2. MIKE ?
Born in 1980, Graduated Public Relations, founded first
company in 2002 (IT & Webservices), founded Joombiz.eu in
June 2013.
Proud dad of 2 girls. Love beer, his single live and food…
MY HISTORY
MY J! - story
- J!-addict
- Author for the Joomla Community Magazine
- Moderator Joomla (no spam) Facebook page
- Webmaster & Sitebuilder
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4. HOW TO CHOOSE
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Version ? Updates ?
DEVELOPMENT
What do others think ?
Reviews & feedback
EXPERIENCES
Some tips & trics
TIPS
Joomla version? Commercial?
Extension type?
BASICS
What do you need? Now and in
the future ?
FEATURES
What kind of support ?
Subscription or free ?
SUPPORT
5. WHERE ? JED !
- > 8.000 extensions
- About 100 new extensions each month
- About 3.000.000 visitors
- Started in 2006
JED Facts
- Components, Plugins, Modules, …
- Free vs Paid
- Reviews
- Rating, ….
JED Contains
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Who are you ?
Developpers / Newbies / integrators
How long ?
Developers
Sitebuilders
Users
How to choose ? Just some guidelines.
Where do we choose?
Basic items :
Component / module / plugin
License
Free vs Paid (however free -> might need a subscription )
Components are the largest and most complex extensions of them all; they can be seen as mini-applications.
Modules are more lightweight and flexible extensions used for page rendering. These modules are mostly known as the “boxes” that are arranged around a component
Plugins are more advanced extensions and are in essence event handlers
Version / dev still ongoing?
Compatibility with J?
Date added vs date updated
Features , pop quiz : helpdesk component ? ( timesheet, credits, tickets to FAQ/KB)
Look at the future
Sample
Documentation , who actually reads it ?
Some samples of documentation
Documentation is very important for users & developpers
Who’s giving support ? -> don’t we just wish???
RTFM
Did you ever had a bad experience with Support ?
Just ending up , feeling like this ?
Ticket system whether or not with subscription
Forum, public vs subscription
Don’t be stupid, don’t download from warez sites, untrusted links or peer to peer… Only download from the JED or trusted publisher sites.
Test on localhost, not on a live server / production site
Sometime you need to take a break, have a look at it from a distance.