rootwiley

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byrootwiley, July 24, 2008
ccNewsletter
I haven't used this extension yet, but I have set it up. Easy install and didn't have any big problems.

However, there desperately needs to be a forum. I emailed the developers 3 or 4 weeks ago and never heard back. There is a need for a Joomla extension this simple, but I imagine a forum could really improve it.

A few suggestions:
-Support for multiple lists/subscriptions
-More focus on style. The signup form is incredibly drab. An hour of CSS could quickly improve the look of it.
-Don't automatically add Joomla Users to the list.
-Move "Name:" and "Email:" address into the fields instead of taking up all that space on the module.

Nevertheless, I couldn't find a better extensions for this, so keep up the good work and push this to the limits of greatness!
Owner's reply

These are some good ideas, thank you!

byrootwiley, July 23, 2008
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
SectionEx
I'm torn over this review. The component does a great job at what it was meant to do and I can't find any other comparable alternative.

However, what I still really desire is a component that can output a pure Section List, not a list of Category Lists. Unless I'm missing something, this is not that component, but I would hope that future versions move toward offering this as well as the current display.

Also, I really wish it put out an RSS feed. Unless it's a problem on my end, I can't get an RSS feed on this, even though I use it for one of the more important pages of my website with lots of new content.

But, regards to the developer. You started something good here and I hope that open source status will push development of this extension forward.
byrootwiley, July 23, 2008
PDF Indexer
It seems the bad ratings here are either lone cases or problems with older versions. I ran this on J1.5.3 without a single hitch. Easy install, good controls on the back end, no problems at all.

For an organization with half our content tied up in PDF publications, this was a must-have.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.
byrootwiley, July 23, 2008
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Content Item Module
This is a great extension. Almost a must have in my mind. I have used it extensively with my front page.

The large number of parameters on this module make it super configurable, something I really needed. However, I see no need for the large number of tables. To get this module really to where I needed it, I had to remove quite a few tables from the code.
Owner's reply

The 1.0.x version has indeed a lot of tables, but frankly I don't intend to fix this. The 1.5 version has options to create tableless output.

byrootwiley, July 7, 2008
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Attachments for content articles
This is THE extension I needed. It works as advertised and I haven't had any problems.

Pros:
-Installation was a breeze.
-Out of the box design is great. I haven't had to make any changes CSS or otherwise to make it look great! I can think of few extensions where this is true.

Cons:
-Nothing major really, just a few suggestions.

A few suggested Changes:
-I like the previous suggestions of inline attachments and including attachments in RSS feeds.
-I think the "Hide Attachments For" parameter might be better served by two parameters. A drop down for frontpage and article's only and a text box for the category/section limits.
-A very small complaint: I wish that the filetype icon and document name were in the same link. I have an underline under all links that disappears when hovered over. Hence, I wanted the icon and text to be in a single link. It was easy to do by making slight changes to lines 677 and 678 in helper.php, but I'd think this would be a good change to incorporate in the next version.

But again, bravo. Great extension!
Owner's reply

Thanks for the encouraging feedback. The suggestion about adding separate options for 'Hide Attachments For' settings 'frontpage' and 'articles only' is a good one that I'll add to my list of things to do. I'll also take another look at the point you made that the icon and filename are not in the same link.
One of my next goals is to implement the inline attachments option.
-Jonathan

byrootwiley, June 27, 2008
1 PixelOut Audio Player
This extension is exactly what I needed, but a few problems I've noticed:
1) The span class used to surround the player in 1pixeloutplayer.php is "1pixelout." However, a css class cannot start with a number. For those of us who want to style that span (for instance display: block; border: #XXXXXX; etc;), the class must start with a letter, not a number.
2) There is no way to style the volume control color.
3) There is no way to change the color of the slider.