For you Joomla users out there: have you ever wished for something more than the default blogging tools in Joomla? They sure leave a lot to be desired - they make for some pretty ugly blogs, and you have to install extra bits even to have commenting!
Chalupa runs his lebowskipodcast site on Joomla. It’s not a blog in and of itself - it’s become a fan site for an awesome movie. It does, however, have a blog. Chalupa posts almost daily, and he’s got a lot of people reading. Unfortunately, Joomla’s blog tools make it difficult to read, and the commenting add-ons are ugly and cumbersome.
We’re in the process of updating the site - making it easier to get around in, and more aesthetically pleasing overall. One of the biggest changes that we needed to make: clean up the blog and make it more… useable.
Enter mojoBlog. The folks at joomlify have created a rockin’ Joomla component. It’s Wordpress for/in Joomla! And just like Wordpress, it’s free! Doesn’t get much better than that, folks, especially since before this component, you had to pay. For crappier stuff.
The install was smooth as can be, but it took a little doing to get the admin menus to display. A note to any of you who want to install this: install as the main Joomla admin, not under a secondary Super Admin account. It’ll save you headaches and it’ll keep you from having to mess around in your userID tables and caches…
If you’re running Joomla and looking for an elegant blog tool/solution, mojoBlog is your tool. When we get lebowskipodcast up and running with its new threads, I’ll post a link so you can check it out.
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