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I have to admit being very disappointed with the slow speed at which Joom!Fish was being developed, and when I had a client who needed a 1.7 multilingual site, I had a look around the JED to see what else was available and happened across Falang.

I don't normally use beta extensions on live sites however I've been testing this out for a few weeks and although there are a couple of minor bugs - more of a feature request than a bug, mostly - I've found it to be very stable.

I needed the K2 functionality which many others need, and I noticed someone wrote on a review they had re-done the content plugin to work with K2, so I emailed Stephane and received a copy within a few hours to try out.

I'll definitely be watching the development of this closely, and hope it continues to develop as a strong alternative to Joom!Fish.

A lovely, simple module which has some great features.

One I think would really be a huge improvement is to be able to show tweets from one user rather than search for their twitter handle - several requests for this and the developer says it's a work in progress, so looking forward to seeing it!

I was looking for a search system which allows filtering by category, search term and date, and could allow you to show the entire article + image.

The articles numbered around 7,000 and all were held within a K2 site, so when I used a different extension which creates its own index, the database size doubled and caused big problems.

I knew it must be possible to do this in a much more simple way - which was when I contacted DM Digital. I'd used several of their other modules on the site but didn't know about this extension.

Setup and installation was really simple, and when I had a couple of problems, I received immediate, helpful and friendly support which resolved them extremely quickly.

Suggestions were taken on board (like having a setting to allow showing of introtext and/or full text) and I was generally really impressed by the attention given to their customers.

Came to this when a commercial equivalent went out of license period, and was pleasantly surprised how easy it is to set up - and it works perfectly!

A great way to show your banners on your site!

I really love this extension and am actually using it in preference to other calendar extensions where I can.

The component itself is easy to set up and add new calendars, and the layout is very easy to understand and intuitive.

The support is active and has helped me resolve several problems. It does have a few issues which can cause jquery conflicts but these are well documented in the forum.

All in all, a really useful extension.

I was a bit cynical at first as I've resented using Sobi2 for some time - it was clunky, difficult to make look professional, and awkward for both the client and the administrator.

I was quite suprised by the complete overhaul the team have given Sobi with the release of SobiPro - a clean and professional interface with an integrated update facility, much more refined directory entry creation, and easy to understand configuration.

There are some features missing from Sobi2 but many of these are being introduced in a phased approach to SobiPro.

Support is very responsive and extremely helpful on the club forums, with quick answers to my questions and helpful feedback to help troubleshoot problems.

Overall, very impressed and most definitely an extension to watch - very promising!

I was looking for a job board for a client who wanted an in-house style board, and this has worked really well.

The support has been great, and there is a very cheap (in my opinion) commercial version which removes the branding.

The developer has been quick to respond to my questions and has provided several fixes for items that have been problematic such as the Itemid not being appended.

A very clean interface, easy to understand and being actively developed - one to watch!

I've used JSN products for many years and they just keep getting better. I've had a developers license for this product for quite a while now, and I use it a lot.

Once you have a read of the extensive documentation or watch the well-made tutorials you'll appreciate just how configurable the extension is. I've used it for image galleries, rotating headers, static headers .. it's just great.

It's also quite easy to explain to my clients how to add new images as well, which is a bonus! Integrating with other gallery systems is a huge bonus also, which shows the developers are forward thinking and listening to their users.

I've had to use the ticket system a few times and always had a prompt response with fixes provided or assistance to identify what the problem was.

I'd definitely recommend this, it's not hugely expensive but it's definitely a worthwhile investment.

Everything you could really ask for in an extension really, it does what it claims to do in a clear, simple way. It has all the basic features and some pretty nifty options you can enable as well (such as the group bookings feature).

The developers are very active and willing to help and advise which is in stark contrast from my experience with similar extensions.

I think I'm going to start moving all my sites over to this system as it really is everything I need and more, and it is simple for users and easy for developers to expand upon.

Easy to install and use, very powerful! Allowed me to create a superadmin account when a client had lost access to theirs and didn't have cpanel access - so be cautious who you give access to this component as it could break things!

When I decided to use Moodle for an E-Learning site I had taken on from a client who was let down by another developer, it had to work properly, and quickly.

Moodle was simple to install with clear, step by step instructions on the Wiki. Both the Joomla! and Moodle side of things were fairly simple although I stumbled across a few issues which were responded to via the forum quite quickly.

I had to get some custom development done for the payment gateway integration which was done extremely efficiently and works perfectly. Antonio also figured out a couple of configuration settings which weren't quite right while doing the work, saving me a lot of troubleshooting.

I've found this to be a really great system for integrating Moodle with Joomla and will definitely recommend it in the future.

This component and the associated modules were very easy to download and install, and although the mouse-over explanations on the back end could be clearer, it's fairly easy to set up and configure (less than 10 minutes work in total).

Very quick way to set up a donations system using Paypal on your Joomla! site, and the thermometer module is great too.

Had to do a few core hacks to remove punctuation which is unnecessary and to centre the thermometer - would be nice to have this controlled by the back end, but that's just a cosmetic issue really!

Overall, very impressed and will definitely be using on more sites in the future!

A really great component for Joomla! photo galleries, very simple to use and now there are plugins to enable batch upload and lots of other features, I can see this becoming the gallery of choice.

The best thing in my opinion is that feedback is being listened to, with regular releases and improvements coming thick and fast - a great sign of a strong development team and reliable extension.

This worked perfectly for me, I'm rebranding my business and needed to have a way to inform my site visitors that there was a new site, but didn't want to adversely affect the rankings of the original site either.

Does what it says on the tin, and being able to have the content article without site styling is another nice feature.

Lightbox would be a nice addition but it works just fine as it is.

From start to finish I have been impressed with this product. I'm not one to read the manual but I got a bit stuck with this, and there's a "how to" video taking you step by step through the process. Sure, a manual would be nicer but it does the job!

The component sits on your main site, and you can add other sites as well - perfect for me as I'm rebranding at the moment and need to monitor both sites. Modules are automatically created, you just download them and install them!

You can customise the images to match your corporate branding which is great.

Also, the desktop client is really nice. Easy to use, sensibly laid out and professional. I'll definitely be considering the full version once the trial expires.

Just what I was looking for, a simple but feature-rich component to provide a portfolio of work for my new website. There are some really nice features, and although I'd like a few extras such as being able to add a field for a client testimonial and have more than one image, perhaps other media such as videos, it does what it says on the tin and does it quite nicely! Good job!

It's not often you come across a component that is pretty good at what it does, and comes with an oustanding level of customer support.

I purchased this component this afternoon on something of a whim - I've used other commercial blogging components but fancied a change, and I am really glad I went for it!

The installation was very simple and configuration was easy (even without looking at the manual!).

I had a couple of problems with my template - nothing major but one of the menus right aligned when I was in the component, and some text was being echoed into the screen. I had a fix and response for both within half an hour, with assurance it'll be in the next update release of the component.

I take my hat off to the developers, they are certainly leading the way where all others should follow in terms of listening to their users, fixing even little niggly issues almost immediately, and being both friendly and courteous in the process.

This component does *kinda* work, in that when installed it will import the server and users from CE, however that's about where it stops.

It does NOT allow you to bring the features and functions of Client Exec into your Joomla! site - it only allows you to link the users and their passwords. How useful you find this I do not know, but to me it's a bit pointless given they're still going to have to do any admin in the Client Exec portal anyway.

You HAVE to use the CE Bridge user manager or you break things. You HAVE to use the CE Bridge login module (which is not compatible in any way with Community Builder btw).

The installation and administration documents are quite thorough, and most of the people leaving reviews so far probably didn't read through them thoroughly in my opinion.

The biggest disappointment for me is the complete lack of response from the developers on the forums or to bug reports/features, which means if you do come up against a problem (which I did), you can't expect any kind of support whatsoever.

A promising start, but I personally would call this early beta at best, and definitely not for use in a production environment unless you really know what you're doing and an fix any problems you come up against.

This component is incredibly powerful and once I found it I was quite literally blown away by the number of times I could really have done with it before!

If you're a bit rusty on MySQL queries I would suggest constructing them and pasting them into phpMyAdmin which gives somewhat more constructive feedback than the free version (you just get a data error when you try to download the spreadsheet).

I'll definitely be looking into the Pro version for the simple fact that it allows scheduled emails of the spreadsheets, which really reduces the amount of effort on the part of my clients having to download files every month!

Really nice module, installed and worked without any customization!

It's good to be able to have several size options for the icons as well, to ensure it fits with different templates.

Well done, very clean and easy to use module :)