Phoca Guestbook with Captcha ComponentLanguage

Phoca Guestbook is a Joomla! component. It is a simple guestbook with Captcha system.

Requirements:
- Joomla! 1.5

Documentation
http://www.phoca.cz/documentation/category/3-phoca-guestbook-component

Demo:
http://www.phoca.cz/demo/

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byk9education on November 16, 2009
As usual, this is another quality Phoca component. It's easy to setup, easy to use and it looks good also. My minor suggestions for future versions are:

(1) If Captcha is going to be case-sensitive as it is now, there should be a message regarding that somewhere as it is not the expected Captcha behavior.

(2) The grammar needs some serious work. There are commas all over where there shouldn't be and the English is mediocre at best. Perhaps someone could help translate it a bit better.

(3) The math Captcha is a bit odd and could use some instructions for users. In my test pool, some people were trying to enter the equation itself. lol I know, I know. Typically math is displayed in plain text though so the novice internet users might need a little assistance.

I have already rectified these issues on my site as they are easily sorted but I just thought I would mention them. Again, they are minor issues and this extension is very good.

Thank you for another nice component.
Owner's reply

Hi, thank you for your review:

1) 3) You can write it into description field, so this depends on administrator which instructions will be displayed

2) "Perhaps someone could help translate it a bit better" this is the problem because there is nobody to do, so if you want to help, just fix all the English issues and let me know. Will be great and I will appreciate such help a lot.

Thank you, Jan

byvachatterus on October 12, 2009
I use this component frequently. It is easy to install and has all the features a basic guestbook needs. The support is very good considering only one person is the developer and support.
bymilo01 on September 8, 2009
Great extension. Easy to install and configure.

I only have one question - how do you lowercase the posted Title & Name?
bybgparadise on September 6, 2009
Very nice extension that is easy for manage and have great support! If you have any problem just try to search in their forum or ask and you will have the solution!
byrdquarles on September 5, 2009
After trying for hours to get EasyBook to work, I tried Phoca Guest Book and was pleasantly surprised. It had nice instructions and did exactly what it said, displayed nicely, and has great options. The Captcha is a little funky, but I like the component.
bynetsurf on August 25, 2009
installed and works perfectly as expected. I like that it has emoticons.

on the side, only if phoca could convert this into a comment component, it would be great!

thanks for the useful component!
byrainbowlearn on August 8, 2009
Guestbook is the most important component on my website. I've tried many guestbooks and phoca is the best. Easy install and configurate. Excellent. So I decided to donate some bucks and please...keep on working.~~~~by HsiuWen
byPolar.a on July 4, 2009
Excellent Guestbook! It easy to install and use.
byzed2009 on April 20, 2009
extremely easy to install & set up, and does exactly what you need. the captcha system works great and the layout is perfect.

a no-fuss, no-hassle module that is simple yet perfect.. well worth the download!
byBeachDaze on April 19, 2009
Very easy setup for a really great extension. Documentation is so much better than most. Thanks for all of your work with so many extensions!
A really good extension!
It is incredibly easy and fast to set up a basic guest book and you can have lots of options to change!
bythelordofweb on March 27, 2009
It is excellent component. Thank you for it!
byjsaturnus on February 22, 2009
After trying a lot of guestbooks, this one worked instant. Add a guestbook, configure some settings, uploud language file and you are up and running.

Good work!!
Jan is making great extensions (look up everything named "Phoca"). It seems that his programming always is clean and simple.

After testing several guestbooks, I decided to use Phoca Guestbook because it works without any fuzz.

You can edit the captcha tables to remove letters and numbers that are easily confused like 1/l, O/0
bysnelsnel on February 5, 2009
Done well Jan. Easy installation, configuration and last but not least a great support. I highly recomment this component to all webbuilders.
bypsycho_chicken on January 15, 2009
Best ever, imo there isn't any other guestbook for Joomla who comes near to this one!

Great support in case of issues, bugs or problems as well.
byavrohom on December 9, 2008
After trying to install a different guestbook and getting nowhere with 404 errors and a closed forum, Phoco Guestbook is a BREATH OF FRESH AIR. First of all there is wonderful documentation that tells you step-by-step how to install Phoco Guestbook. Second of all, this documentation anticipates problems people might have, and explains step-by-step how to work around them. That's why I say it is GREAT! Like a great teacher anticipating what the student needs to know and wonders about. And, needless to say, it installed smoothly with no problems, and works flawlessly (so far).
It's very easy to use, you have some bretty cool stlyes, you can change Style to make it fit to your template, AND!!!

you have very Good Support on their Homepage! Even if your Problem ins't at the Guestbook comonent!

Very greatfull, to found this one!
byShash on November 26, 2008
Great product, easy to setup and easy to manipulate css setting to match my current site.
byjonas.ryser on November 15, 2008
Offers a lot of features I missed with other components, such as multiple guestbooks and a lot of configuration options, which can be set from menu manager.

thanks for that good work!
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