9. Meet the JED!
Started in 2006
6400+ extensions
About 3.000.000 visitors
About 100 new
extensions/month
Reviews
Commercial
& Non-commercial
Archive
Let’s do a littlepopquizNewbie ?Websites forclients ?Ever usedan extension ?Who had somereally bad experiencewithit ?
What is the JED ?
This is the correct JED…
Extension howtochooseTie a tie, has several stepsSamefor extension
BASICSJoomlaversionCommercial non commercialComponent, module, pluginDoes it fit me ?
LicenseComp/plug/mod
DevIs devongoing?What’s on the roadmap ?When was itupdated ?Does it fit me ?Versioning?Do they follow the joomlaversioning?
Version (+ last updated)CompatibilityUsesupdater
FeaturesWhat do youneednow ?What do you want to have ?Whatwouldbeniceto have ?Implementationwithothercomponents / extendable ?Feature roadmap , whatwillbe next ?
DocumentationIs documentationavailable?Is the documentation accurate ?Does it cover troubleshooting ?Do i reallyneedit ?
Support – We maywish…Support by forum, ticketsystem, …Direct contact withdev?Subscription? Payed ?
Q : Ever had bad experiencewith support?
Andplease…
Ifit is available of course
Ticket system
forum
ExperiencesReviews?Whatabout new extensions?Blogs?
It fits…
Some tips & trics
Only download from the JED or trusted resources, no P2P, warez, etc…
J1.5 archiveBut reallyisn’tit time to upgrade ?
Test on localhostXampp / wamp / mamp
Whencontacting support, beclearandstructured.A mail likedoesn’twork , justwon’t help…
Be creative :thinkoutside the box sometimes
Visit a JUG nearyou, exchange experiences , askquestions.
Also in the jed extension specificadd ons- vm, sobipro, …
Don’tinstallevery extension youcomeacross, somemightberubbish, but itwillcostyou a lot of time as well
Last but notleast !!Always backupbeforetesting a new extension… youjust never know