This is really a good extension to say the truth. The only thing is, it needs Legacy to be turned on, when I installed it, and I got so many errors on my website because of the Legacy being ON. So I had to uninstall it and turn off the Legacy. I wish this does not need turning the Legacy ON. I hope soon the developers will change that. Thanks! Armie

Simply Excellent and best suited for small groups such as clubs, etc. Easy to use and implement. I wish there is option to choose currency.

A bit of fiddling around but very easy to install. Would be good to not have to turn Legacy on but hey, he's written a mighty fine extension for free so thanks.

Excellent, I use it for "french" ads site, and it works fine, easy to use and configure, having one or two templates more for display ads will be better ....
A bug is that each time you click on an ads, module who's on line " increase of 1 ! and no answer for this on forum, but it's rather a good work and for free, so ...

I've been running this on my site for a bout 8 months and have had no problems, a few glitches that the new version has now worked out. It now integrates with my version of JS which adds that extra "needed" feature to classifieds.
Easy to install, easy to update, easy to canfigure... Definately recommend it!

Some of the comments here don't see to be fair to this component at all. The v2.2.2 stable version works perfectly under J1.5 with legacy support turned on.

Perhaps some of the more negative reviewers were playing with the *release candidates*? Those do have problems with j1.5, but that's why they are labeled rc1, rc2 etc. I imagine. They're just not ready yet.

I'm very happy with v2.2.2 as it suits our little ski club perfectly. I'd give it a 5 if it was j1.5 native, but it certainly deserves a solid 4 stars. Thanks for the nice addon Thomas.

Too many bugs and still no native support. Forum is scant and many issues are not addressed. Sometimes you get what you pay for. I'm gonna spend some money and get adsfactory.

I still do not understand why this component is not made for 1.5 native...

Did someone say support? there is none. Questions go unanswered on a daily basis. Extension is good except for requiring legacy. 1.5 native is in discussion but they can not confirm a date. One guy has recoded and made changes to original code, it would be nice if he released a paid version of his own.

I just wanted to say that AdsManager is exactly what I was looking for… VERY easy to install and use!!

Is there a way that I can manage different groups with a limit of how many ads they can post and with or without images?

I downloaded the extension and had it up and running in no time. Easy to configure and customize. If you're looking for a free classified extension this is it. What would make it great is if the developer offered a way to charge for ads, even if the extension came with a price. I know PaidSystem exists, but forcing the user to buy credits first before they can pay for ads just doesn't seem very attractive or efficient. Again, this is a great extension as is for free classifieds. A commercial version would be even better.

Easy to install, configure, and add ads. Only issue thus far is that once an ad expires it disappears entirely. Clients don't have the option to re-activate an expired ad.

Great free extension!!!

Its very good extencion! I love it but I have one problem and I cant solve it. I want to change money unet $ to €, but it is impossible. I have changed en components/com_adsmanager/lan/lang_english.php $ to €(euro) but there are no changes on my webpage. Please help me , mail: tihane1@hotmail.com Thank you!

Ive been incorporating AdsManager in my site now for 6 months and am yet to have any problems. It was a case of open, install and get goin. Great stuff. My only issue is the lack of availability to configue titles such as 'Latest Ads' and 'Ads'. These are fine, if it is actually ads that the site is displaying - but not if using this as a tool for displaying other indexed information.

Good stuff ;-)

I posted questions in Joomla Forum, this is the link:

http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=471&t=431415

Kindly reply to the issues that I encountered. thanks.

I downloaded and installed this component a few weeks ago. Even though I am Joomla novice it went pretty well and was working with a basic format quickly.

Regrettably the support forum has been down for two and half weeks and I have not been able to fully customise the component as I would like.

I looked around and this appears to be the best non-commercial Freeads component by far. Hopefully in time the community will grow and support will improve. The component on its own warrants 5 stars but the full potential is currently limited by support especially as the forum is down. Understandably as this is a non-commercial component the developer probably has paid work to undertake.

Nonetheless. A great component !

Hi..
It is fair to say that, this is a unique Component.
Everything is fine.. Only the Admin Configure & Add new Category are shown without the Joomla Admin style, without save/apply/Cancel buttons to end the job. Am using Joomla 1.5.14-clean installation.

I installed this last week and so far so good! It does require a bit of extra knowledge if you want to make additional customization, but it's not overly complicated and the code is clean and detailed for the most part.

I have it setup so site visitors reply to ads via the form method, however I can't seem to figure out change the text displayed after you click "send" when replying to an ad. Can anyone help? As it stands, it just shows the ad component copyright info and no other text.

Also - I have the "Latest Ads" module on my front page...when a visitor clicks the ad, it displays it on the front page...is there a way to change this so it appears on a new/clean page instead?

Keep up the great work! :)

Well, as the title suggests I liked it quite a bit. Does exactly what it supposed to do and integrates easily.

The reason I'm giving it 4 stars and not 5 is, really, by July 2009 you could have got rid of legacy issues and make it 1.5 native. At the moment it's the only component on my site that prevents me from switching to native mode. Also, can't seem to get SEF to work.

Extension easy to install and apply. Not as straight forward as some extensions to customise, but does the job really well.
Thank you for a good extension.