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Reviews(8)
 
bymcarbone, April 19, 2012
MaQma Helpdesk
This component is very robust. I use it for a call center with many clients. There are so many variables to configure that it can act almost like a full fledged CRM.

The documentation needs work, but maQMA states clearly that they are continually working on it. I can only imagine that they've had such a huge devotion spent to development rather than documentation. I would rather have a great component and try to figure it out myself than one that doesn't work but overly documented.

The support team is great! They responded to me within 2 hours to a "low level" question.

This component is HIGHLY recommended. I've spent more for components that do far less. There is another help desk component out there for twice as much that doesn't nearly do as much. I've researched them all thoroughly before I purchased it too.
bymcarbone, June 28, 2011
mfBlank
Does what it says. Just a quick note: If your links are styled with classes, remove "obj.className = "blank";" (line 11) in mfblank.js. This give all your links a class of "blank" and removes any custom defined classes for styling.
bymcarbone, June 6, 2011
JA Job Board
This component is very robust and....expensive. I am fine with paying for it but there needs to be a bit more for a 5* rating. Nonetheless, this component is worth it, for me at least. It does much more than any other job board component.

Pros:
- I can import jobs from virtually anywhere (via xml)
- good support

Cons:
- lack of documentation
- no cron job support for job imports
- some settings I would have thought to be a common feature therefore I was told to customize myself (which is ok, but they should've been included in the component to begin with)
- import and export should really have a csv option (this is common)
- a quirky problem with an element with id="logo". should've been called something else.
- prepackaged language needs to be revised by the team. Too many errors for an enterprise component.
bymcarbone, April 28, 2011
Udjamaflip Automated Tag Cloud
Great module! Nothing unnecessarily fancy. Uses template CSS so that there is not yet ANOTHER css file to "tame". Works like a charm right out of the box. I needed to install it to find out if I could limit by sections etc...and it DOES! So maybe this can be added in the module description here! Thank you!
bymcarbone, December 9, 2010
Locator
I just purchased the component and have so far loaded over 15,000 locations. Whew. This is the only component - besides core Joomla content that allows for search / sort / filter within a particular category. All other popular directories, including core weblinks cannot filter within a category.

I am using Locator to do just this. This is exactly what I needed.

There is no SEF right now but the developer suggested that this will come very soon. I gave 5*s because I had a couple other requests and they were answered with exactly what I needed, and promtly with an updated version solving very minor unique-to-my-site issues.
Owner's reply

Thanks! We have since added SEF support!

bymcarbone, October 27, 2010
Listbingo
WOW!!! This component is amazing...and it's free. I keep thinking that there will be something that I need that I have to pay for, but this component seems to come with everything, like CAPTCHA, beautiful templates...thie list goes on. So much work has also been done by pre-adding many categories. Thank you!!! Thank you!!! Thank you!!!!!
bymcarbone, October 22, 2010
Banner Rotator FX
I purchased the commercial license. I must say that FlashXML.net has many fantastic tools but here's what I've experienced:
1. The banner rotator is listed in the "banner management" section of the J! extensions directory, but there is no correlation to the core Joomla banners component either to track impressions or clicks of banners.
2. Being a joomla module & somewhat component, the XML files (images specifically)should be editable in the administration panel. I don't want to have my client try to edit code for a new image.
bymcarbone, April 30, 2010
Jobs Basic
This is quite possibly the best extension on the market. So far I have not found any leaf unturned by Instant php with jobs. The functions are endless and just when you think there can't possibly be any more to add, they send an update.

The forum is an excellent resource. Many postings and the tutorials are very comprehensive.

The newest update allows a job seeker to get notified by email when a posting listed in their category comes through. Nice!

I could go on for hours but this has helped me tremendously! Thank you!