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[moviefan Friend moviefanJoin date: May 2007Posts: 43Downloads:22Uploads:0]

#120168

My first ever-joomla site, still in a sub-directory and about 60% completed. Some of the links are not working, as I have turned off Open SEF which is having issues with the CB. And I’m still on a shared hosting server.

Here are some of the stats:

joomla version: 1.0.12
components/features:
Community Builder
Mosets tree for the links directory
ijoomla magazine and news portal: soon for the news section and interviews (I plan to use the teline temp)
jreviews: soon for film ratings

I would like fellow web designers and some of the club’s experts to help me improve on its functionality and features.

the site is:

http://themovie-fanatic.com/v1

Thanks!

[ErikThorsen Friend ErikThorsenJoin date: December 2005Posts: 1098Downloads:0Uploads:7 Thanks: 22 Thanked: 10 times in 1 posts]

#219809

Looking good!!

One thing, the scroller ( header ) is a bit fast for me. I would like to be able to read the text. Either that or less text, so I can finish reading.. 🙂

[moviefan Friend moviefanJoin date: May 2007Posts: 43Downloads:22Uploads:0]

#219813

Thanks, yeah I got the same feedback from 3 other viewers. I’ll have to edit the images and reduce the text.

any ideas which SEF comp I can use that will work together with CB?

[joewied Friend joewiedJoin date: July 2006Posts: 26Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#220482

Use the joomla core sef. I works much better than Open Sef.

[joewied Friend joewiedJoin date: July 2006Posts: 26Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#220483

Use the joomla core sef. I works much better than Open Sef.

[kachete Friend kacheteJoin date: January 2006Posts: 46Downloads:0Uploads:1 Thanks: 3 Thanked: 2 times in 1 posts]

#220845

Great site

Good interaction in the css of the site and the components

Site look quite equal so its a good sing of the integration of everything

Looks cool to me

Great site man congartulations

best regards

[moviefan Friend moviefanJoin date: May 2007Posts: 43Downloads:22Uploads:0]

#221962

<em>@kachete 16480 wrote:</em><blockquote>Great site

Good interaction in the css of the site and the components

Site look quite equal so its a good sing of the integration of everything

Looks cool to me

Great site man congartulations

best regards</blockquote>

Thanks a lot!

This is my first joomla site and I encountered too many problems, I almost decided not to pursue and continue using joomla for all the issues I had. I hope that listing them down here would allow newbies like me to realize some important points, which I missed and apparently ignored, which should not have been the case:

1. I did not truly read the joomla manual, in details, hence I encountered problems which should not have been there in the first place. It cost me money and time.

2. Joomla with its bandwidth requirements, I did not start consider the type of hosting, hence I encountered problems in the launching. I am now being hosted with:

15GB Space, 300GB Bandwidth

I went first to a so-called ‘great joomla hosting’ and they trully suck. I have to shell out $50 for each support ticket. Don’t ever bother considering a host that offer $5.95 per month!!!

Go for a realistic hosting package that allow you complete control, and ask for feedbacks from other members who have joomla sites hosted by reputable companies.

3. Use joomlart templates! I am biased but I have reasons. I like the templates here and as you can see, the layout is nice. I used 4 other templates from ‘other’ joomla templates club…it did not worked as I expected….So stick to joomlart! 😀

[kachete Friend kacheteJoin date: January 2006Posts: 46Downloads:0Uploads:1 Thanks: 3 Thanked: 2 times in 1 posts]

#221971

this is a great post by you master MOVIEFAN

Thanks for this

Best regards

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