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byHellasHaggis, August 25, 2011
Insert After First Paragraph
I thought this plugin would be just what I was looking for, but sadly, what seems to me to be the problem that is preventing the HTML content from displaying after the selected paragraphs, is this comment off the Joomladigger site:
NOTE: This plugin works by searching for and tags. If you have tags with extra attributes (like ) then this plugin may not workf or you. Also, if you have a non-standard text editor that uses or tags instead of paragraphs, this plugin may not work for you.

I think this might be what is causing the failure and unfortunately I cannot see a way around it.

Thanks for the opportunity to try it out anyway.
HH
Owner's reply

Please post your issue in our support forum. We work hard to fix all issues, and your issue probably has a very simple fix.

byHellasHaggis, January 20, 2011
Easy Subscription
An good product. Tried the demo, both component and plugin installed easily, but alas, the price for the full version is rather steep, especially as it is only for a single year and would need to be renewed every year.

Unfortunately I would need to exponentially increase my membership prices and takings just to afford and warrant the cost of the annual payment of this software.

A one off payment may make this extension financially viable for smaller sites, though it does all that it says it does and I would recommend the installation, it is above my price bracket and range :)

Many thanks to the developer for their efforts.
byHellasHaggis, October 11, 2010
NewContent Tweeter
The NewContent Tweeter is everything that I hoped it would be, and more. I have been using Twitter Status for a couple of years and when Twitter changed its authentication process and Twitter Status stopped working, it became an ever increasing grind to update Twitter manually with every new entry blog into Joomla.

Now with NewContent Tweeter happy days are back again, and to boot, the developer has added an outstanding feature, the option to trim the system logs after a few days, or more, automatically.

This was not an option on the Twitter Status version that had me constantly needing to go to phpMyAdmin and clear tables to remove old logs from the previous version to stop my database from exponentially increasing and increasing the cost to my ISP for hosting a larger database.

I have not tried the Scheduled Jobs option yet, but look forward to finding it as another enhancing feature on this excellent Joomla Component and Plugin.

Well done to the developer! You have my sincere thanks and total gratitude for your efforts in writing this very neat extension.

HH
byHellasHaggis, September 22, 2010
Marvellous!

Does exactly what is needed to control Joomla site registration approval.

It is excellent plugins such as this that should be considered as standard in all future Joomla versions.

Thank you very much for creating this and sharing it.

HH
Owner's reply

This feature is present in 1.6 ;)

byHellasHaggis, July 1, 2010
Update Manager for Joomla!
Having spent days planning when and how to go about the updates to the latest versions, and losing a lot of sleep over it with concerns of getting the correct files uploaded from the current version to the following and then to the next upgrade etc (v1.5.15 to v1.5.17 and then to v1.5.18), getting the site content and database backed up before initiating the update, then reading dozens of nightmare stories from others that had things go wrong on a LIVE site, I could not believe my eyes when I saw this component, read all the excellent reviews and then sat back and stared in amazement as it performed the update with such EASE.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! The author of this component is a marvel!
byHellasHaggis, May 25, 2010
OSOLCaptcha
This plugin installs with great ease, works very well and the technical support response from the author is VERY QUICK and sorts out an issue I encountered, of my own making when doing the set-up parametres.

I chose to enable the "Administrator Pass Phrase" in the set-up and when I activated the plugin, it logged me out and I could not access the back end.

The solution was simple, either do not activate the "Administrator Pass Phrase" or if you choose to do so, then you can access your site through the address: http://yourjoomlasite/administrator/?osolPP='pass phrase you set'

This in itself is an exceptional additional security measure for any Joomla site.

Well done to the OSOLCaptcha developer. Thank you!

Here is looking forward to not getting any more SPAM through my contact page on my site.
JoomlaStats
It is with regret that I write this to state that I first tried this module in the early versions of Joomla v1.0 a few years ago to find that it did not record any data or display any data on the back end then, and again in 2010 with Joomla 15.15, with all required activator modules and components and extra visitor modules it looks good when viewed in the back end, but it records no data or statistics, except to show the visitor his browser, IP etcetera on the front end.

The sadder part is that there is no support to correct this issue of lack of data.

I found several of instances of others with the same problem, but they too had no reply or solution from the developers site forum, even after many months of having requested assistance.

When uninstalling, if you do not use the 'uninstall' removal option from the component tools menu, you will have to manually go and remove the corresponding tables from the Joomla database for this component.

A real pity I could not get it to work, then, and again now, as it does really look good in the back end.

Had it worked, I also wonder how accurate the data would be, having read some of the other feedback reports on this same component.
byHellasHaggis, March 24, 2010
Core Design Web Gallery plugin
Took me, a Joomla rookie, 5 minutes to figure out how to use it and within minutes was adding pictures to articles like I had been doing this all my life.

The themes and engine choices are really good, though I have to admit that I did not select the 'highslide' engine, but the rest were just what anyone would be looking for.

Many thanks for this excellent extension!
10 out of 10 to the developer.
byHellasHaggis, March 18, 2008
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Filtered News
Very easy to install, configure and ENJOY, especially for a rookie such as myself.

Excellent support for any questions you may have and the features in the module are great.

Thank you JV!
Best wishes,
HH