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bydesignhowyouthink, February 1, 2011
Works great. system is smart, loads fast.
does not work well with multiple javascript library's. Make sure you have CLEAN code and are careful with your scripts. to reduce script conflict check against the developers website, he has it working PERFECT there.
Courtesy and Honesty:
Varry professional, 100% honest, 100% on point and courteous. Offers a demo site where you can log in and test it, works just like it should when you follow the instructions.
Pros & Cons of the extension and its performance:
PROS- simply the best component of its kind for the price. can not beat it
CONS- every location on a results page terminates within the HEADER as an inline script. This can cause page load times to be slow on 1000+ locations. Also, note that this can effect the SEO of a site with 1000+ lines of javascript in the header. could be better done inside a dynamic JS file with a no-cache URL name.
Level of support received:
Fatika Consulting was willing to actually accept my calls, and responded to emails in a timely fashion. I was very impressed with the full level of support offered with this product. WELL WORTH the small fee.
A RARE GEM in the Joomla community, I wish every developer was like this with phone calls.
Ease of usage and deployment:
Verry easy to use out of box. Deployment was a snap, perfect install. However, please note that there are some customizations that need to be done.
For example, if you select the double display, map and results. and nothing is searched you get a big blank area. I was easily able to make some CSS adjustments on this and thats how it SHOULD be. so GOOD JOB.
Purpose of using the extension:
I used this extension on a dealer locator page to list all the distribution and retailers of a companies product across the USA.
Level of difficulty:
Low if you have standard joomla install
MED-High if you have custom CSS and Javascript which interfaces with the moo-tools library. does not play well with RT templates, but after a little tweeks here and there it was working well.
Your experience level with Joomla and web technologies
9 of 10: been using and customizing Joomla for 7 years.
OVERALL: 10 of 10!!!
Owner's reply
Wow! Thanks for the detailed review. We love this kind of feedback and will certainly be updating the product in the places you mentioned improvement could be made. Thanks again!
