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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 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, 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, 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.
bycclay, July 5, 2009
ajaxSearch
I tried a number of Ajax search modules but was having problems with no results being returned. However, this module was easy to install and worked right away without any hassles. Highly recommended!
bycclay, June 1, 2009
Smart Flash Header
I had this up and running within minutes. It came with a video that made installation and configuration easy. Looks very professional and includes a number of parameters that can be customized... I spent a lot of time looking for a slick way to display images (with accompanying text and links) for our home page and am so pleased I stumbled upon this one :)
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