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bygaatec, January 22, 2013
Open external links in new window
I didnt want visitors to leave my site when they clicked on external links, and was therefore looking for a solution that could handle this.

Simply install and activate this plugin, and all external links now open in a new tab.

Simple, easy, and just what I needed!

Thanks a lot to the developer.
bygaatec, January 22, 2013
Cache Cleaner
This extension have saved me a lot of time.

Highly recommended!!

PS! just be sure to check that your server is running php 5.3+ as this is required........
bygaatec, January 22, 2013
NoNumber Extension Manager
I see this extension as a "must have" for administrating the fabulous nonumber extensions available. Definitely recommended.
Ajax Search Module for AdsManager
I needed something better than the standard search module which is included in adsmanager, and found this.

It is brilliant, and does what it says.

For the price of a cup of coffee it is also a brilliant value for money.

Keep up the excellent work.
bygaatec, June 19, 2012
Report this Ad! Plugin for Adsmanager
I really like this little adsmanager extension.

For the price of a cup of coffee, I now have a simple way for the visitors to help me keep the ads relevant and non intrusive.

Keep up the great work.
bygaatec, May 29, 2012
ReReplacer
I needed to remove some unwanted html related to an extension I am using, and in a couple of minutes ReReplacer had sorted this for me.

Saved me a lot of time.

Thanks a lot for this......
bygaatec, March 16, 2012
Insert Article by ID
I previously used the similar extension "Articles Anywhere" for these tasks, but when migrating to J2.5.x I found that AA for J2.5 required PHP 5.3+.

As my hosting company still is on 5.2.9, I was left hanging there until I found this extension.

It works great and also validates properly. What more can you ask for?
bygaatec, November 16, 2011
Nice Social Bookmark
I really like this extension as I find it one of the better looking social bookmarking addons avaialble.

Just one little thing. Current versions 1.5.2 for Joomla 1.5.x and 1.6.2 for J1.6 and J1.7 does not validate on W3C.

I would normally contact the developer directly on his website reg. such minor problems, but the contact form on his website didn't work.

All the best going forward. Looking forward to the W3C fix.
Owner's reply

Hello Gaatec, I will look into this W3C problems, it was working fine last time I've checked, but now I do see couple of errors. Contact form on the site is working as it should, give it a try :)

Cheers
Nikola

bygaatec, September 24, 2011
HTML Map Manager 2
I have previously used the free extension developed by Christophe Demko while on Joomla 1.5.x. This time however I needed to create a html image map for a new project on Joomla 1.7, and therefore had to look elsewhere for the solution.

I tried a few different paths, and wasted 3.4 hours without success before I landed on this extension. After registering on the developers site and paying for the software through Paypal, I initially ran into a couple of small problems. A quick email to the developer followed by a impressive response, I was again on my way to success. I had created my images for use in my imagemap previously so I now had to simply upload these to the specific folder and within 10 minutes I had it all configured and working.

This is definitely an extension I will use for most of my projects going forward.

All the best to the developer. Keep up the excellent work.
bygaatec, March 29, 2011
Phoca Favicon
I like this little extension as I always create and add tailored favicon's to the sites I am developing.

Couple of wishes though:

1) It would be good if one could add favicon to the admin (backend) templates aswell as the frontend templates.

2) Would be great to see what the "current" favicon is on a template. (while in the component in the Joomla backend)

Other than that it does exacly what is says and will definitely be of benefit to many fellow Joomla users.
bygaatec, March 10, 2011
SIGE
I have tried a good few image gallery extensions for Joomla over the last few years, and found that the "Simple Image Gallery" concept worked well for me as I could have several dynamic galleries on a site without any problems. I specially like the way I can simply drop a new image into a folder and the gallery is updated without me having to do any more.

One problem I found with most of these extensions was that they did not validate the XHTML properly and therefore created a vast number of errors on the site.

Because of this I was looking for a replacement. I then came across SIGE, and viola, I finally got galleries that validated 100% without errors.

In addition I like the fact that this extensions have a huge amount of configuration options that enables me to further tailor my sites.

Finally the "watermark" feature is just great, and is definitely one I will use to protect the images better.

As i said in the title, this is by far the best image gallery plugin I have come across and will therefore recommend this highly.

Keep up the great work!!
Owner's reply

I will do! :-)

Thank you very much for your detailed review.

bygaatec, September 19, 2010
JV-LinkExchanger (jvlinx)
Another excellent extension for Joomla.

It is intuitive to install and use, and even support Joomfish.

I also find the support and forum great. I posted a question on the support forum and within 5 minutes I had the answer that helped me. Impressive.

Highly recommended.
bygaatec, June 18, 2010
Akeeba Backup
This is definitely a nice extension which simplifies making backups of your Joomla site.

Quite easy to setup and get going, but I do not believe this is for beginners.

I would have liked to see an easier way to setup automated backups including automated email of the backup to a set email account aswell. That is the only thing preventing me from giving this extension the full 5 stars
Owner's reply

Thank you for your review! The features you ask for (scheduling w/out CRON and email support of backups) are already planned for the 3.1 release :)

bygaatec, May 30, 2010
ReDJ
When migrating or changing websites url's could change. This means that I need to map these old url's to the corresponding place in the new website so as not to lose valuable visitors.

This exstension does exacly that in a self explanatory way. (I got this setup in no more than 2 minutes).

Simply install the component an dthe plugin, then activate the plugin, an dfinally enter the url rules in the component. Couldn't be easier.

I will definitely use this extension going forward.
bygaatec, May 8, 2010
Zoominfo
I value this extension highly!!!

Zoominfo looks great and the developer offer outstanding support.

Highly recommended.
bygaatec, December 18, 2009
aiContactSafe
Brilliant extension. As with many of the flexible extensions it takes a bit of readinand thereafter a good bit of trial and error before everything is properly configured. The forum answers most of the stuff and the developer responds quickly in my experience.

The flexibility with aiContactSafe is just fantastic, and the Joomfish compatibility is the main reason I went for this in the first place.

I will for sure use this as standard in all websites going forward.

I would however not recommend this for beginners though as the flexibility (read complexity) herein might just prove to be to overwhelming.
bygaatec, November 27, 2009
AdsManager
I have used both v2.2 and now v2.5 RC2, and like the concept very much. It is easy to customize/add fields, but having to enter languagefiles etc. to change currency and other basic settings isn't very practical at all. It is doable allright, but when you later on upgrade adsmanager, all your changes will have to be redone. This also apply to changes to the ads display.

I am not using Paidsystem due to the fact that it require users to top up their account on your site before they can spend. I see this as a major showstopper, and believe a simple paypal/creditcard payment extension is the only way forward, but such don't exist today.

I use Adsmanager as a catalog tool for a website, and it looks great. However, when used in that way it would have been good to have a shopping cart extension, but this does as far as I know not exist.

Finally, If you run into trouble with this extension and find your answers in the forum, then fine, but don't assume you will get any help if you post a question as my experience is that support is virtually non existent.
bygaatec, November 4, 2009
I was initially confused, but after following the installation instructions found under "documentation" down to the dot I got it working.
Mind you, I use 1and1 as my hosting partner, and had to configure the php to v5 before I got this working (1and1 use php v4 as standard unless otherwise specified).

Excellent extension.
bygaatec, September 2, 2009
Google Currency Converter
Nice extension with brilliant configuration description on the download pages.

Simply a 2 minute job to install this.
bygaatec, July 29, 2009
Versions
When updating articles on the live site it is easy to be a little to quick when updating articles.

This extension has helped me several times as I now can find, compare, and return to previous versions of articles.

This extension is easy to use and I believe it simply is a must for anyone looking to make life easier for themselves when working on a live site.
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