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byDavidBoggitt, April 3, 2010
Version Verification Tool
This will be going onto all my sites from now on and thanks to the CMS Market team for releasing this for free to the community.

I checked my files - found on a site that one file wasn't the 'official' version and updated it.

It would be fantastic if it could also update any files that weren't official versions, but it's still great!

Thanks,

Dave.
Owner's reply

Dave,

Thanks for the feedback. I use the "Update Manager for Joomla!" (available on the JED) to update my files directly. I would love to add the ability to show the difference in files as well as allow auto updating going forward. We also set up the component to allow comparing files for any Joomla! extensions, which I think will be very useful. We just haven't had time to improve on it...but we will try to as soon as possible.

Thanks again for the feedback!

byDavidBoggitt, December 15, 2009
NinjaMonials
I'm a lifetime member at Ninga Forge and consider it money very well spent! It's not just the components I'm impressed by, it's the quality of support too and we know from experience how variable that can be, even with commercial extensions. The Ninjas really are on top of things on the forums and are quick to fix any tiny bugs, etc... They even helped me with a CSS problem I had that was not related to their extension. Ninjamonials is a robust component and I would be surprised if you needed anything further... but if so, just ask, they'll probably sort it out for you!! Thanks Ninjas!
byDavidBoggitt, April 2, 2009
Akeeba Backup
Just brilliant. It not only does what it says, but it also solved a problem I was having when phpMyAdmin was not importing databases correctly (it was truncating when it reached special characters).

I donated - so should you!
byDavidBoggitt, February 9, 2009
Blue Flame Forms For Joomla 2.5
Just great stuff from Phil, as we've come to expect... so impressive... just read the reviews below, I'm not going to repeat the comments again!

Two little extras would be nice:
1) different options for how required fields are displayed, the red stars aren't massive eye-candy and it doesn't say on the form what these mean

2) a plugin so a form could be displayed anywhere in an article.

Thanks Phil!

Dave.
Owner's reply

Hi Dave, thanks for taking the time to leave a review - I have some GOOD NEWS for you! in reply to your points. 1) I agree, I hate the validation error messages - and I cant decide how it should be - so for the next version I have made it 100% configurable, that right, you will soon be able to display the validation error message any way you like! 2) We have blogged about this, its the #1 requested feature at the moment, 80% of the code has been written to allow forms in content and this is the main new feature for the next release (Feb 2009)

byDavidBoggitt, February 4, 2009
Dropdown Articles
A great little module that does exactly what it says it does! A few more styling options would be nice in the module parameters, but as it is, it works a treat.

Thanks very much! :)
byDavidBoggitt, December 25, 2008
JRPassphrase
This is just what I was after... I just wanted certain individuals to be able to register on the charity site that I look after and this does the trick perfectly, with the minimum of fuss!

Thanks :)
byDavidBoggitt, December 24, 2008
Extra Vote
Hi,

I run a charity site and we wanted a simple voting system where people invovled could rate various activities. This fitted the bill perfectly!

Thanks :)

Dave.
byDavidBoggitt, December 22, 2008
Better Preview
This is a must-install on all my sites. I know that there is much discussion about what should be 'core' functionality, but since there is already a preview in Joomla and this is much better then... well... we can always hope. The author has some other excellent extensions too... check them out.

Dave.
Owner's reply

Just released new version (1.1.0). Now you can see by the icons color if the link is changed to anything but the main site.

byDavidBoggitt, November 25, 2008
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
JCK Editor
I love FCK editor. So why only 4 stars? Because at the moment, you can't create custom user profiles with their own image/file folders, editor layouts, buttons and plugin features. But this is on the roadmap and I'll happily give FCK six stars when it's implemented.

Note: the current version of Linkr (for anyone that uses this great tool) does not work with FCK with respect to adding links to images. This is a Linkr issue that the author knows about and is fixed in the next, forthcoming release.
Owner's reply

Hi David, we would be delighted to have you give us 6 stars & give careful attention to our user‘s requests! We have had some internal discussion,it's firmly on our things to do! In fact the 'newsletters mode' evolved from a similar conversation with Acajoom team. This has materialised in the latest version 2.6.3.9 as the 1st & only editor to provide such a resolve. So hold on, we will get there! Thanks d:o)

byDavidBoggitt, August 26, 2008
1 of 2 people found this review helpful
JEvents
Hi,

I've just installed 1.5alpha2 on a J1.5.6 site and it didn't work. I then read the installation instructions and lo-and-behold, it seems to be working fine! I do hope development on this continues; expect a donation when my next production site is complete :)

1. Install the component as a normal Joomla 1.5 component.
2. After installation change the config to replace the admin email address
3. You must then click the following links in the 'Development' tab in the JEvents control panel in order (VERY IMPORTANT)
1. Migrate admin menus and update databases (this will make sure your tables are up to date - the sql in the xml install file is more difficult to maintain during development and is therefore out of date!)
2. Migrate All Events to IcalEvents (this will copy all your existing events into the new format, if you have any - without removing them)
4. You MUST create at least one category before doing anything else
byDavidBoggitt, April 17, 2008
XTypo Plugin
It really is great for someone such as myself with limited CSS knowledge - if you're happy enough to configure it's features then it'll do a great job for you!

Two points: there are differences between IE7 and FF2, but that's life! Also, I would like to be able to configure the text size for the xtypo_quotes, is that possible and if not, is there any reason why this cannot be implemented?
byDavidBoggitt, April 12, 2008
2J News Slider
... didn't work with JWTabs&Slides.

But the author was brilliant with his support - quick and helpful - and we've established that it's an Ajax clash and that when 2Joomla release their upcoming AjaxTabs extension those two should work together perfectly.

Thanks for a great extension which looks fab and is easy to install and understand.
byDavidBoggitt, February 14, 2008
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
JCal Pro
I finally got this going... after a few problems and lots of scanning of the forums... what I had was a common problem and a 'sticky' could easily have been created! The problem was that any users could add/delete events from the frontend (i.e. the Authority system wasn't working). JCal Pro has been fine on some servers (most, I suspect) and not on others, but I'm not sure if a fix is released. But their suggestion (found in a forum post) worked.

Some documentation would have been appreciated - once you've read the forums and got it going, well, yes, hindsight it s wonderful thing and it's straightforward enough. But a few simple instructions aren't too hard to write.

Still - once going - it's great!
Owner's reply

Thanks for the note. Documentation is available here (and has been for some time).

http://dev.anything-digital.com/JCal-Client/Documentation.html

byDavidBoggitt, February 10, 2008
Googlemaps Plugin
Really cool and really simple to install and just does exactly what you would want. I've not yet tried any of the more advanced functionality (doing routes), but for a basic Google map on your webpage, it's perfect!

Don't make the mistake I did: copying and pasting the lat/lon coordinates into JCE put some HTML tags in there too and I didn't realise until I checked the HTML...



is a good website for getting lat/lon coordinates.

Thanks for this extension :-)
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