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Simple Spotlight
I needed an image rotator that would load quickly, and used images rather than relying of flash or pseudo-flash.

Encouraged by the reviews I installed this one. Worked real nicely. You upload your images to the module's image directory and then, within the module choose which images you want and what order, as well as an overall transition.

Thanks for this well thought through module.

Rowby
byrowby, July 24, 2011
SP Upgrade
I was dreading transitioning from Joomla 1.5 to Joomla 1.7. In my Joomla 1.5 site I had a ton of articles, some in categories and sections, meta tags, image folders, modules, etc. etc.

I installed SP Upgrade on my development server. Did the easy configuration to import the data and database from the old site. And pushed the button and within minutes my site was migrated to my development server.

What would have taken days took minutes!

Highly recommended by Rowby!!
Iframe in Module
Works fine if you need to put an iframe in a module.

The module has 3 fields. One for height, one for width and one for the url for the iframe.

What the documentation doesn't make clear is you just don't put in the URL if the iframe, you need to include the standard HTML bracketed iframe tags that you would use in any iframe that you would use in any standard html editing program (such as Dreamweaver).

Example: I can't include an actual iframe in this review but basically it goes like this (replace the ** with the appropriate "" brackets.


**iframe src="http://extensions.joomla.org" frameborder="0" height="350" width="300" scrolling="no"** **/iframe**

Rowby
byrowby, April 1, 2011
DB Replacer
I just added some YouTube code to a 30 pages of a website, and then got a call from the client who decided he wanted a different video.

I scrambled to the Joomla Extensions site, hoping to find a true find and replace that would make changes in the mysql database.

And I found this GEM! Works really nice with a preview of what you are replacing.

I easily replaced one YouTube video ID with the new one. In seconds!

Of course you should backup your database first because we all know what surprises can happen when we do a find and replace. I use good old Akeeba Backup to to the backup first and then I ran DB Replacer.

This gem is an example of the great open source extensions that us end users need to thank talented developers, such as NoNumber -- the author of this valuable Joomla component.

...Rowby
byrowby, January 2, 2011
Easy Joomla Paypal
Got a call from a client who wanted to pay me via paypal. I found this module, downloaded it and installed it. Set a few permameters and in 5 minutes had a nice paypal button on my site.

Parameters include confirmation page, ability to use Paypal button or text button. Recommended by Rowby!
byrowby, November 23, 2010
ARI Ext Menu
Extremely flexible horizontal and vertical menu. The module has many configurations and a style box which lets you override any default menu styles.

In addition the author's support on the forum is incredible.

...Rowby
byrowby, May 24, 2010
Automatic Menu Magic
This is a real time saver.

All you do is create a category, then you create a menu with the exact same title.

Then all future articles that are added to that category are automatically added to the menu.

Once you set up the category and corresponding menu, it works right out of the box -- for all future articles.

Rowby
byrowby, May 7, 2010
ARI Sexy Lightbox
I am too often turned off by glitzy but pointless galleries.

This one is perfect. Very easy to use. All kinds of useful configurations.

I was especially impressed with the extension's built-in, easy to follow documentation. No need to have to find the website to get the essential documentation.

In my case I got it working in about 4 minutes.

Looks great!

...Rowby
Search & Replace for Joomla!
I had to make a minor but time consuming change on a website on many pages. (I had to remove an inadvertent extra spacing between paragraphs).

It would have taken my hours to make the changes.

With this component I put the HTML that I wanted to change in the "top box" and the replacement HTML in the bottom box. I hit the button and in seconds my mysql database was updated.

I've looked for a component like this for years, for Joomla. It arrived here in the extensions library just when I needed it!

Highly recommended!

Rowby
byrowby, April 27, 2010
Add to Menu
I just found this little gem.

What a time saver.

It installs instantly. Adds a button on the article page that you see as soon as you Apply an article. Select your menu item and it's finished. Cuts down on those tedious treks to the boring Menu Manager.

...Rowby
SWFContent Pro & SWFContent Pro Module
As simple as can be. All you need is your swf file. The editor button lets you chose one already uploaded, or you can browse from your local computer to upload it. Then it inserts the code.

No html embed code etc needed.

...Rowby
byrowby, April 2, 2010
Vinaora Cu3er
Any Joomla programmer should review this extension as an example of an intelligently thought-out module.

The module itself has built in documentation right within the module. There is a link right in the module to the website for further help.

And the module is elegantly designed for both a newbie who may not understand xml, and for the advanced user who is comfortable in xml.

Bravo.

...Rowby
byrowby, March 10, 2010
Flexheader3
This is a very well thought-out extension. Andre, the developer, knows what he is doing. It's easy to set up and install, with lots of nice parameters and advance parameters.

Also great is you can set your image as a background image if you want. That is really cool!

And, keep in mind, you don't have to use this only for headers. You can use it for any image where you would like the flexibility (such as easily making your image a background image) that Flexheader3 provides.

Bravo to Andre.

Rowby
byrowby, March 3, 2010
Simple Content Versioning
Get this plugin. I installed it and it worked perfectly.

I'm installing it in all of my sites. Not only is it great for client article screwups, it's also great for the webmaster. I am more willing to make test changes knowing that there is a list of backups of the articles -- just a click away.

Highly recommended!

...Rowby
byrowby, February 20, 2010
Component as Content
I followed reviewer johnthompsonline's fix and modified line 80 "...Change src='index2.php?' to src='/index2.php' ..."

And it works with sh404sef. Just make sure, which using SH404sef, you use the non sef url rather than the sef url.

Example: Don't use the SH404sef friendly url:
{comascon}/yourSH404sef/whatever.html{/comascon}

Use instead: (as an example)
{comascon}option=com_phocagallery&view=category&id=2{/comascon}

...Rowby
This is such a nice and simple plugin.
I needed to add a nofollow tag to some individual articles (I didn't want to have a global nofollow tag). With this plugin activated I put the following in my certain individual articles:
{tag}{/tag} -- and, PRESTO!, after saving the article in the source code was

...Rowby
byrowby, December 22, 2009
Christmas snow
I published the module "high" on the page, and it works out of the box, in 10 seconds installation in:

IE8 8.000.1
IE7 7.0.6002
Firefox 3.5.6
and
Opera 10.0 1750

Thanks!
byrowby, November 19, 2009
The plugin has paramaters that let you configure just about everything, height, width (pixels or percentage), show or not show scrollbars.

Works out of the box.
Easy Script
I had a problem pasting javascript into the usual custom html module. No matter what my Editor settings it messed up the code.

Installed this module, pasted in the javascript -- it didn't mess up the code -- worked perfectly.

You need this simple but perfect module in your Joomla bag of tricks.

Thanks, Developer!

Rowby
Owner's reply

Jaja Rowby when you need it, you love it!
Thanks

If you are using JOomla 1.5 make sure you use BC ImageLink from the same author. I could not get this version (mosimage link) to work with 1.5 legacy or native.

BC imagelink works great. I am only rating this average because the Review System requires a rating. I mosimagelink works as excellently on joomla 1.x

Here's the link to BC Imagelink on the JED:
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/photos-&-images/articles-images/5397/details

...Rowby
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