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I found this external links extension extremely easy to install and implement. Contrary to the JED "1.5" designation above, there IS a 1.6 version included in the download (I am using the 1.6 version). The only significant problem I have experienced so far is that I have not been able to get the external links to work correctly on the frontpage. So far the "_blank" target doesn't seem to be working properly either.

I paid for and installed EasyDiscuss. Searching around their site I was unable to find any documentation for it. When I tried to add a menu item, options such as "COM_EASYDISCUSS_MENU_FILTER_FEATURED" appeared in the menu manager (instead of intelligible messages).

Their forum only had one post related to EasyDiscuss, showing how to translate EasyDiscuss into another language. I looked at the English language files installed with EasyDiscuss and I could see that the files contain the correct information (but the correct information is not displaying).

So I put in a support request. They responded "...I am sorry but we are still working on the documentation on EasyDiscuss...."

Furthermore, they request that I include my backend username and password. That seems to me to be a significant security risk.

If you are experienced with Joomla you may find such problems easy to navigate. In my case, I have only been using Joomla for a few months (but have been creating websites for over a decade) so my experience level could be part of the problem. However, I certainly expected that when I paid for a component I would at least receive a minimal amount of documentation.