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bybiggley, January 15, 2013
Obituary Manager
I badly needed this function on a site and decided after much research to go with this component. To begin with is is hugely expensive for a Joomla component and to be honest I expected a lot more for my money. The functions are fine but in admin is is very lacking in options, i.e. you cannot remove the "funeral home" function for example , I had to code it out. The "latest" module is very poor and only has the ability to show the name and date and no images, there is basically nothing you can do with it other have it on or off.

After install there were several issues which the support did attend to but it took several weeks of emails to get them sorted and still I cannot get it to look like the demo site.

For the money I also expected that the component would at least be responsive but we had to re-programme it ourselves to become responsive.

I think it could become a very good component but for the price it costs it is not especially good value. when you consider that it is more expensive than Jomsocial with a fraction of the functionality it puts it in perspective. IN summary it will I believe become a great extension in time but a lot more work is needed to make it value for money.
Owner's reply

Next release will have more configurable settings so admin can manage almost all the frontend elements right from the backend.

There were support issues due to staffing shortage in the past few months. We are hiring new developers to get these things sorted.

We didnt make it responsive we have the native Android and iPhone apps for the same. But we have plans to do so in the next release.

Problem with pricing: We did lower the price to a large extent but people would still come and ask for discounts. We then thought lowering the pricing is of no use as people tend to keep asking for discounts whatever the price is. So keep it this way only. However, we will give it a thought again about lowering the price.

bybiggley, January 15, 2013
Import for K2
This was needed very badly for a long time, the install is painless. The component itself is not the easiest in the world to understand and took a few attempts to bring the data across as I wanted it but in the end it did the job great and saved me a lot of time, I had some questions and Artur always came back within a reply. Not for a novice but great component none the less!
bybiggley, June 12, 2012
Cookie Alert
Great Plugin - simple easy install, works instantly, easy to edit the messsage via language file.
bybiggley, April 17, 2012
Zoo Item Wall
I have been a subscriber to Joomla XTC for years and they make amazing extensions so I really cannot understand why this extension has been released by them!? it simply does not work upon initial install. There is very little in the way of documentation. I did not have time to wait for support tickets so had to find an alternative.

There is no working demo of it which is worrying also as there is simply no reference to a working version of this module anywhere:( what's the point of it at all!?

I really don’t understand why it exists at all in it’s present form. Really disappointed by a company that have such good work released.
Owner's reply

You created the ticket today on Tue, 17 Apr 2012, 03:58 - We get many tickets each day and our support handles on a first come first serve basis. Please note your ticket has been transferred to our extension support and someone will be with you within the next 24 hours.

DEMO LINK:
http://demo.joomlaxtc.com/extensions/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=251&Itemid=289

DOCS:
http://www.joomlaxtc.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=715:zoo-items-wall&catid=921:modules&Itemid=902

SUPPORT:
http://www.joomlaxtc.com/index.php?option=com_billets&view=tickets&layout=form&Itemid=901

bybiggley, February 23, 2011
XCloner-Backup and Restore
This is simply an amazing Component and makes transferring development sites to their proper servers a dream, it's amazingly fast, intuitive, well explained and just does what it says it gonna do without any hassle. Greta job from the development team!!!
bybiggley, March 25, 2010
RSEvents!Pro
I bought this component based ont he large amount of great reviews it received and true the support is really swift which is refreshing. The component itself installs no problem, themes are a doddle to format and alter with simple CSS and no weird hard coding going on which is also nice. I needed the paypal plugin which without a doubt is where it seriously falters. the paypal plugin is really only half baked at this point and has a lon way to go before being thought of as a must have Joomla extension.
Good Points:

Installation is a breeze
Component is really solid and not buggy
Support is really top notch
Looks good front-end
Very easy to change the look of the templates

Bad Points:


You have little or no control over how events are displayed
You can't set recurring payments
You can't buy tickets to multiple events - you have to go through the paypal process for each individual ticket
Ticket management is not very user friendly and bit Goinky to be honest

Overall it's ok, it's not amazing, it needs a lot of work and is definitely the poorest of the RSJoomla products i've tried.