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There are a lot of capable Analytic code plugins and modules on JED. If you want light and fast those can be great. But you want to give your clients a way to fully see their Analytics without leaving the site, as well as collect a lot of useful metric tools into one extension, definitely give this a go. I haven't looked too deeply at the administration code but the front-end Analytics injection is clean and semantic and keeping with best practices.

So glad to see this is updated and being ported to 1.6 +. I will definitely be rolling this into my core Joomla distro and contributing to the developers.

Since building my own Joomla template framework I won't have much use css2switch, but this well-built extension helped me out a couple of times when all other customization options had failed. Much easier than managing multiple templates, especially if one only needs to change a few small but perhaps important structural details to particular pages. It's dead quick to slice through thorny layout issues on especially customized sites, or templates converted from client designs/HTML. I'm sure there are many other uses for the creative template designer/developer and this is a handy, easy to use tool.

My only caveats. It's 'branded' —so if you like your HTML output to be clean and free of other developer's URLs and comments you're going to need to get into the code to redact all that. In that sense, it's a kludge: a brute force method of making your CSS work on Joomla. It's also a lot of configuration and it's yet another extension to manage if all you're trying to do is some simple unique page styling; make sure you can't accomplish what you need with template overrides, using the Page Class Suffix, or some other method of granular CSS control-by-page. Finally, I don't know if this will be ported to 1.6 and beyond but due to improvements in the core of Joomla's template engine it seems that a strong designer/developer wouldn't even need something such as this.

But as it stands, for Joomla 1.5., this is a fast way for a HTML/CSS developer to get designs Joomla ready without having to get into a lot of the deeper Joomla customization that can be intimidating.

Obviously, this is a great extension that is useful on most Joomla websites that serves well an important need. It is, by and large, really well implemented. The plugin system helps it integrate with a host of other important extension. 9 times out of 10 it works on install with minimal configuration. And, importantly, it is an active project.

But as others have said, there is virtually no support. For instance styling without hacking the core; perhaps it's possible but it's not obvious or in keeping with MVC. If you have problems be prepared for some work, or be brave.

But I see there is already a 1.6 version and from the looks of thing it has been refactored to make template over-rides easier. So it looks like this will continue to be a 'must have' extension for Joomla for the next generation.

Makes development, editing & administration of Joomla content that much more simple. Like other nonumber.nl extensions it's well implemented, actively maintained, and dead useful.

Absolutely best in class.

I cannot say enough good things about this Admin template! Straight up the smartest free alternative to the default Joomla Admin template I've come across.

Not just merely a cosmetic job but a complete rethinking of the structure and the logic of the Joomla admin, from the menus on down. It might take long-time Joomla users a minute to adjust, but once you do you'll wonder how you lived without it. Plus, tons of configuration; even more if your willing to get poke around in the very clean code. Absolutely part of my core Joomla install.

JoomlaPraise, the team behind this fine work, are a great resource for Joomla users of a levels, so the support is excellent. They have a couple of great commercial Admin templates (I prefer version 1) that have some more advanced scripts, but AdminPraise Lite is just that - light! As in: the page refreshes are lightening quick.

I can't recommend this project enough. That they've released it for free to the whole Joomla community is a real gift.

I'm not sure what to say about this that hasn't been said in other reviews: but indeed, this is a seriously powerful and easy to use form builder, with great integration and great support.

Form building is a tool that almost every website developer will need at some point for any number of tasks. And when the time came for me, I looked long and hard through the JED and elsewhere for the best solution. I factored in a number of things but most importantly, how was the support and how well was the code being maintained. Phil Taylor's Blue Flame Forms met all of my requirements and then some.

Perhaps it's not as set it and forget it as some other extensions (and why would it be: forms are a complicated beast and have to be able to do a lot of things), but considering how many variables there are in the many Joomla sites there are out there Phil Taylor has done a top job in cover all the basics and more, and the support really is top notch. Of all the form extensions I tried, this was the easiest to get up to speed on.

As everyone will attest, this is a great administrator extension. I have no complaints and the support is apparently top notch, though I've never needed it because this works so well.

I'm glad the developer is building a 'pro' version because the only thing that is wrong with the present version is the donation system: it's a little off-putting. I look forward to supporting this project.

As a security measure for your Joomla site this is an excellent investment. Not only is it open source with great licensing that is well priced, the support is some of the best I've encountered. They not only helped me getting it install and configured, they have helped me tighten up my overall joomla/server security.

I am very much looking forward to the continued development and future versions of this script. But even as it is this has helped me immeasurably.

Even if you're the most seasoned Super Admin, absolutely comfortable exporting database tables and reinstalling backups, I'm sure that this extension will have something to offer you.

If you're a intermediate level developer, I cannot stress how much easier this makes working with a joomla site.

For example, I have a localhost development site, a live test/launch server, and the live site. If I make changes to the live site or the development server, I can make a mirror of the revised site as easily as doing a clean joomla install. Or you can build you're own core joomla install, with all the extensions and changes that work for you, pack it up. And then rather spending the hours re-configuring each joomla install you done as soon as you run the install, and you can get to the business of building your site.

There's a lot of deep control about what and where to pack. So if you think that this has nothing to offer you, check it out. I'll bet you'll be surprised.

This just keeps getting better and better. Actively updated and improved. Bugs squashed. New layouts of the componants makes working in the backend even easier. Integrates with just about any other extension, and can eliminate the need for many others with its plugins and advanced functionality.

One of the best joomla investments I've made. For real.

An absolutely essential extension for joomla. It does what it says and then some. The integration with CB and fireboard is excellent. And the development is ongoing. Yea!

Please support this extension!

Add on the event calendar module that's listed here and you have a great events solution. I tried one other event component and immediately went back to eventlist. Dead easy to configure and style, nice integration with other components, and actively developed. What more could you ask for? Definitely worth supporting.

Indeed, this extends the custom html module in a simple and *very* useful way. Makes it a breeze to extend the layout of a page by using modules and the article manager.

Yes, this functionality should standard with joomla. Definitely needs to be part of the core in some form.

Squash a few bugs, bring it out of beta and you've got a 5-star module for sure.