I was looking for a system for users to submit suggestions and/or problems. Jtag Help fits the bill perfectly. I've only been in the configuration panels for about five minutes, and I can already tell this will do exactly what I need and more.

By the way, it DOES have the ability do add more categories. It's just that the New button isn't in an obvious place (next to all the other buttons). It's ABOVE the others, but it IS there, and you CAN create other categories (free version).

This is a decent utility. It's not an extension. Unzip the file, upload both to Joomla home directory, and use browser to go to diagnostics.php. It's that simple. The only problem with this utility is that I think too many people may not understand that if you have already done a lot of customizing on your site, the tool will pick up on it, showing files as corrupt or changed. I have many that have been changed. I changed them, so I know to ignore that.

The multiple notices of file errors most people are seeing here, and not believing are more than likely the following error:

"File does not contain _VALID_MOS OR _JEXEC."

Go ahead and choose not to believe it. But don't come to any of us crying when your site is cracked!

That missing line leaves you open to vandals, and a LOT of extensions don't include it. There are SO many files in Joomla itself, AND in the extensions, it's not hard to believe how easy it is for this to be forgotten by our well meaning developers, but it's BOUND to happen.

This is a GREAT tool to use as soon as Joomla is installed, and after each plugin installation. Install, run this, correct the errors, and run it again. You'll see those errors disappear. I've done it.

This is a FANTASTIC extension, but you have to understand how to use it. It says my configuration.php file is either corrupt or has been changed. That's not an error. I HAVE changed it. I know what I did, so I know I can ignore that error.

All this tool does, is all it claims to do. Check files against a list and set of criteria, predetermined in the text file that comes with it.


Also, you HAVE to make certain the verison you are running MATCHES the Joomla version you are testing TO A "T!"

The free version of this product is great. It's a demo, that works very well, but the demo gives you little control over what users can and cannot do. I would NOT use the free version for anything but adults only access. There are other chat channels available that you cannot shut off available to any user that logs in.

The one complaint about support is simply unfair. This is essentially an extremely robust COMMERCIAL product. The free version is to show you what the paid version can do, and it does that job very well. There is NO such thing as a cheap chat room with this kind of capability (video and sound). No one should expect support for free for this kind of thing. I didn't buy it, but I have used the free demo. It's a great product but it's really only worth the money for an enterprise operation. If you've got a small site that only adults will use, the free demo is great.