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bycclay, July 29, 2011
Images Crawler
I needed an image scroller on a new site and, after testing quite a few, settled on Images Crawler. It runs very smoothly and only takes a few minutes to set up. Out of all the scrollers I tried, it was by far the easiest to set up.
bycclay, July 25, 2011
Fox Contact Form
If you're looking for a fast, professional contact form, you couldn't do better. Fox Contact Form is very slick and easy to configure, and includes some nice anti-spam features.
bycclay, July 20, 2011
jomCDN
I've used JomCDN on a few sites now (configured with Amazon S3 and Cloudfront.) Installation sounds complicated at first, but if you follow the instructions step-by-step you'll be fine. I had a small problem on one site, and the support was excellent; corePHP adjusted a setting and then everything worked perfectly. Most importantly, it does what it says - it has dramatically improved the load time of each site I've installed it on!
EasyBlog
I've used EasyBlog on a number of sites now. It's a professional component that makes it, well, easy for people to blog! It includes everything I could ever want in a blog, and the few times when I've run into problems I was able to quickly get help in the forums. I only wish I'd given it a try earlier :)
Owner's reply

Hey,

Thank you for your feedbacks!

bycclay, June 28, 2011
Iyosis Facebook Module
As other reviewers have mentioned, this extension is very easy to set up and can be ready literally within a minute or two. There are lots of configurable options too!
bycclay, June 18, 2011
YJ Piecemaker
I tried all of the Piecemaker extensions that are listed in the JED for Joomla 1.6 and finally settled on this one. The others all gave me one problem or another... This is the only one that I could get to work perfectly. It also loaded considerably faster on my site than the other Piecemaker extensions. Support seems excellent - I almost skipped this extension after reading an unfavourable review, but a quick look at the You Joomla forum revealed a fix for the problem a few people had reported.
Jusertube
I'm making a tabbed area with live social feeds from Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. I wanted an easy way to display my latest Youtube uploads to my channel, and this extension works perfectly. Thumbnail sizes can be set; you can control how many will be displayed; and you can control vertical or horizontal display. Also, videos can open in a lightbox. Well worth the $5!
bycclay, June 12, 2011
Live Tweets
I looked at all the 1.6 compatible Twitter extensions and thought I'd give this one a try. Works perfectly, looks nice, easy to install and configure, and it's free :)
bycclay, May 14, 2011
Social Media Icon Links
I had been creating custom HTML modules for all of my sites to include social media icons. I tried a few other extensions that promised to do the same thing, but gave up on them for various reasons. I stumbled upon this one recently and it does the trick perfectly. Thanks for a great (and free!) extension :)
bycclay, April 22, 2011
Simple Random Quotes
I needed a random quote extension for a new Joomla 1.6 site and after reading the comments I thought I'd try this one. It installed easily, only took minutes to configure, and works as described. Highly recommended!
bycclay, December 23, 2010
ContentPassword
Today a client asked me to password protect a link to a PDF form. I said, "Of course - no problem!" knowing there must be SOMETHING in the extension directory that could do this. I soon found this plugin and it works great.

ContentPassword is perfect for situations in which you need to protect content but don't want to require users to have register for your site in order to access it. It's also very easy to set up. Thanks for a great extension ;)
bycclay, December 14, 2010
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Version Verification Tool
Before I learned about template overrides, I made some modifications to core Joomla files in the earliest sites I built. This tool has been extremely helpful in identifying which files I modified; now I can now upgrade the early sites to the latest version of Joomla with confidence.
bycclay, November 18, 2010
CN Latest Articles Plus
There are many extensions to display latest news, but most have all kinds of "bells and whistles" that will include thumbnails etc. Occasionally I need one that will simply display the intro text in a module position. This one fit the bill perfectly - it has enough options, but not too many to complicate things. Definitely worth trying out!
Owner's reply

Thanks CClay, that is exactly what I was going for!

bycclay, October 29, 2010
JComments
I investigated every comment component I could find, tested quite a few, and even bought one before settling on JComments. It's fully featured and easy to install and configure. I can't think of a single feature it's lacking!
bycclay, October 27, 2010
Artof User
This is a handy tool for sorting your users into groups. It's free, easy to install, and simple to use... It also integrates with Kunena and Joomla's built-in mass mailer. I found a small bug and Andrew fixed it promptly, releasing a new version within a couple of days.
bycclay, October 26, 2010
Nice Ajax Poll
Nice Ajax Poll is an excellent extension. It installed easily without any problems, and it has all the features I wanted: only 1 vote per user or IP address; link to related article; dropdown list of other polls so users can view previous ones; slick Ajax functionality. I'll be adding this to my Favourites :)
bycclay, September 11, 2010
gAvatar
I was surprised to find that I couldn't display an author image in blog posts using Joomla. However, fortunately I stumbled upon this extension - it was easy to install and configure so the image would only appear in articles in my Blog category and nowhere else on the site. Thanks!!
bycclay, September 10, 2010
NinjaMonials
I tried several testimonials components but this one is by far the most professional. The only feature it seems to be lacking at the moment is the ability to change the order of the testimonials (you have to do so manually via phpMyAdmin.) Hopefully that feature will be included in a future version, but I still give this 5 stars because it's easy to use and displays the testimonials in a very professional manner. Great work!
Owner's reply

Hi, yes unfortunately this was an oversight, as most people want them ordered by date submitted.

We are including sorting into the next major upgrade though.

bycclay, September 7, 2010
BreezingForms
After checking out a number of free form extensions, I took the plunge and bought a subscription for BreezingForms since the demos looked stunning. At first, the setup looked a little complicated, but after playing around with a few of the sample forms I ended up having an incredible Contact Us form on my site in less than 10 minutes. There was a problem with my subscription, but after submitting a support ticket, Crosstec owner Markus e-mailed me the extension right away and also fixed my subscription. Well worth the money!
bycclay, May 16, 2010
redSHOP
After experimenting with a few other leading e-commerce components, I took the plunge and bought a subscription so I could download redShop. I'm so glad I did! It's very easy to customize and has tons of features. Most importantly, the support is incredible as other reviewers have mentioned - the redComponent team answers questions in the forum promptly, and they also work hard to incorporate new features that users have requested. Overall, redShop is light years ahead of the other e-commerce systems available for Joomla.
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