Seems to be working well. I'd love to see latest postings instead of latest topics as an option, as well as the option to show the time.

The first time I tried a previous version, it just wouldn't work no matter what I tried. Despite this, I tried the newest version (0.2.0) and it worked flawlessly. I really like having all the info and options. The only complaint I have is that it doesn't parse the quote functionality in phpBB so that you get something like "[i:e3f54d7f93]" before the message if the user uses the quote reply in phpBB. I presume this could be easily sorted out in a future version.

The only other option for showing phpBB info in Joomla is "JoomphpBB" from elearningforce.biz and it's not nearly as nice or full-featured as this module...and it's not free. This is the rare occasion where a GPL extension is far better than it's commericial equivalent. Get it now!

Having tested various extensions which help convert URLs, I decided to go with SEF Advance based on the recommendation from another developer. I went through the forums and saw users touting how "easy it was to install" and how effective & flexible it was. They're right, if you've done little or no customization to your Joomla site and if you're flexible about following the installation instructions.

I tried for a few hours to get this up and running. The installation instructions said to install the component and replace my htaccess file with the supplied one. When I did this, my site was showing PHP errors and I couldn't log in to my admin panel. The developer stated it was because I'd added a + sign in the URL conversion tool. This is absurd that I can't use a + sign instead of the default - sign, but I digress. After he worked out the "problem" I installed it on my main site (the previous one was a development site for testing) where it failed to work on a default installation. The developer offered to install it for me, which he did free of charge (not really much of an effort on his part). When he sent me an email saying that it was installed and ready to go, I had error and problems all over the entire site. Menu parameters were being ignored and links disappearing. When I asked him about these issues, he pointed my to an FAQ on his site which said I basically had to create a hidden menu duplicating my existing menus in a fashion that SEF Advance could understand. The only other option was to redo my existing menu structure. Having 200+ menu items, the idea of either redoing my menu structure or creating & maintaining an additional identitical menu was not my idea of fun.

He didn't replace my htaccess file, which the instructions said explicitly to do. When I asked him about that, he said that "because you already had an htaccess file there..." But the instructions said to "replace yours with the one supplied"??!? So how was I supposed to figure out that meant "replace it, but sometimes and for no specific reason..." ???

There was a bit of an attitude throughout the process as well. It was never said, but it was kinda like "how come you're such an idiot when so many other people have correctly installed this?" I was warned about this extension from a person at Joomla Days, but I went on the recommendation of a more knowledgeable friend (who has no idea why it's so problematic..but why should he?) Boy, was I wrong to do that. It's commercial development like this that supports Joomla's current push towards the GPL.

Naturally, I didn't get a refund. Caveat emptor.

When setting up my site, I was not enthusiastic about installing a million different components to get all this extended functionality—not to mention having to go through a painful process to upgrade when Joomla 1.5 arrives. So I add components sparingly.

I was overwhelmed when I first installed jReviews. For a newbie, the interface can be confusing, but after spending some time toying around and a few emails with the developer, I was up and running in no time. That being said, I tweaked jReviews probably further than anyone has ever done before so it was a great "stress test" for jReviews...and it passed with flying colors. The developer even incorporated some of the features I wanted for our site so other jReviews users could use them.

The support has been great and the developer, Alejandro, has been a Godsend. He's looking to imrove the user interface and adding a host of other ideas into the next version to make it even better and even more customizable. If you're looking for reviews functionality for your Joomla site, you won't find anything better than this...and, believe me, I've looked.

By they way... I find it a little ironic to be reviewing a reviewing component... :)

This is better than the other options available for RSS feeds, but that's not saying much. Though the rollover feature is "slick," the built-in component in Joomla allows for images and excerpts on each article...this module doesn't. If the same functionality is added to this module, it will be a winner. Seems to be a pretty sturdy module after a fair amount of testing.

Works OK, but not very easy to set up and a bit buggy. Would be ideal if the bridge worked in both directions rather than this "hack," but what do you expect for free...

The latest version now uses CSS styles for the comments & comment form (any customization would get deleted with each upgrade before) so it works much better.

The developer seems pretty receptive to feature requests.