Posted by: Qasim Virjee on Tuesday, 16 October 2007

Something caught my eye on JoomlaFeed today - a new extension called Joomla Credits has come out that automatically creates a list of plugins, modules and components installed on a site and allows you to publish them on the front end.

I really like the idea of sharing with the public which extensions actually come together to make a site - in fact its something we've done on WhyJoomla? since the blog launched, but the component is still a little raw to fit the need... basically, it lists whatever's installed; so if you've installed something on your site and don't use it on the front end, people will still know you have it installed - which may be mis-leading when considering an extension list lets people know what makes your site come together... 

...So,  though Joomla Credits get credit for a good effort, I wouldn't use it publicly on sites; my suggestion is for site developers to use it as a quick reference point to keep track of what's installed - link to it on the front end but make the link admin-viewable only.  Honestly, it doesn't take more than a couple of minutes to type up a public page with hyperlinks to each module on J!ED anyway :) - hey, you could even use Joomla Credits to quickly grab the necessary info th bung into the page!

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