One thing that really hinders me from using 1.5 for all my sites is the lack of real gallery component. Unless someone manage to port PonyGallery or RSGallery / create a new gallery component, i think im gonna stick with 1.0.x.

=)

Hi fuqaha, thanks for your comment! RSGallery 2 is being made available for Joomla 1.5 in legacy mode. You download the production Alpha here: http://rsgallery2.net/content/view/92/62/ Why not give it a try?

I love frontpage slideshow - using it on our new upcoming site Also just tried out Joomlapack. Great component for backing it up.

Although you have to pay for it, I'd also mention Joomla Cloner as a great tool - Especially for 1.0x without the FTP layer.

I had all sorts of issues with permission problems and transferring my site. If I did it will FTP then the server owned it. Then I had to keep permissions wide open which I didn't want to do. Joomla Cloner uses php to open it, so the permissions stay with PHP. Very nice. Haven't tried moving a 1.5 site yet, but it was a God send for 1.0x.

JoomlaCloner from http://www.joomlaplug.com/ is available for Joomla 1.5 but is actually called XCloner, it's basically a newer version. We have been using JoomlaCloner here at GoodWebPractices with Joomla 1.0 and agree that it's a fantastic backup tool.

Are you working on a new site for Hannisdal Express Steve? Using Joomla 1.5?

@David

Yes - the site is almost done. We just waiting on a few things. We are using Joomla 1.5 which has been interesting.

To me, it seem like there are 1-2 extensions in a category I want. If those don't work, then I've got problems. We wanted to have a newsletter component so we settled on Acajoom's Free Newsletter component. Its pretty powerful but I hated some of the management (such as changing outputted text). I had to live with it though as there wasn't too many other options.

Once I get the site up, I'll have to have you guys check it out and give me some traffic!

David,

Where did you guys get those date numbers for the articles? I know I've read about it somewhere but can't remember what it is.

Thanks!

Steve

Never mind! I see it is already on the list!

Hi Steve,

Great to learn your new site is using Joomla 1.5! We've developed a number of sites in Joomla 1.5 and much prefer it to Joomla 1.0... Joomla 1.5 is especially advantageous when clients are using the website, simply because its more user friendly.

You miss the best: Jreviews. Yes, is only available for 1.0 since now, but the 1.5 version is coming.

Somehow missed the Calendar Icon on the Joomla Extensions site, thanks for listing that one, just added to the JoomlaPraise blog. Congrats on the site btw, it's come along nicely.

Andrea - when JReviews 1.5 becomes available it will be added to the list!

Kyle - Glad you found the list helpful. The Blog calender is a nice little extension! What do you think of our potential homepage switch by the way Kyle? http://www.goodwebpractices.co...ayout.html We're going to use PraiseSlides hopefully...

Thanks for the list. It reminded me to get an update for FrontPage Slideshow. And I think I will give Jom Comment a try..

Glad you have found the list useful Peety! Good luck trying out Jom Comment

Hi David,

Thanks for sharing and I really love RokAccess as I'm preparing my site to go membership.

Best regards,
Seree W.

Hi Seree! You're welcome! RokAccess is a great extensions for having certain content only for members!

Great for this purpose

Jreviews is released in 1.5 native version.

Thanks Zibi I have added it to the table.

Great list - very helpful - thanks very much!!!

Great list,
So, could you tell me what is the comment system that you use ? Is it Jom Comment ?
I find it good (avatar and sytem of vote).
http://extensions.joomla.org/component/option,com_mtree/task,viewlink/link_id,4389/Itemid,35/ is great too but the support is ended
Regards

Hi m0nb0f!

We're using Azrul's JomComment! We really like it and can certainly recommend it! In actual fact I'm currently writing a post about JomComment now... So if you come back tomorrow you will be able to read in detail what we think about it.

The new post about Jom Comment is here m0nb0f:

http://www.goodwebpractices.com/joomla/azrul-jom-comment-review.html

Hope you find it useful.

Any suggestions on an extension for 1.5 that will help with RSS feed issues - the way DS-Syndicate does for 1.0?

I can't figure out how to get the "Read more" link to show up in my site's feed and it's frustrating and problematic....

This is a very very good site. Congratulations.

Best regards from Brazil

This is a pretty good list. I do think, however, that the sh404sef choice is the worst SEF for joomla 1.5. It's stability is fair at best! I've used it and it is a nightmare to configure. The winner for 1.5 hands down is SEF Advance 2008 (Emir Sakic) and second Artio. I can't figure out why sh404sef is an editor's pick...Also JCE is a good editor...although I give a slight edge to wysiswygpro. eXtplorer file manager utility is a handy tool and newcomer intellispire updater for joomla are tools no joomla admin should be without. Nice job on the list.

very good article. thanks

Glad you guys have found this post useful. Lauren, for RSS feeds in Joomla 1.5 we recommend using the Breast Cancer Awareness RSS Syndicator: http://www.bodyhealthdebate.co...tor-joomla

Jom Comment is not working with IE7. Button "Add Comment" failed.

hello... i wanna ask you something... can anyone tell me what is the best community pack for joomla... i tried comuna but something is wrong with administrator access...

i want to a form which contents an email address field & a name field after fill the for user can redirect to the inner page & name,email address save to the database

hi pranesh roy, can you give me a link telling a step by step installation guide for frontpage slideshow, also steps in adding photos and configuring it, im just new in websiting.

hi Steve Moseley | Hannisdal Express, can you give me a link telling a step by step installation guide for frontpage slideshow, also steps in adding photos and configuring it, im just new in websiting.

Nice list, but I'd like to add some other extension.
JomSocial
JCal
Kunena
Jcomments
DatsoGallery
JoomGallery
Seyret Video
RokDownloads
Phoca Download
Phoca Gallery

I propose to add also free PHP IDE Codelobster PHP Edition with special Joomla plug-in.

The last version includes so-called Joomla Template Editor (Theme Editor).
For the work with templates you don't need to install Joomla, you don't even need to have apache server. Plug-in combines necessary files and provides them in handy WYSIWYG view.
The list of all included files themes appears at the bottom, it is very easy to navigate through.

One more useful function: HTML inspector (as in FireBug),
that allows you to compare visual elements with lines of code that correspond to it.

Finally plug-in expands the list of auto-complete with functions of Joomla API
and allows to call for "help" for them directly from Joomla's site.