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Any time I've had an issue, I've simply emailed him and he responds quickly and accurately. I was looking for a way to migrate from qcontacts without having to redo my contacts, and he whipped up an importer within a day. Outstanding!
I'll be renewing my license when the time comes as this is an extension I literally can't live without.
This is an expensive piece of software that is underdeveloped, makes updating virtuemart even more tedious, and requires additional software to work. Software that is not free. I was hoping for something to avoid the backend of Joomla and after using this for a week I went back to doing it the old way. It was simply much faster that way.
The only positive thing I can say about it is that it allows you to enter orders for customers that you may take over the phone. Virtuemart's backend doesn't allow that for some reason.
Until the author comes out with an update that actually speeds up the process of running a virtuemart store, I recommend saving your money and sticking with the old way.
I do not agree with your opinion. The template have a lot functions that Virtuemart backend miss.
- Invoice generation and e-mail it with a click.
- Barcode integration
- Automatic reorder level
- Sells chart
- Best seller chart
- Orders and sales report, ordered for day/week/month
- Massive images export for manage in few minutes all products images!
- Create the products catalog in a click!
- Fully customizable
I think your review has been too hasty, and maybe you haven't understand the real potential of this template.
Many customers have really appreciated it, and we think to improve this solution in the future.
It supports avatars, bbcode, user avatars, different templates, flood control, and it is quite possibly the easiest system to set up and use.
I would rate it as Excellent except for a couple of things:
• The aforementioned spam control needs an update as the spammers have found workarounds already. Thank god for the Report to Admin link that my users have no problem using to let me know spam got through.
• Selecting Tree layout in settings doesn't allow pagination. But if you select Flat layout you can have pagination but you are unable to reply to another person's comments. Why you can't have pagination in Tree layout is beyond me. I have some articles with 100+ comments all on one page because of this.
• Sometimes you want to turn comments off after a topic has been discussed to death, but if you add the jcomments off code to the article, any previous comments disappear as well. Be nice to have a way to show comments up until the point you turned them off. Right now it's all or nothing. Maybe program in a date code to the {jcomments off} so comments before that date don't disappear.
• Support for more than just the Gravatar avatar. I know it's silly, but people like choices.
Now, even with these limitations, it is still the BEST commenting system available. It's also FREE. I really hope the developer comes out with an update (plus real JoomFish support) as this version is getting a little long in the tooth.
Other than that you can't go wrong and will be pleasantly surprised by how well it works. I've never had a conflict with jcomments or a complaint from a user about using it.
And let's face it, if your visitors are using your comment system to complain about the comment system, well, it doesn't look good. Thankfully I've never had that issue. :)
Thank you for detailed review. Here is not good place for support but I would like to make more clear some things. If you want to stop discussion but allow users to read already posted comments you have to use {jcomments lock} instead {jcomments off}. If you want to have more avatar sources you have to use JComments Avatar plugin - it supports about 12+ extensions such as Agora, Kunena, CommunityBuilder, JomSocial, K2 and others. All other things I am ready to discuss on our support forum!
One glaring problem is that I use the shipvalue module to determine shipping costs based on the value of the order. Since I can't charge shipping fees on a virtual product, and there is no way to exclude products in the shipvalue module, I contacted the developer.
Not only did the developer, Seyi, fix the problem, but he did it without complaining and after 2 days of going back and forth, he solved the problem. I only hope he offers the solution in the virtuemart forums as I know other people have this problem as well of not being able to exclude certain products with the shipvalue module.
This is a GREAT company with awesome support and I can't say enough about their expertise and professionalism. The component is a coding marvel and will complement your virtuemart store if you need coupons and G.C.
Glad you like the plugin. You could work around the "ugly" button issue if you are good at graphics and have access to your Joomla directories. In a nutshell, pick a button that is the size you like, then note the physical file location (e.g., public_html/joomla15/plugins/content/addtoany/images/share_save_171_16.gif ). Create your own image with the same dimensions, file name, and file type, then just overwrite the existing image.
There is an update in the plugin. Check for this plugin's update today. It will have the newer version.
Thank you.
"The main problem appears to be unoptimized MySQL queries. An optimized MySQL query executes in a fraction of a second and uses very little resources. We have noticed over the last few weeks, that your database has been under the top usage user for quite some time. I searched for the query which I see many times showing up in the top list of slow queries and am 99% sure it is the linkr plugin."
I really loved this component and plugin, but even I noticed a significant slow down when visiting my site for the two weeks I had it installed.
Hopefully this review, if read by the developer, can help them understand the importance of writing efficient MySQL queries. Once I disabled Linkr, everything returned to normal. Keep up the good work as I am looking forward to the next release that I hope will fix this deal-breaker problem. Thanks.
Thanks for sharing this. Maybe this has something to do with the Related Links? If you would be kind enough to drop by the support page and give more detailed information, like the features you were using, the Linkr version, etc, I think this could benefit a lot of people: http://codes.statsful.com/linkr/support
As the author indicates, the worst thing you can do is have links that send people away from your site. And most people will thank you for not making them hit the back button (if they even remember to).
Plus, the plugin allows you to hide the external link icons, which is a HUGE plus. When you have 10 or so links in one article, that little icon can become eye-intrusive.
So keep up the good work and thank you for a great program for Joomla 1.5. Why this isn't included in Joomla is beyond me. And for anyone wondering, the plugin only affects your content items, and you can always make the link 'self' from the editor if you want to override the plugin. :)







