JComments 
Version
2.3.0 (last update on Apr 11, 2012)
Rating
Compatibility
Reviews
378
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Date Added
6 October 2009
Features
* Advanced ACL system
* Antispam (CAPTCHA) and flood protection
* Multilanguage support (more then 20 languages)
* Smiles & BBCode support
* Avatars
* Easy migration from 3rd party components to JComments (50+ extensions!)
* Simple integration with 3rd party extensions (more than 40 extensions!)
* Joom!Fish support (separate comments for each language)
* E-mail subscriptions
* Quick moderation (from e-mails)
* Report to administrator
* Ban IP
* RSS feeds
* Automatic updates (require Joomla 1.7+)
Support avatars from 3rd party extensions
JComments Avatar plugin adds support avatars from Agora Forum, CommunityBuilder, ccBoard, Contacts, FireBoard, IDoBlog, JomSocial, JooBB Forum, JoomSuite User, K2, Kunena, iJoomla Magazine, Ninjaboard, phpBB3 (Blogomunity p8pbb bridge, JFusion bridge, RokBridge), vBulletin, Gravatar and more;
Easy migration from 3rd party extensions
JComments supports import of comments from third-party components: AkoComment, BeeHeard, Chrono Comments, ComboMax, Cinema, HotOrNot2, DatsoGallery, EasyComment, Ice Gallery, JA Comment, JMovies, JMyLife, JomComment, JoomlaComment, JoomGallery, J!Reactions, JXtended Comments, LinkDirectory, LyftenBloggie, MosCom, Mosets Tree, MusicBox, Music Collection, mXcomment, PAXXGallery, RDBS Comment, Remository, MightyExtensions Resource, RSGallery2, SOBI2, TPDugg, VirtueMart, UrComment, Webee Comment, yvComment, ZiMB Comment, zOOm Media Gallery, ZOO 2.0
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After trying demos of all the commercial products and some of the free ones, jcomments is absolutely perfect in its feature-list, spam protection (which still needs a little work), and layout. Since I don't require registration nor even have the option to register (there's just no need), jcomments permission settings are above reproach.
It supports avatars, bbcode, user avatars, different templates, flood control, and it is quite possibly the easiest system to set up and use.
I would rate it as Excellent except for a couple of things:
• The aforementioned spam control needs an update as the spammers have found workarounds already. Thank god for the Report to Admin link that my users have no problem using to let me know spam got through.
• Selecting Tree layout in settings doesn't allow pagination. But if you select Flat layout you can have pagination but you are unable to reply to another person's comments. Why you can't have pagination in Tree layout is beyond me. I have some articles with 100+ comments all on one page because of this.
• Sometimes you want to turn comments off after a topic has been discussed to death, but if you add the jcomments off code to the article, any previous comments disappear as well. Be nice to have a way to show comments up until the point you turned them off. Right now it's all or nothing. Maybe program in a date code to the {jcomments off} so comments before that date don't disappear.
• Support for more than just the Gravatar avatar. I know it's silly, but people like choices.
Now, even with these limitations, it is still the BEST commenting system available. It's also FREE. I really hope the developer comes out with an update (plus real JoomFish support) as this version is getting a little long in the tooth.
Other than that you can't go wrong and will be pleasantly surprised by how well it works. I've never had a conflict with jcomments or a complaint from a user about using it.
And let's face it, if your visitors are using your comment system to complain about the comment system, well, it doesn't look good. Thankfully I've never had that issue. :)
It supports avatars, bbcode, user avatars, different templates, flood control, and it is quite possibly the easiest system to set up and use.
I would rate it as Excellent except for a couple of things:
• The aforementioned spam control needs an update as the spammers have found workarounds already. Thank god for the Report to Admin link that my users have no problem using to let me know spam got through.
• Selecting Tree layout in settings doesn't allow pagination. But if you select Flat layout you can have pagination but you are unable to reply to another person's comments. Why you can't have pagination in Tree layout is beyond me. I have some articles with 100+ comments all on one page because of this.
• Sometimes you want to turn comments off after a topic has been discussed to death, but if you add the jcomments off code to the article, any previous comments disappear as well. Be nice to have a way to show comments up until the point you turned them off. Right now it's all or nothing. Maybe program in a date code to the {jcomments off} so comments before that date don't disappear.
• Support for more than just the Gravatar avatar. I know it's silly, but people like choices.
Now, even with these limitations, it is still the BEST commenting system available. It's also FREE. I really hope the developer comes out with an update (plus real JoomFish support) as this version is getting a little long in the tooth.
Other than that you can't go wrong and will be pleasantly surprised by how well it works. I've never had a conflict with jcomments or a complaint from a user about using it.
And let's face it, if your visitors are using your comment system to complain about the comment system, well, it doesn't look good. Thankfully I've never had that issue. :)
Owner's reply
Thank you for detailed review. Here is not good place for support but I would like to make more clear some things. If you want to stop discussion but allow users to read already posted comments you have to use {jcomments lock} instead {jcomments off}. If you want to have more avatar sources you have to use JComments Avatar plugin - it supports about 12+ extensions such as Agora, Kunena, CommunityBuilder, JomSocial, K2 and others. All other things I am ready to discuss on our support forum!
JComments is excellent - easy to install too, plugs straigt in. No problems at all.
This component is really usable. Comment components in different articles work perfectly without disturbing each other. Well done! Thank you so much for this powerful component.
Awesome component. It installed into my 1.5 primary school site flawlessly and configuration was very simple. It has give the site a great add on and my users are loving the ability to leave comments. The children are away on a 1 week trip and parents can now keep in touch by leaving comments under the children's daily blog posts. Developer's website is VERY clean and easy to get setup/support info from. Top job.
Simply Fantastic!
And above all, its free. You guys rock! You guys really make our lives simpler and easier. Live Long :) :D ...
And above all, its free. You guys rock! You guys really make our lives simpler and easier. Live Long :) :D ...
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