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25 September 2005
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As many of you know, the site runs on a open source
content management system known as Mambo. Recently the development team
split from the Mambo project (for very lengthy reasons I won't go into)
and launched a new system known as Joomla.
I
want to convert the site over to the first release of Joomla and
thought it would be a good opportunity to give the site a little spring
clean. So on Thursday night (September 29) from 9pm, I'll be closing
the site down and working on it that night and the next day to get it
back up and running.
At this stage my intention is to do nothing more than update the site
to the Joomla system and check everything is working OK. Stay tuned
though, as over the next couple of weeks I hope to launch a new contest
and one other project that I'm working hard on that will be a new feature to the NZMac.com website.
After that, I'm keen to look at redesigning the site to use a new
Joomla template but seriously pushed to find time. If there's a
stunning web designer out there that understands Mambo/Joomla templates
and wants to develop a new design for the site, I'd be forever
grateful...especially if you're prepared to put up with my fussy
demands.
Thanks in advance to everyone for their patience while the site is
off-line and apologies as I know that RSS feeds, the NZMac.com widget
etc will be affected.
I'm doing a full spring clean (including removing all files from the
root of the website) so the forum and all other aspects of the site
will be closed also.
Fingers crossed it all goes well and you'll see the site back up in Joomla style late in the week.
Cheers,
Phil
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