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The full pack contains: components, 10 modules, 4 J! templates, documentation, ArtioJoomSEF plugin, Xmap plugin, XML files for Joomfish. Free updates!!
ver2.7
#Frontend Managment by admin or users
#Users can edit their cars, admin can edit all the cars
#Image Managment.Remove and thumbs creation is now possible
#Improved backend filter to easy find the cars by SKU or title
#CAPTCHA - Using Security Images
#New Pagination. Now it shows the number of the pages
#Select Multibox of Lightbox slideshow
#New Slideshow using JQuery
#More fields and Extras available
#JQuery library
#2 new car details page
#Introduction Text or Joomla article
#Meta Tags and Meta Keys
#Rename images by each car added
Ver2.6
#Search Options - Checkbox for extras, Category, and 2 Fields (Used Field1 and Field2)
#SOLD OPTION - Now you can mark your Sold Cars, and an image will show with the car
#NEW TABS template (Car Details)
#Bug correction of the Fuel Options
#Bug correction of the KM/Miles
#Updated links to work with SEF (JROUTE)
#Admin panel with images display of the cars
#New icons and Images
Downloads: http://www.webstylecreations.net/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=60&func=select&id=2
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My mail with a few questions was answered very quickly (even on Sunday)... so support is great!
Hello Paul
Thanks for your review. This is exactly want we want to achive with Autostand. Make known it's versatility!
Our effort is to keep improving, and with it save a lot of precious time for the users.
Regards
Autostand Team
Good support. Send 2 emails requesting some minor changes in the layout, reply as clear a simple.
By the way, the demo site is an excellent reference to see this extension at work.
Santi
Before purchase - I contacted support as I was concerned that it wouldn't work correctly with my self-created template. Nuno (in support) offered to test it for me and then showed me the component working with my template - He also gave some template suggestions to make it even better.
After purchase - I had lots of requests/changes. Nuno actioned all requests extremely promptly and efficiently.
I have NEVER experienced such incredible support, EVER.
If I good mark this a 10 - I would.
Brilliant - Thanks Nuno.
They have been quick to respond, and quick to address some changes I asked for. The component itself works very solidly. Of course like all components, there are always features it could use but does not currently have. That's ok, it appears the Autostand Team is actively working the project and making an effort to improve their product.
It was well worth it to me and my client (New and Used Car dealership in the US) to purchase said product and we look forward to a great relationship with the developers.
Thanks!
And the best part, you can use it with any type of vehicle. Cars, bikes, boats (In my case RV's.
It can improve a lot to become a reference, and from the work I've seen I really think they will get there.
Keep up the nice updates,
Sebastian
Thank you for your review ...In order to clear things, we used this option with the images, so that users can use FTP to upload the images, and/or use media manager to upload images. This was one of the many requests we had, the option to upload images by ftp, so when we make the option, here you have the review...Why not refer this also to joomla? When you post some article,you upload the images first to stories folder right?And then select the images to use in the article.
Keywords for each vehicle is also something that users didn't used much, so we removed this option.
And the most important of all, the free version does NOT work in Joomla 1.5.x, not even with legacy.
Another thing I don't understand, is why users post such reviews, comparing with other extensions, and voted 1 and probably didn't even acquired the extension that they are reviewing?
Glad that we also have done the free version, but unfortunately didn't get your good review when it was available here in JED...
Best Regards
Autostand Team
I have ALWAYS received fantastic service from Nuno, the developer. He even did the upgrade to my site for me. He has been very patient and replied to all my emails in a timely manner as well. I have had a great experience with him and this package.
I will be using this package again soon and would recommend it to anyone needing this type of site module.
As a sugestion, check demo site to see it in action. For our needs, we just used one module to create a simple site but like many other extensions needs some "personal adjustments"
Regards
However, we think it's in the good way and with some more improvement will be one of the top.SEF option, more detail search, and some adjustments in the layout, and in our case is more then enough. Frontend is possible, although is more focus to work with backoffice.
Overall we do recommend this component if you plan to start a simple site to show your cars, or for your clients, since it as a simple backoffice not very complicated to work with.
This component have a very lot of errors and Nuno not response after my second colaborative email.
The thumbnails (mini pictures) dont look when I acces to edit a car in Back-end, it's posible this is un error of enroutment (direction to take picture). The pictures exist and if you open the list an select again, it's ok.
The form not is totaly visible.
The modules dont use a css and I have very problems to put in the templates beacause this. It use the colors and sizes in the module, not in the css. It's the same error whith the languages, beacause put parts in english in the code, not in the file of language.
It don't use the configuration of the component in Front-end (ex. I try to unmark the Fields 1 to 6 (why don't use) but in the car it's displayed.
This component not run properly with Templates.
This component not run with Joomfish.
I proposed two solutions to Nuno: "you correct all the errors in the pack and you send me a new version correctly, or you send me my 39,95 Euros and I search an other commercial product", but I don't have a response.
It's very disagreeable when you lost a money, be careful!
I really don't understand some users...But ok, I have no control with the reviews, and even if we did, we would not edit them. The component could not rund perfet with some templates, but probably like many other extensions works with J! default template, works with some attached in the pack, works with many other templates we tested, but we did not tested it with for example comercial templates. And when problem comes, blaim extension..
About Joomfish have you check demo site?See it working? Like we said we DID NOT made the language files, and as notice where users who sent them, so probably the files where done acoording to that user needs
And last but not least have you checked your reply at 11.05.2009? Before you post such coments...Paypal 149650406 11 May 09 04:30 rings a bell? So again why such reviews? We anounce something wich users can get, a site like the demo! Modules used are exactly the same. Even the WORKING template, all in the pack.
And again, sory for the english, mine is also very bad
Best Regards
Autostand Team
For the price, I did not expect robust docs or instant support. All I ask for is an extension that does what it says.
I have spent the better part of a couple of weeks trying to get this to look/work correctly, but I'm afraid I have to abandon ship. Even after the last 'update' from Nuno, I still continue to have the same issues.
Simple things are just not handled. For example, if a user inputs a price with a separator in it (i.e. 15,000), then the search by price feature will not work. Prices need to be entered without the ',' or other separator. Of course, the system does not TELL you this, you'll get this surprise later. So, you say, just enter the price without the separator. You can do just that - if you want your front-end product display to look amateurish. It's a no-win.
The component does not play nice with many templates, and I could not even get it to perform well with the developer's own.
Simply put, please be VERY careful about paying money for this.
Oh, and my forum posts didn't receive adequate answers, even when they received a response. As cefnlly says, take a look through the forums and see the sort of answers Nuno gives. He can be extremely condescending - so be warned.
Hello
Thank you for your comment. The price is set like that because when we want to say 1000 (ten thousand) we don't write 10.000 or 10,000 but 10000. So when the search was done, I just follow the same analogy. Perfect extention? No, is not! But belive me, will be one of the best!!! An the updates will still be free, even to momentis ;))
The extention works fine with joomla default templates, works fine in the demo template, but in some templates could have some incompatibility with css. All the users have their opinion but things like ..."please be VERY careful about paying money for this.." or "...He can be extremely condescending..."??? Does this really help the users? In what? Users have a demo site, can have backend access to demo site, the pack includes everything you need to make a site at least like the demo or better, the price is public (yes a fortune, for users who will sell the sites using it 20x the price of Autostand pack) but that's the idea, otherwise we would not sell it. XML files, templates, etc., have free updates, so why do they need to be THAT careful when buying a PACK??? I'm really sory if the english is not perfect. I do try to make some sense when writing. If reply's where done in Portuguese, maybe it would help a lot, but probably no one would understand it, or just few ones...
Best Regards
Nuno - Autostand Team
1. Only one view (detail view) is available. (in other words, you don't get any option to select various views while adding the component on a page)
2. There is no search module. The only option for search is on the default view. When enabled, it is displayed on every single page, even on the page that displays form to add a car.
3. It is difficult to customize the look/style of the page because the source code is not well structured. For example, the view folder is inside the model folder. The helper program is utilized to display search forms. Tons of nested tables are used for formatting.
Overall, it is good for money and worth buying if you are prepared to learn PHP and CSS.
Like most of other extentions you have one detail view.
You do have search module in the full pack.Check modules folder of the received file.In fact this module is used in demo site and since it's release...About the code we've clean and adjust many of this not needed tables/code
After email author, I was informed that the new version will have this part solved, with more extras possible to edit and config in control panel. Pack very complete, including templates, modules, multilanguage, etc however, and should have more extra fields to fill. It is without doubt a reference at vertical markets, not only for cars. Editing language file is possible to adpat.In my case it was used for industrial machines, as a catalog.
Regards
Machietta
Many new features, much more simple to use, and some of the options that where really missing in previous version finally where implemented. Since I already knew the "way to work", this version is very simple to use, and as great potencial. With some more options would improve it a lot.
Does the job very good. Thumbs up
Jon