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I've been using JomSocial from day one that it was released. While the features, benefits and quality of this component is outstanding, even more so is the support you get from its team - especially Mark Lee.

I thoroughly recommend this component if you want to have a professional community presence for your Joomla-based websites. I'm off to buy a second license now :-)

Not much else to say.. this component has everything we need for building our community. Great extension.

This is the best component to create absolutely any social networking site to Joomla!

I had experience with community builder and was looking for something more "modern". I'm blown away by the smoothness of everything from install to administrator panel and features to user experience. I'm very much looking forward to the collection of apps that folks develop to build on this. Great work guys - worth every penny -- thank you.

I have been running Jomsocial since 1.1.145 and have seen Azrul include feature after feature to 1.8.10! I thoroughly enjoy the product as my users do too. Some things to consider before purchasing.

1. Make sure your hosting company allows php.ini access.

2. If you run on a vps then you are already ahead of the game.

3. Don't join a template company just for their jomsocial template. Chances are it wont be updated with the next jomsocial release. (quarterly)

4. Custom profiles are not available and the majority of us don't care for it. Please don't whine about when the developers will fit your custom needs.

5. Learn how to build a community. It's time consuming and can cost money especially for a niche market. Forum building is a good tool.

There is not much more I can say that has not already been said but here goes.

I have used the other community component for 3.5 years and was very happy up until I needed some support and advice. During the last 2 years I was watching and waiting for Jomsocial to mature.

I waited just long enough and for the last 6 months have been very satisfied with Jomsocial and especially the support I have received. Compared to other 'support' I have experienced over 4 years of using Joomla it leaves the rest for dead.

Thank you Jomsocial Team. Keep up the good work.

This app has a great following - the community is responsive, the support is awesome, feature set is awesome. I can't say enough good things. I have been a customer for about 6 months and so far i have had maybe 1 issue that the forum had already ran into. Really straight forward to configure. Not as heavy or complex as a community builder. Really straight forward and simple.

Has to be one of the top 10 apps in my book. Thanks JomSocial for making life easier for me.

What can I say that hasn't been said already? JomSocial is a fantastic extension. It adds unique value to any website and it works like a charm with very little setup, config, hacking etc (unlike some extensions which are a nightmare). The support staff has always been responsive in my experience (as long as you are posting your issues in the appropriate places) and beyond that there are plenty of other knowledgeable users on the forum... ready to share what they've learned running a JomSocial site. No Joomla! extension is perfect, but this one sets the bar much higher when it comes to quality. I hope the folks at Azrul continue to develop and support this software for years to come.

There are not too many words to describe this component: if you want a community in your site than this is THE COMPONENT.
I really don't know why people blamed Azrul's support: I always got quite immediate reply to my post in their forum...maybe people are just never happy ! Once again this is the best community component you can find for Joomla and the best thing is that they never stop to release interesting updates. Well done Jomsocial's poeple !

Once we worked only with vBulletin to manage our community. But we soon realised, that the integration into joomla is a pain. So we decided to switch to JomSocial + Kunena, and we were a little bit nervous about the change. But now, as the change is made, we don't regret it for one second. JomSocial is an amazing Joomla component (along with jreviews the best component in my opinion) with lots of features and the integration into kunena is simply awesome. I can't imagine a better solution for our Community and so I recommend everyone who want to create a serious web community with Joomla to buy this outstanding component.

If you're building a community with Joomla, JomSocial is practically your only choise (CB is outdated and looks awful). It has many handy features and facebook-like UI. But, it also has bugs which the support cannot handle (search "SEF issues" / "error 500 - Controller CommunityBrowseController not found", for example). Some things which you'd think that would be simple to change or modify aren't that at all. When the support don't have answer to your problem, they simply leave it unanswered. I haven't got any help from them since I bought the product.

I Must say Azrul has made an awesome component feature rich and is probably the best joomla social component I have used

But as a paying customer I have yet to receive a single bit of support for any of my requests, I would love to see improvements in this area especially since they went GPL and support is there selling point

I'm using jomsocial on two projects and I'm very happy with it. Only problems I had where related more to me having to get familiar with the components features and settings. Whenever I had larger problems I got fast and friendly support. Even during the weekend.

I would love to get faster access to up to date language files, at least from the most often used languages to keep up with the jomsocial updates. I would strongly recomend to component developers, specialy commercial ones to offer those language packages, even if they would cost something. I'm sure all customers would happily pay a contribution for that service.

Thanks and keep up the great work

I just experienced some fantastic support from the JomSocial team. There were some really strange things going on with my site after and upgrade with links not working etc and Mark helped me out and fixed all the issues.

I've been using JomSocial on a number of sites for quite some time now and after this example of support I'll be happy to continue to upgrade the component into the future.

We've been using this product for a year on a school website. It is very good! The only problems I've experienced have been template related and usually are resolved with the latest version of the template.
Thanks for making this product.

I Have two sites where I use Jomsocial, it work like charm in two langauges. It works very well. When there is a problem the support is available is very helpful. The support forum is very rich, we always have answers to our questions. I think only support it's worth to buy it, you'll not break the head. Very easy to install and configure. You can make a site only with Jomsocial and myBlog of azrul.

Hello All.

I have been working with JomSocial for just over a year now originally launching my site NYCRUNS.COM with version 1.2, upgrading to 1.5, and now the current version 1.8. In that time I am pleased to say I have developed a good relationship with Azrul, the founder, and Mark, the lead developer.

I can say without a doubt JomSocial is the best value I have ever gotten out of a professional development company. The sheer wealth of functionality JomSocial offers is beyond belief, but if it only offered the events application alone it would be worth it to me. New to version 1.8, I have replaced the poorly aging eventlist with this application and am developing plans to expand it into a custom race registration system, allowing NYCRUNS to really develop a solid revenue stream in 2011 (advertising does not cut it). While this is an extreme example of customization, I have found the product to be truly flexible and it seems one is only limited by their own skills. I say this as a non-coder. I rely on 3rd party developers for more than the most simple css and php hacking.

While I cannot speak with any authority on the difficulties of supporting a user base as diverse as that using JS, I can say that the shear range of customizations they deal with and the difficulties of working with non-native English speakers from all over the world must be incredibly challenging. That said, in my experience they go a long long way for their customers. Their work exceed that of any commercial Joomla company I've worked with, including the excellent RocketTheme, a company I've used for several years. Based on a year's worth of interaction in email and on the message boards, I know they have my back. I can give no higher compliment to a business I work with.

Without reservation, I can say that I think JomSocial is the present and the future of Joomla community and social networking. If you have any questions or just want further insight, feel free to email me at slastoe at gmail dot com. In the meantime, I can't wait to see what JomSocial does next.

Thanks
Steve

- Rich of features;
- works out of the box;
- quick support from developers.

In my book in 2009 was some info about JomSocial, now one year later I saw there is even all book about JomSocial. This component is powerful, easy to use and now translate. Evens added in v1.8 are very useful. Now the only two options lack: payments or membership and photos voting!

This is the reason why I've stuck with Joomla. Professional commercially driven extensions that I can deliver to my customers.
JomSocial does exactly as it says... allows me to create a full blown community site, is "skinable" and looks great right out of the box.
Further, the amount of 3rd party extensions being developed for this 3rd party extension, just proves the power of JomSocial and Joomla.
Facebook integration is amazingly simple, and the ability to have custom fields in the user profile is fantastic. It's the most expensive extension I've ever used, but worth it.