Our site has been using this plugin for several months and it is nearly eliminated spambot registrations. "Nearly" because a very rare few spammers do sit there and manually register, but CAPTCHA is the cat's meow for keeping the vast majority away. Please note that the version in the free downloads, according to our experience, requires Legacy Mode; there is an update for CB Documentation Subscribers (recommended) that runs in full Native Mode. As an alternative, the CB ReCaptcha plugin also in the JED is less customizable and requires registration for public/private keys (free at this time), but is Native Mode compatible.

I uploaded this file as it says, and it works. I don't know about all the broken this and malformed that some of the other recent reviews mentioned and I hope it all works out for them. But this worked just fine for me.

So it wasn't free, but only $9 USD is a super deal. If you run Eventlist and JoomSEF 3.x this extension is absolutely a must-have.

Installation was a piece of cake. There is apparently one minor file hack necessary to make registrations work in components/com_eventlist/views/details/tmpl/default_attendees.php but the included instructions makes it a walk in the park. Now my URL's look like http://www.mysite.com/calendar/powwows/burns-paiutte-reservation-powwow.

I wanted for a component to replace using a bridged Gallery 2.3 installation that I used for several years because of its comprehensive customization features. JoomGallery turned out to be a fine choice for my sites and my clients' sites. I am currently working with JoomGallery 1.5.0.3 on Joomla! 1.5.14 and it integrates well with my CB 1.2 -- all in full Joomla! Native Mode. Installation was a piece of cake. Beside the Component there are several Modules installable from the Extensions manager and one Community Builder Plugin installable from the CB component panel. The JoomGallery component panel is chock full of options. Though it takes time to sift through all of them, the fact that they are offered means this component allows heavy customization where some others seem to take a one size fits all approach. I love options and so do my clients. And unlike what I've been using for all this time, this is in fact a true Joomla native component requiring no bridges or file hacks, so my Joomlapack one button backup now protects my photo galleries, too. Nice job on this one!

First let me say that this plugin was easy to install and produced a very nice editor with a good array of options. It does, however, have a security feature that we didn't expect: when we tried to paste text using Firefox we were greeted with a security warning and offered instructions to modify our browser's configuration files to allow access to our local clipboard. It's a thoughtful feature, but we do not believe that most of our users would be willing to do that and we would end up getting their submissions by email or in forum posts. This is by no means a "fault" of the editor plugin, but it is a security feature it to be aware of and consider. It would be nice if it could be a switchable option from the admin backend plugin configuration panel.

This plugin is the final icing-on-the-cake for my Jevents/JoomSEF powered events calendar site. When activated, it creates URL's such as {yoursite}/{jevents_menu_item_name}/{event_category}/{date}/{event_title} with no need for visible item ID or any other extraneous info: just clean URL's for your calendar items. And its configuration - how hard does uploading the plugin and enabling it sound? Piece of cake. If I were to request anything else be included out-of-the-box it would probably be more date format options but it would be hard to make this plugin much better.

THE GOOD: This is the first forum I've found that works out-of-the-box "1.5 Native" with no bridges and no hacked or patched files to replace. It's got lots of goodies and a massive pile of options, even a Google user map (get an API key from Google, it's free as in beer). It's even set up to take templates and plugins of its own. What more to ask?

THE - UH WELL - LESS GOOD: It took me some extra sips of coffee to figure out how to get in. No backend (just credits). Be sure to (1) Create a menu item to the Forum, (2) Login to frontend as "admin", (3) Navigate to the Forum, and finally (4) the sacred Admin button awaits you. Perhaps I didn't look in the right place, but nothing told me to expect this little hoop to jump through. No big deal, just thought I'd put it out there.

Overall this Forum is still excellent and is definately a keeper! Way to go developers!!

I have to admit, when I first read the description of this module I thought to myself, "You've got to be kidding. Is the component dropdown really that hard?"

But thanks to the previous glowing review I decided to give it a try. It's actually pretty cool and it really does make some tasks a little less tedious. Well done!

The Mobile Money service is apparently not available in the United States or Canada. Looks like a nice and pretty extension with a huge variety of products but very few of my site's visitors will be able to purchase them from their locations. Had I known this I would not have installed it nor gone through the trouble of signing up as a Mobile Money affiliate.

From the time I downloaded this component to making my first backup was about five minutes. The only thing else I'd like to see, if one were to twist my arm and ask me that, is the option to backup to an external server ("secure" FTP?). Otherwise, great component. Five stars all the way.

This is the ideal calendar for PowwowTime.com. I also did some code mods to add additional fields, generate a Google Map and AccuWeather forecast for each event. Once I clean up my code additions a little, I'll submit my version back to Joomlacode as a derivative or hack in case anyone wants to add these features.

I found this component very easy to install and configure. You can use a simple, single layer category scheme and run a "Craigslist"-like site or you can create several layers of categories and subcategories. Once you get the hang of things, this is a very powerful classified ads system that will accept a fair amount of customization.

The only glitch I could find is its inability to upload PNG files via the new ad submissions form. I suppose there's a fix, but copped out and simply changed the appropriate language file entry accordingly, with JPG and GIF uploads being good enough for me.

Considering what Joomla! normally does to file ownership once it's up and running, editing and updating files can be a real chore on some configurations. joomlaXplorer to the rescue! This is by far one of the best downloads I've found, it makes my job so much easier, all I can say is "Wow"!