Boutique travel agency specializing in honeymoons and exotic travel.

What were the site requirements?

The site was for a boutique travel agency that has a lot of expertise in exotic travel – but little to no expertise in website maintenance. We had to make a self-service site that allowed the agents to easily enter information about resorts and travel specials. There was also the desire to allow users to tag their favorites.

Why was JReviews chosen?

We needed more control over the visual presentation of information than Joomla alone could provide, as well as easy input forms so that the agents could easily create new content items of different types. JReviews fit the bill perfectly. We were able to use JReviews for just about everything: the main list and detail views, as well as custom modules. Although the client ultimately opted not to have a directory of resorts, it was easy to build. Ironically, we did not use the reviews function! It was the CCK functionality that attracted us to JReviews.

How is JReviews being used on the site?

JReviews is the essential component on the site. It drives the main content – resort overviews and specials – as well as the modules.

What are the key advantages of using JReviews for your website or business?

JReviews extends Joomla to make it a truly robust system. We really appreciate that JReviews builds on Joomla’s native section/category/articles rather than creating a secondary content repository; by doing so, we’re able to use the same content with other 3rd-party extensions. The templating system makes it possible to create any type of view or module, taking Joomla from a simple and basic CMS to one that is absolutely configurable and customizable.