JEvents is a open source premier events calendar for Joomla that doesn’t charge you to download and use the application unlike other components like JCal Pro. and the core component, modules and search plugins will continue to be free to download. Almost all JEvents club addons are now JEvents 2.0/Joomla 1.7 compatible.
Autson Skitter Slideshow is one of the best image rotator/slider I have ever experienced so far. Amazing design, loads of transitions and very customizable, Autson Slideshow with 3 types of navigation (Number,Thumbs And Dots) and more than 20 effects.
Gratis is a multi-use template built on the Simple Grid Framework. It is packed with features and easy to customize.
Eazy is a Joomla 1.7 Template for Small Business by funky-visions.de
Smart News is a free professional Joomla 1.7 template from smartaddons.com has been released, but Smart News template need with many commercial extensions which includes both module and plugin.
Article PXFont Size can increase or decrease the content font size displays three buttons on (Articles, Categories, Category, Section, Frontpage, Featured) views. Plugin for Joomla! v.1.5x, 1.6 and 1.7, tested in: IE v5.5 – v9, Firefox v2.x – v7, Opera v.9.xx – v11x, Safari v5.x, Netscape v.9.x, Google Crome, tested also on mobile devices.
Plotalot makes it easy to create live charts and place them on your site. You must be able to write the SQL queries to retrieve the data you want to plot, but if you can do that, Plotalot will take the data and use the Google Charts API to produce line graphs, scatter graphs, bar charts, or pie charts of your data, with numerous formatting options. Plotalot does all the hard work for you. These live pie charts show how easy it is to draw charts with Plotalot:
Joomla 1.7 includes a new component and plugin called Redirect. Its main function is to provide a mechanism to record 404 “not found” errors, and to give the Web site owner the ability to redirect those to another page if desired.
Joomla! 1.7 is well known for its enhanced security. The advanced user management system plays a major role to facilitate the uncompromising security. Every user in Joomla! 1.7 including the administrator requires specific set of permission to access or modify the website managed by Joomla!.
What are the keys to building a successful presence on the search engine results pages? What are the most important SEO factors for getting your site discovered by Google’s search bot and how can we get in on the action?