Building Online Communities with Joomla
Jun 29 2008 - Tagged in: Joomla Sites , community builder
Over the weekend I had the pleasure of being invited to speak at a class about Open Source Content Management Systems at Marlboro College Graduate Center. Taught by Jen Kramer McKibben, the course is focused on using Joomla to build online communities.
Most of my recent speaking at events has revolved around using Joomla to build sites, Joomla templating or SEO. I thought I would take the chance on something new for me and reflect on the nature of online communities and how Joomla can be a piece of that jigsaw. The result was Building Online Communities With Joomla.
I'd like to thank the class students for the interesting questions they had to ask. Stump the Chump is one of my favorite games!
On a related note, if you are in the New England area, check out the new Joomla! User Group New England in Brattleboro, VT.
While researching the topic, I spent some time trying to find good examples for online communities that use Joomla. I found plenty that were *about* Joomla, but struggled otherwise.
Do you know of any large online communities that use Joomla for their site?
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unleash.it
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... Check out the site showcase at Joomla. I've found some cool ones there. Here's one from England that uses Community Builder: http://www.wikivorce.com/ (probably one of the more risk free businesses to be in these days  ). Here's the link to the forum which tells about it: http://forum.joomla.org/viewto...8&t=174529 |
Kristofer Aberg
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... Swedish TV3 uses Joomla, together with Community Builder and Fireboard etc for their community. They've got 47.639 users. |
Robb Luther
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... I am actually building on that focuses on Steelers Football! ForceFlix.com right now... I will keep you all posted. |
Marco de Jong
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... About a year ago I built a Dutch website around a TV program. 15.000 unique visitors/day. Although I don't maintain it anymore I can give you some insight, if you like. See http://www.babyboom.nl |
Kelvin77032
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... I think you should tech visitors like us how to use this Community Builder to build Online Communitiesnnjoomla-blog/Community-Builder-Goes-Native.html |
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Edwin32
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... Yeah, Community Builder is growing as a number one Online community tool for joomla, but its not free. I wish joomla core team / some groups will develop the Open Source version of it. |
Compass Design
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... @Edwin Community Builder is free. They have a subscription membership for documentation, but the extension itself is free, it always has been.... |
Stonehenge Tours
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... I think thats great that people are being asked into schools to talk about Open Source software... I was only taught windows when I was at school. |
Brandon Apartments for Rent
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... "I think thats great that people are being asked into schools to talk about Open Source software... I was only taught windows when I was at school." No Kidding! |
Bodenmais
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... a fantastic community builder, and the best it is free. Thanks for the work Greets Bodenmais |
Bayerischer Wald
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... Jooma is a nice CMS. The community builder is very cool module to create a community in easy steps. Thanks. Best Regards Bayerischer Wald |
Urlaub
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... I love Joomla. A rellay good community Builder with many themes and modules. Very fine. Greets Urlaub |
Cheap Softball Bats
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... I think Joomla is great. Too bad it has been overshadowed by WordPress. Most people are reluctant to change once they get used to a CMS |
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