Overview

• easy voting system including 1-5 or 1-10 voting scale.
  
• report pictures and comments including email notices.
• genre mode (male & female).
• resize images, configurable description and tag settings.
• description, sharelink, nr. of hits.
• including last voted, random, latest, tag cloud and Menu Module including Top Rated, My Pictures, Upload and advanced Search option.

Comparison chart for features and administrator Settings	HOT.or.NOT Factory	HOT.or.NOT Deluxe.Factory
Enable/disable voting for guests (unloged users)
Enable/disable upload images for guests (unlogged users)
Set 1-10 or 1-5 voting scale
Categories for images
Watermark for images (enable/disable; admin configurable)
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
Approval system for Images in backend (enable/disable), with filter option and email notification to admin when new image was posted and to user after approval
Approval system for Comments (enable/disable) and email user notification. (user menu/manage comments)
Display nr. of images per page, Display last x comments per page (0 for all)
Users have the ability to delete their own photos (enable/disable)
Minimum nr. of votes for an image to appear in TOP (settings/global)
Email reporting (enable/disable)
Reset votes (settings/maintenance)
Latest added view
"Upload your photo" user editable info text (new tab in admin backend: Info Boxes)
Extension Modules
Menu Module including Top Rated, My Pictures, Upload and advanced Search option.
Newest Picture module
"Categories to thumbnails" module leading to image thumbnails view from each category
"Categories to vote" module leading to direct image voting
Last votedmodule
Random Picture module
TAG Cloud module
Integrations
Integration with the Love Factory Joomla Extension. By enabling this feature, profile pictures from the "Love Factory" Extension, can then be voted through the "Hot or Not Factory" Extension.

Description

The 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.

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.
• Latest Picture.
  
• Last Voted. 

"Hot or Not Factory" brings also a integration with the Love Factory Joomla Extension. By enabling this feature, profile pictures from the "Love Factory" Extension, can then be voted through the "Hot or Not Factory" Extension.

Comparison chart for features and administrator Settings	HOT.or.NOT Factory	HOT.or.NOT Deluxe.Factory
Enable/disable voting for guests (unloged users)
Enable/disable upload images for guests (unlogged users)
Set 1-10 or 1-5 voting scale
Categories for images
Watermark for images (enable/disable; admin configurable)
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
Approval system for Images in backend (enable/disable), with filter option and email notification to admin when new image was posted and to user after approval
Approval system for Comments (enable/disable) and email user notification. (user menu/manage comments)
Display nr. of images per page, Display last x comments per page (0 for all)
Users have the ability to delete their own photos (enable/disable)
Minimum nr. of votes for an image to appear in TOP (settings/global)
Email reporting (enable/disable)
Reset votes (settings/maintenance)
Latest added view
"Upload your photo" user editable info text (new tab in admin backend: Info Boxes)
Extension Modules
Menu Module including Top Rated, My Pictures, Upload and advanced Search option.
Newest Picture module
"Categories to thumbnails" module leading to image thumbnails view from each category
"Categories to vote" module leading to direct image voting
Last voted module
Random Picture module
TAG Cloud module
Integrations
Integration with the Love Factory Joomla Extension. By enabling this feature, profile pictures from the "Love Factory" Extension, can then be voted through the "Hot or Not Factory" Extension.

Requirements:

• Joomla 2.5.x or J! 1.7.x/1.6.x

Version Info

HOT or NOT Factory 3.1.0 released on January 31, 2012. 

• Support for Joomla 2.5.x.

HOT or NOT Factory 3.0.0 released on November 28, 2011.

• New Product Concept. 
  

HOT or NOT Factory 2.1.0 released on August 19, 2011.

• Support for Joomla 1.7.x.
• Fixed issue regarding modules XML.

 HOT or NOT Factory 2.0.0 released on January 11, 2011.

• Redeveloped for Joomla 1.6.x.  

HOT or NOT Factory 1.0.9 released on April 20, 2010.

• New feature: added the possibility to select the Itemid used for the modules links.
• Fixed issues reagrding new paragraph in comments show as "n"; some links that redirected to homepage instead to a new image, removed possibility to create menu items from not available views, Love Factory integration to hide private photos or only for friends photos, setcookie on category.

HOT or NOT Factory 1.0.8 released on March 29, 2010.

• Fixed issues regarding users being able to vote a higher rating than the maximum scale top, comments css line-height, etc.

HOT or NOT Factory 1.0.7 released on Octomber 20, 2009.

• New module: Latest Picture.
• Bug feature: added confirmation and error messages after voting.
  
• Fixed issues regarding random module, php and mysql different timezones issue, Love Factory integration, BMP files, notification when trying to upload a file too large, use full path for urls.

HOT or NOT Factory 1.0.6 released on July 14, 2009.

• New feature: Love Factory Integration.
• Added Edit TAGS for Administrator.

HOT or NOT Factory 1.0.5 released on April 27, 2009.

• Added itemid to redirect links.
• Fixed issues when voting interval 0, empty module, tags selecting.

HOT or NOT Factory 1.0.4 released on April 8, 2009.

• Added itemid to all existing links.
• Some minor issue fixed.
  

HOT or NOT Factory 1.0.3 released on March 30, 2009.

• Fixed some particular issues regarding module Itemid links.

HOT or NOT Factory 1.0.2 released on March 26, 2009.

• New feature: counting votes to database; for loged users votes after userid and for guest after IP.
  

HOT or NOT Factory 1.0.0 released on March 16, 2009.

Screenshots

The Modules - Last Voted, Random, Tag Cloud and Component Menu including Top Rated, My Pictures, Upload and advanced Search function.

The Upload Form.

The Component Settings.

Administrator Reports.

Screenshots are representing version 1.0 of HOT or NOT Factory.

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