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I've looked all over for ANYTHING that could hook up ZenCart to something else (anything else!) and I wasn't having much success. None of the freebies that I tried were functional. And it seems that some of these bridges are abandoned.

JZen is the only option I could find where the developers are maintaining their product.

I had problems with JZen at first too, but the guys got to work on it immediately and fixed it. So THIS Bridge works! It's updated to the current versions of ZenCart and Joomla, and it works very well. It's easy to install.

And it's soooo nice to have the world of Joomla available for my ZenCart store.

Many thanks to the JZen team!

This looks like a really good system but the free or "non-commercial" version has Tickets and Knowledgebase disabled so it's not even a working Demo. So I can't actually evaluate how it works. The setup was fairly standard for this kind of system and everything looks nice. Well organized. But I couldn't test it because the critical features weren't functional. If you want the program you have to buy it. The price is reasonable.

I have a busy Joomla site and Jomsocial is not the home page. So it was easy to miss any messages in the Inbox. Not any more!! This nifty module provides notification of messages, friend requests, AND group actions that need attention from the moderator. Because it's a module, I can put it anywhere I want on my template where it will be highly visible. This is one of those modules that you really wonder how you ever did without it.

This is a lovely program. There is excellent support on the forum: I got responses the same day as posting.

The only tip for new users: make sure your categories have cards in them. If you have any empty categories, the program might not show on the front end. Other than that little discovery, I had no difficulty installing and using RWCards. It's very nice, looks great, and very easy to use.

I make the ECards from photos that my users contribute, so it's also a community project. If you're using Jomsocial, there's a "userpoints" hack for RWCards in the Jomsocial support forums that gives userpoints when the RECEIVER of the Ecard goes to read it on your site.

RWCards can also work like an Invitation system. I created one category with invitations to my site, which any of my users can send to their friends. And, get userpoints!

I'm very pleased with RWCards. It turned out to be much more flexible and useful than I expected. Very, very nice!!

A clock sounds BORING, right? This extension was a surprise, because there are some really fun clocks in the assortment. If you want to be serious, you can be serious. But I have a collector site and there's no need to be "institutional", so now I have an adorable, ornate cuckoo clock on my site. And for Christmas I will certainly use the hilarious Santa clock.

The assorted clocks are very beautiful with high quality graphics. You can size them to fit anywhere you want on the page. The clock displays the time on the user's computer. This extension was extremely easy to install and configure. Thank you! to the developer for a very beautiful module.

The Eventlist is perfect for Community websites. Users can easily add their own events by filling out one form. This extension was easy to install. It has lots of configuration options and lots of ways to control those options. The only problem I found: there was no obvious way for users to Add an Event. The icon was teensy weensy and unmarked except for the hover flag. So I replaced the tiny icon with a nice big fat attractive button that says ADD EVENT, and that solved the problem. Everything else is very straightforward. This is a very nice extension.

Very well thought out module, with nice add-ons. Very easy to set up. I have a collector site, so I set up the prayer center with a different template, away from the "busyness" of the rest of the site. It's like a little chapel. We have always shared prayer requests in our group, even though the site is mostly about our hobby. The point is: the prayer center can be implemented on a lot of sites and not just church-related.

I needed a little help getting started, and the developer was very prompt in replying to emails. He sent me a file to show how he did the setup. I'm sure it would be easy for more experienced Joomla users but I'm still confused by the connection between articles, sections, categories and modules.

Once that was sorted out, this is VERY easy to setup. I created five articles in one category (one article for each tab.) Then select that category in the 2JTabs module. Refine the settings, put the 2JTabs module in a Position and enable it. It was such a surprise to see it worked immediately without any fussing with the settings. Wow!!

This Tabs module doesn't conflict with anything on my site. I've had lots of problems with javascript conflicts, but apparently this one doesn't use javascript even when it's running in slideshow mode. If it does use javascript they've refined it so there aren't as many problems.

This program is compiled so it's not as easy to do custom CSS but there are 21 style sheets for the tabs so it doesn't matter. Besides, most of the "styling" is done in my articles where there is plenty of freedom for designing.

This module is well worth the modest price. It's just so good!! It adds lots of glamour to the front page of my site, without causing any trouble for anything else on the site.

There are lots of potential uses for this program. I'm so happy with my first set of tabs, I'm trying to figure out how else I can use it, because this was FUN.

I'm sure this is very "Easy" for developers. I wasted a lot of time trying to understand it. Obviously there needs to be a REAL TUTORIAL, not a few pages of hints and tips.

The so-called Plugin is an assortment of files with no explanation of what to do with them or where to put them. I am not a stupid person, so I'm offended that this is presented as EASY when there's no real documentation for it. You MUST have background experience with Suckerfish in order to "Get it."

I do so much work on the computer that I'm always at risk for carpal tunnel flareups... So this button looks good to me and my poor tired arm! Reduces the work of scrolling by a lot!

And it's fun to play with too, when you're tired: we go UP and then DOWN, and then UP and then DOWN... It's kinda irresistable, you have to play with it. :)

And yes, it's super easy to install. Almost no setup. You can customize it if you like. This would possibly be classified as a little gimmick item, but I think once you have it you'll see that it's actually a very useful and use-able part of the page. I like it!

I love this multi-user Blog system! It's very attractive, neat and simple to use. Many webmasters may prefer that it was tied in with the user profile in Community Builder or JomSocial, but the fact that this is a stand-alone multi-user system gives it some unique possibilities. I am using it for a Community Corkboard, where the various clubs and groups can post site-wide Announcements. I had tried some other programs for that purpose but none of them were quite right. This is more than perfect for what I needed. Many thanks to the developer: I'm very happy to find this neat little program.

Jootabs works GREAT!! This is an awesome extension, it has lots of potential. The developers have a very active template site so I don't think they're abandoned it. This has been a popular extension for a long time so it probably doesn't need much babysitting.

JooTabs has 8 styles included, plus you can use module suffix to style it the way you want. Very configurable and stylable.

Most of the setup is self explanatory but I thought the module setup was a little confusing. So, here is my setup as an example. To set up Jootabs with 2 tabs for Photos:

Title of the 1st Tab: LATEST PHOTOS
Module of the 1st Tab: jooposition1
Title of the 2nd Tab: RANDOM PHOTOS
Module of the 2nd Tab: jooposition2

The jooposition1 and jooposition2 should be on your XML file, but not on your template or in an article or anywhere. You only want to position Jootabs. Jootabs will then position everything else for you.

Then, JooTabs needs it's own position on the XML file AND on your template or article or however you want to publish it.

Once you've got that sorted out, then, make sure that all modules are enabled. Very easy. The only problem is the lack of documentation: it's easy if there's a little bit of instruction.

This is my favorite of all the little accessories that are available for EventList. There's no demo, so here's what it looks like. On the left side it says UPCOMING EVENTS in fat gray letters, while the ticker (in bold body type letters) scrolls in from the right.

The Tickler displays the date and title of the event. When you click on it, you go straight to the event. If you hold the mouse over the text, the Tickler stops so you can read it. The number of events for scrolling is configurable: you can choose one or many.

The Tickler is simple and cute. It was less work to install and looks better than other mods that I tried.

The Tickler has a number of configuration options so I was able to fit it nicely into my sidebar. It provides some movement on the page without overdoing it. Very nice. Thank you!

I had it downloaded, installed, on my main menu and using it in approximately 1 minute. It accepts HTML code so I can do whatever I like with the page. I need to save TIME, and this is a snappy little utility that gives ME more time to work on content instead of fussing around with the program. And I agree, I hate WYSIWYG editors too, it's the one thing I hate about WordPress. This is a beauty. Thank you!!

I had very specific parameters for my Gallery, and I wondered if it was possible to do what I wanted. I needed it to allow user uploads, with a number of restrictions. JoomGallery blew me away! The configuration is so very detailed (and yet so very easy to do). Within a few minutes I had it all working, and tested, the way I wanted it. I work with a lot of scripts and software, but this one really amazed me. Very flexible, very easy, very attractive! If I could give JoomGallery more than five stars, I would.