As you may already know, the EU Cookie Law comes into effect on the 26th May 2012 , while there are many intepretaions of the new Cookie law as so far as implementation and enforcement goes , what is clear is that Site Visitors have to explicitly agree to accept Cookies. Cookie Monster for Joomla is a System Plugin that makes implementing these Notifications a breeze and offers a less intrusive solution for you. Developers can also tap into the plugin to make their scripts compliant, just ask me how . See the Demo

You can read more about the new EU Cookie Law here and here .The Plugin is in the form of a Joomla System plugin and will be released shortly, if you have any Question or Queries,  please ask in the Support Centre . Note that will be a Commercial Subscription Package at an affordable $12.99 for 3 months or $24.99 for 12 months, install and use on unlimited Joomla Installations, and released as per License and Terms .

Lets take a look at what the Cookie Monster for Joomla offers ...

Announcing another ZOO Element - Super Tweets For ZOO. Super Tweets makes use of the latest Twitter API and allows you to show Twitter Streams in your ZOO Items. In addition, there is also the possibility to show a TweetBox so your site visitors can Tweet your ZOO items without leaving your site.

You can set a Global twitter Query for all your Items and then also have each Item use a Unique Twitter Query if you choose to, eg: Each Business Item in your Directory can have a Unique Tweet Stream related to that Business. The element is supported in all ZOO Apps .

Your Visitors can follow others, mark Tweets as Favourites, Reply to tweets and check out Twitter Profiles all without leaving your site. All links open in a new Window so you retain your sites traffic. Have a look at the Demo Below and check out all the Possible Tweet Queries you can make .

Announcing our Latest ZOO Element . Super QR Codes for ZOO . QR codes need to introduction so I will get on with describing the Functions of this Element. This ZOO Element will generate automatically and on the Fly, QR Codes for your ZOO Items.

All that is required from you, is to install and then Assign the Element to your ZOO App and App Template Views ( Full and/or Teaser ) . You have the Option of having the Element being assigned Globally to all exisiting Items or you can Enable the Element on a per Item basis.

It is also possible to choose between 2 different border styles for the generated QR Codes and you also have the choice of selecting the width and height for the QR codes . How is that for freedom ?

You can see a Demo on the very Blog .

This Element was born out of a suggestion by a valued HerdBoy subscriber @ Drcobar .

Announcing a Free ZOO Element, Super Shots for ZOO . Super Shots will allow you or your Content Submitters to enter a site URL that will be converted to a Screen Shot of the Target Website. The Screenshot will also link to the target website.

The image on the left is created with Super Shots. All that you have to do is add a Link and then define a width for the screenshot. The thumbnails are generated and updated dynamically. Once generated the Images are simply Awesome !

Super Shots is currently undergoing a Beta testing Phase and will be released as a Free Zoo Element so watch this space for the Release Announcement. Super Shots make use of the Free WordPress API to Generate Screenshots.

Download Free(31.67 KB)

Super Shots PRO coming soon with some amazing CSS3 flavours by popular request . See Demo below ;

A new version of TweetBoard Pro was released just a few hours agaon and already there are plans for adding a major feature to the next generation of TweetBoard Pro. TweetBoard Pro is running on a slick new Framework that allows us to tap even more into the Twitter Api.

With the next release, you and your sites Visitors will be able to see notifications of the the latest Tweet made, clicking on the Notification will load the new Tweet that have been made on Twitter for your Search term. This new feature will surely make your website and TweetBoard even more interactive than it already is.

And this is not all we have in store for you, You now have the ability to broaden the search terms used by having at your disposal more search operator functions than you may ever need, eg;

This is a Part 1 introduction to the Custom ZOO App templates that will be offered here at HerdBoy .

Currently there are 3 ZOO Blog App templates available on a subscription system. These templates have been Developed to Complement the YOOtheme templates but can be used on any website using templates from another source.

The Cloud and Streamline templates will allow you to select from up to 5 images to use an background images to style the date section of the templates and perfectly complement the Joomla templates. The Stream Template style perfectly complements the YOOtheme Streamline template.

Many More template styles are in the planning stage and if you have any ideas, please don't be afaid to make them know. You can always make a request in the Support Centre

Here are a few Screens of the current offerings.