[thelist] Joomla anyone? also PHP randomizer?

[Bob Meetin]

Paul Bennett wrote:
> Hi Jenni, 
>
> The good news is that there are some really good Open Source CMS systems
> out there which have lots of extra modules and great community support
> (Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla, Silverstripe...)
>
> As John says though, to do these well (especially with custom themes and
> / or custom functionality) you're really looking at a PHP development
> project - specifically using someone who knows the CMS software well.
>
> If you don't have those skills then it may be wise to communicate this
> to your client / the boss.
>
> Regards,
> Paul
>   
John summed it up very nicely when he said that Joomla is the website.  
There are plenty of tutorials available for creating Joomla templates, 
but the fact is that it is not a trivial task to master a template.  If 
Jooma is the decision then option #2 might be to do a search for Joomla 
templates (many thousands available) similar to what you want and 
implement one.  -Bob