WOW, I'd suggest staying away from this one... right out of the box I get a clumsy SQL error, which to me is representational as to how buggy the rest of the code will be:

SQL Error DB function failed with error number 1067
Invalid default value for 'checked_out_time'
`checked_out_time` int(11) NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00'

Ouch, now that's one clumsily configured table....

I think this is great if it meets your immediate needs. Orverall though, I'd love it if this extension were improved and expanded.

As is, you can limit the site's search functions to specific sections. Cool. But you won't be able to create different types of searches (i.e. one search for 'category1' and a separate search for 'category2')

If it weren't for that drawback I'd be able to use this on my site...

I installed this bot and was very excited to see the features and how configurable it was( version 1.1.5). Looked very promising.

Unfortunately I was quite disappointed to discover that the code was written with the registered global $_SESSION. Naturally, I disable registered globals for my site for security purposes.

Surprisingly I don't see anyone else on their forums discussing this, and can't seem to find any topics on it. If this plugin didn't rely on registered globals I would be very interested.

I downloaded this hoping to look for a quick solution to a simple concept...

Instead, not only did I find out that the code provided exactly the same functionality that the "Link category table" provides that comes with joomla, but the author failed to list the xml file as a filename in the moduleDetails.xml...

So naturally, Joomla threw when I tried to uninstall it and I had to mod the code, phpAdmin into my database and kill some rows, and FTP in and delete some files manually just to get rid of this pointless module install....

I only have one question... Why was this module created?

The back end and functionality of this component is fabulous. There are many great features and it truly is as it's the standard joomla poll component on steroids.

HOWEVER. Sadly, due to poor html formatting of the modules for the front end, it is an absolute nightmare trying to customize the look of the polls through css. I was really disappointed to see numbers of non-semantic table techniques being used in the html.php file. I've been pulling my hair out and modding this extension, but it's quite an annoyance to have to do when it could have been done right in the first place. Due to this utter draw back I have to vote a fair, otherwise would be excellent.

Freaking great extension!! just what I needed to allow front end users to upload, AND with a slick interface. Woulda easily been a 5 star review, however, the explanation of the parameters in the back end was a little clunky. For instance, It took me a while to realize that group id's had to be numbers, even though the parameter accepted any string values. It would seem that the documentation was derived from a poor translation to English or something.

But absolutely fabulous, It appears to be locked down pretty well security wise (you can specify different profiles for your users on your site). With that feature it gives you control over who is allowed to do what pretty nicely. Only time will tell however.