DanielKonstanz

Reviews(23)
 
byDanielKonstanz, October 18, 2009
Advanced Tools for 1.5
This collection of tools is based on a good idea, unfortunately its confusing and the update manager link is not working. Dont waste your time with this ... better install the update manager component from the original website.
The other stuff as library manager and table is totally useless - you will see a list of links that do nothing.
Owner's reply

The update manager in this set is the older version and should be upgraded with the later version that I released separately. The library manager is designed to be used with the libraries that I make use of, particularly for JAuthTools. The Table Editor is a proof of concept system to demonstrate how you can build a system based on params to handle a flexible amount of tasks. It also allows you to easily install table definitions as well. All three components (library,package and table editor) have their own installer adapter so the standard universal installer can be used to handle installing their packages instead of duplicating the interface.

If I had more time I would do an update to fix this but as it stands I don't make much money out of Joomla! (curious really, Moodle makes me around 60x the amount of money and I give this all for free!) but thanks anyway for the complaint :)

As an aside most of the stuff that is in this set of tools is in 1.6 anyway.

byDanielKonstanz, October 13, 2009
jsmallfib
Thanks for this great plugin ! Its very useful for me to add an upload area in my article.

I just like to suggest 2 more features for the future, if possible:
(1) Add separate rights for the "special user" as well (not only for public and registered)
(2) allow several upload areas in one article (maybe allow several [repository] tags inside the pluging or allow several {jsmallfib} tags in one article

If that will be the case, this is unbeatable for me !
Thanks again and keep it up ! Chris
byDanielKonstanz, October 11, 2009
Frontend User Article List
This component helps a lot to get an overview about the articles !
My wish would be that the component automatically shows the articles of the logged-in user selected, but thats just cosmetic.
Thanks a lot for this work ! Chris
byDanielKonstanz, October 11, 2009
CamelcityContent
well, the idea is great but that seems just to be a copy of the jos_content table shown in the webpage ... not ordered by section or category, just as it is in the database. I cant see a big use of this especially if you have a lot of articles ... My suggestion is that the articles should be shown in their hierarchy like an organigram and without each detail. A similar component used to be here called "AZContentlist" which was very simple and effective but was deleted unfortunately. So I hope you keep it up and this component will have a great future, thank you ! Chris
byDanielKonstanz, October 7, 2009
JEEMA Article Collection
This extension is very useful and makes it convenient to make a menu link to a collection of articles - thank you for this great work !
It is also helpful to study the programming of a MVC component !
I would just suggest to add 2 more things in future:
(1) possiblity to show ALL sections
(2) add some more templates to show the article list in different css styles

Thank you !
byDanielKonstanz, October 7, 2009
Xinha
I like this editor a lot, it is lightweight and has all the features of the "big" online editors...
BUT:
(1) I cannot get image editing to work, I just get a new small window that does nothing :-(
(2) The articles on the frontpage have no edit button, only on the other pages
(3) by opening the editor I get a javascript alert error that the editor_url path is not set... anyhow if i click OK, then everything's back to normal

Hoping that this will improve and thanks a lot for the great work !

Chris
byDanielKonstanz, September 30, 2009
Front End Editor
This is a brilliant alternative to the heavy-weight JCE and CK Editors !
Unfortunately it is not possible to restrict the edit rights to the "special" group of users. That means any registered user can edit articles ..
Another hint: make sure you safe your index.php file BEFORE installing this component, otherwise it could happen that your template is messed up and can't be restored as it happened to me :-(

Anyhow very good extension / and if the user rights problem is solved it will be certainly the best joomla editor ! Thanks !
Owner's reply

Oh, it should've created a backup file 'index.php.backup' for you. You can always click on "Revert Changes" to undo the changes that it makes to your template's files.

I will try and add user permissions in a next version maybe. With ACL in Joomla 1.6, permissions are going to be easier to add.

byDanielKonstanz, September 15, 2009
Quickcontent
I like this idea, it should be actually in the core of Joomla !
BUT.... unfortunately it is not working for the frontend what is a really pity, since my customers are not writing their articles in the backend.

Anyhow thank you for this extension, it will be perfect if accessible from the frontend too, but maybe its not designed to be like that.
Owner's reply

thank you, Quickcontent was designed to create new content at the backend only. Not as helper for customers but as helper for webworkers and mass content producer to save time at their daily work. The next step in evolution could be not only to create content but to edit content with "ajax-speed"

byDanielKonstanz, September 13, 2009
Minify4Joomla
I liked the idea of the concept - BUT: the configuration is far too complex for a standard user, you need a lot of php knowledge and patience to make this run...I recomment to use the much simpler plugin CssJssCompress, no offense...
byDanielKonstanz, September 12, 2009
Ninja Zemanta
Thank you for this helpful extension !
It helps to get content as image or text message from news sources directly in my article.
The only downside that I discovered is that it might not be working on a windows-based server. When I switched to Linux server it was OK except a warning message about chmod function in the backend which doesnt affect the functionality. Great work and looking forward to further developments !
byDanielKonstanz, August 8, 2009
Shape 5 - Quick Contact Module
I like this email module because it is very simple and effective. Different from the claiming there is only one form of spam protection by answering a simple question - that is ok but I agree with another user that a captcha would make the whole thing perfect, therefore only 4 of 5 point. Anyhow thanks a lot for this work !
byDanielKonstanz, August 8, 2009
aiContactSafe
This component excellent with a nice frontend - BUT: when the component page is called, then the whole css of the page is gone ! In other words... not usable :-(
Owner's reply

Didn't you contacted me by email and I told you that your CSS codes is setting the display of the articles and not the display of the template?
If you don't have CSS codes for the entire template the design will look different for each component. The problem is not with aiContactSafe but with the way your template is designed. You can test this by using the default Joomla template.

byDanielKonstanz, August 2, 2009
Plugin Include Component
well.... first nobody said that you need the core design plugin scriptegrator to make this plugin run... then after installing that, the message "404 component not found" keeps coming up. Probably its not working with SEF turned on :-(( that would be a very weak point. I had to switch back to the old plugin "load component in module position"
Owner's reply

You don't need the core design plugin scriptegrator to make this plugin run. Please send me an email with your problem and I'll look into it for you.

byDanielKonstanz, July 7, 2009
SimpleCalendar
Thank you for this excellent add-on ! It makes it very convenient for me to collect event and meeting dates and show it on the frontpage - I liked the eventlist package as well but it had too many features that I was never using.
Looking forward for more add-ons from your side !
byDanielKonstanz, June 15, 2009
Zaragoza News Tabs Menu
Good idea to do a menu like this ! Unfortunately either i did not get the idea but I dont see any tabs ... just the usual mainmenu. Worse: with the submenu items opened at the bottom of the menu instead of under the main item :-( so its practically not usable, maybe there will be an improvement in future what i really would appreciate - anyhow thanks for the try !
Owner's reply

Hello Daniel
I think you don´t have expand the menu tos see the second level.

It´s posible that you are doing something wrong.

I am unsing this module in my projects and i have no problem...

I think that you don´t know the joomla rating rules.

Yu have give the module 2 stars and probably it´s your fault.

This is not a good help for the community users, because when we look for a module, the user comments are fundamental.

Thanks ;)

byDanielKonstanz, June 15, 2009
Superfish Dropdown Menu
One of the best menu systems I have found for Joomla 1.5 .... it works excellent in Firefox and IE>=7, BUT... unfortunately in IE6 the submenu does not at all appear (no overlap effect due to css, just nothing happens on mouseover effect :-(
This flaw makes it hard for me to use this menu unless there is some workaround - many users are still using IE6, so the menu has to work properly... Maybe someone can help ?
byDanielKonstanz, June 8, 2009
Helped me to reduce the download time by 1/3! thank you for this extension ! You can test the download speed on: http://analyze.websiteoptimization.com
byDanielKonstanz, June 6, 2009
Content Reactor
Really good component to show a slideshow of pictures AND text in any module position !
It would be even more perfect if it could display an article as well, not just a picture or a text that has to be typed into the components interface... maybe this is an encouragement for the authors to improve it even more. Nevertheless, thank you very much for this great work !
byDanielKonstanz, April 14, 2009
K2
Thats what many were surely waiting for for a long time ! This component might be able to replace the category view of Joomla as well as the many "news-list" modules and components swirling around !
Install this component first and then think if you need any other extension !
One small flaw that I couldnt figure out - after posting a comment the message "Page reloading..." appears but nothing happens. Hope that could be solved as well to make this component the no.1 in content news display. Thanks for your work !
Owner's reply

Comments use Mootools, which is the default javascript framework for Joomla! Check if it's disabled for some reason. ;)

byDanielKonstanz, December 31, 2008
ThumbsUp Latest News
this is highly recommendable, especially useful for example to display the latest articles in a sidebar.
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