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I now have 2 extensions from this company which I use on multiple sites and I have found that their support is unparallelled - I'm not sure these guys ever sleep! They will answer questions and give help and advice on anything even remotely related to their products. Nor do they make you feel like an idiot but patiently give you instructions to follow to get your sites working. I was moving from another subscription system to theirs during a J 2.5 migration and they ensured that it would work before charging for the product. They then fixed any problems and answered my numerous questions tirelessly to make sure their products worked to my satisfaction. As for OSE Membership I find it is fairly easy to use once you understand the basics and it does the job I need it to do!

Nothing like trying to close the barn door after the horse is gone - I was hacked and at a loss as to what I needed. Starting with pre-sale questions OSE patiently answered my idiot questions, told me what product I would need (in this case the Suite) and after I purchased they offered to install it across all of my domains; they checked on the infected domain files and told me what to do to clear it and have gone even farther by giving advice as to other security measures I need to take. Since this product was installed I have had several notifications of hack attempts so it seems to be doing the job. I have since received a follow up email from OSE making sure everything is working and told to contact them if I have any further issues. This is remarkable support and just on that alone I have to give OSE 5 stars!

This is definitely not an out of the box extension. There seems to be considerable coding issues which require going to the developer to fix. On my site the upload for files or images in the front end was not available. I checked in their forum and found that many have had problems getting this extension to work. I contacted Ordasoft’s support on the weekend and received an answer on Monday requesting log in info and ftp access. Which was given and I received an email back that there was a problem with the coding which they would fix. Mid week nothing had been done so I emailed again and requested return of money (I had upgraded to the pro version) if not fixed by the end of the week as I needed it live by then. I received another email that they had lots of customers so were busy but would definitely have it done by the weekend. I received an email late on Friday from someone else that the person who I’d been dealing with was sick that day, that he could see the problems on the site and would create a new version the following week … which will be too late for my purposes. This is a poorly designed extension with slow support and I would not recommend it unless you are a coder and can fix the problems yourself.

Reviews are very helpful when I decide on an extension. This extension had a lot of positive reviews and most made mention of Tuan's great support. Absolutely true! I like the fact that there is the willingness to both answer pre-sale questions and continuing post-sale, rather than leaving the buyer to struggle to figure it out on their own or just giving up. Also the fact that Tuan is continuing to develop this extension, rather than just letting it stagnate is great. I have downloaded some wonderful extensions but few offer the service that I have received with DMS. This is definitely a 5 Star rating and worth the small fee, just for the support.

Joomla extensions is like a candy store. Lots of sugar and not all good for you. I've wasted a lot of time trying to find this extension. It deserves an excellent rating for several reasons, it delivers what it promises, it comes with a great tutorial and if that is still not clear Andreas (brettelben.de) comes through with the greatest support. I had a problem (my error) and he took the time to look at my website and found my error.

Simple Picture Slideshow allows you to present your pictures in the content area, in a decent size and include links and captions. What more can you ask for and free. Thanks Andreas.