[MtK]

TAiN, on Aug 16 2006, 10:08 PM, said:

Joomla is indeed very good. I am running it right now as the potential replacement for the existing site. But it is also the CMS the prompted me to pose this question. I am able to use Joomla fine...but I showed it to two non-geeks (normal people? hehe) and they hadn't a clue.

as a Joomla Hebrew Core Team & a Joomla.org Q&T member - I should recommend it...
but I don't think that Joomla is a all-in-one solution, although almost everything can be add or built to it.

I think you should consider each site to its own story, & choose the most suitable CMS to satisfy its needs.

TAiN, on Aug 16 2006, 10:08 PM, said:

I haven't loaded Mambo but you are correct that Joomla is a derivative of it. They haven't been separate for very long yet (they are sill mostly compatible with plugins and database concerns) so I don't imagine it will have a much simpler interface.

Joomla is indeed the former Mambo, but they are seperated for almost 2 years.
Joomla does have backward support, because its the same base code & API.

I think you should leave Mambo out of the equation.




My recommendation is to stick with Joomla for the light sites (personal/company sites, etc)
Joomla has a User-Permission (ACL) vey limited which extending is just too painfull, but you can still have you-own editorial site.

Use Drupal as your developing capable CMS - if you catch Drupal's idea you'll find it very intuitive to extend, although requires a lot of job (therefore not recommended for small sites)




last but not least - have fun
if you find ourself struggling to built/convert each site - than you are on the wrong way...

[N1K]

Hey MTK, could you whisper me the release date for Joomla 1.5?

[MtK]

N1K, on Jun 12 2007, 08:35 PM, said:

Hey MTK, could you whisper me the release date for Joomla 1.5?

nope, because it is not known yet.
A 2nd beta was released not long ago, & there are still RCs on the way...