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byplaymedia, May 26, 2011
Contacted the developer and his ONLY response is that it doesn't work with Jomsocial, which is weird because it did until I updated the chat plugins.
I get the same as most: It installs, but you can't see it in Joomla's component manager. When I uninstalled, it caused havoc! I got php errors, etc. Had to remove it manually and delete the database entry.
I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. And It's also pretty clear that the developer isn't updating it anymore. I've heard there was an update coming since January. He also rarely responds. It's most likely abandoned. What's worse is that I had just paid the monthly fee, and lost that money. Responses for refunds went unanswered. Bad support, poorly developed extension.
Owner's reply
Some bugs were found when using some Joomla! templates, but now they are fixed in the version 3.0.
In addition, this new version is fully integrated with Jomsocial.
byplaymedia, April 27, 2011
If you have a Jom 1.5 site, this is a MUST! 404's are terrible for SEO and Google punishes you for excessive 404's. Not good, especially since 404's are inevitable.
Solution: Redirect Component. It worked flawlessly out of the box. Installed in seconds and works like a charm. No more 404's... thank goodness!
To the developer: I thank you for providing a component that outperforms many commercial one's. Job well done!!
EVERYONE should grab this component. You're harming your site without it!!!
byplaymedia, November 22, 2010
But the worst thing is the hidden backlink to the author's website. The link is surrounded by the author's keywords. Terrible for SEO since your site WILL get penalized for any hidden link. It's unethical and should not be there. The author doesn't even tell you about it (unless I missed it).
Everyone should avoid this one as there are many very good mods like this out there... one's that don't try to fool you and cause your site to be hit with penalties from Google.
Terrible... just terrible!!!
Owner's reply
As mentioned in my responses below. There was a small bug in the code for the RSS Feed link. It has been resolved in the new release. As far as the link, the intent was not to fool anyone, many FREE extensions include links back to their website, however, the new release provides an option to disable it properly from the module manager.
Once again, if you ever have an issue with one of our extensions, please contact our support team so it can be resolved right away.
byplaymedia, October 8, 2010
Never-the-less, the plugin works fantastic in everything except for IE. But honestly, I'm tired of spending SO MUCH TIME fixing every little thing just for Internet Explorer that I don't care anymore.
I'm using this great plugin anyway! Great job devs!!!
Owner's reply
Thanks so much for the feedback! You were correct about it being broken in Internet Explorer (I also feel similarly to you about fixing stuff for IE, which is probably why I neglected to test the plugin with it). However, I bring good tidings: MooAccordion 1.0.3 fixes that problem by reworking the javascript that was causing the accordions to break. Enjoy!
byplaymedia, October 1, 2010
Oh yeah: It does display ads in the backend... but so what? Only admins see it and it's NO big deal!
Kudos to the developer. This is a truly great piece of work!
byplaymedia, September 12, 2010
You need to ad the syntax, then the adsense code... but you accomplish the same thing with just adding your adsense code itself... where you want it.
Doesn't really simplify auto insertion.
But for what it's suppose to do, it's does.
byplaymedia, September 4, 2010
The only thing I wish is that you were able to interact with the Gamercard, like click on the games they last played, etc. Instead, it just displays an image. And that's ok. But maybe future releases could include the ability to interact.
Thanks!
byplaymedia, September 2, 2010
There are other FAQ extensions, like full components to set up a FAQ section. And FAQ Slider will certainly do that. But what I needed was not an actual FAQ section, but rather a slider to toggle a "More Info" link... so that I won't have to place huge amounts of text in certain articles.
FAQ Slider does exactly that. I love that I can place it anywhere I need it. And I love that it has tons of options... AND that you can use tabs AND slides together!
It's just a super awesome extension, and the absolute best of ANY FAQ plugin available, including commercial ones!
To the dev's: Thanks for providing this to us all. I'm looking forward to seeing more from you! :-)
byplaymedia, September 1, 2010
I guess my big complaint is that, with it being so difficult to understand, there's strangely a lack of solid documentation. Sure, there's some vague FAQ's and a forum, but one would expect a step by step simple guide to getting started, like a walk-through on creating basic things, like items, cats, etc. In fact, I think that, with as extensive as it is, there should be a simple one paragraph guide to setting up the first content items as a built-in help section.
Maybe I missed it, but I don't think so. So really the lack of "Good" documentation and tutorials is my major complaint. It could be a bit more user friendly too.
On the plus side, I think once you spend some considerable amount of time figuring it out, it will be extremely powerful.
byplaymedia, September 1, 2010
Too many downsides which outweighed the benefits (what little I actually saw).
In all honesty, it does little more than Joomla's standard sef.
byplaymedia, August 30, 2010
"Tags" fills that void, and does so in absolutely perfect fashion. It installs in a snap, configures easy, has many options under the hood, does an excellent job...... and IS FREE!
What you get in this extension is what one would expect from a paid commercial extension. In fact, this is MUCH better than most commercial tag extensions I worked with.
Many thanks, and a big kudos to the developer. It's just a phenomenal extension. And Joonla! should take notice and consider integrating it into core for 1.6. Why would anyone have a site without tags/taxonomy???
Thanks Joomla Tags!
byplaymedia, August 5, 2010
Virtuemart isn't too bad. It's definitely not the best shopping cart I've worked with. On the plus side, it has lots of features.
But the downside is that support is poor. Yeah, the forums are large, but actual clear-cut answers are scarce. I'm STILL dealing with the "...totals do not match order amounts" error, which is extremely frustrating. Also, adding additional modules are a HUGE pain. It needs it's own integrated installer, like Community Builder.
Gonna be trying others since nobody seems to know why this error is being thrown, nor does anyone have a solution for it.
But the downside is that support is poor. Yeah, the forums are large, but actual clear-cut answers are scarce. I'm STILL dealing with the "...totals do not match order amounts" error, which is extremely frustrating. Also, adding additional modules are a HUGE pain. It needs it's own integrated installer, like Community Builder.
Gonna be trying others since nobody seems to know why this error is being thrown, nor does anyone have a solution for it.
byplaymedia, August 2, 2010
I suggest you look elsewhere. This one's a loser!
byplaymedia, August 1, 2010
But, there is one disadvantage: There's no option to limit text shown in the module. For example, I have the mod in my right sidebar. Recently a client left a long testimonial and the entire thing was displayed in the sidebar. So there's this really long text in the sidebar from top to bottom. If you could control that, it would be the perfect testimonial component. I'd like to be able to show, say, only the first 30 characters of the testimonial. If you enable 3 in the sidebar, you'll have a very long block of sidebar text that just doesn't look good.
But this is my only complaint. I hope the developer will fix this... because I would quickly go back to it. Still, it's a really good extension!
Owner's reply
Hello,
Thanks for your review. Just to let you know we can certainly add in this feature to the next version as soon as possible. This will be done shortly.
Thanks,
Emily
byplaymedia, July 29, 2010
Ninja RSS Syndicator does the job... and then some! Creating the feeds are SUPER EASY. ANd yes, the specific cat/sec works fine for me. I love that it offers great flexibility, so I can create super custom feeds for each page. And to top it all off, you can customize the RSS button, which is awesome!
Overall, there's not one single fault with this component. It installs easily and quickly, works without fail, does exactly what it says... and offers a world of options and customizations. You simply can't go wrong with this jewel!
Kudos to Ninja Forge!
byplaymedia, July 24, 2010
If you need a good portfolio component, you can't find a better one that DigiFolio! It rocks!
Great job developers!
byplaymedia, July 16, 2010
First I wanna say that it does exactly what it says... unless you're using Internet Explorer. I don't, of course. But the majority of my users do. I have a ticker trying to get them to go to Firefox or Opera.
Anyway, when activated, it disrupts the javascript of of some elements. For example, my Joomlaworks "All Videos" and "Tabs and Slides" don't work. When disabled, they work fine. Like I said, this is only in Internet Explorer. In Firefox, Opera, Chrome and Safari, it works fine. I changed each option one by one but it made no difference. The only thing that helped was to disable it.
Unfortunately, because of the existence of Internet Explorer, I had to remove it. Even though I totally hate IE, it's still the most popular browser.
So to sum it up: this is a problem with Internet Explorer and not the plugin's fault. But others I've used are compatible with IE... so I really don't know where the bug lies. Either way, it does what it says in Firefox, so I still give it 5 stars.
Anyway, when activated, it disrupts the javascript of of some elements. For example, my Joomlaworks "All Videos" and "Tabs and Slides" don't work. When disabled, they work fine. Like I said, this is only in Internet Explorer. In Firefox, Opera, Chrome and Safari, it works fine. I changed each option one by one but it made no difference. The only thing that helped was to disable it.
Unfortunately, because of the existence of Internet Explorer, I had to remove it. Even though I totally hate IE, it's still the most popular browser.
So to sum it up: this is a problem with Internet Explorer and not the plugin's fault. But others I've used are compatible with IE... so I really don't know where the bug lies. Either way, it does what it says in Firefox, so I still give it 5 stars.
byplaymedia, July 9, 2010
Anyway, it installs perfectly. Setup is straight-forward and simple. Nice options. I like that it includes Digg. I have no complaints with it at all.
But I wanna suggest a few things for future upgrades:
It would be nice to have "StumbleUpon" and "Technorati" included. And another thing that would be nice is the option to disable on the frontpage. I have a blog layout with several articles and it doesn't look good to have it displayed under each... so it's like having the buttons 10 or 12 times on the frontpage. I know I can exclude certain articles, and exclude the one's on the frontpage, but if I do, then I won't have the buttons in the actual articles themselves when someone clicks through to read the whole thing.
Anyway, I still love it and I'm certainly not complaining. Thanks for giving us a great social plugin!
byplaymedia, July 9, 2010
I tried SO many Facebook add-ons that I got tired and eventually gave up. Well, knowing the power of Facebook, I decided to search more.
I can't believe I missed this one! It's perfect!!!
I can't believe I missed this one! It's perfect!!!
byplaymedia, July 8, 2010
K2 does have a little learning curve when compared to Drupal's CCK, but nothing major. You have to learn all extensions, right? Anyway, it does what I needed. Installs perfectly. Setup and config isn't terribly difficult and the results are fantastic.
I could go into deep details, but why? Let me just assure you that if you're looking for the best CCK mod, especially if you've used Drupal's awesome CCK, then K2 will make you smile!
Way to go JoomlaWorks!!!
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