I would like your opinion on Joomla. I have been approached to make a member website that they can post resumes and become a social group on top of it.
ALso, if you have opinions on the worth of the joomla actions too.
Unless Joomla has made some enormous strides since I last used it in anger, I would not recommend it for you, Julie. If you had several years of hand-coding in HTML and PHP behind you, then sure, maybe.
Walter
On Jun 6, 2012, at 3:52 PM, Todd wrote:
Is there a reason you’re looking only at Joomla? A $97 CMS tutorial?
+44 (0)1202 597 140
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On 06/06/2012 20:38, “Julie Maxwell Allen” email@hidden wrote:
Good afternoon,
I would like your opinion on Joomla. I have been approached to make a
member website that they can post resumes and become a social group on
top of it.
ALso, if you have opinions on the worth of the joomla actions too.
RLA - INDISPENSABLE IN WHAT WE DO
part of the mission
RLA is a trading name of RLA Group Ltd
Registered in England no: 3679160
If this email has found you by mistake, please do not share or reproduce any of its contents as they may be confidential or contain material subject to copyright. Instead let us know and delete the email immediately. This email does not necessarily represent the views of the RLA Group. Please consider the environment before printing.
I guess I was seeing the flexibility of what it can do - or potential with the membership flexability at least what I have seen through the free tutorials and examples.
ANy other suggestions would be wonderful.
I am right now looking at the membership to include:
login,
post resume.
social media feel ( members being able to talk with others)
This is for a free organization.
Julie
On Jun 6, 2012, at 3:55 PM, Walter Lee Davis wrote:
Unless Joomla has made some enormous strides since I last used it in anger, I would not recommend it for you, Julie. If you had several years of hand-coding in HTML and PHP behind you, then sure, maybe.
Walter
On Jun 6, 2012, at 3:52 PM, Todd wrote:
Is there a reason you’re looking only at Joomla? A $97 CMS tutorial?
On 6 Jun 2012, at 21:03, Julie Maxwell Allen email@hidden wrote:
I guess I was seeing the flexibility of what it can do - or potential with the membership flexability at least what I have seen through the free tutorials and examples.
ANy other suggestions would be wonderful.
I am right now looking at the membership to include:
login,
post resume.
social media feel ( members being able to talk with others)
This is for a free organization.
Julie
On Jun 6, 2012, at 3:55 PM, Walter Lee Davis wrote:
Unless Joomla has made some enormous strides since I last used it in anger, I would not recommend it for you, Julie. If you had several years of hand-coding in HTML and PHP behind you, then sure, maybe.
Walter
On Jun 6, 2012, at 3:52 PM, Todd wrote:
Is there a reason you’re looking only at Joomla? A $97 CMS tutorial?
I’ve found Joomla! to be simply brilliant. It does take some mind-bending coming from Freeway. Oversimplifying the differences, Freeway approaches the task from a “draw a picture and we’ll stitch it together” standpoint. Joomla! approaches it from 180°, that is “create an article (element you want to display), create a menu item to attach it to.”
There is essentially nothing that you can’t do with Joomla! What’s more, there are a ton of features built into it that are absolutely marvelous (contact forms, registration levels, and the list goes on). If you don’t like the built in features, there are a ton more of commercial (often very inexpensive) and excellent free components, modules, and plug-ins that will get the job done.
If you want to get your toes wet without spending a dime, head to CloudAccess.net. They offer a month’s free trial with support. They are the “official” Joomla! hosting site and do a great job. They also offer several weekly online tutorials, also at no cost.
Where some of the responses suggest the need for advanced coding skills, I’ve found that I can accomplish some really fascinating things (such as social login) without touching a lick of code. I’ve done things I never thought I could do — in a matter of minutes. Give CloudAccess.net a try, it will only cost you a bit of your time.
On 6 Jun 2012, at 21:03, Julie Maxwell Allen email@hidden wrote:
I guess I was seeing the flexibility of what it can do - or potential with the membership flexability at least what I have seen through the free tutorials and examples.
ANy other suggestions would be wonderful.
I am right now looking at the membership to include:
login,
post resume.
social media feel ( members being able to talk with others)
This is for a free organization.
Julie
On Jun 6, 2012, at 3:55 PM, Walter Lee Davis wrote:
Unless Joomla has made some enormous strides since I last used it in anger, I would not recommend it for you, Julie. If you had several years of hand-coding in HTML and PHP behind you, then sure, maybe.
Walter
On Jun 6, 2012, at 3:52 PM, Todd wrote:
Is there a reason you’re looking only at Joomla? A $97 CMS tutorial?
I was looking at this script for a similar project but it never sailed. Elgg users have their own page etc, and there’s a strong social interaction. You brand as you wish. As with all these scripts you’d have to check it out to see if it suits you.
David
On 6 Jun 2012, at 21:51, Julie Maxwell Allen email@hidden wrote:
David,
that looks very interesting… I did not see it (just a glance) but can members post documents in certain areas for viewing?
On 6 Jun 2012, at 21:03, Julie Maxwell Allen email@hidden wrote:
I guess I was seeing the flexibility of what it can do - or potential with the membership flexability at least what I have seen through the free tutorials and examples.
ANy other suggestions would be wonderful.
I am right now looking at the membership to include:
login,
post resume.
social media feel ( members being able to talk with others)
This is for a free organization.
Julie
On Jun 6, 2012, at 3:55 PM, Walter Lee Davis wrote:
Unless Joomla has made some enormous strides since I last used it in anger, I would not recommend it for you, Julie. If you had several years of hand-coding in HTML and PHP behind you, then sure, maybe.
Walter
On Jun 6, 2012, at 3:52 PM, Todd wrote:
Is there a reason you’re looking only at Joomla? A $97 CMS tutorial?
I am a visual learner and the video tutorials are great. Do you know of a video tutorialfor adding the community builder? I can not find one…
J
On Jun 6, 2012, at 5:08 PM, David Owen wrote:
I was looking at this script for a similar project but it never sailed. Elgg users have their own page etc, and there’s a strong social interaction. You brand as you wish. As with all these scripts you’d have to check it out to see if it suits you.
David
On 6 Jun 2012, at 21:51, Julie Maxwell Allen email@hidden wrote:
David,
that looks very interesting… I did not see it (just a glance) but can members post documents in certain areas for viewing?
On 6 Jun 2012, at 21:03, Julie Maxwell Allen email@hidden wrote:
I guess I was seeing the flexibility of what it can do - or potential with the membership flexability at least what I have seen through the free tutorials and examples.
ANy other suggestions would be wonderful.
I am right now looking at the membership to include:
login,
post resume.
social media feel ( members being able to talk with others)
This is for a free organization.
Julie
On Jun 6, 2012, at 3:55 PM, Walter Lee Davis wrote:
Unless Joomla has made some enormous strides since I last used it in anger, I would not recommend it for you, Julie. If you had several years of hand-coding in HTML and PHP behind you, then sure, maybe.
Walter
On Jun 6, 2012, at 3:52 PM, Todd wrote:
Is there a reason you’re looking only at Joomla? A $97 CMS tutorial?
I have ben liking elgg.org but I am seeing more social media then ability to post a resume in a spot etc…
To all,
Are there any other ideas etc to be able to build the membership site without joomla?
Thanks for all your help!
Julie
I will look deeper.
Ginjg,
I am a visual learner and the video tutorials are great. Do you know of a video tutorialfor adding the community builder? I can not find one…
J
On Jun 6, 2012, at 5:08 PM, David Owen wrote:
I was looking at this script for a similar project but it never sailed. Elgg users have their own page etc, and there’s a strong social interaction. You brand as you wish. As with all these scripts you’d have to check it out to see if it suits you.
David
On 6 Jun 2012, at 21:51, Julie Maxwell Allen email@hidden wrote:
David,
that looks very interesting… I did not see it (just a glance) but can members post documents in certain areas for viewing?
On 6 Jun 2012, at 21:03, Julie Maxwell Allen email@hidden wrote:
I guess I was seeing the flexibility of what it can do - or potential with the membership flexability at least what I have seen through the free tutorials and examples.
ANy other suggestions would be wonderful.
I am right now looking at the membership to include:
login,
post resume.
social media feel ( members being able to talk with others)
This is for a free organization.
Julie
On Jun 6, 2012, at 3:55 PM, Walter Lee Davis wrote:
Unless Joomla has made some enormous strides since I last used it in anger, I would not recommend it for you, Julie. If you had several years of hand-coding in HTML and PHP behind you, then sure, maybe.
Walter
On Jun 6, 2012, at 3:52 PM, Todd wrote:
Is there a reason you’re looking only at Joomla? A $97 CMS tutorial?
joomla is fine, I use it for most of my sites
community builder and jomsocial are the most popular joomla membership components but very complex. The Kunena discussion component may be a simpler method
not worth spending $97.00 for tutorials - almost all those are available free and easy to find with google search.
the freeway joomla actions are iffy.
On Jun 6, 2012, at 12:58 PM, Nathan.Garner wrote:
Joomla = Headache!
nathan garner
senior designer
+44 (0)1202 597 140
email@hidden
parley green lane christchurch dorset bh23 6bb http://www.rla.co.uk
On 06/06/2012 20:38, “Julie Maxwell Allen” email@hidden wrote:
Good afternoon,
I would like your opinion on Joomla. I have been approached to make a
member website that they can post resumes and become a social group on
top of it.
ALso, if you have opinions on the worth of the joomla actions too.
RLA - INDISPENSABLE IN WHAT WE DO
part of the mission
RLA is a trading name of RLA Group Ltd
Registered in England no: 3679160
If this email has found you by mistake, please do not share or reproduce any of its contents as they may be confidential or contain material subject to copyright. Instead let us know and delete the email immediately. This email does not necessarily represent the views of the RLA Group. Please consider the environment before printing.
I really appreciate all of your thoughts and looking at most of the reactions, I am very open to “simpler” solutions to what I am looking for
Ginjg,
I have found most free except a detailed how to do a membership one.
On Jun 6, 2012, at 4:08 PM, ginjg wrote:
joomla is fine, I use it for most of my sites
community builder and jomsocial are the most popular joomla membership components but very complex. The Kunena discussion component may be a simpler method
not worth spending $97.00 for tutorials - almost all those are available free and easy to find with google search.
the freeway joomla actions are iffy.
On Jun 6, 2012, at 12:58 PM, Nathan.Garner wrote:
Joomla = Headache!
nathan garner
senior designer
+44 (0)1202 597 140
email@hidden
parley green lane christchurch dorset bh23 6bb http://www.rla.co.uk
On 06/06/2012 20:38, “Julie Maxwell Allen” email@hidden wrote:
Good afternoon,
I would like your opinion on Joomla. I have been approached to make a
member website that they can post resumes and become a social group on
top of it.
ALso, if you have opinions on the worth of the joomla actions too.
RLA - INDISPENSABLE IN WHAT WE DO
part of the mission
RLA is a trading name of RLA Group Ltd
Registered in England no: 3679160
If this email has found you by mistake, please do not share or reproduce any of its contents as they may be confidential or contain material subject to copyright. Instead let us know and delete the email immediately. This email does not necessarily represent the views of the RLA Group. Please consider the environment before printing.
you’d set the access for registered members to allow upload to certain article categories and/or add a component like JS Jobs or Joombah Jobs that is specifically designed for that purpose.
JS Jobs has a free version and three paid versions.
You can see the many joomla extensions that handle resumes in the joomla extension directory
On Jun 7, 2012, at 2:21 PM, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:
David,
I have ben liking elgg.org but I am seeing more social media then ability to post a resume in a spot etc…
To all,
Are there any other ideas etc to be able to build the membership site without joomla?
Thanks for all your help!
Julie
I will look deeper.
Ginjg,
I am a visual learner and the video tutorials are great. Do you know of a video tutorialfor adding the community builder? I can not find one…
J
On Jun 6, 2012, at 5:08 PM, David Owen wrote:
I was looking at this script for a similar project but it never sailed. Elgg users have their own page etc, and there’s a strong social interaction. You brand as you wish. As with all these scripts you’d have to check it out to see if it suits you.
David
On 6 Jun 2012, at 21:51, Julie Maxwell Allen email@hidden wrote:
David,
that looks very interesting… I did not see it (just a glance) but can members post documents in certain areas for viewing?
On 6 Jun 2012, at 21:03, Julie Maxwell Allen email@hidden wrote:
I guess I was seeing the flexibility of what it can do - or potential with the membership flexability at least what I have seen through the free tutorials and examples.
ANy other suggestions would be wonderful.
I am right now looking at the membership to include:
login,
post resume.
social media feel ( members being able to talk with others)
This is for a free organization.
Julie
On Jun 6, 2012, at 3:55 PM, Walter Lee Davis wrote:
Unless Joomla has made some enormous strides since I last used it in anger, I would not recommend it for you, Julie. If you had several years of hand-coding in HTML and PHP behind you, then sure, maybe.
Walter
On Jun 6, 2012, at 3:52 PM, Todd wrote:
Is there a reason you’re looking only at Joomla? A $97 CMS tutorial?
to build a membership joomla site you use an addon component like
community builder which is free Community Builder - Joomla Social Networking or
Jomsocial which costs $149.00 JomSocial but
Kunena (free) Kunena - To Speak! Next Generation Native Joomla Forum which is basically a joomla bbs could be set up to provide the features you listed. I use this for one of the non-profits I work with
On Jun 6, 2012, at 1:13 PM, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:
I really appreciate all of your thoughts and looking at most of the reactions, I am very open to “simpler” solutions to what I am looking for
Ginjg,
I have found most free except a detailed how to do a membership one.
On Jun 6, 2012, at 4:08 PM, ginjg wrote:
joomla is fine, I use it for most of my sites
community builder and jomsocial are the most popular joomla membership components but very complex. The Kunena discussion component may be a simpler method
not worth spending $97.00 for tutorials - almost all those are available free and easy to find with google search.
the freeway joomla actions are iffy.
On Jun 6, 2012, at 12:58 PM, Nathan.Garner wrote:
Joomla = Headache!
nathan garner
senior designer
+44 (0)1202 597 140
email@hidden
parley green lane christchurch dorset bh23 6bb http://www.rla.co.uk
On 06/06/2012 20:38, “Julie Maxwell Allen” email@hidden wrote:
Good afternoon,
I would like your opinion on Joomla. I have been approached to make a
member website that they can post resumes and become a social group on
top of it.
ALso, if you have opinions on the worth of the joomla actions too.
RLA - INDISPENSABLE IN WHAT WE DO
part of the mission
RLA is a trading name of RLA Group Ltd
Registered in England no: 3679160
If this email has found you by mistake, please do not share or reproduce any of its contents as they may be confidential or contain material subject to copyright. Instead let us know and delete the email immediately. This email does not necessarily represent the views of the RLA Group. Please consider the environment before printing.