i hate this.

[OziD]

Any of you guys who were members at the mumsJDM forums... i took them down! I basically deleted everything, except for the image server, and the placeholder page I made for the domain.

But that's not the point of the thread. The point is, have any of you used Joomla? It's a content management system... it's free and open source. I found a template for it I really like, but it's 34 dollars and I'm running off minimal funding. The last 3 days, I've been figuring it out, and a couple hours ago (after a motivational nap), i decided to dig into building my own template for it. It's pretty frustrating when I look at the template I really liked (called "rubicon"), and then realize how CSS intensive it is. I know some CSS, but not to that degree. I'll have to design the basics and add in things as I need them.

I don't think it will turn out too badly, though. I know I'm going to have to re-pack the template I am making 100x before I get it right.

Any of you guys into this kind of stuff?

In the end, I think I am going to stick without the forums, and just promote thejdm for anyones needs. Although I need some sort of social-networking angle for the site to be successful.

mumsJDM will feature build ups, DIY's, and "shows" of us talking about some car related news, simple DIY's and how-to's (simple for the sake of time), and then the social networking cliche that i have yet to come up with.

any ideas? no longer will mums try to tread on thejdm's stomping grounds.

[Sean @ NDF]

I use Joomla, and it took me a few hours to figure out the basics. I've modded little things in the css and html codes of the template, but nothing extensive.

It's hard to start a new forum and have it actually take off...

[OziD]

well my forum was on the verge of taking off... then I got frustrated with another part of the site, member sign ups slowly decreased, "regulars" stopped posting, and so did I.

but this time it should be a better site, since it will all be complete when I open it back up, I'm hoping to have the first episode and diy and site running by the end of the month.

it's a lot of work i need to get done before i start my new job. It pretty much all comes down to if I can bang out the design in a week.

Time will tell I guess.

[OziD]

btw your site looks great.

i'm quite jealous.

is there something in the terms of service that makes me keep that joomla logo at the top? :S

edit: in the address bar, i mean?

[Sean @ NDF]

the favicon? no, you can change that pretty easily...I just like theirs =p

- thanks about the site, it will look better when I learn how to use tables with joomla

[munster]

Good luck with the new mums. I know css, but I haven't messed with it in forever. Actually...I haven't done much computer-related in forever.

[.saint]

word, good luck on mums if you need css help im me on aim. i code everything in notepad i know css and html like butta

[OziD]

best guys.

honda-tech would have bashed me for my lack of css, even though most of them probably know less... just because they can.

[SingleCamEJ8]

i just found mums too....well best of luck to you man!

mumsJDM is my newest myspace friend.

[OziD]

*myspace king*

haha i really hate myspace but i logged into the mums account and i had like 30 friend requests... and messages from people asking my advice about their cars...

kinda weird yo.

anyways, i haven't made much progress this weekend. been busy with buying/making (lol) christmas presents.

and then today... i mean football was on you can't expect me to do anything.