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The component is very easy to install and the setting up of the AutoPost feature is very simple do to if you follow the straight-forward instructions available.

The layout of the game page is pretty standard but extremely customisable to suit your own personal tastes with simple ON/OFF options for a large majority of what is viewable in the frontend. The inclusion of "Related Games" is a worthwhile addition that even the successful PUArcade doesnt offer.

The whole component doesnt over complicate anything either, it is clear that the developer has thought long and hard about making it simple but highly customisable without the need to expect a beginner to understand any complex code. For a complete novice, it really is pretty much plug n play, while there is more than enough options available to allow experienced developers to customise it to a much greater experience.

The biggest and best feature in my eyes is the AutoPost feature which allows you to view, edit and install any of the 19,000 Mochi Games with two clicks of a mouse button. The operation is simple, can be done from your Admin Panel without visiting MochiMedia, is already preloaded for the game to enter the correct categories with tags and descriptions already submitted (but can all be edited if you wish) and a single click of the Install button followed by a single click of the Save button to confirm the details are correct and you have upload your first of many games.
The process is much better than most other scripts that can be time consuming or require an understanding of swf files, etc. With this installer I can very easily add 100+ games an hour to my site. And if that wasnt easy enough, the developers have added lots of filters so that if you dont want to add every game, but just add particular categories, you can filter the games available for installation.

Having spent approximately 9 months adding 1,700 games to my PUArcade script..... I then converted to Yo Flash and its incredible installer and managed to add 800 games in just 2 days!


I wont say Yo Flash has every feature of other arcade scripts... at the time of writing this it is lacking a Favourites feature, but it does have all the tools available to instantly put it up there with some of the best scripts available plus it has a few other features "out-of-the-box" that other better scripts (even paid scripts) dont offer yet.

The fact that this script is a free script just makes it even better and I would seriously recommend anyone wanting to add an arcade section to their Joomla site (or even just set up an arcade site) gives this a try and see how simple it is, then maybe compare it to a few other scripts. I think you will find you will prefer the simple, easy to use and customisable features this one offers. And with more development time and more new features from the development team behind it I think that Yo Flash's Mochigames Component will be leading the pack as the best gaming component available!

This chatroom software was fantastic for a free and easy to integrate into joomla product. However the owners have, for whatever reason, decided to move this to a semi-commercial product.

Yes they can still technically call it "free" but if you take the free option be aware it now doesnt integrate with your Joomla database (which to me means it isnt a proper joomla addon) and so all your members are forced to be "guests" and make up usernames. Also to be aware off is these are no longer private chatrooms but allow any of the blastchat users to enter your chatroom with no moderation whatsoever.

Obviously if you choose the subscription method you will obtain a lot of the previous free features back and also include joomla integration as well, but having looked around there are several chat software programmes that integrate into Joomla for the same price as Blastchat but offer dozens more features and customisation than this. Even if you want a basic free chatroom, there are much better options available.

Up until the recent changes in policy this was THE best free chat that fitted into Joomla without too much editing. But now, with the removal of joomla database integration on the free service, it isnt really worth the time or effort installing when you are better off just looking at other free chat services that are much better.

Before I would have given the product 8/10 but now i give it 3/10. Only install if you are not prepared to look around for another free chat software and willing to put in some patience with the sometimes difficult installation process.