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I've been working with Joomla! for years, but never multi-language like Joomfish, only gTranslate. Multi-lang is inherently complex. The first thing to decide is whether you want automated or manual translation. Joomfish and Falang are for manual translation.
This seems to be a one person effort, and Stephane is doing a great job. As others have noted, he's very responsive to support requests, and building up a FAQ.
The documentation is a work in progress. It sounds like the Joomfish docs should be helpful, because Falang is strongly patterned after Joomfish, but I did not find those docs helpful, I think because the differences between 1.5 and 1.7 multi-lang made it confusing for me.
So, after a little struggle, I have Falang working on a test site. It appears to me that:
-You have to install the Joomla lang packs for your target languages
-You have to make multiple menu items and associate them under Association in the parameters, so that Joomla knows that they are equivalent
Then, you can use Falang to track the completion of your translations, which are missing, and once they are no longer missing, which are good enough to be published.
A stable version is expected very soon.
I am also expecting to start a project which will make it easier to use automated translations as as starting point for the Falang multi-lang versions of articles.

Works simply, automatically, with no fiddling.

Like the last reviewer said, almost instantly get age/gender/country data on your users, including avatars, where available from Rapleaf.

You also get a table view which includes income, education, etc. from Rapleaf (The full list of fields is:
household_income
children
marital_status
home_market_value
home_owner_status
home_property_type
length_of_residence
education
occupation)
but those were empty for most of my users.

Ability to compare reports over time, as well, so that you can see changes in demographics.

Did not work as auto-magically for me as for the other reviewers. I was using a T3 based template, and what finally worked for me was to put "social" into the position combo for the module and then a jdoc include of that position in the layouts/default.php of the template.

I had used another component to import article text, but had problems getting the images to come in. Now that 0.7RC does overwrite/update by ID, it was super easy to do an import that only updated the image data for those specific records.

I am using Access to do ODBC queries from a Drupal database, 4 table joins with multiple conditions, and a few functions to convert datestamps and other fun, pumping CSVs through this tool- works great! If I am not perfectly clear, this can be a very handy tool for doing Drupal to Joomla conversions ;)

Ninjamonials made it easy for me to insert testimonials from a static HTML site into my database. The included CSS styles provide a jumpstart for styling the display. The rotator module is very handy for displaying, including frontend submission of (initially unpublished) testimonials. Audio and video and avatars are supported, too. Support is excellent. At my request, the team is developing a plugin to allow testimonials to be inserted in content.

Installs instantly, works great.

Google CSS at 12 px text on the "credits" link is too big. Set it to 10 with !important will solve it.

This is a very handy extension, one I have used on several sites.

It's an easy way to create an elegant grid of images with rollover effects.

K2 compatible, so even allows drawing those images from K2 item images, creating a navigational system, too.

The team renders excellent suport as well.

Matware did the mtwMigrator I have used many times to move 1.0 sites to 1.5. That version was very easy, mostly only needed to configure the database details for reading the old site.

This version is even easier (0.4.3). It downloads and installs 1.6 for you, then ports your content.

I had a site that was timing out in 1.5, because there were too many articles. It runs pretty well in 1.6- A lifesaver for me.

I am sure it will keep getting better, too.

Thanks, Matware!

Worked great, no errors.

Smart, and a good example for Joomla - using the excellent work on mtwMigrator as a base. Beats re-inventing the wheel. I used mtw a bunch of times, and it's great.

I emailed from the authors' site via Contact Us and received a speedy reply.

I made a couple of suggestions about assigning categories and putting the articles into introtext rather than fulltext to provide more immediate success.

I guess it requires a little, tiny bit of literacy about database connections...sorry for the noobs. But most of it can be found in the config files of WP. OR, you could move the db to the "localhost", and install it using PHPMyAdmin or some other tool. That would avoid needing to know the remote db credentials, at least.

For those who understand, support these people, because next thing they do might be a D****** importer :)

I would give it a 4, normally, but based on support, history (mtw), and potential as a multi-spoke importer for J!, a 5 seems right.

A boatload of functionality. Nametags on images, integrated with CB - Wow. By integrating with CB, JComment, JomComment, and many others, JoomGallery itself becomes part of the Who's Who of Joomla Extensions, a Must Have if you Must Have a gallery.

The autoupdate function worked for the module and plugin, but not for the component - likely an issue with my server. Kudos to the team for this functionality.

Don't forget to donate- Even free beer must be purchased or brewed.

Works as advertised.

Be aware that you can't just rush over to MailChimp and see the new subscriber. MailChimp now sends out a confirmation email. Took about 15 minutes in my test.

I was an early beta subscriber to Joomailer, because it was a simplification for my clients. And I pushed for the MailChimp integration. Now, it's a complete solution, from the registration to list plugin that traps core, CB, and JomSocial registrations, to the ability to easily include Joomla content in newsletters. And the free MailChimp account helps smaller clients get started at no cost. This is the kind of solution that will keep Joomla ahead of the CMS pack.

The Content Uploader is like cash in your pocket. Time is money, and making it easier to build Joomla sites is like a printing press.

Even my novice users understand spreadsheets. They LOVE Content Uploader Pro, and giving them a quick way to create content makes them very happy, which is good for business.

If you are moving a site, use any of the many data extraction programs to grab the contents of the existing site, and load it into Joomla almost instantly.

Whether you are building for yourself or clients, you'll want to send the author gifts- Highly recommended.

I found the free version, MailForms, to be very easy and to work well. One feature I missed in that version was being able to use separate templates in a Form, like Basic Contact Info. I like having this feature in the Pro version.

Being able to capture data to the database is great, as is having 5 different CAPTCHAs, including Mathematical, which is my favorite.

Price is low, flexibility is high, and support is excellent. I was even fortunate enough to get a very fast fix on a weekend, but they are not usually working...

Much easier to use than prior forms components I have tried.

Excellent!

Dead simple to use {##dydoccat}x{##/dydoccat} without the #. x is the DocMan CategoryID, which is probably not 1, 2, etc. as you might think. Doesn't break anything, and works as advertised.

It's odd that no matter which of my 5 items in my list I click on, I get the same category list in DocMan. It seems like it should be possible to focus on that specific article in the list, or open the details, etc. I think it will be confusing to users if they click on a specific document, then have to hunt through a page of docs to find what they want.

I am not a designer by an stretch, but this SIFR extension makes it easy to user fronts to spice up your site. They will even convert your font for you at nominal cost, the component has a zillion options, all eaxy to use and support is excellent. Highly Recommended.

4.5 stars in 9 reviews as of today for the Free version. Any questions?

Seriously, the Pro version lets you gather data from more than one (the Joomla!) database, which is HUGE, and there is a Scheduler for doing automatic report (XLS) generation and email, and you can put formulas into the generated sheets.

Get it before they wise up and raise the price!

I am blown away. I was using a far inferior combination of two far inferior components. No more. I can't go back. Thanks for saving me from that nightmare.

I have used DT Register extensively for the past year or so, and it has not been fun...only for lack of other options in a calendar/registration system. I lost almost a whole day when DTR released a bad update, and I was overly trusting.
There are inherent problems with using two fragile components together anyway.

I was just read with care the JCalPro site, regarding their new I'll Be There, and there are only the vaguest plans for the two to be integrated.

JHRSVP seems to be in perpetual beta.

So, I would tend to give RegPro a "very good". But because nobody else, as far as I can tell based on substantial experience, delivers the breadth of functionality with high quality implementation, I have to consider it "Excellent".

Yeah, wouldn't it be great if everything were free? I don't have any problem with the price, because I bought a bunch of licenses when Joomla Showroom was having a sale. I find the Support to be very responsive. I love the couponing, the multiple pricing options, and the add-on options. I am going to be sticking with RegPro. In fact if someone is selling event tickets, and can't afford $100 or so, I am going to take a pass on the project...so RegPro is helping me select better clients. Gotta love it!

I looked for hours for what seemed relatively simple- just to play an MP3 in a module with the artist's picture. I had been using UCD and AllVideos from Joomlaworks, but this is much simpler, and allows pre and post text, including HTML.

This is a great answer to a common need. The ability to strip tags from the articles and intros is really helpful, too.

One tiny thing...maybe a little more CSS control of the display would be nice, maybe hrs between articles?