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bykaz101, June 2, 2011
FeedGator
I had promised a client an RSS feed would be written to her website and when I tried a few extensions I found that they didn't work too well or I simply couldn't understand the setup.

Then I found this extension. It simply does what it says it does.

I had problems with the links and ACESEF but I simply had to delete the ACESEF URLs and let them be created again.

I also needed to change the layout for the menu option but that was nothing to do with this extension either.

If you're looking for an RSS feed into your website give this one a shot first and don't waste your time (like I did) trying the others first.

Cheers,
Karen
Mount Gambier Website Design
BuaXua Floating
A client had seen floating social media on a wordpress website and wanted a similar thing in her joomla website.

Firstly follow the instructions. It's very easy to set up if you follow them and only takes a few minutes. I missed a bit and it didn't work. The developer was great and pointed me to instructions that I'd missed through their support forum.

Secondly I found that I couldn't get it to work with one of my artisteer templates and once again the developer came to my rescue and let me know how to modify my template.

Fantastic support and the module is free.

Regards,
Karen,
Mount Gambier Website Design
bykaz101, October 10, 2010
googleAds plugin
I found this plugin is good since it stops me having to change my editor to add google adsense into my articles.

I simply it have it as a copy and paste with my google adsense code and it lets me continue with my work.

Thanks very much!
Karen
AutoFacebook plugin
It's so frustrating that it seems to be so close to working for me but the Facebook application won't keep my values to allow the application to connect.

I would suggest that anyone looking to download this first checks out the comments on the documentation to see if it's working.

It may have been a recent change to Facebook that's causing the issue and not an issue with extension itself.

I have put a comment on the documentation and I'm hoping that the developer will respond when he has the time. I have spent several hours trying to get this to work and I'll wait now to see if I get a reply.
bykaz101, April 25, 2010
All Weblinks
I used this to put the weblinks in an article and then linked to that article from the menu (to replace standard joomla weblinks).

At first I couldn't get the descriptions to show but the answer was in the support forum (use display rather than show for the description tag).

The css layout didn't match my template but was pretty easy to amend through a little trial and error in the css sheet.

Still the best weblinks extension I've found - and I've tried all the non-commercial ones now.
bykaz101, December 29, 2009
Banner Slider
This banner module is really simple to set up and looks good about from one thing - the images aren't centered in either Firefox or IE and I can't see a way of contacting the developer about it.

If it wasn't for that I would give it a rating of excellent!

Karen
bykaz101, November 17, 2009
Simple Image Rotator
You have to dig around on the website to find the download.

Yes you do need to create a new folder but I found that really easy to do with media manager (Joomla 1.5.13).

One tip is that the alternate text for the images is set at their website but this can be changed in the module as long as you don't mind one alternate text for the images.

It took me longer to find the download than it did to set this up and have it working!

Very good extension - thanks very much to the developers for making this so easy!

Regards,
Karen
CK Forms
I was looking for a fairly simple, non-commercial forms for my personal finance coaching practice. I wanted people to be able answer a few questions and then submit the form if they are interested in personal finance coaching.

Like others I had tried some others and I had been disappointed. They either didn't have documentation or I couldn't figure out how to do it or the formatting was lousy.

This extension is very simply and although it's not WYSIWYG it is very simple to set up and it has some basic documentation.

I'm very happy with this and would certainly recommend it. I will certainly be using it on other sites.

Regards,
Karen
ALFContact
I needed a replacement for the standard contact us that had a captcha form to stop some spam.

This only took me a few minutes to install and it worked first time.

Can't ask more of an extension.

A big thank you to the developer!
bykaz101, June 8, 2009
Donate Via Paypal
Easy to install but only had 3 currencies (USD, EUR and GBP) so would be nice to have more since I'm in Australia (AUD).

Also doesn't have any module classes so that it can't be modified with your own template.

I've raised these issues and we'll see if there is any response....
bykaz101, June 3, 2009
Tell A Friend Social Twist Widget
Not that this widget actually needs support since it works so well but Social twist removed the images from their servers and Chad amended this module within hours after it was reported to him.

Excellent product and excellent support!

Thanks Chad!
bykaz101, July 12, 2008
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Works great in IE but in Firefox when you click on the bookmark to open the website it's opened in the side panel rather than the main window.

Looks like I'll have to keep looking....
bykaz101, July 7, 2008
I was struggling with DS syndicate and couldn't get that to work on all the feeds when I decided to give RSS Feed Manager a try after reading the reviews.

It's simple to install but I wasn't sure about how to create the modules to run it but the help of others who have posted in the review (a BIG thank you to the guys at websitebydesign.com.au since their blog post was excellent).
I've now got all my feeds up and running and showing ALL the posts I expected.

It's so much easier than some of the other RSS feeders since you can choose what categories to put in and which ones to exclude.