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bypjdevries, November 19, 2009
Thank you very much Peter. "Useful" is quite an understatement for this nifty extension. It's downright indispensable. The Joomla! core developers should take a good look and learn from this little gem. Apart from that, Peter's support is great. Follow up on forum topics is swift and he implements suggestions for useful enhancements in the blink of an eye. I encourage everybody to give this extension a try, as well take a look at some of Peter's other extensions, which are very useful as well. And don't forget the donation, so he can keep up the good work ;)
Owner's reply
Thanks you very much for the review! Just about all my extensions are born out of a personal need. So any suggestions I see a value in I am keen to implement... we all win :)
I especially agree with your opinion on the donating :P
bypjdevries, November 12, 2009
Sounds cool, but I haven't tried it because I miss an important feature. Having to go back and forth between the article (in which you want to insert a link) and the weblinks component (to look up the title of the desired link), is both cumbersome and error prone. So please consider to provide an editor button plug-in, to allow selection from a list of available weblinks. Even cooler if you could add new weblinks from within the article as well :)
bypjdevries, November 9, 2009
First let me thank Igort for this plug-in and making it available to all of us. The idea of this plug-in is good, but I discovered a little bug and I miss a few things. Other than that it's quite usefull and has the potential to make life quite a bit easier.
bypjdevries, September 9, 2009
I often wonder how to approach the various extensions posted in the JED. On one hand I admire everyone who invests time in developing an extension and makes it available to the community at no or limited cost. On the other hand, a lot is published that is either hardly usable or leaves a lot to be desired.
The latter is true for this plug-in. Although the idea is nice, the developers seem to lack some basic technical Joomla! knowledge. Either that, or I'm missing something. Why require to enter the user id in the 'Key Reference' field, if the user id can be obtained from the very same article the 'Key Reference' is obtained from?
Another issue is the literal text used in the plug-in, instead of making use of JText. A missed opportunity if you ask me.
I want to thank the developers nevertheless, as they at least took the time to make this extension available.
The latter is true for this plug-in. Although the idea is nice, the developers seem to lack some basic technical Joomla! knowledge. Either that, or I'm missing something. Why require to enter the user id in the 'Key Reference' field, if the user id can be obtained from the very same article the 'Key Reference' is obtained from?
Another issue is the literal text used in the plug-in, instead of making use of JText. A missed opportunity if you ask me.
I want to thank the developers nevertheless, as they at least took the time to make this extension available.
Owner's reply
Always interesting to say that we have some lack of knowledge, one is co-founder of Joomla and myself has done also some work in the project, so we think we have some knowledge ;-)
Understand that this extension was created for one simple purpose on JFoobar, clean, easy and simple and just does what it needs. We released under GPL, and you are free to improve the code, your suggestions make sense, so why not change it (improvements you mentioned are not that much work)
bypjdevries, May 7, 2009
This is one hell of a component. Being a real developers tool it's not for the faint hearted and definitely has a learning curve. But it's worth the investment, as it's a versatile component with possibilities only limited by your imagination. And the support is awesome; among the best I came across thus far.
bypjdevries, February 21, 2009
This is one excellent component and by far the most useful one I have ever come across and used. Although Form2Content offers functionality which resembles other form based data entry components, it's unique solution is elegant and yet incredibly powerful. The fact that custom form data is stored in dedicated tables, while at the same time being rendered as regular Joomla! section/category articles using customizable (pat)templates, makes this an extremely versatile extension. Data can be maintained using forms, making it very easy and accessible for site maintainers with little or no Joomla! experience, but at the same time manipulated as regular Joomla! articles, preserving full compatibility with other (third party) extensions.
Although the current product is clearly a first official release with rough edges and room for improvement, it 's already very usable and appears to be quite stable as well. As for being a commercial component: it's usefulness outweighs it's price by far. In addition, support has been above par until now. Questions were answered swiftly and the few problems encountered, were handled quickly and adequately.
In my humble opinion Form2Content is an invaluable and indispensable addition to the standard tool box of every serious Joomla! developer. And no, I'm not a biased acquaintance of OpenSource Design, the manufacturer, but just a well pleased user, who stumbled into Form2Content and wish it had been available a couple of years ago already.
Although the current product is clearly a first official release with rough edges and room for improvement, it 's already very usable and appears to be quite stable as well. As for being a commercial component: it's usefulness outweighs it's price by far. In addition, support has been above par until now. Questions were answered swiftly and the few problems encountered, were handled quickly and adequately.
In my humble opinion Form2Content is an invaluable and indispensable addition to the standard tool box of every serious Joomla! developer. And no, I'm not a biased acquaintance of OpenSource Design, the manufacturer, but just a well pleased user, who stumbled into Form2Content and wish it had been available a couple of years ago already.
bypjdevries, February 14, 2008





