Comments on: Joomla!

By: Cory Webb

Cory Webb — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 21:30:16 +0000

Joomla! is an excellent choice. There are 2 major things that Joomla! does not have that you need to consider: 1) as mentioned by Andrew in #3, it is missing the ability to post a content item in multiple categories, and 2) the access control system is not very powerful.

Like Amy said, there are extensions that perform just about everything you could need for a community site, but just keep the limitations in mind. Check out extensions.joomla.org and/or joomlacode.org to find what you are looking for.

Good luck!

By: Amy Stephen

Amy Stephen — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 18:14:54 +0000

Do look at the Alledia post – while you are there, look at Steve’s other posts, as well. He will give you the straight answer on questions you might have. There are extensions to provide for multiple categories. Make certain to check out the Community Builder and also GroupJive extensions for a community site.

Doug – you nailed one of the huge benefits of Joomla! and that is the enormous number of ways it can be extended to do all of the things one needs to do.

By: Andrew Lee

Andrew Lee — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 13:16:02 +0000

Take a look at http://www.alledia.com/blog/general-cms-issues/joomla-and-drupal-%11-which-one-is-right-for-you?/. Make sure you read through all the comments as well. Joomla has a few serious drawback that may bite you in the end, like not being able to post a piece of content in multiple categories.

By: nilo

nilo — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 13:13:30 +0000

You should really have a look at Plone again. 18 Months is quite some time. Note that version 3 is only a few months away.

By: Amy Stephen

Amy Stephen — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 10:28:55 +0000

Doug Raye Finding Joomla!

Nice blog from Doug Raye at Blogarithms where he is exploring options, including Joomla!, for use in a project called The Conversations Network which he describes as a community portal requiring “many of the usual components such as forums, wiki…