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I have downloaded hundreds of extensions in the five years that I have been using Joomla. This extension gets my highest rating based upon functionality, presentation/design and the incredible support provided by its developer.

Having used the older JLord version of the feed for some time, I asked Thong Tran if he could add an option to randomize the order of articles within the feeds themselves. This would enable me to promote my content on Twitter, Facebook and similar services at set intervals without actually having to attend to them manually.

Within a very short time, Thong added the feature. It works perfectly and enables me to "tweet" about my content without lifting a finger. I just set the cache to the intervals I want (which tends to be daily so as not to become a pest to my followers), feed the RSS into Twitterfeed or similar services, and have instant regular tweets.

Now, I only add tweets manually when the spirit hits me. But I'm always promoting our content over the social web without the effort it takes to do this manually.

I also like the way Foobla presents a page of feeds with various links to feed readers. Having tested many RSS extensions, this is by far the best I have seen and undoubtedly the best supported.

With this component, it is possible to create forms and questionnaires with infinite variations. Although a working knowledge of php is required to tap the full functionality of this extension, I have found the support staff at RSJoomla to be superb in guiding me through the process.