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Editor's Picks: The NEW wave

Written by Toni Marie

Users of the JED may have noticed that the Editor's Picks haven't been changed in a while.  When the JED Editor staff was expanded this Spring, one of the changes we wanted to make was to revitalize that section. 

There are certain extensions we just won't develop a site without. Our favorite photo gallery, admin tool, menu system, etc. We want to recognize the developers of those extensions for their contribution to the community.  So many wonderful extensions have been released since the list was last worked on... it's definitely time to breathe new life into the picks.

I personally was a little discouraged when we added our first new pick (JTS--Joomla Tools Suite by Russ Winter) and it didn't get much notice.  The JED itself has grown so much that the featured extensions block where we announce picks is quite a ways down the page.  The number of categories has probably quadrupled since that layout was chosen.

With the advent of the new JED Editors blog, I'm hoping the extensions we choose to highlight will get noticed a bit more. 


Criteria for becoming an Editor's Pick

What will the picks have in common?  They'll be GPL-compatible, Joomla! 1.5 Native, and judged by the editors as one of the top extensions in their niche.  We'll take a lot of factors into account, like how frequently the code is improved and how active the support forum is... but the most important factor will be overall quality.

Expect the newest Editor's Pick to come out very shortly.  I'm so pleased we'll be able to actually outline why we've picked that extension in a platform like this blog.

Stay tuned...

 

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  1. avatar Sylvain Rocheleau makes this comment

    2008-07-15 20:35:25

    Hi,

    This good news. By the way what extension are you using for your blog?

  2. avatar Eric makes this comment

    2008-07-16 07:54:27

    I hope you also add a editors pick option in the advanced area of the search box. I noticed the EDITOR'S PICK is a graffic. I guess you would need to change that and put it as a text field to make it search able. I look forward to the new EDITORS PICKS

  3. avatar Extended Jimmy Jed makes this comment

    2008-07-16 10:08:16

    I vote for the extension that is written for extensions.joomla.org that allows for sorting the listings, based on Name, compatibility, Hits, etc.. at the top of the columns, You know, like every other site on the internet that lists software.

  4. avatar Steve makes this comment

    2008-07-16 12:40:49

    Hi Sylvian

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  5. avatar toni.marie makes this comment

    2008-07-16 15:43:50

    That's a good suggestion Eric. I will pose it to the editors.

  6. avatar A lurker makes this comment

    2008-07-21 02:19:18

    GPL-compatible, Joomla! 1.5 Native ?

    Your first pick is only 1.5 Legacy !

    Joomla! Tools Suite: JTS-component & JTS-snapshot is 1.5 Legacy Only .

  7. avatar toni.marie makes this comment

    2008-07-26 16:22:49

    JTS is so crucial to repairing 1.0 installations, we felt it worthy. Russ is working on JTS 2.0 and it should be out soon enough.

  8. avatar DerMika makes this comment

    2008-10-03 08:23:38

    What I urgently need in the JED is a decent search functionality.

    You know, like Google does it... sorting by relevance!

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