Re: [Staffslug] Replacement for e107

Well.. What can I say.. In the words of Cmndt. Eric Lassard. There have been many, many, Many, many wonderful suggestions, all of which I am considering. With the help of the friendly sysadmin (thank you up there!), more doors have been opened up. Had a quick look at Joomla (even the youtube video!), seems ok. But if anyone has any reservations about it, speak now! Thanks for all the posts by the way :o) Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: staffslug-bounces(a)staffslug.org.uk [mailto:staffslug- > bounces(a)staffslug.org.uk] On Behalf Of ArchLinuxUser dick_turpin > Sent: 23 March 2008 07:25 > To: staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk > Subject: Re: [Staffslug] Replacement for e107 > > On 22/03/2008, Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > > > I only vote Joomla because we have somebody on hand who actually knows > > about it :-) > > I'm back from the dead!! > > Right first things first. I've tried pretty much all the suggestions > so far, most of them are shit Plone is crap Drupal is pretty tight but > slightly unforgiving in the customisation area, PHP-Nuke is a bit > basic in respect of add-ons. > > So what can I say about Joomla? Well for starters I've used it and its > for runner Mambo for, hm, five odd years? I like it that much that > I've spent about £150 on one or two proprietary modules and templates > over the last couple of years. > > Now I'm not foolish enough to say Joomla is the number one but it is > the best of the bunch plus with Joomla 1.5 ftp is handled within > Joomla itself (After initial ftp upload of the site) TBH any idiot can > 'work the site' from the control panel its really simple, New-->type > title-->type text--publish front page-->save anyone can do that! > > I've just purchased a new template for my site and used the customised > Joomla they provided it has everything you guys need, Fireboard Forum, > Community builder etc etc. > > The beauty of Joomla is there are loads and loads of add-on freebie > modules for it which with a little easy peasy work can make your site > look stunning. > > P. S. Heres my touché > > Ubuntu must be the best everyone uses it. > > I use Ubuntu cos I'm a sheep and everyone else uses it. > > If its decided to go down the Joomla route I'm happy to help/advise > however what ever you guys choose I'll be happy with although one > question I've not seen raised as such, are we sticking with a 'mailing > list' or switching to a forum based system? > > -- > Regards > > Dick Turpin > http://www.cannon-linux.co.uk > > Arch Linux is an independent i686-optimized community distribution for > intermediate and advanced Linux users. Utilising a Rolling Release > System packages are regularly updated and an ISO release is just a > snapshot to the stable packages at that time. So there's no need for a > fresh install the command 'pacman –Syu' upgrades the whole system. > > _______________________________________________ > Staffslug mailing list > Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk > http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk http://lists.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug