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byinsightcreative, February 7, 2012
jomDirectory
I've held off reviewing this product as I've had a couple of bad experiences with paid components lately which have really disappointed me.

This is at the higher end in regards to cost for components but there is a reason for that. It's a great product and the support is great too. I had answers over the weekend and they've logged onto my server to fix permission problems with files - something they didn't have to do.

Having used this now and given it a good test, I'm more than happy to recommend this to others.
byinsightcreative, January 27, 2012
Personal Classifieds for JomSocial
Yes, it says 'simple' but there are expectations with something like this - especially when it's a commercial plugin.

The category box is a free text box which is pretty much useless and there is no box for Price. I would say that you get what you pay for but at nearly 20 euros I'm pretty gutted about this.

Never mind. We live and learn
Owner's reply

Dear Insightcreative,

I apologize we were not able to meet your expectations.

We appreciate your ideas and will consider them for implementation in future release.

May I also kindly ask you to submit a pre-sale request if you happen to use our services again?
Thank you very much for understanding.

byinsightcreative, January 12, 2012
Lof Showcase
I can't believe that nobody's reviewed this before. I just used it a few weeks ago for the first time and it's a great little extension.
byinsightcreative, November 11, 2011
StyleWare K2 Google Maps
Whoah! Just installed this plugin. Had a slight problem which is down to my server configuration so I posted into the forum. I posted in 12 minutes ago and got the first response 10 minutes ago. The product works fine and the support is better than anything I've seen!

Well done.
Owner's reply

Thank you very much for the kind review. Unfortunately it is simply impossible to test it against all server configurations, however we do our best to resolve all issues as soon as possible. Sometimes it takes minutes, sometimes 1-2 days, but we really try to make our product usable for everyone.

byinsightcreative, September 15, 2011
Modalizer
This was installed and working in no time. I've used a few extensions from this developer and they are all fantastic.
byinsightcreative, September 11, 2011
JoomlaWatch
Thanks or this, I am becoming addicted to watching this! I've already picked up a dodgy trademark infringement company in the US and a form spammer. Both IP ranges were blocked!

It's enabling me to see people's browsing habits on my wife's new e-commerce site so that we can make the whole experience better. If you use this properly, even if you pay the tiny sum asked for the Pro version, it will pay you back with an increased return on your site.

I may well get the Pro version just to support the extension.
byinsightcreative, August 29, 2011
artTree
Installed easily and works like a dream. It's uses very plain styling but it's also very easy to make it look the way you want it to look with a minimal knowledge of CSS.

Another module to add to my list of defaults.
byinsightcreative, August 29, 2011
AutoTweet NG Pro
This is on my must have list of extensions. Social networking is vital to any online marketing strategy and this takes care of things for you.

I had a problem with it not posting to Facebook and received support on the forum within a few hours. (The problem was of my doing)

This is just one of this extensions that make you feel comfortable knowing that it'll just work.
byinsightcreative, May 1, 2011
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JoomBah Jobs
This is the 4th recruitment component I've paid for. I installed it 2 days ago and have played around with it quite a bit since then. Every time I look I find something else that makes me realise that this is a very, very good product. At $35 it knocks the socks off the others I've tried in terms of price and the level of functionality. I've not needed the support forum but a look through a few pages worth of posts shows that the developer is very responsive to support requests.

I have to say that this component is far too cheap for what it gives you. This is much more than I would expect. If it had been $150 I would still have thought it was good value.

Restores my faith in open source!
byinsightcreative, April 29, 2011
JS Jobs
I paid the $90 ($108 with tax) for the full product and I'm sorry to say that it's useless. What annoys me is that this is the third and most expensive component that I've paid for that hasn't done what it's supposed to do.

I can't seem to sign up for the forum and messages sent through the site are responded to with no real help. I haven't got time to mess about, I'm trying to run a business which is why I pay for extensions over free ones.

The component is buggy to put it mildly. It's definitely not fit for sale at that sort of price. I don't know how anyone can rate it highly when even something as simple as setting what can and can't be searched on doesn't work. I had to go into phpMyAdmin to turn things off.

It's a poor show and damages the credibility of the whole open source community when rubbish like this gets put out.

I'm ALWAYS happy to pay for components but not when they don't work as advertised.

BUYER BEWARE!!!!
byinsightcreative, January 20, 2011
DM Article Titles List
This got me out of a hole for a job that I was doing and it works well. The only criticism I have is that it displays the lists in tags. I just modified the code slightly to display them all in tags instead. Would have been 5 stars otherwise but maybe there is a reson it's been done like this??? Only a 5 second job to amend though.

Nice work though!
byinsightcreative, December 11, 2010
Geo QRCode Profile Application
Great little plugin. Installed in 2 minutes and tested using my iphone. Worked perfectly!
byinsightcreative, November 26, 2010
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Recruitment Manager
My first experience with the developer was when I e-mailed on a Saturday morning asking a pre-sales question. I received and answer within about an hour.

Based on this, I bought the component.

With the wife out and the kids in bed I settled down to install the component, iron out all the bugs spend a couple of hours working out how to use it, etc, etc.

Well, I have to say that my evening's entertainment was a bit of a washout. It installed quickly, the documentation included was easy to read and digest, and it all just worked. 20 or 30 minutes of playing and I realised that there was little else for me to do.

It's always a pleasure to pay for an extension when it's as good as this one.
byinsightcreative, November 5, 2010
Totally simple and does exactly what it's supposed to do. I'm using my iPhone as a webcam to FTP images up to my server and this plugin to display them.
byinsightcreative, October 24, 2010
Favourites Center for Sobi2
I had a problem with this plugin which turned out to be my version of PHP on the server. I gave the developer login details and he logged in and fixed it for me on a Sunday.

I don't mind paying for a product like this and the support with this one far exceeded my expectations.

Thanks a million

Andy
byinsightcreative, April 15, 2010
IProperty
This has to be one of the best puchases I've made since I started working with Joomla. We're working on a project at the moment and this has shortened our development time massively.

Everything I've done so far just goes seamlessly. Installation of the main component, additional plugins... everything has gone without a hitch.

I'm having to do a lot of tuning to get it looking how I want which is not a criticism but the MVC model makes it very easy to find the files you're looking for.

I really, really love this product. Anyone looking for a property component should use this without a doubt. You'll save the cost of this many times over just in development and deployment time.

Cheers

Andy
byinsightcreative, March 26, 2010
Standalone Accordion Menu
At the 11th hour the client decides that he wants the menu to slide open and closed smoothly.

I tried a few non-commercial extensions and a couple of commercials where I'm a member of a club.

Nothing worked.

I tried this and had a couple of problems (my fault!!!) but still got very quick support.

It's now all working beautifully and exactly how the client needed it.

Regards

Andy
byinsightcreative, March 24, 2010
ChronoForms
I've been using Breezing Forms until now which I have to say is very good in certain circumstance but very slow and has some problems.

Chronoforms, however, is fantastic. The beauty is that you can use the wizard to knock up a quick form, copy and paste the generated code into Dreamweaver, make your changes and then just paste the code back into Chronoforms. So things like adding Javascript to clear default values, customising the html and everything is totally under your control.

I really love this component!
byinsightcreative, January 24, 2010
obTODO
This does the trick for me. I use Project Fork for main project management functions but this is a nice, quick way of setting yourself a reminder of all the little jobs that come in from time to time by e-mail and over the phone.

There are a couple of things on my wish list...

1. An e-mail notification if I set a task for another member of staff so that they don't have to login to check.

2. Start, stop time and deadline so that I can tell a member of staff when the item needs to be completed by and when I expect it to be stared.

Those are being really picky.

Very nice extension though!!

Andy
byinsightcreative, January 21, 2010
BreezingForms
I needed a form extension that would support multiple pages so I decided to get this one. The cost is nothing when you see what you get. I'd have paid just for the ability to have forms split across pages but I'm creating this huge form at the moment and this makes it very easy. A bit of a learning curve but then I'd expect that with any new extension that was doing things like this. the client had asked for certain things like conditional boxes and I told them it couldn't be done. Now it can!

Very happy with this. It's a lovely 'toy' to play with the interfaces and it does the job perfectly. This is what paid extensions should be like - better than expected.
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