yamada

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byyamada, November 12, 2009
Stock Market Ticker + Trader Platform
This is what i would call..the worst you can get. Obviously people dont even check what they install.
Its basically an iframe in a module.
But thats not all,the width is fixed on 576px.
The information it shows is not that great and it gives you the idea that the mod is made to send people over the the creators website to start handling stocks.
And if that isnt enough,the mod includes a invincible extra "meta name=keywords" tag that will show before your closing body tag!
Yes with over 20 keywords ,naturally with a bunch of the creators website.
Thats what i call junk.
byyamada, August 21, 2009
Simple MP3 Player
i gave it excellent...
i guess this is the most user friendly mp3 player ive seen...
no bizar advertising in it...just a nice free product .
amazing..
byyamada, June 20, 2009
Mosets Tree
I must admit that i would prefer mosets tree above sobi but it has one big problem,and thats handling large indexes.
I tried it with almost 59000 links in one category and that wil drop your mosets admin area.
It takes upto 30 seconds to even show the admin page and the frontend is just as bad.
the links added have title,a few lines description and weblink,thats it.

On a test i did while going to my mosets admin page this is what my server showed:

Server Load 1.91 (4 cpus) (before request)
Server Load 5.16 (4 cpus) (during request)

Its also to bad it takes so long to release a native version.
However,its good for smaller sites.
Owner's reply

We have quite a number of users running large directories without the said performance issue. 30 seconds to load a page is not normal. If you can get in touch with me at http://www.mosets.com/contact/, I'll see to it to get this resolved.

byyamada, December 29, 2008
HIDER - Hide Content
ok it works but thats about it.
it hides but it doesnt show any text like "to see the following bla bla bla you need to login".
but now nothing shows..
amazing that they forgot about this..
Owner's reply

..... that's what the {pub}{/pub} tags are for! You need to replace the text that's hidden with whatever should display for non-logged-in users... amazing that you overlooked this.

byyamada, December 16, 2008
Plugin Googlemaps
Yes Mike was indeed very fast with support, and i love the plugin.i wanted a googlemap and i even tried to get that with a commercial solution but this free plugin did a much better job. there is however one thing mike could solve whenever he will find a solution is a way to include a map into a module without hacking joomla's index.php file. for me it wasnt required...nice work Mike.
byyamada, December 10, 2008
also this one doesnt do it for me..i have joomla sef standard running and it simply changes my content urls with the tags component name in it..,thats unacceptable to me..
byyamada, December 10, 2008
JTags
the few negative reviews do cover it i think.
When you have a full website and your not planning to add any more content then this tag thing gives you the feeling you have to start over again.
nobody in his right mind would edit 478 content pages in order to add some tags.
but i gave it a try.
Uninstalling wasnt easy as well.
the plugin failed and trashed my site as i use gzip and that somehow was a problem..
byyamada, November 24, 2008
JCE
Ryan proved to be very helpful.i was looking for an editor that a friend needed cause he wanted to upload files. at first it didnt show the upload but was caused by the current upgrade of flash 10. after mailing i received a nice reply explaining how to set the settings and it was solved,and that in less the 10 minutes...
byyamada, November 23, 2008
Captcha by kupala
This is the best captcha for joomla,no doubt about that.
Bit surprised at the good support mentioned , as i received absolutely no reply whatsoever regarding my question.

When you have your site offline to work on you cannot login at the front anymore because the captcha doesnt cover that area.
byyamada, November 12, 2008
ADJR - Disable Joomla Registration
Well this one doesnt work either.
On joomla 1.5.7 ,latest CB
Core registration is disabled in config.

But when i go to :index.php?option=com_registration&task=register i get 403 forbidden which isnt dont by this plugin..and when i go to index.php?option=com_registration , i can still use the registration.
Owner's reply

First of all, what interests me in your review is "when i go to index.php?option=com_registration , i can still use the registration." this means plugin is either disabled (aka not enabled) or misconfigured. Both issues are easy to resolve, you can ask your questions in the project forum.

Regards

byyamada, November 12, 2008
0 of 1 people found this review helpful
Amazing review.
But this doesnt work.
The author uses CB himself but you can also register there with :index.php?option=com_registration&task=register
i tried it serveral times but redirect doesnt do anything.
Owner's reply

I am not using Joomla 1.5 on that web site. Please test before evaluating. That site is on Joomla 1.0.x

byyamada, October 28, 2008
0 of 1 people found this review helpful
amazing how something simple can be such fun...
great addition for sites who offer music related things...

small request i would have is the possibility to change the text it shows after a search,thats put into the files and would have been nice if that would be editable...
good job.
byyamada, August 21, 2008
Wikipedia Search
The idea might be good but the result is poor.
Results show in an iframe which makes it cheap..
Long ago i saw a non joomla php script that really searched and printed out the results,so i know thats possible.
byyamada, August 21, 2008
0 of 1 people found this review helpful
JVideo!
Well my judgement is a bit harder.
I realy fail to see what extra value this offers compared to other components that deal with video in general.
It surely has its limitations.
And when i saw what it costs to use it in full i always had a heart attack.
Owner's reply

I'm sorry you didn't see the benefits of our system, we definitely haven't been doing the best job of explaining what really does set us apart from everybody else. We'll work to make that more clear on our site.

Our component and service is currently completely free. The only time somebody would have to pay is if they want the player to be branded with their own logo or they are getting over 10 gigabytes per month of traffic.

Make no mistake, this is a beta product right now. If you don't like something about our product in it's current state, mention it on our support forum. We have a full team dedicated to this and your request will probably be addressed sooner than you think.

byyamada, August 18, 2008
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Simplest Forum
tried this on a demo site.
looks good and could be popular,but im missing a few things.
there's no edit function.
there's no sub cat creation.
with guest writing on,captcha didnt show.
also weird is,that when creating a menu link it shows a captcha as being a choice which makes no sense.
you can leave out all the general crap we see on most forums,but some standard stuff should be included.
nice work...do continue.
Owner's reply

Thanks for the feedback. A donor to the project recently funded an edit functionality that I will be integrating into the main build soon. There seems to be a lot of confusion over the CAPTCHA support since both the Plugin must be enabled and the CAPTCHA support within the forum must be enabled - I will try to make those directions more clear in the future releases.

byyamada, August 7, 2008
Phoca Gallery with Slideshow
This gallery is a must have.
I have a few websites with a gallery but with my mnew joomla 1.5.x versions not much seems to be supported or they are way behind development.
Then i found phoca gallery.
What i like about it is its simplicity to configure your albums.
The simple update feature is great and support by Jan is top.
byyamada, July 28, 2008
Phoca Documentation
Jan impresses me more and more.
Amazing what this guy creates,and all for free.
And now this docu component which is very handy.
I realy like what he makes,all components come with an easy upgrade system.
He's also quick on the support as well.
I cant wait to see what his next thing will be :)
byyamada, May 14, 2008
Rapid Forum
Thought this one looked very funny so installed it on a 1.0.x testsite.
Impressed but as it shows added 7 may why no new 1.5.x version ?
Releasing this for older joomla doesnt realy motivates people to upgrade..
Owner's reply

Yamada, I hoe you mean "fun" and not funny :) We just announced Rapid Forum for 1.5 began development today.

byyamada, May 3, 2008
sorry, i did tried it but as i thought its a simple mod with an iframe to capture remote address at the authors site.
it may look nice but then you have to rely on a remote source and thats something i dont like.
Owner's reply

If we didnt do it this way, it wouldn't be kept so up-to-date (every 5 minutes).

byyamada, May 3, 2008
4 of 7 people found this review helpful
DOCman
sorry but i cant be that positive like the rest here.
i tried to install it for a friend on a 1.5.3 and willing to use it with legacy.
but it wouldnt install.
all i got was errors saying i have to make my root writable and some admin folder as well.
huh..?..not in a million years.
With joomla's 1.5 i was happy that we didnt have to touch the folders anymore,which is safer.
But docman goes his own way,and thats the wrong way.
installed another component instead.
Owner's reply

DOCman does indeed ask you to make your root writable to be able to add the dmdocuments folder. Once the folder has been created you can revert your permissions back.

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