Joomla Extensions by The Factory - Home of Auction Factory, RSS Factory, Article Manager and many other Joomla Components http://www.thefactory.ro Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:29:09 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.thefactory.ro/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.thefactory.ro Joomla Extensions by The Factory - Home of Auction Factory, RSS Factory, Article Manager and many other Joomla Components http://www.thefactory.ro/ (shop/joomla-components/photo-battle-extension.html) Requirements: Joomla 1.5.x Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:10:15 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ for Joomla Powered Websites Only! Before we get down to the business how to part, let us first get you familiar with the live chat component that will accomplish the above task. Chat Factory is a powerful Ajax based live chat extension for Joomla (1.5 and 1.6) that will integrate Facebook Gmail like chat into Joomla Websites. Think of it like having an instant messenger only for your website. Partial features list:Online and Offline messagesMessage HistoryAvatar managementCommunity Builder integrationChat application is available on every page of your website without having to enable a special moduleChangeable User statusPossibility of staying invisibleallowing users to chat REGARDLESS of the page they are on.Friends list and Blocked users listGuests can Chat with registered users (option to set it off)Community Builder IntegrationPossibility of running advertisements in the Chat window and through advertisement messagesusers can enable/disable the chat systemand many more ... After you install Chat Factory on your website, here are the ways you can put it to use: Increase Your Sales using it As a Live Help Support Tool. A website without live support is like an empty brick and motor store (with no one to guide you. With Chat Factory, you can interact with your website visitors through a real time chat communication providing a higher level customer and sales support. Doing this not only improves upfront sales and customer satisfaction but also increases referral rate and improves brand image (thus affecting the overall bottom line of your business).With the above said, think about this “How much is such a software worth to my business?” I’m sure you will discover that overtime, it’s worth 50 to 100 times more than what you are invest to grab the software.Ready to Implement?Like most other Joomla extensions, installing and configuring Chat Factory is very simple and in most cases the whole process takes less than 10mins to setup.Ready? Click on the "Buy it now" button below to grab your copy of Chat Factory! Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:42:39 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ User Guide. (documentation/virtuemart-factory-reports-user-guide.html) (VM-Reports-Factory/Detailed-product-flyer.html) Thu, 20 May 2010 10:15:58 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ (all-thefactory-products/chat-factory/detailed-product-flyer.html) On the back-end the chat extension for Joomla has the following main features:emoticons management: administrators can add as many emoticons as they wantadvertisements managementIM ads: on login or on specific intervalallowed groups: select the groups that are allowed to chatCommunity Builder integration (enable/disable)set refresh interval of user list, new messages and new friendship requests to reduce server loadspam protection: set the maximum number of messages users can send per minute.Requirements: Joomla 1.5.xDemo-Server:http://chatfactory.thefactory.ro/index.php (http://chatfactory.thefactory.ro/index.php) Tue, 18 May 2010 13:49:02 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ What is Deluxe Blog Factory (all-thefactory-products/deluxe-blog-factory/detailed-product-flyer.html)?Deluxe Blog Factory is an user friendly, webmaster friendly blogging extension for Joomla 1.5, with a native and fresh MVC codebase. Full of features, it is a well thought alternative to Wordpress blogging, allowing you to use Joomla versatility and well known blogging conventions - like RSS Syndication, Bookmarking Sites (like Digg, Twitter, Facebook, etc). Featuring a Web 2.0 Dashboard with draggable panes and all-in-reach controls, your blogging experience is truly comfortable and in a luxuriant environment.With its integrated commenting and following system, Deluxe Blog Factory does not need additional extensions in order to function at full potential. No need to get support from 2 different extension providers that keep pointing fingers at each others program. (all-thefactory-products/deluxe-blog-factory/detailed-product-flyer.html) User Avatars, Pingbacks, TinyMCE extensions, Youtube and per user settable Media Upload capacities add to the Extension an amazing set of features and possibilities. What do you get with Deluxe Blog Factory (all-thefactory-products/deluxe-blog-factory/detailed-product-flyer.html)? A well designed and user friendly Dashboard where you can see the most important information and have access to the most important functions.SEF URLs - native Joomla 1.5 router. Well formed URLs that help your website to gain more relevance.Per user Media Management; users can upload Media files up to a certain Quota (admin settable). Your website users will have the possibility to upload images and media from the frontend without overcrowding your hosting.Multi-Blogger: You can allow all users to create blogs, or just specific user groups. Import Blog Posts into Joomla content. Now the gap between the blogs you host and the content of your site will be bridged.Avatars: users can upload their own avatar or use their community builder avatar.Fully customizable template based on smarty tags; there is NO php knowledge needed at all.Backend Blog administration: you can edit or unpublish any blog entry or any comment from the administrative backend.Follow and be followed by other users.customizable eMail notifications for the significant events in your site (new post, new comment, reported post, etc).Customizable bookmark sites (digg, facebook, twitter, etc).CAPTCHA for comments.Tag Clouds. Tag filtering, tagging search.a lot of free modules to get on your site.Integrated Search Plugin.Deluxe Blog Factory comes also toghether with seven modules: Random Blogs mod, Tag Cloud mod, Latest posts mod, Top Active blogs mod, Top Rated blogs mod, Top Rated posts mod, Search mod. Check NOW, what bloggers need and Deluxe Blog (all-thefactory-products/deluxe-blog-factory/detailed-product-flyer.html) provides: Frontpage with all posts listed, paged and sorted.Individual per blog listings - every user gets his own blog front page.Possibility to import Blog posts into regular joomla content sections and categories.A lot of Bookmarking sites to choose from and an easy way to add new ones.RSS feeds and syndication.Pings and Tags, pingback and bookmarking.SEF urls.Avatars with Community Builder integration.Templating System / Easy to change templates.Built in Commenting system.Built in Media uploader with per user Disk Quota.How to use the DEMO site (http://deluxeblog.thefactory.ro/) of Deluxe Blog Factory? You can use the login buttons on the left in order to login into the site as different users and test the features of this extension. You can approve comments, leave comments, add posts, and even login into the administrative backend to see all the management features. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:18:03 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/documentation/inside-wordpress-templates.html For those of you who are developing WordPress templates or you just want to modify existing ones, the following commands sheet should be helpful. Theme Structureheader.php - Header Sectionindex.php - Main Sectionsidebar.php - Sidebar Sectionsingle.php - Post Templatepage.php - Page Templatecomments.php - Comment Templatesearch.php - Search Contentsearchform.php - Search Form Templatearchive.php - Archive Templatefunctions.php - Special Functions404.php - Error Page templatestyle.css - Style Sheet The Loop<?php if(have_posts());?><?php while(have_posts()); the_post();?>// Custom HTML and PHP Code<?php else;?><?php endif;?>The Category Based Loop<?php query_posts('category_name=Category showposts=10'); ?><?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>// Custom HTML and PHP Code<?php endwhile;?> Theme Definition/*Theme Name: WordpressTheme URI: http://wordpress.org/Description: Factory BlogVersion: 2.0Author: the FactoryAuthor URI: http://www.thefactory.roTags: wordpress, drupal, joomla, cms*/Template Include Tags< ?php get_header(); ?>< ?php get_sidebar(); ?>< ?php get_footer(); ?>< ?php comments_template(); ?>WordPress Template Tags<?php the_title() ?> - displays the posts/pages title<?php the_content() ?> - displays the content of the post/page<?php the_excerpt() ?> - displays the excerpt of the current post/page<?php the_time() ?> - displays the time of the current post/page<?php the_date() ?> - displays the date of a post or set of post/page<?php the_permalink() ?> - displays the URL for the permalink<?php the_category() ?> - displays the category of a post<?php the_author(); ?> - displays the author of the post<?php the_ID(); ?> - displays the numeric ID of the current post<?php wp_list_pages(); ?> - displays all the pages<?php wp_tag_cloud(); ?> - displays a tag cloud<?php wp_list_cats(); ?> - displays the categories<?php get_calendar(); ?> - displays the calendar<?php wp_get_archives() ?> - displays a date-based archives list<?php posts_nav_link(); ?> - displays Previous page and Next Page links<?php next_post_link() ?> - displays Newer Posts link<?php previous_post_link() ?> - displays previous link<?php edit_post_link(__('Edit Post')); ?> - displays the edit link<?php the_search_query();?> - value for search form<?php wp_register();?> - displays the register link<?php wp_loginout();?> - displays the log in/out link<?php wp_meta();?> - Meta for administrators<?php timer_stop(1);?> - time to load the page<?php echo c2c_custom('test');?> - displays the custom field1<?php get_links_list(); ?> - display links from Blogroll<?php get_calendar(); ?> - displays the built-in calendar<?php comments_popup_link(); ?> - link of the posts commentsBlogInfo Tags<?php bloginfo('name'); ?> - Title of the blog<?php bloginfo('charset'); ?> - the character set<?php bloginfo('description'); ?> - the description of the blog<?php bloginfo('url'); ?> - the address of the blog<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?> - the RSS URL<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?> - the URL of the template<?php bloginfo('pingback_url'); ?> - the pingback URL<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_url'); ?> - the URL for the template's CSS file<?php bloginfo('wpurl'); ?> - URL for WordPress installation<?php bloginfo('version'); ?> - Version of the WordPress installation<?php bloginfo('html_type'); ?> - HTML version of the siteBlogInfo Tagsis_home() - when the user is on the blog home pageis_front_page() - when the user is on the home pageis_single() - when the single post displayedis_sticky() - check if a post is stickyis_page() - when a page is displayedis_category() - when a category is displayedCategory based menu navigation<ul id= menu ><li <?php if(is_home()) ?>><a href= <?php bloginfo('home'); ?> >Home</a></li>< ?php wp_list_categories('title_li= orderby=id'); ?></ul>Pages based menu navigation<ul id= menu ><li <?php if(is_home()) ?>><a href= <?php bloginfo('home'); ?> >home</a></li>< ?php wp_list_pages('sort_column=menu_order depth=1 title_li='); ?></ul> Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:09:22 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ Love Factory (shop/joomla-components/love-factory-dating-and-matchmaking.html) Joomla Extension through the language files and Joomfish Integration. (shop/joomla-components/love-factory-dating-and-matchmaking.html) The Main Features of the component are:Member Pages with fully configurable fields!Photo Gallery (users can specify the images order)Comment System (page owner can delete any comment on his page or report them to the admin)Messaging System (users can create, send and receive personal messages)Interaction System (sending kisses between user) Rating SystemFriends List (including pending requests; user can set the page status visible only for friends)Ignore List (to avoid spamming or any unwanted contact)Advanced Search (to find friends or matches after certain criteria like gender, age, etc., criteria which are fully configurable by the administrator from the existing page fields.Membership Plans with integrated Payment Gateways: Paypal and Moneybookers (support for one till four membership-level, so that users can upgrade their account in order to receive a higher number of allowed photo and friends. For each level, differentiated prices can be set, depending on the time period. The membership plans feature can be enable or disabled by the administrator.)Smarty-based http://lovefactory.thefactory.ro (http://lovefactory.thefactory.ro/) - to login for the frontend or backend, just click the login buttons available on the page. Feel free to test as you please; the server resets itself each hour. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:26:14 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ With the last released versions, the Reverse Auction Factory (shop/joomla-components/reverse-auction-factory.html) solution is consolidating one of its main goals, serving as a freelancing platform. Among other new features, the new version comes with a special new template, which can be also seen on the new updated demoserver (http://reverse-auctions.thefactory.ro/) available under http://reverse-auctions.thefactory.ro/ (http://reverse-auctions.thefactory.ro/) (http://reverse-auctions.thefactory.ro) Other noticable features are: New feature: Gallery Plugin, Gallery settings in backend.New feature: New Gallery Mootool.New feature: Differentiated Comissions for Powersellers, verified users and regular users.Improved quicker and lighter coding; rbidsVersionCheck replaced with JOOMLA_RV_VERSION.Improved SEF.Fixed several issues including Short Open tags, watch category, tags filter with spaces search when trimmed and display results (twice), search after country and city without CB, quickButton (in J!1.0) finding JOOMLA_RV_VERSION, including file Router.php, CB date format my auctions my watchlist, installer CB plugin Google map, etc.Also for the payments towards the site, Multiple Payment Gateways with integrated payment methods like Paypal and Moneybookers are now availble, with the possibility through API documentation for each webmaster to implement new one.Toghether with the new features, the Reverse Auction Factory Solution (shop/joomla-components/reverse-auction-factory.html) stands for a professional e-commerce platform, providing the possibilty for its users to obtain a good price or a good deal and also last but not least o good income for the webmaster, through the available commissioning systems. (shop/joomla-components/reverse-auction-factory.html) Why use Reverse Auctions? Reverse auctions do assure the lowest price for buyers, discouraging imprudent bidding practices (closed auctions conducted by invitation only) and allowing the fairest live and consistent auctioning system through the Open Bidding System. The two round bidding ensures that the winning bidder is qualified and prescreened complying with federal and certain state procurement laws.Buyers Benefits? Save Money On Every Single PurchaseSave Time without Comparing Store PricesPosting an Order for wanted item is free: No Bids, No Fees. Risk Free!Quick Turnover, Get IMMEDIATE Results. Just start asking for what you want to buy.Reverse auctions eliminate the possibility of corruption (in procurement), etc. (http://reverse-auctions.thefactory.ro/) With the Category option is possible to host on your site different areas of interest, transforming your site in a general point of interest for everybody. The pictures are representing just a normal template, provided for free, but since the product is templetized, with the existing Documentation (support/documentation/reverse-auction-factory-tutorial---templating.html) each webmaster can configure the look of the site to comply to his requirements. (http://reverse-auctions.thefactory.ro/) Wed, 27 May 2009 07:20:19 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ MediaMall provides is a powerful solution to manage media files online distribution with a built-in Credit System. Using this component the site can easily sell media files online, like for ex. Video Tutorials (including sample files). Using the MediaMall solution users can post their media files on your site. For each media file a number of Credits can be perceived in order to visualize the file. The poster will earn credits, which can be later converted into a payment by the webmaster. Accepted media file formats are:video files (flw, swf, mov and wmf; avi files are also partially supported, but not all codecs are included.)audio files (mp3)archives (zip, rar, gz, bz2, arj, arc, '7z) - used generally for tutorials; if a user is posting video file with a photoshop tutorial, in the archive he can include the sample files. (shop/joomla-components/media-mall.html) In order to purchase the credits easier the system provides a Paypal integration. Clean payments are transformed automatically into credits. If any problems the payments are going into the Payment/canceled Payments, where the administrator can decide further actions. A further income method, if set, can be the pay for Contact. Here a user will pay with credits in order to send a contact email to the author. The administrator can create and manage Categories, set credit related settings and manage credits and views. Another important administrator feature is the management of the author payments. The system also includes user notifications on certain actions. Viewers can use the integrated Rating System to rate and also place comments for any media file. This is allowed for free media files and for commercial media files only after viewing in order to avoid any abuses.Surely the media files can be also posted for free, allowing the view without any credit purchase. The administrator can configure this allowing the view for guest or logged users. Among other features, the component benefits also from Joomfish Integration, offering multilingual support. Demo: The demo-server is available under http://media-mall.thefactory.ro (http://media-mall.thefactory.ro/) - to login for the frontend or backend, just click the login buttons available on the left side. Feel free to test as you please; the server resets itself each hour. Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:05:22 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ DEMO Server (http://jooanswers.thefactory.ro/) - you can log on the Front end or Admin Back end in order to check all features and settings jAnswers Factory brings also several charging possibilities, so that the webmaster can transform his site to a profitable business. From this features it worth mentioning the followings: Pay-per-Question Pay for featured Question Pay-per-Contact Support for beer money payments Multiple Payment Gateways including Paypal and MoneybookersNative SEF integration (all question links are SEF!) (shop/joomla-components/janswers-joomla-yahoo-answers-clone-script-joomanswers-jooanswers.html) Other noticeable features are the extended User profile (avatar, location, yahoo id, paypal email) and Community Builder Integration.On the back-end side, the solution brings also important features and settings to offer the needed flexibility for the site administrator. Here some of the available features: set avatar size, set time period for questions, block offensive questions/answers, manage abuse reports, manage payments, import/export questions answers, manage extended profile, user statistics, etc.The component comes also with a free 5.000 records database to provide a valuable start-up (due to this the downloadkit is approx. 5 MB). Bigger database packages are available upon request for an additional charge. Some of the available modules are: Latest Questions, Popular Questions, Open Questions, Random Questions, Featured Questions, Tag Cloud, etc. Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:58:11 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ Raffle Factory (shop/joomla-components/raffle-factory-tombola-extension.html) comes as a new product to provide more power to our eCommerce Extension Suite. A raffle is a competition in which people buy numbered tickets. Originating in southern Italy, it is a popular game in numerous countries and is often held to raise funds for a specific event, charity, or occasion.The raffle involves many people buying tickets for a chance to win a certain prize or prizes. At a set date, the winners are drawn from a bucket containing a copy of every number or a tombola (from Italian: tombola ['to:mbola]). The ticket is then checked against a collection of prizes with numbers attached to them. A raffle also often involves several different possible prizes that can be won and a ticket will simply be drawn from the group at random for each of the prizes one by one. Our Raffle Solution provides allot of the features encountered in the Auction Factory Suite , but this time specialized in the raffle field, with specific settings like: (shop/joomla-components/raffle-factory-tombola-extension.html) Price per ticket. Buyer can purchase several tickets; ticket numbers will be sent to the buyer, for each purchased ticket. Administrator statistics to see the number of purchased tickets per each auction. Payments will be processed with the integrated payment methods, like paypal, moneybookers or with the possibility to integrate new payment gateways using the published API. email notifications for all stages (enable/disable) public statistic to see original total number of available tickets and total number of tickets sold to date. Seller has option to end raffle early before all tickets sold, a winner will be automatically random chosen, notified and displayed in the auction. user can see his purchased tickets (won/selected for top 100/selected for top 10/selected for top 3/lost).The raffle can end automatically with a predefined work flow as follows, where the winner is announced 4 days later after the end of raffle, then displayed in the details and notified. 1st day (change top to random ) 100 participants will be displayed. 2nd day (change top to random ) 10 participants (from 1st day's 100) will be displayed. 3rd day (change top to random ) 3 participants (from 2nd day's 10) will be displayed. 4th day random 1 participant from 3rd day's 3 will be chosen winner and displayed.In case of notary usage, instead of the work flow above, a ticket list can be exported to be used for an outside draw, then the winner ticket number has to be entered in the platform. You can test all functionalities on our demo sever here (http://raffle-factory.thefactory.ro/) In order to provide maximum flexibility to all the administrators, Raffle Factory also uses a template engine. Detailed informations about how to personalize the Raffle Factory Extension can be found here, in the Template Tutorial. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:56:10 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ The native MVC Joomla 1.5 component provides an easy voting system, requiring only a single click action for a speedy process. The component can be used to rate different images like landscapes, art, etc. or if the genre mode is enabled, more particular for male and female images. The upload is very easy, allowing also multiple upload. For each picture a sharelink and the number of hits will be visible and if admin enabled the description, comments and tags. To allow the administrator content control on the site, each picture and comment can be reported. You can log into the demo site (http://hotornot.thefactory.ro/) and check out frontend and backend Settings Administrator Settings:Enable/disable voting for guests (unloged users).Enable/disable upload images for guests (unlogged users).Set 1-10 or 1-5 voting scale.Set upload folder, Resize height and width, Thumbnail size, Nr. of uploaded images at once.Enable/disable image description, Description length, Enable/disable require description on upload.Enable/disable tags, Maximum allowed nr. of tags, Enable/disable require tags on upload.Allow comments from: visitors/registred/disabled.Display nr. of images per page, Display last x comments per page (0 for all).Enable/disable genre mode (male, female).Enable/disable email reporting.The component comes also with the following modules:Menu Module including Top Rated, My Pictures, Upload and advanced Search option. TAG Cloud Module.Random Picture.Last Voted. Requirements: Joomla 1.5.x (shop/joomla-components/hot-or-not-joomla-native-extension.html) Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:11:04 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ It's been eight months since we introduced the legacy support for the Briefcase component. Today, we are proud to announce the release of a new product, compatible with the Joomla 1.5 native mode. Briefcase Facotry is the Joomla Component which is offers any Joomla Site, a very similar functionality as Yahoo Briefcase, but with a multitude of extended features. briefcase Factory 1.5.0 released on March 3, 2009. Redeveloped to be a native Joomla 1.5.x component.New feature: File FTP Upload for Administrator.New feature: Set allowed file types.New feature: Search Mambot for Joomla Search.Several improvements including find user when sharing, AJAX on upload files, etc. Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:34:05 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ The new version of PRO (shop/joomla-components/rssfactory-pro.html) version of RSS Factory:RSS Factory features FREE PRO • Categories Subcategories (unlimited number of levels) • Category Management • Category Description • Category Pathway • Related Categories • Import Feeds to Content • Archive System • Category Tree within one, two, three or four columns • SEF (compatible with Artio JoomSEF) • Session based tracking of already readed news (Feeds will appear “unchecked” if they have already been read) • easy Language Management • automatic unpublishing of erroneous feeds • Tiled View • List View • Tab Titles View • Sliders View • Draggable divs View • configurable display to show in list of feeds the feed name or the source • Pagination available for each RSS source • Date Format Customization • Dynamic Page Titles (SEO) • MetaTags • FavIcons for feeds (pulled from the feedsite or custom uploaded) • Supress function for embedded objects and images • Color customization of Overlib Output • Font Size customization for Overlib Output • replace >> >> with custom words • Preview of Feeds in Category List • customized output styles • several configurable display tweaks • Automatic Refresh of feeds though a pseudo-CRON process and CRON • Refresh of Feeds using AJAX (backend only) • Search Mambot (allows you to search through feeds along with searching through content) • Refferal verification to avoid hotlinking • automatic Install Uninstall of Module and Mambot • Ads Banner management • Back-up utility • Back-up utility including component Settings • automatic Version Check • Public Support (available on Forum) • Extended Support (personal guidance available through our Ticket System) Although it's a major version we are offering this version for FREE to all existing license holders*. To receive the new version just follow the new procedures described in the Customer FAQ . With this again we are offering for FREE a major version of a product, like in the latest cases of Auction Factory, Reverse Auction Factory, Article Factory Manager, etc.** Promotional Orders are excluded from this offer. Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:26:09 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ (shop/joomla-components/ads-factory-classifieds-extension.html) The Factory proudly presents the new - native Joomla 1.5.x MVC code (no legacy plugin needed) - Joomla Extension Tutorial (support/documentation/ads-factory-tutorial---templating.-configuring-the-display.html). To this, two listing methods are offered: list and grid view mode including a expiry countdown.Ads Factory is fully SEF including dynamic page titles! Automatic metadescription and keywords are integrated in the component to comply with the actual standards. Tags on ads and a tag cloud module is also present to provide a huge SEF improvement. The component offers Categories support including a category module, which can be also used as a filter option. The present Watchlist can be set on existing categories or ads based and includes also email notification. Aside this advanced search and filter options are avaialble for the extension. For each ad a separate location can be entered using the GoogleMaps system. Also the user has the possiblity to upgrade his ad to a featured ad: gold, silver or bronze. The ads can be also saved for later publishing (publish/unpublish; save ads now publish later) or can be date triggered published. A republishing option is avaialble for expired ads; also on expiry a email notification is sent. If not replublished the ads will go to the existing archive system. Ads can de reported to the admin in case of fraudulent behavior. In case that a user wants to ask an ad publisher a certain question, he can use the integrated user messaging system. Please check the demo-server or the product page (shop/joomla-components/ads-factory-classifieds-extension.html) for screenshots. (shop/joomla-components/ads-factory-classifieds-extension.html) A main image and secondary images can be attached to each ad. This will be automatically included in a small image gallery present for each ad. The image gallery is slider based and has also a detailed view option. File attachements can be used also, in order to provide detailed informations. This attachements togheter with the gallery and GoogleMaps are displayed on the detailed view of each ad. GoogleMaps is part of the Community Builder integration and contains the CB My Ads and GoogleMap tab. The administrator has extensive control over all ads. He can easily block certain ads with a single click, set up the picture resize values, etc. If desired he can enter multiple currencies and configure all email notifications. Bulk import with images and file attachemnts is possible and also a very easy export to the excel file format.The webmaster can require (if desired) user payments for:pay per Listing (publishing)pay per Featured (gold, silver, bronze)pay per Contact (publisher details)Paypal is implemented as payment method along to the multiple payment gateway system.What do I get buying this product?The fully functional open source (no encrypting) component, meaning that you are able to perform modifications if needed for your site.Modules: Menu Module, Categories Module (including number of ads and filter funtion), Featured Ads, Random Ads, Popular Ads, Most Valuable Ads, Latest Ads and Tag Clouds Module.Community Builder Plugins: My Ads, GoogleMap Tab.Full SEF integration, easy configurable language file, Categories Support and Template Engine!Requirements: Joomla 1.5.xCRON (a general CRON Tutorial (support/faq/a-simple-cron-tutorial.html) is available in our documentation section).Demo: The demo-server for Ads Factory is available under http://ads-factory.thefactory.ro (http://ads-factory.thefactory.ro/) - to login for the frontend or backend, just click the login buttons available on the left side. Feel free to test as you please; the server resets itself each hour. Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:55:01 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ Starting today, like promised at the beginning of the month, we are easing the update request procedures allowing now downloads also fin case of updates, not only on the initial product download. For information regarding requests for a newer version or the update request form, please check our Customer FAQ (articles/articles/explanatory....html). Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:09:10 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ (shop/joomla-components/auction-factory.html)After the significant addition of the Commissions Plugin we extended like promissed this feature introducing differentiated Commissions and enlarged the Payment features adding Moneybookers to the existing Paypal option, multiple Payment Gateways, Pay-per-Contact Plugin, Pay-per-Bid Plugin and much more. auction Factory 1.5.5 (shop/joomla-components/auction-factory.html) released on 6 January, 2009. New feature: Differentiated Comissions for Powersellers, verified and regular users. New feature: Moneybookers Payment Method. New feature: Multiple Payment Gateways. New feature: Notification on manual payment approval. New feature: API for 3rd party Payment Gateways published . Fixed several issues and code improvements. Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:11:58 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ After the important release 1.7, which brought significant changes, we launched in the last days of december two new versions which had new features like Quick Reject buttons on the details page; Display nr. of characters (without spaces and points) and nr. of words on approving; and fixed issues regarding permission from ver. 1.7.1, UTF-8 preview issue, preview listing link, sorting, date appearance listing, multiple delete, frontend approval, CB plugin, mailing flow, etc. Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:54:13 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ The Reverse Auction Factory (shop/joomla-components/reverse-auction-factory.html) Joomla Extensions brings with the latest version 1.3.7 two new important features. Pay-per-Contact Plugin and Pay-per-Bid Plugin are the new plugins which will allow established websites to enlarge their commission range. Another small addition was the AutoWinner modus to the type of Auction (automatic win lowest bid). Fixed issues are regarding date, template for the mail plugin, own bid validate issue, etc. Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:47:00 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ First of all we want to wish all our customers HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009!Due to the high volume of emails and requests we decided to structure given the priorities, all the incoming mail. Thats means that we are offering now a more organized Contact Us form, divided into 4 criterias: Product Informations, Get a Free Quote, Customer Support and Update Requests. We hope to make it all more easier and simple for the customers and also to maintain the same productivity and quality level of our products and surely of our Support System. This is only one of the changes planned for this year. More to come!We also made some minor changes to the shopping process, mostly just regarding the look and feel. Hope that the returning customers will like it even more. The updated How to Buy Guide describes the whole process and toghether with the Customer FAQ everybody can understand the complete process. This represents actually another proof to our involvment and care towards the customer. The support offered from the start and continued with the usage, stands for the qualtiy of the services we are offering. Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:38:43 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ (shop/joomla-components/)Another year is almost at it's ends. Since we are constantly trying to improve our products and maintain a high standard of quality, we launched for the last month the following new versions of our products:auction Factory 1.5.1 (shop/joomla-components/auction-factory.html) released on 2 December, 2008.New feature: Joomfish Integration (available only under J1.5). Payment Plugin: added currency support and notice field. Fixed issues regarding the currency in mails template of the plugin payments; public task on rss. Reverse Auction Factory 1.3.5 (shop/joomla-components/reverse-auction-factory.html) released on November 21, 2008. New feature: ACL Integration (bidder, seller group). New feature in comission plugin: comissions depending on Currency. New validation JS alert on higher bid then permited (more then regular mosmsg message). Fixed issues regarding: comission plugin (paypal paylog), Search criterias Country and City, on Edit preserve end date, Backend payment listing issues, several other issues.eBook Factory 1.3.0 (shop/joomla-components/ebook-factory.html) released on December 2, 2008. Support for Joomla 1.5 Legacy Mode New feature: Plugin for VirtueMart New feature: Plugin for Auction Factory Fixed issue regarding multiple images article Factory Manager 1.7.0 (shop/joomla-components/article-manager.html) released on December 6, 2008.new feature: Joomfish integration. new feature: Community Builder integration (resource box, author image, author image align), CB My Articles Tab. new feature: Author Image upload, Author Image enable/disable setting. new feature: Word Alert. new feature: Mail settings. new feature: User groups allowed to approve from front side, Quick reject reasons in toolbar in backend. new feature: Ordering in category select, enable/disable feature. new feature: Resource box enable/disable setting. fixed issues: Sent mail address and site name were reversed, Timestamp issues on editing, ordering on frontpage.briefcase Factory 1.3.2 (shop/joomla-components/briefcase-factory.html) released on December 2, 2008. New feature: JoomFish Integration. Fised issue while moving files/logoff.rss Factory PRO 1.0.7 (shop/joomla-components/rssfactory-pro.html) released on December 15, 2008.Several issues fixed including saving ItemId, feed parsing with domit, IE feed search, etc.and also two new FREE products offered for the Joomla Community:Factory Interest Calculator Module helps users to count the rates for Term Bank Deposits or Savings Account (deposit). For certain deposits users can count exactly the final interest which will be received by the deposit holder.Factory Fuel Calculator Module helps you to keep track of the fuel consumption and calculates also the costs. We want to thank all our customers who provided us valuable feedback through out the year and promise them that the next year we will enlarge our product range with more high quality products. We wish you all Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, happiness, health and succes with your bussiness!Dont forget to visit our shop (shop/joomla-components-and-modules.html)! At our place, it's everyday Christmas... offering significant discounts! Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:46:06 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ (shop/joomla-components/reverse-auction-factory.html) The new version 1.3.0 of Reverse Auction Factory (shop/joomla-components/reverse-auction-factory.html) was released today, the 5. November, 2008. It includes various additions, like the Commissions Plugin which was lately introduced also in the normal Auction Component. Further new features are the TAGS and the Tags Cloud module (available only under J! 1.5.x). Surely we fixed also all the know issues including CB tabs, IE Template, etc.You can check the extension on our demo server under http://reverse-auctions.thefactory.ro There we provide access not only from the frontend as several users, but also on the back-end as administrator. Feel free to test as you please since the demo-server resets itself each hour. Although it is a major version we decided to offer the new version for FREE to ALL license holdeers starting with version 1.0. Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:14:32 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ The new version 1.5.0 of Auction Factory (shop/joomla-components/auction-factory.html) was released today, the 3. November, 2008. It includes various additions, like the long waited Commissions Plugin and also new features like Shipping Price. Also a new addition is the TAGS Cloud module (available only under J! 1.5.x). Surely we fixed also all the know issues involving proxy bidding, CRON under legacy mode, etc.You can check exactly the new version on our demo server available under http://www.thefactory.ro/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,40/topic,922.0/ (component/option,com_smf/Itemid,40/topic,922.0/) Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:28:07 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ Starting with the 1.1 version, the Reverse Auction Extension is supporting also Joomla 1.5.x Legacy Mode. For more details about this component please check the product page. Also dont forget to check our Demo Server where the extension can be tested from the frontend but also from the backend. The Demo Server will resets itself each hour.The update 1.1 is free of charge for all our existing customers that aquired the 1.0 version of the Reverse Auction Factory Extension. In order to obtain the new kit please read our Customer FAQ's and follow the instructions. Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:44:39 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ With the 1.4.5 version, the Auction Factory Component brings also support for Joomla 1.5.x Legacy Mode and confirms the leading position of Auction Extensions for the Joomla CMS. Since the Auction Factory Component (shop/joomla-components/auction-factory.html) is already the most popular auction extension for Joomla, it was absolutelly necessary to provide further compatibility with Joomla 1.5.x.This update 1.4.5 is free of charge for all our existing customers that aquired the 1.4.x version. In order to obtain the new kit please read our Customer FAQ's (articles/articles/explanatory....html) and follow the instructions. (shop/joomla-components/auction-factory.html) Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:34:17 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ Today it's been exactly one year since we launched one of our exquisite component of the Joomla Community: Auction Factory (shop/joomla-components/auction-factory.html). Back then, the whole development, including testing, took us over a year. After releasing, we continued to improve constantly the product and maintaining it at the top level. Here we would like also to express our gratitude to all the users which provided us constructive feedback. Now, after exactly one year since the official release, the Auction Factory Component (shop/joomla-components/auction-factory.html) has become not only the Auction Solution when it comes to Joomla, but also a real alternative to other PHP Solutions available. (shop/joomla-components/reverse-auction-factory.html) Today, as an anniversary and reason to celebrate we are launching another auction product, in order to complete our Auction Components Suite. The new Factory Extension is called: Reverse Auction Factory (shop/joomla-components/reverse-auction-factory.html)The main difference in comparison to the Auction Factory is that with the Reverse version (shop/joomla-components/reverse-auction-factory.html), end-users can post their requests in order to obtain the best price for needed services or desired products. This means that they can choose the lowest price or what they consider would be the best deal for them. The component can be used to organize auction in different fields of interest. Here just a couple of examples:Freelancing (developers, programmers, designers.) Constructions (materials, architects, interior design, pools, etc.) Technicians (utilities, locksmiths, plumbers, electricians, etc.)many other branches.Surely this new Joomla Extension will be also further developed in order provide one of the most efficient solutions outthere. Like the rest of our products, Reverse Auctions (shop/joomla-components/reverse-auction-factory.html) will be part of the Joomla Community discount programm (articles/articles/joomla-community-discounts.html) providing not only one of the best web-solutions on the market, but also a cost-effective one. Many thanks again for all the support and feedback we received for the past year and stay tuned for more news.HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the AUCTION Factory SUITE! Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:34:17 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ article Factory Manager 1.6.0 (shop/joomla-components/article-manager.html) released on August 28, 2008.new feature: switch Submission mode between the Joomla 1.0.x style (intro, maintext in separated textareas) or the Joomla 1.5.x style (intro and main text separated by a read more tag). new feature: search filter by keywords, creation date last modified period. fixed issue: Preview in the edit page is now in real time. other improvements.Upgrade informations for our existing customers are available in our Forum (component/option,com_smf/Itemid,40/topic,772.0/). Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:07:59 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ The brand New demo site based on Joomla 1.5.6 (http://rssfactory-pro.thefactory.ro/) wants not only to be a presentation site for RSSFactory PRO, but is an example on how to implement this Component in order to increase the SEO. Notice the structured feed selection around some major themes, themes that provide a great deal of keywords, and also through refreshing the website has always new content. Google loves RSS syndication, and there should be no SEO concious webmaster that ignores this fact. A well thought RSS integration brings keyword oriented traffic - the good traffic we all want. Take a look at our demo site, feel free to log in as admin too and have a look at the administative option. We also added two demo pages for our RSS2Image Factory Module. (http://rssfactory-pro.thefactory.ro/rf-pro-rss2img-1) The Module has several configuration options - these two instances are just samples in order to get an idea on the functionality. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:54:08 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ Since we are also part of the Joomla Family and we want to support its growth and stability, we decided to offer for an undetermined period significant discounts to the entire (component/option,com_smf/Itemid,40/). We are also maintaining further our lines of FREE products (shop/joomla-components-and-modules.html) hoping to help especially the small sites and provide them the necessary boost.auction Factory (shop/joomla-components/auction-factory.html) / 300€ / 220€ / 80€ savingsreverse auction Factory (shop/joomla-components/reverse-auction-factory.html) / 270€ / 210€ / 60€ savingseBay Factory Module (shop/joomla-components/ebay_latest_auctions_module_-_ebay_factory.html) - FREE Community Tribute briefcase Factory (shop/joomla-components/briefcase-factory.html) / 78,99€ / 48,99€ / 30€ savingsbriefcase Factory Community Builder Plugin Pack (shop/joomla-components/briefcase-factory-community-builder-plugins.html) / 18,99€ / 12,00€ / 6,99€ savingsbriefcase Factory Top Module (shop/joomla-components/briefcase-factory-top-downloads-module.html) - Briefcase Users FREEbiebriefcase Factory Statistics (shop/joomla-components/briefcase-factory-statistics-module.html) - Briefcase Users FREEbieVodes Credits Factory (shop/joomla-components/vodes-credits-module.html) - Briefcase Users FREEbieeBook Factory (shop/joomla-components/ebook-factory.html) / 78,99€ / 48,99€ / 30€ savingsarticle Factory Manager (shop/joomla-components/article-manager.html) / 57,99€ / 37,99€ / 20€ savingsContent Image Factory (shop/joomla-components/mosimage-content-module.html) / 18,99€ / 16,99€ / 2€ savingsrss Factory PRO (shop/joomla-components/rssfactory-pro.html) / 58,99€ / 38,99€ / 20€ savingsrss Factory (shop/joomla-components/rss-factory.html) - FREE Community Tributerss2image Factory (shop/joomla-components/rss2image-module.html) / 18,99€ / 12€ / 6,99€ savingsrss Context Factory (shop/joomla-components/rss-context-factory.html) - FREE Community TributeVM Tree Factory Module (shop/joomla-components/virtuemart-category-tree-module.html) - FREE Community TributeExchange Rates Factory ECB (shop/joomla-components/exchange-rates-europe.html) - FREE Community TributeFactory Interest Calculator (shop/joomla-components/factory-interest-calculation-module.html) - FREE Community TributeFactory Fuel Calculator (shop/joomla-components/factory-fuel-calculation-module.html) - FREE Community TributeTop Movies Factory Module (shop/joomla-components/movie-imdb-movie-openings-module.html) - FREE Community TributeLava Factory Menu (shop/joomla-components/lavalamp-menu-free-edition.html) - FREE Community Tribute Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:11:47 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ Since today the 8. August 2008 is the big opening day of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, the Factory launched also an olympic product. With more then three years of experience gathered with RSS products like RSSreader2 or rss Factory (Free Edition) , RSS Factory PRO (shop/joomla-components/rssfactory-pro.html) is the ultimate RSS feed tool for every webmaster out there. (shop/joomla-components/rssfactory-pro.html) As presented in our sneak preview they are allot of additional options like unlimited categories or SEF compatibility. Due to the demands we received and our experience the PRO version is very SEO orientated. The tree like structure presents tremendous advantages for search engines like Google, since the articles are always fresh and new in comparison to a simple directory which is only a linkfarm.We hope that this PROfessional version will accomodate the wishes of any professional webmaster. A detailed description can be found on the product page. For any questions, issues or possbile next features please just visit our forum. Thank you and let the games begin! Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:06:51 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ rss Factory PRO (shop/joomla-components/rssfactory-pro.html) combines all the abilities of rss Factory FREE Edition with a multitude of professional features. Here is the comparison chart between the two versions:RSS Factory features FREE PRO • Categories Subcategories (unlimited number of levels) • Category Management • Category Description • Category Pathway • Related Categories • Category Tree within one, two, three or four columns • SEF (compatible with Artio JoomSEF) • Session based tracking of already readed news (Feeds will appear “unchecked” if they have already been read) • easy Language Management • automatic unpublishing of erroneous feeds • Tiled View • List View • Tab Titles View • Sliders View • Draggable divs View • configurable display to show in list of feeds the feed name or the source • Pagination available for each RSS source • Date Format Customization • Dynamic Page Titles (SEO) • MetaTags • FavIcons for feeds (pulled from the feedsite or custom uploaded) • Color customization of Overlib Output • Font Size customization for Overlib Output • replace >> >> with custom words • Preview of Feeds in Category List • customized output styles • several configurable display tweaks • Automatic Refresh of feeds though a pseudo-CRON process and CRON • Refresh of Feeds using AJAX (backend only) • Search Mambot (allows you to search through feeds along with searching through content) • Refferal verification to avoid hotlinking • automatic Install Uninstall of Module and Mambot • Ads Banner management • Back-up utility • automatic Version Check • Public Support (available on Forum) • Extended Support (personal guidance available through our Ticket System) ETA: mid August 2008. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:14:33 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ The latest briefcase Factory 1.3.0 (shop/joomla-components/briefcase-factory.html) released on August 1, 2008 brings major features for the administrator and also support for Joomla 1.5.x Legacy Mode. From the new features available in the administrator control panel we are mentioning the following options: enable/disable the public tab and the publics uploadsenable/disable that registered users can only share files with administratorsenable/disable that when registered users upload a file, that file must be shared automatically with admin users. If it is enabled, they would not need to select anybody; the list of users would not appear and the file would be shared with several administrators. There is also a setting to select the administrator users that are choosen to receive this kind of shares.The version also includes plenty of improvements and code optimization. Also the available Plugins for the Module where updated to support the legacy mode.Testing. New customers can test the Briefcase platform on our Demo-Server (http://briefcase.thefactory.ro). There we provide access also from the Front-end as several users, but also from the back-end as an administrator. Feel free to test it anyway you like, since the platform resets itself every hour.Updates. For updates please read first our Terms Conditions (support/support/terms-and-conditions.html) and Customers FAQ's (articles/articles/explanatory....html) pages. Also please check the post in our forum regarding upgrades. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:40:52 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ The new version of Terms Conditions (support/support/terms-and-conditions.html) and Customers FAQ's (articles/articles/explanatory....html) pages. If you are eligible then please send us your request as specified in the Customer FAQ, including name, order number, date of purchase.Testing. New customers can test the auction platform on our Demo-Server (http://auctions.thefactory.ro). There we provide access also from the Front-end as several users, but also from the back-end as an administrator. Feel free to test it anyway you like, since the platform resets itself every hour. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:56:18 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ ... we are starting the summer with a couple of updates to our products. Article Factory Manager (shop/joomla-components/article-manager.html) has now reached the version 1.5.5 (shop/joomla-components/article-manager.html) with new features like:resourcebox text can be configured to be concatenated to the article's maintext or not (admin settings). configuration settings: the front end user can set the end date of an article or not.end date selection in article submision.configurable to modify dates to a posted article.required Intro text administrable.sorting of articles.and many other improvements.Surely we are constantly improving our rss Factory Suite. rss Factory 1.5.5 (shop/joomla-components-and-modules.html) present several features like categories, categories descriptions and management and allot of changes regarding backup, installing, etc. Here we invested allot of time to maintain rss Factory on the top position of rss feeds displaying. Also please note that since the categories changes, backups from previous versions older then 1.5.5 are not compatible anymore.The Exchange Rates Factory Module 2.4 (shop/joomla-components-and-modules.html) is also very stable now and with the new JavaScript model its a catching eye part for every site, especially e-commerce or financial orientated ones.Last but not least in our early summer updates is our latest kid eBay Factory Module 1.6 (shop/joomla-components-and-modules.html). Here except the ebay.COM site we are offering now support also for: ebay.CO.UK - United Kingdomebay.CO.AU - Australiaebay.DE - Deutschlandebay.FR - FranceExcept that we added new features like displaying also single seller items or pagination (configurable items per page and total results) using AJAX tehnology. eBay Factory Module is also a must have for web site in this field and like the Exchange Rates Factory Module is absolutely free. So just try it out and share your experience. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:30:57 +0100 http://www.thefactory.ro/ The Factory launched a new module, with allot of configurable options for eCommerce people active around the world of eBay. It's called FREE (shop/joomla-components-and-modules.html) . We want to continue our contribution to the Joomla Community started with the rss Factory and followed by multiple other modules like the Exchange Rates Factory , Top Movie Factory , RSS Context or VM Tree Factory . Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:47:23 +0100