You have to dig around on the website to find the download.

Yes you do need to create a new folder but I found that really easy to do with media manager (Joomla 1.5.13).

One tip is that the alternate text for the images is set at their website but this can be changed in the module as long as you don't mind one alternate text for the images.

It took me longer to find the download than it did to set this up and have it working!

Very good extension - thanks very much to the developers for making this so easy!

Regards,
Karen

Easy to install, simple to set up and use.
Does the job without complications
Installed using latest joomla (Nov 2009)

Excellent Module. Did exactly what is said.
Great Effects, Easy to Install. No errors or problems.

Thank you

Expects me to put a set of images in a specified directory.
Since I already use foto albums and want to use those images I should be making an extra copy of every image in a joomla directory. What does the pragrammer think, that webspace is for free???

I'm sorry, but this kind of restrictions makes such a product worthless.

This does exactly what it says, with minimum fuss and very little overhead. I didn't need fancy animation, linking, thumbnails, or carousel; just a simple image rotation. It does the chore very well. It's easy to set up (although the path to the css file fix mentioned elsewhere needs to be done).

Some people have reported trouble with it not working in Firefox or displaying all the pictures at once. This was EASILY fixed by going here: http://forum.joomlaworks.gr/index.php?topic=7127.0

download this extension as soon as you can!

It works GREAT. simple, clean, easy to use!!

This tool is simple and easy to set up and use. Nice job.

Image rotator is very nice component, but I notice small problem.

When I tried to link rotating pictures to gallery and choose -> Where should the above link open? SAME WINDOW, it doesn't work. It open new window or tab.

I am very satisfied about this module, starting with its name :-) that caught me while i was browsing for this kind of modules.
It is simple, it works, it has a lot of options. Now i discovered it, I am surely going to use it a lot and reccomend JoomlaWorks and check their other products. Thank you guys!

"Simple Image Rotator" is at the bottom of the frontpage. And it's working great! Just as described and expected. Five stars for Simple Image Rotator!

Yep... that's where this takes us... where is "Simple Image Rotator"???

I rated "Excellent" 'cause "Frontpage Slideshow" is great ;)

This was a breeze to set up and get running. I installed from the zip and pointed it to a folder. Viola!

I was able to install the module without a hitch, and it worked perfectly right off that bat. I made a few tweaks such as sorting by RAND() as someone suggested, and also I added the ability to show banners by a particular category (I'm using it with the built-in banners component). The code is very straight forward, so modifications are simple.

Well done! I strongly recommend this if you need a very simple, yet functional banner/image rotator. The fading animation is very nice, too.

This is more of a thank you than a review. Thanks!

Note: You should know a little CSS to get this extension to work cross browser with your template. Because all templates are different you can't expect this module to position perfectly in all browsers. I had to make tweaks to the CSS for IE6 (which I hate).

Seems beautiful until you realise it doesn't loop fully in FireFox... There are lots of alternatives to this luckily!

For the last 2 weeks, I have been trying to get an ALT tag in my images as I was using mod_random_image for my banners (logos for my site). I posted a question in the forum and never got an answer. Not being a PHP coder, I was scratching my head and was ready to give up when I came across this extension.
It installed straight away and in less than a minute, my banner was setup correctly with my ALT tag and it rotates and fades nicely!
Thank you so much!!

The only image changer module I ever installed that JUST WORKED STRAIGHTAWAY with no messing about. No header meta tags to do, no script paths - it just works. All you have to do is tell it where your image folder is then bosh! It's done.

Perfect for a module, nice smooth fade-out / fade-ins. Another A-1 plugin from Jworks. Thanks guys.

I love this module, it's actually simple to use and has a very professional, smooth look (same goes for all the other extensions by JoomlaWorks).

In my opinion, the best alternate for Joomla core banners.

Easy to install, module without errors, working properly. Very Nice!
Just a little suggestion for small upgrade. Random display of images is not supported with default Joomla! Banner. This disadvantage is possible to correct with small piece of code (in case of MySQL). In file “mod_jw_sir.php”, line

$database->setQuery("SELECT * FROM #__banner WHERE showBanner=1");

should to be replaced with:

if($display == 'random')
{
$database->setQuery("SELECT * FROM #__banner WHERE showBanner=1 ORDER BY RAND()");
}
else
{
$database->setQuery("SELECT * FROM #__banner WHERE showBanner=1");
}

I was working on a fast-paced project, a Joomla website update, and the client wanted a flash-like header on the home page that changed the image every few seconds and stopped after three images. I’m not a flash developer and didn’t think I could complete this requirement within the deadline. Meanwhile, I searched the Joomla Extensions directory and found a GREAT FREE image rotator that did almost exactly what the client requested: Joomlaworks Simple Image Rotator. The only problem was that the image rotator did not stop the rotation. The client was OK with this, but it was NOT their ideal.

I posted a question on the Simple Image Rotator forum; I asked if there was a way to stop the image rotation. pansoru (username) wrote back and asked why I wanted to stop the image rotation. I explained that my client wanted to play three images, each with a message and then end on the last, and most important image/message.

A few hours later, I received an email from the forum:

“Well as panosru, i love to help people, lucky you i love to do it and as joomlaworks! Cheesy

Replace the mod_jw_sir.js with the one i attached to this post.

after that open the js file and go to line 14. Somewhere on this line i have the totalImages = 4 code, replace the 4 with the number of the pictures that you want to show, in your case the number is 3.

Tested on: IE6/IE7/Firefox 2/Safari 3/Opera 93

Simply because he likes helping people, panasru modified the script so I could configure it to stop after x number of images had displayed. It worked perfectly. Now that’s service! I was so delighted, I donated $20 dollars to Joomlaworks.

What’s more, Joomlaworks makes several other commercial Joomla plugins that are GREAT:

* Simple Image Rotator Pro (12 Euros) - This is an extended version of the simple image rotator and many great features. This extension allows you to add multiple slideshows to any content page, AND it has the ability to popup a larger image if the users clicks an image.
* Front Page Image Rotator (22 Euros) - This extension allows you to insert a slideshow on your home page that rotates through articles and images. For example, if you sell products, the Front Page Image Rotator can rotate the products and images.

Pat Fortino, writenowdesign.com