JoomD
* Entry Manager
* Category Manager
* Custom Fields Manager - Ability to Add, Edit and Delete custom fields
* CSV Import/Export functionality
* Various types to choose from for a custom field: Image, PDF, Doc, Excel, Zip, Drop Down, Radio button, WYSIWIG Editor, Textfield, Textarea, URL, Email
* Option to make a field as Required
* Option to Include custom fields in Search
* Add CSS Class in a custom field
* Option to Display Custom field in Quick View/ Detailed View
* CSS Manager
* Frontend Control panel for users to Add and Manage entries
* SEF URLs with native Joomla SEF
* SH404SEF plugin in-built
* Latest Entries Module
* Search Module
* Option to choose if User registration is required to add entries and manage those entries (As obvious, only registered users can manage their entries)
* Option to Add Captcha in the Entry Submission form
* Option to display entries to Registered users only and making user registration as required for guest users to view detailed entries.
* Set emails for Notification to one or more administrators.
* Option to Approve entries from the backend or set it to approve automatically
* Mailing List and Export button to export user emails
* Multi-Language Support
* Simple and Intuitive control panel
***How to make the most of JoomD?***
With its features and nice-looking UI, it's quite easy to build directories. Option to apply restricted access for Detail page of an entry. Add Captcha in user-submission forms. Display custom fields in search page and search results page. Create custom fields from variety of field types. Optional control panel for users to manage their entries. Option to approve entries from the backend.
***A basic idea of what can be achieved with JoomD***
With JoomD v1.2, you can do the following:
Entry listings
Files Listings
Download Manager with Restricted Access
Event listings
Business directory
Course Listing directory
Blogs
Forms
User-generated contents
The next version, JoomD v1.3 will be releasing soon. Over 100 new functionality in store!
My only complaint with it (and it's not really a complaint) is that you cannot add checkbox fields to the profile. I'm sure there's a way to hack it, but I wish that the extension included a checkbox field format as well. Hopefully the designers will include that feature when/if they update it or build a newer version.
Despite the lack of the checkbox feature, this is still the best directory extension I've ever seen. All the components work seamlessly together, and installation is a breeze! Great job!
So far I have been unable to find any documentation to set this up. It does "import" after a fashion however nothing is placed where intended and a whole bunch of strange new categories are created.
I created one category with fields to match the first line of the import file. ( this is normally used by anyone else as the field names )
This does not work. Their documentation offers no instruction on using the import and their forum is no on line to ask for help from the experts.
If anyone has ever found details on setting up to import please let me know !
Thanks guys!
Other than that looks like it would work but I don't have time to key in 3k+ records.
Waste of my time. Off to look for something else.
Default language of my site is French so I needed JoomD to follow... :(
I couldn't even find a language file so I could translate it myself!!!
In the Component description, Multi-languages Support is quite mentioned!
Fantastic extension. Thanks a lot irsh! With JoomD I have managed to create sort of a project directory for my own website with which users can submit, search and edit their own project entries.
Many thanks for your help!
Best regards!
Dude
Never have had anyone such issue with the import function. will create a test for this problem. If able to reproduce it, we will definitely fix it in the next version.
Thanks.
May be you ca reinstall JoomD and create some dummy entries and then Export those entries with the Export function.
Then, use the same format to arrange your real data and then import it through the import function.
Regards
Note: I mistakenly clicked on Submit button while replying the above review from kewelln10. Here is the complete reply:
JoomD v1.3 will have the plugins to display both search module and entries in the same content page. JoomD v1.2 does not have it.
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Thanks for the review, defromen. It is always great to see users getting things worked out with our extensions. We are dedicated to make it more better and more loaded with new features.
Regards
arsslan dude
thanks for your appreciations. but dude, a 5 out of 5 would have made a better justice to our decision to make it non-commercial ;)
Indeed, we want to develop it as the best extension for Joomla able to do almost anything.
Your ideas are most welcome.
Regards
Irshad
JoomD on the overhand was fairly easy to customise. I don't recommend you attempt it though unless you have some decent PHP skills. Otherwise you're best to stick to the out-of-the-box JoomD functionality (which is pretty decent anyway).
I had almost no problem in with my customisation, partly because the extension's code is written so well. However I did hit a few brick walls along the way and thats when the JoomD support team came to the rescue. I can't speak more highly of their professional and expert knowledge. Well done guys and thank you very very much!
All the best, Chris.
Thanks for the review, Chris. We have just made a minor release v 1.2.2 for JoomD v1.2 version covering issues like Import functionality, WYSIWIG Editor Image tag fix, SQL comma issue while importing data etc.
What we aim is to make JoomD the easiest, simplest and the full-featured Directory extension.
I hope the next major release, JoomD v1.3 will help us realize that goal.
Regards
Many thanks to the developers!
It is great to read reviews from our users. Reviews like this give us the hope and confidence to go on with the further developments. Keep them coming.
This is what motivate us and help us stay awake in the night to write that one last piece of code!
Thanks gostf
Regards
JoomD made my day, It's so simple and easy to use.
I got it up and running in 5 minutes.
And it's FREE! Wow!
Kudos to the developers, great extension deserves and GREAT REVIEW.
and a BIG THANK YOU!!!!! You really made my day!
Thanks kokujin. Glad to know JoomD made your day!
Regards
Highlights: easy to use, professional, easy to understand, quick to update, very appealing, powerful, almost endless capabilities, flexible, simple, and highly functional.
drock09
Thanks for your wonderful review. We are working nights and days to release the JoomD v 1.3 by 20th September. That's our deadline.
Almost 50 new functionality for v1.3 and another 100 or so modifications from the existing version.
I myself, cannot wait to see its release. Very excited :)
Regards
Things I like about Joomd:
Simple-yet-sophisticated Backend Interface
Great flexibility in creating and publishing entries
Thoughtful configurable options
Very easy import functionality
Things I wish in the next version:
Map plugin
Radius Search with US zip codes
Ratings and Commenting options
option to sort by Alphabets
a template manager to easily change the design for someone like me with limited CSS knowledge
Apart from this, I am happy with it and looking forward to the next version.
Thanks Irshad!
Hi hena_afroz
Glad to see another happy user of JoomD :)
your wishlist is ditto similar to ours! We have these functionality coming up in JoomDv1.3 and many more other features.
We will let you know once we have the next version ready and so you can update your existing version.
Regards
Irshad
If you want a flexible directory then JOOMD is your extension. It enables you to add custom fields which means it can be tailored to suit any type of directory you could imagine.
Well worth the $15 as it has saved me a heap of time.
Hi dubjohnston
Your ideas rock! They have been included in JoomD v 1.2 and I am sure Joomla users will like it.
And it is not just custom fields which let you create any kind of directory but there are features like Include each custom field as a Search option, Choose or Design your own template to match your site and many other features coming soon in the next version.
In the next few days, we are going to release two consecutive versions of JoomD.
I am really loving it! Immersed in the thought-process and further innovation for our apps.
Regards
thank you and good luck.
Hi Jubranz
Thanks for your wishes.
Yes, we have almost 25 new functionality to be added in the next version, JoomD v 1.2. It includes WYSIWIG Editor as well. There are functionality like CSV Export/Import, Option to display entry to registered users only, Social Bookmarking functionality, Choose your template feature and many more.
Google Maps plugin is due for v 1.3 which we will be releasing just a week after JoomD v 1.2.
Regards