I have tried several commenting solutions, both commercial and free. This was by far the easiest of the free solutions to integrate. The only issue I had was with sizing the READ MORE button to fit the comments line, more of a problem with my template than with this component, however.

This is a REALLY good idea, but it can leave a MAJOR security hole on your site if you fail to secure the directory that it installs in. They warn you not to install this on a production site, but they should probably include a sample htaccess.txt file in the install directory, or even allow you to set a password and rename it to .htaccess. This is especially important for newbies who might not realize the vulnerability they are creating, or fully understand how to solve it. If this directory is not secured, a robot could easily search joomla sites looking for the phpmyadmin install directory, and if it exists, a hacker would have instant back door access to your SQL file.

I spent several years dinking with Artio and OpenSEF on about a dozen of my customer's sites who demanded SEF URLs, and in each case, I have had problems, sometimes bugs, but often just components that I couldn't get to work fully.

This program is easier than any of the others to install, and I haven't bumped into any problems yet. Congrats on a great product!

I was considering coding something like this from scratch, but this will give me a big headstart. I really appreciate your efforts.

I absolutely love this little shoutbox, and I use it on several sites. However, it conflicts with several other applications, such as some moo effects, and the JCE editor. If you have a problem with IE6 and get a "cannot be displayed" error, it is most likely this shoutbox in conflict with something else on the page. In my case, I love the shoutbox enough that I just turn it off on those pages. The code is easy to read and easy to modify.

This would be a nice component if it also worked from the front end, so that any member can easily send the other members an email.

Does exactly as advertised. Originally, I installed 1.20beta and had a problem (with a language file), BUT the developers answered emails immediately sending me 1.21 which fixed my problem. Works slick. I am hoping that they will add a lightbox viewer for the slideshow down the road.

Love it, entirely.

Feature Request: I am displaying images with irregular aspect ratios. Is it possible to make it so that thumbnails display in the center of their space, rather than at the top/left corner. That way, tall/skinny or short/wide thumnails will be more evenly distributed on the page.

Thanks loads for a great tool.

I have tried FacilForms, PerForms, Phil-a-Form, mosForms, and others going back to the Mambo days. What these two guys are doing is top notch, turning mosForms into the BEST form tool and database management tool available for Joomla. I also sweated through several other database extensions, such as Database Query and Table Manager, and this is WAY easier. I paid for the manual and tutorials, and taking the tutorials cut my learning curve by 80%, plus I got instant replies to my forum questions, and two patches via email to add some extra formatting features that will appear in the next version. I did a presentation for a client this morning and it absolutely BLEW THEM AWAY! My application had two primary tables plus two lookup tables (to populate pull-downs), and I had different table views and different versions of the data entry forms and/or detail pages for public access, registered users, sales reps (authors), and administrators. You define the fields and Fabrik automatically creates or updates the tables for you in MySQL. Users can easily filter the lists or sort on any field by clickng on the title (you decide what they should be allowed to do). Also, you can use a mambot/plugin to include a table or form inside an article, or use their module to put a table or form in any module position. Next, I will be "joining" Fabrik tables with Joomla tables so that users can view data from multiple sources in the same list or edit window. All this after downloading the software two days ago. I am a full-time web designer and have implemented many dozens of joomla sites, and this is the first time I have given any extension this kind of favorable review! The product is great, the development is active, the developers are knowledgeable, and the support is unparalleled (at least if you pay the 20 Pounds for the manual, etc). Without the tutorials, it may be a bit difficult for newer users to understand some of the database concepts, but it is probably worth investing a little bit of time learning about some of this (types of fields, joining tables, etc).

This should be a core feature of Joomla. With this program, I can do manual FTP full-site backups occassionally, after major changes, and SQL backups daily. I even installed this on a site where I purchased another backup solution, so now I can do full 500MB backups weekly, but do the SQL file daily.