JINC
Version
1.0.3 (last update on Jun 3, 2013)
Rating
Compatibility
Reviews
19
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Date Added
2 September 2009
Uses Updater?
- Yes
JINC includes these newsletter functionalities
* Basic Management - Creation and editing of unlimited number of newsletters.
* Profiling - Access restriction to a newsletter to guests, users or groups of users.
* Auto-subscription - Automatic newsletter subscription after Joomla! user registration.
* Welcome Message and Disclaimer - Welcome message after newsletter subscription and disclaimer automatically added to every newsletter message.
* Themes management - Several frontend themes available to show a newsletter in Joomla! frontend
* Template management - Definition of message templates to avoid copy and paste at every message creation.
* Content type management - Possibility to choose between plain text and HTML messages.
* Massime or personalized mails - One mail per subscriber or mails with a lot subscribers in Blind Carbon Copy.
* Multi Attachment - One or more attachments for messages.
* TAG substitution - Subscribers and newsletters info TAGs substituted while sending process.
* Start/Stop functionalities - Possibility to start the message sending process, pause it and re-start later
* E-mail confirmation - Mail confirmation during subscription and unsubscription by opt-in messages.
* Massive import - Import subscriber lists from CSV files.
* Groups management - Creation of groups of potential subscribers for private newsletters.
* Joomla! Contact Integration - Possibility to retrieve subscribers information from Joomla! contacts
* Addictional attributes - Administrator definible mandatory or optional attributes to subscribe a newsletter
* Captcha confirmation - Activable captcha for newsletter subscription
* Event based statistics - Statistics registered based on events (subscription, unsubscription, message sent).
* Time based statitics - Statistics showed by time line.
* Statistics charts - Trend of events time based showed in a chart.
* Frontend translations - Frontend translated in english, italian, french, spanish, german and dutch
* Backend translations - Backend translated in english and italian
i think it would take an experienced user to use this component. i didn't find it very clear on how to create my newsletter vs templates to begin with, i can see an option to add tags in the newsletter page but not in the template page where it seems you really design and add the content to your newsletter. the method of having to create your css manually in the file is fine for someone who knows css but not at all user friendly for the average "user". i installed this for evaluation but will have to choose another solution since at the end of the day, the newsletter will be designed by someone with little to no coding ability and it has to be very straight forward. Perhaps the interface and features could be re-evaluated for the future to make it more simple.
For a free extension this is remarkable. Not even any links back to the developer! Found this an ideal solution for a smallish site. At first glance it may not be obvious how things work but it is possible to install some demo data and easily workk things out from there. There is some useful online documentation available also. I liked the way subscriptions to newsletters can be for general public or registered users, with a useful groups system to refine things further. I had some problems sending newsletters out but the developer quickly found the root cause and solved the issue. I've not had better support with some paid extensions! Only downside is that it looks as though future development is focusing on versions of Joomla above 1.5.x (understandable and not really an issue given the very good level of support for the very useable 1.5.x version).
Nice but needs some features/corrections.
I like how you can add attributes easily, but the field labels are always uppercase. Plus the attribute information is not included in the email to the admin when a user confirms their subscription. Nor is it visible in the backend.
I would also like to have the option of choosing who receives the emails. Not just being restricted to the super user.
I like how you can add attributes easily, but the field labels are always uppercase. Plus the attribute information is not included in the email to the admin when a user confirms their subscription. Nor is it visible in the backend.
I would also like to have the option of choosing who receives the emails. Not just being restricted to the super user.
The extension is better, simpler and faster even compared to commercial ones.
Maybe not so many features and options, but I'm confident that the new releases will cover the space.
The level of support is excellent !!!!
It was really fast to download, installed without problems and easy to use.
In just a few words .... PIECE OF EXCELLENCE !!!
Maybe not so many features and options, but I'm confident that the new releases will cover the space.
The level of support is excellent !!!!
It was really fast to download, installed without problems and easy to use.
In just a few words .... PIECE OF EXCELLENCE !!!
This is a verry good and easy extension. I use it for a newsletter on my website. I works realy realy good!
I had this up and running within an hour; easy install and setup. I ran into a small issue and after I contacted the developer I had an answer ánd a fix within 30 minutes! For free! So what can I say... thumbs up!
Jinc works great, is really smooth to go with and the support ist perfect. Had some suggestions about the German translation and Lhacky just helped me within shortest time.
Not easy to find a good Newsletter Component for 1.6 in this early state, but this one is it! Thanks!
Not easy to find a good Newsletter Component for 1.6 in this early state, but this one is it! Thanks!
But all diamonds are rough in the beginning. This is a great component. I was up and running in a few minutes. Kudos for the import feature, which allows you to import a list of user ids as subscribers to any newsletter - that was a real time-saver for me!
I only submit reviews for extensions that deserve it (good or bad) and you definitely deserve a good review!
I only submit reviews for extensions that deserve it (good or bad) and you definitely deserve a good review!
This package SERIOUSLY need an installation manual. It is clearly not done through the normal install page, and I find no good explanation on their pages :/
Owner's reply
Hi Northowl,
JINC has no particular installation documentation because the installation can be done simply using Joomla! components installation tool that will install automatically the component and related modules and plugins.
By the way, if you had any problem in installation process you can write to me (lhacky@altervista.org) or to JINC forum and I'll be happy to try to solve any problem.
I hope to hear you by mail or by forum ...
Best regards, Lhacky.
It's nice to see a non-commercial / non-hookware(just a hook to sell you a pro version) with so many features and promise that could rival the commercial big-boys.
Everything is so easy and self-explanatory. There are help captions over mostly all of the fields and menus to help even the most novice of users. This is definitely one project I will be donating to.
Everything is so easy and self-explanatory. There are help captions over mostly all of the fields and menus to help even the most novice of users. This is definitely one project I will be donating to.
I tested the extension to version 0.6.2
I found it really excellent
easy to use, and most important has been the technical assistance
from developers
In my opinion, the extension is highly recommended
Now wait to version 0.7
Regards
I found it really excellent
easy to use, and most important has been the technical assistance
from developers
In my opinion, the extension is highly recommended
Now wait to version 0.7
Regards
The idea is good.
The UI is usable but very spartan.
Installing could be easier. Now you have to extract the component and the module from the zip and install them separately. It could be done in one step.
The programming is very poor. There is a ton of uninitialized variables and even some bad references.
But since this is only 0.4 yet, it could be better later.
The UI is usable but very spartan.
Installing could be easier. Now you have to extract the component and the module from the zip and install them separately. It could be done in one step.
The programming is very poor. There is a ton of uninitialized variables and even some bad references.
But since this is only 0.4 yet, it could be better later.
