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I used PU Arcade on my Joomla sites for several years, and was disappointed when development on the project died.

Then jVitals came along and brought it back to life!

jVArcade will remind PUA users of the same great arcade they grew to love, but is cleanly rewritten and fully supported.

Thanks to jVitals for giving this extension back to the community. And best of all, they decided to keep it free!

This module has a lot of potential, but really needs to be Mootools 1.2 compatible.

I really enjoy how this looks, but it redirects the user to a blank page upon login and logout.

Needs a bit of tweaking, and it will really shine!

Good cart module! Nice and compact, just what my website needed! Updates in realtime, with a pleasing cart summary layout.

However, I can't give it 5 stars for two reasons:

1. Mootools 1.2 is not supported (but works with 1.1).
2. Upon installing the module, you are met with the following description: "Ice VM Cart Module is ONLY for IceTheme Club Members and can be used ONLY for IceTheme Templates". The module devs say that this isn't true and that it works just fine with any Joomla template. In this case, they really should remove this description as it is misleading.

Still, I'm pretty happy with the module, and even better, it's free.

Works as promised, simple and quick to install. Plus a few nice extra config options in the backend.

A must have for anyone who wants their Facebook feed on their Joomla website!

I've searched everywhere for a Customer Product Review module for my VirtueMart site, and apparently this is the only one out there. I tried the free version of this module and there were a couple visual aspects I wasn't 100% happy with, but they were easily fixable by buying the paid version and getting into the language file. One was the developer link, and the other was the wording. It sounds like a bad English translation: "Opinion of (user) about (product)". I went into the language file and changed it to: "Here's what (user) said about (product)". Much better.

If the wording was a bit more concise and perhaps there was a product thumbnail, I'd give it 5 stars.

I was looking for a module to display Twitter feeds next to my other RSS news feed modules, so I wanted the look to be simple and blend in with the others. This was perfect!

I've looked at several Joomla galleries so that my users can upload and manage their own photos. They all have their own quirks. Ignite is over complicated, JoomGallery doesn't work with all templates, Phoca has bad navigation, and RSGallery2 is a dead project.

Then I found DatsoGallery.

This gallery and its modules have a clean, elegant and easy to use layout. It's updated often, and is constantly improving and adding new features. Plus, I use this on more than one website and, so far, it's liked all of my templates.

Currently, the only front end function that it is missing is user album creation (which must be done in the back end). However, Andrey Datso has assured me that this will be implemented in the future as the component is made to be fully MVC compliant.

Anyone who says this component lacks support clearly hasn't used the system in place. Submit any issues that you have on the DatsoGallery website through a simple contact form. I've rarely ever had to wait more than one day for a response. And if you think about it, that is a faster turnaround time than getting a reply on a support forum for a free product. Plus, any bug reports I've submitted have often resulted in a new release within that very same week (as opposed to what usually happens, someone gives you a snippet of code and expects you to patch it yourself).

My latest experience, which prompted me to post this review, was a DatsoGallery navigation issue. But in reality, the problem was with my site template. Andrey made a fix to my template the very next day and the problem was solved. Not many devs will go to such lengths to make sure that their customers are happy. Most will tell you that if it's your template, it's your problem. But that's not the case here.

DatsoGallery is a paid component, but the price is reasonable and you actually get good customer service. I see myself using this gallery for a very long time.

Does exactly what it promises with a pleasing look. However, without the option to display the tooltip to the left of the pointer, it can get cut off if displayed in a module in the 'right' position. The ability to customize the tooltip width helps offset this issue, though. Other than that, works great!

I spent an entire Saturday trying every RSS Feed Reader Module for Joomla I could find. Every one was either ugly, didn't work correctly with my template, or didn't do anything different than what comes with Joomla.

Except for this one.

I hope development will continue. I'd like to see some tweaks to the tooltips (like being able to customize the dimensions or color). Will gladly donate.

This component has been around for a while, and Alex has had to deal with the many changes the Armory has made. Looks to be working great again! The guildies on my website love it. Thanks for keeping this component alive!

This is a great and simple module that does exactly what it promises.

However, I have to give it 4 stars because it does not work with every template. I've used it in the past with no issues, but I can't use it with a new website I just built because it doesn't like my template.

I hope some tweaking will be done to this module in the future.