Akeeba Backup component for Joomla is a great piece of software: it makes Joomla site backup a one-click process. If your site gets hacked or corrupted and you have no clean backup, you have no excuse. Get Akeeba Backup! (more…)

aiContactSafe contact form component for Joomla is perfect. For years I have struggled with contact forms on Joomla…and wasted a LOT of time. The default Joomla contact form is very limited: you can’t add extra fields and there is no captcha to prevent spamming. And I’ve tried many other form extensions. Although they are good for creating complex forms, they are overly complicated for creating a simple contact form. (more…)

The 2J News Slider is a great, commercial Joomla News component that creates a slideshow from your articles. If you want an automatic slideshow that shows the article intro and thumbnail for articles in a section or category, this is the tool.

This Joomla News Slider cost $30, but it’s well worth it. 2J News Slider is easy to set up and configure. Just publish the module to a position and point it at a section or category. If you want, the look and feel can be adjusted using the CSS style sheet.

Features:

• random article selection
• configurable article rotation: ordering, creation date, hits, or votes
• show article titles only
• several transition / fade effects to choose from

If you want to add some zing to your home page, this is a great Joomla News component.

If you don’t make regular backups of your Joomla website, you are like a person with no health insurance: you’re fine until a disaster hits you. Don’t get caught without site insurance: Make regular, complete backups of your website. (more…)

JoomSuite Member and User are Joomla components that work together to create an easy-to-use, paid content subscription service on a Joomla Website. (more…)

RSGallery2 is a great photo gallery for Joomla. A few months ago, I reviewed RSGallery2 for Joomla 1.0.x. and gave it a glowing review. And it deserved it: it was easy to install, easy to use, worked flawlessly, and it was free.

Since then, I have switched over to Joomla 1.5 for all new websites I build using Joomla. Joomla 1.5 is a great improvement over an already great content management system. Unfortunately, many of the great Joomla 1.0.x  plugins have not be ported to Joomla 1.5, or if they have, they are still in Beta and a little unstable. (more…)