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For starters, this extension is NOT cheap. I purchased the "Club" membership about 3 months ago which apparently allowed me 12 months of support and updates.

I spent easily an hour TRAWLING the site trying my utmost to find the download link...after about 20 support tickets back and forth (their support department routinely closes support tickets that are clearly not resolved).

I installed the Joomla 1.7 version on a bog-standard site but I was unable to add it to the menu...it just wasn't there...not available...not even in the Components menu in the backend.

I let it slide because my client decided she wanted to go with Joomla 2.5. I visited the site again today, logged in and to my dismay, there is NO Club membership link anywhere and finding the download link for software you've paid for is like doing an Easter Hunt.

Dealing with this company has been unpleasant...while they do respond to support tickets, they often refer you back to the site, expecting you to psychically work out where links are...nothing is easy or intuitive on their site and everything is obfuscated in complex layers of applications, groupings, clubs, deluxe and other such fluff as to be annoying to say the least.

I'm still eagerly awaiting to download version 2.5, but so far I am very disheartened.

I bought this component about a year ago and I ran into some serious challenges with it. I recently visited the site while researching a Joomla CRM solution and much to my surprise, JForce had been thoroughly overhauled. I tested my login and it was active so I downloaded the latest version for Joomla 2.5.

I recall my dealings with David the project lead on this extension to be very pleasant and informative, he made no qualms about the support and development challenges he was facing back then and I appreciate his sincere honesty.

He definitely seems to have hit a home-run with this version and I am thoroughly impressed. As far as project management for Joomla goes, this is in a class of its own...forget ProjectFork...seriously...it's archaic, awkward and the interface a serious challenge to get used to...we tried it for a while last year and promptly abandoned it after too many user complaints.

I'm currently giving JForce a THOROUGH testing and so far it is working flawlessly. Hats off to David and his team, this is an extremely valuable component that could revolutionise small business CRM...would be nice if there was an API doc to integrate with. This is the kind of component that could easily spawn a vibrant 3rd party extension community. Think integrations with Clickatell for SMS, integrations with ACYMailing, integrations with Virtuemart and MobileJoomla, etc...

I'll be deploying this on a live customer-facing site next week after putting it through its paces and I'm confident that it will hold its own as it has in testing.

This is GOOD value for money and it WILL help you get better organised.

For starters, most of the extensions in this category are plugins and I REALLY needed a module solution. This one was the best of the bunch, nice big colourful icons, works out the box and works WELL. Thanks for this! ;-)

I give this extension 2 stars because it is likely able to solve most users migration problems.

It does a very good job of migrating content and the like, HOWEVER, when it comes to migrating users...that feature is completely omitted. Now, I don't know about you, but when you have a social network site with 32800+ users like I do, it's really ALL ABOUT THE USERS.

I migrated my site content, then found that I couldn't login to the site because the user table was empty on the migrated site and no users had been migrated. I have in excess of 1 Million Kunena forum posts and 32800+ users...if you're looking to migrate users then this is not the tool for you, it's a basic migration tool...I'm going to have a look at SP Upgrade as that one seems to be more up to the task. How the Joomla team could "endorse" this migration tool as the official migration tool is beyond me...if it can't migrate users, then really...what's the point?

I trawled the Joomla Extensions Directory trying to find a half-decent article gallery and I tried almost every one. Some had difficulty finding the image folder when I know for certain all settings were 100% working. This extension stands head and shoulders above the rest, it has numerous options; is easy to configure; IT JUST WORKS; it's free and it looks GOOD!! Hats off to the developer. Much appreciated.

I was interested in the InviteX component, but I had a few technical questions. Parth in tech support was beyond helpful and it has been nothing but a pleasure dealing with the company. I am impressed with this company and product without even purchasing it yet...

As somebody who lives in the 3rd world of Africa, I have to say that this component has the potential to put Joomla light-years ahead of any other CMS in the market. This component is powerful, feature rich and gives you extreme control over the different phones and their templates.

I just wish they had an API so that
I could integrate their mobile functionality with other components I'd like to mobilise. Other than that though, works out the box, works WELL and will DEFINITELY add real value to your site.

Well done guys!

I bought the hwdvideoshare software for a client project and the quality of the software and support was truly amazing. This is some SERIOUSLY powerful software folks and the best thing possible for running a photo sharing site or for integration into a community site. Other gallery solutions are completely off the mark because they are so excessively complicated. This component is simple, straightforward and a breeze to use.

Well done guys, I love it! And thanks for making it free.

I downloaded the plugin, installed it and fumbled a bit in the beginning. Like one of the other reviewers says, the system creates an account for you immediately after you install the plugin. You then login with your new username and password on seoslave.com and you begin the process of setting up your account.

There are lots of configurable options and the best part is that the system does everything for you automatically. I am in the process of creating a banner advert to promote the service so that I can take advantage of its built-in affiliate system for earning you credits on your referrals.

Overall, this looks to be an EXCELLENT link-building service for Joomla, very well thought out with lots of features which help it propagate automatically. The system lets you create links which appear in your own sentences, which will make it difficult or even impossible for Google to pick up on...which is always a good thing.

My only concern...for a service that promotes SEO, the website www.seoslave.com has a non-existent Google PageRank...or could this be because the service is still so new?

I think the developers have cracked the Joomla SEO code with this one :-)

After scouring the Internet looking for a good fantasy league or score prediction component or PHP application, I stumbled across this component. I had high expectations for it, downloaded it, installed it and found it to be completely unusable.

Most links don't work, there are no modules to go along with it to display log standings plus it's unusable from the frontend.

All in all a nice idea terribly implemented.

Is there anybody out there that can make a nice, easy to use, generic score prediction and bet pooling system which will encourage user interaction around sporting events?