Phoca Download 
Demo:
http://www.phoca.cz/demo/phoca-download/category/1-files
http://www.phoca.cz/demo/phoca-download-plugin
http://www.phoca.cz/download
Joomla! 1.7 Demo:
http://www.phoca.cz/joomlademo/phoca-download
Setting own style demo, Youtube videos in Phoca Download:
http://www.phoca.cz/joomlademo/phoca-download-youtube
Thanks!!
The component installed without a hitch. Setup and config was a breeze even without referring to the great Documentation. The included styles are a good start, and it took very little time for me to make the changes necessary to get it to look the way I wanted...
And.. after I donated a certain (free) amount of money I got the extra module for File downloading and YES.. the owner (Jan Pavelka) is prepared to send you the code for removing the 'powered by..' code which normally is at the bottom of the results. Some web-owners dislike such stuff.
And NO I don't have any problem with donating for such a good extension (read: for all the hours codewriters like Jan spend in developing).
I don't rate it excellent becuase of some issues with several templates of mine and the link back .
If there is a link free version I would pay for it but you don't have any other choice than to use the component with link.
Hi,
if you have problems with some templates and this component, the best way is adding link to Phoca Forum so I can see it and let you know what can be wrong there.
I have tested the component with many templates and get no problem there. As there are not used some special design techiques, there should be not problem with standard templates.
On Phoca site you can get information how to get the version without link.
Jan
After struggling with the commercial (!) version of Docman, free Phoca Download was a relief !
-Joomla newbie
Hi, if you are not able to get it working and got no required information in documentation, just ask in Phoca Forum:
http://www.phoca.cz/forum
Jan
The issue of not being able to move categories is an issue, but overall this exceeds my expectations.
It has a nice easy UI that has a nice logical work flow for the most part.There are plenty of helpful tips provided for the options available.
Out of the box styling is acceptable but will need some work from the developer if they want styling to match their site. I would rather make a few style changes, than write a component of this quality and complexity!
The main reason I have reviewed this component is in response to people complaining about the overlib issue in this product. Some of these people solved the issue and never bothered to share the fix! Not very community minded folk obviously.
If you have trouble with the overlib in this extensions try adding this to your main template .css file.
/* overlib */
.ol-foreground {
background-color: #454545;
}
.ol-background {
background-color: #ffcc2f;
}
.ol-textfont {}
.ol-captionfont {
color: #b47512;
font-weight: bold;
}
.ol-captionfont a {}
.ol-closefont {}
/* end overlib */
Obviously change the colours to suit your requirements.
Hope that helps. :o)
I dropped one star for the category issue, because that will cause problems for people.
Hi, thank you for your review, but:
- this is not a problem of Phoca Download but of the template. The overlib is a part of Joomla! framework and should be styled by Joomla! template
- the solution you have pasted here is displayed on Phoca Download FAQ site and in Phoca forum there are listed links to this FAQ site, see:
http://www.phoca.cz/documents/17-phoca-download-component/85-faq (2)
Thank you Jan
1.) I had to enter the CSS because the tooltip for the details background was transparent. I believe someone has mentioned this already in their review.
2.) The details were a tooltip. The initial tooltip is small. So when u have a 1-2 paragraph description it looks cramped. Sure, I could have edited the CSS to make it wider, however, I don't like the details as a tooltip. I like it right there with the download (as it's done with DocMan).
3.) Flash upload did not work. I would click browse but it would never go to anything to let me browse. I'm not sure if it's the Phoca software.
I say this because I'm using another component, JoomGallery and the flash upload feature does the same thing to me even though my Flash version I have installed is up-to-date.
4.) Would like to have the ability for a batch upload.
Hi, thank you for your review.
1) This depends on template. The overlib is a part of Joomla! framework and it should be styled by template.
2) This should be styled by template. Anyway, you can display the information above or below the file or in file view. It needs not to be displayed only in overlib.
3) Will be solved when this will be solved in Joomla! (maybe in 1.6) so the upload is unified with Joomla!
4) For now you can upload via ftp, flash upload (flash plugin
But I have one remark. It should make the following changes to pass XHTML validaty:
1. File views \ category \ tmpl \ default.php changes:
at line like request_url
should be request_url, "&", "&")
total: 1 change;
2. File views\file\tmpl\default.php changes:
at lines like request_url
the same change as above
total: 2 changes;
And thank you again for this good component!
