions (Gold, Silver and Bronze)
* Minutes Countdown
* PayPal Payment Method
* Improved Rating System
* Delete, Purge Auctions
* Allow / Disable Messages between Bidder/Seller
* Editing Categories of each auction
* Setting Featured auctions
* new Menu Item: My Won Bids
* search by Location
* confirmation window on the BIN button
* new notification to the user when he was outbidded
* new notification to the auctioneer when an auction ends and they are no winners
* new icons in the list of auctions by editing the template
* module option to display an image before the auction
* CB plugins Task Pad tab
* various new features and tweaks.

NEW in 1.0.4 released released on 5 May, 2008.

* new notification to the user when he was outbidded
* improved modules
* several issues fixed regarding CRON, display, etc.

NEW in 1.0.3 released on December 7, 2007:
* New! Decimal Price and Bids are now supported!
* Search Filter available now also for Categories
* Added new Notifications Types
* Better error output regarding Bulk Import
* New Mail Setting - Enable/Disable individual notifications types
* New Admin Options - Enable/Disable Messages between auctioneer and bidders, configurable Items per page
* Extendend Rating System from 5/5 to 10/10
* Several new Display tweaks added
* Several Bugs fixed regarding CRON, Email Notifications, Payment Type, Currency, etc.

NEW in 1.0.2 released on November 11, 2007:
* New Auction Photo Gallery - uses Lightbox Script
* New Category Module - Tree Shaped Module
* Quick Category Management added (add many new categories very quickly)
* Bulk insert Auctions - Users can upload a CSV-file containing Auctions + Images as Zip
* Backup and Restore for admin - Quick backup of the auction site
* Cron script issues fixed and more notifications added in Cron
* Added new notification: New Auction Confirmation
* Several display issues (categories, auction list CSS, etc.) and minor bugs fixed

NEW in 1.0.1 released on October 03, 2007:
* Community Builder Integration (Profile is taken from CB)
* Integrated Community Builder plugin pack - 4! different Plugins - MyAuctions, MyBids, MyRatings, MyWatchlist!
* New! Categories and SEF for Categories! There is one Directory-Sytle view and a Tree shaped Category Module (like a Menu)
* Easy Currency Configuration
* Easy Payment Methods Configuration
* Archive Setting (very old Auctions get automatically deleted)
* Several Bug fixed


Auction Factory supports all common auction types including also Proxy Bidding. Auctions are supporting the usual Bids and BuyItNow features. Also they can be set as Private (bids are hidden to the public) or Public (bids are showed to the public).

Among other options there is also the possibility to set up a auction as Automatic (winner will be automatically choosen) or Manual (the offertant will have to choose a winner).

The component is provided with an installation kit; by performing the easy setup you will have in minutes a fully functional Auction Site. The interface is very user friendly and you can track easily auctions and bids. In the backend panel, various administration features have been provided in order that the site admin can easily maintain control of the site and survey the auctions and bids.

Auction Factory is fully SEF and it's Community builder integrated and aware! The site language can be also easily changed since the component is designed with a easy Language Management System.

The Suite contains:
* The fully functional OPEN SOURCE (no encrypting) component
* 7 different MODULES! (Popular Auctions, Most Valuable Auctions, Latest Auctions, Category Tree in two flavours, Random Auctions, Featured Auctions)
* 5 Community Builder Plugins (My TaskPad, My Auctions, My Ratings, My Bids, My Watchlist)
* FULL SEF integration!
Turn your website into the next eBay!
Requirements: Joomla 1.0.X and a hosting that supports CRON (you can read a Cron Tutorial in our Support Section).

DEMO: You can see a Demo of Auction Factory at http://auctions.thefactory.ro - to login as front-end users or backen-admin just click the buttons.

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Auction Factory 1.4.5 by maximus1331, September 30, 2008
I have several sites involving Auctions and reverse auctions. I used on some phpprobid, but that this is much more what I was looking for. The solution from the factory integration gives me much more power and allows me to add other components that are so needed in ourdays. The extension suite works and delivers what it promises. No argue there!


Very Good Product by santan, September 15, 2008
At first I was reluctant that the guys can deliver a product that complex. Turned out I did not know them ;-) the product was not only very good, but the support for it was top A. They really did the best to help me out to get this product on my production server. The SEO is also very good and I really get good hits!


Outstanding package and support by Drenzla, August 12, 2008
Not only is this the best value around for and auction format, you can not beat the support. I have been using AF for over a year now and have had no major issues. It is a very robust package that keeps getting better. Updates are frequent, not to fix bugs but to enhance everything from SEO to adding additional valuable features. Unlike some extensions where you are on your own in terms of support, the support at thefactory.ro is quick and efficient, in spite of the fact that the writers are halfway around the globe from me. I highly recommend this product for those considering an auction format and also recommend the other products I have tried written by this firm.


Still needs some work by kalhak, February 5, 2008
0 of 1 people find this review helpful:
When Auction Factory was released I was excited. This was one of those things that was still missing from Joomla. At first it looked a little dull and ascetic. I waited for few updates and bought the version 1.02. It was still far from ready, but I decided to support the work and test it on.

Now after testing it for a month or so, it seems that it is still too complicated for a "normal" user. We had 5 moderators using it for that time and all of them had at least some problems. Most of the problems were minor ones. But after the testing all the testers said that if they were normal users, they would not use that auction possibility.

I really hope that you make the interface a bit more user friendly and that you make the bidding a litlle bit more straightforward. After that I'm ready to test it again and maybe even do that on the production site.

But this is really a promising start, I hope you keep developing it and I then I can change my rating to 5/5. You're nearly there.


Finally by brownhills, December 21, 2007
I was looking for a long time for such component. I had several tries with freelancers to develop such a component, but what they delivered was way to bad. I just registered cause i`m really pleased with this component and i wanted to share this experience with other people. Also this guys made a custom work for me to develop auction factory further and it runs perfect! thank you!


Unique Joomla Auction Component by twinings, November 13, 2007
Since this component appeared, i'm able to offer more services through my website. Due to the complexity of the component i needed some help in installing it, but again the developers helped me very quickly. I really recomand this component. It has all the features an auction system should have.


Awesome :-) by JeffWaugh, October 21, 2007
1 of 1 people find this review helpful:
Great to see at last a functioning auction component for joomla. It's very nice all modules and community builder plugins install automatically. Great feature is the proxy bidding, and for the future version it would be nice to see a better payment integration
Anyway good work


Great upgrade by 10yearsafter, October 3, 2007
1 of 1 people find this review helpful:
good work guys. nice to see you work on the product and mind about features requests.