Zelda Site Running Joomla (Highly Modified Joomla)

Discussion in 'Reviews' started by xxKillswitch, Dec 7, 2007.

  1. #1
    Hello all,
    I am looking for feedback on my Legend of Zelda website which is running Joomla CMS. I modified much of Joomla myself to output completely tableless (and it also validates strict). Much of core Joomla has been modified to change appearance in the way several things are displayed, such as the poll, content display, table of contents (if shown), pdf/email/print icons, etc.

    I have the site bridged to Vbulletin with Elearningforce.biz bridge, it works well. I coded the custom module after logging in myself, which shows the PM's new and total just like VB, as well as your total post count.

    If you wanna check the custom module out or anything else, login with Testing123 as username and password as password (don't go spamming the forums now) :)

    I am looking for feedback on the design and general layout of the site. I was hoping to make something for it that felt like a fansite but at the same time had a level of professionalism and cleanliness to it. Any other suggestions, please feel free to give em to me :D

    (Oh, if anyone uses Joomla and has their site bridges to VBulletin (ElearningForce or not), I can give you the custom user module if you want it).
     
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  2. swedal

    swedal Notable Member

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    Nice clean and easy to read design - I think it is good. I have to overlook the adsense though
     
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    Other than the large AdSense, it looks well organized and easy to navigate.
     
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    essex1 Banned

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    I think it is good and Joomla has always been good to work with
     
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    Thanks for your feedback :)
     
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    Very nice work you have done. Looks great :)
     
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    Looks great, I also work with joomla and am just learning the ropes. How did you get the rounded edges in the main content section. Good job!
     
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  8. xxKillswitch

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    Good choice with Joomla, it's great. The rounded edges are all just images :p Easiest way to do it.

    Other stuff like the way the news is displayed with author names, time etc is all com_content.html.php modified (the table-less bit can do much the same thing that , a few of us have posted it in custom dev. at Joomla forums).

    I might turn on the PDF/Print/Email stuff... I modified that all in the core to float in a box as a list of links which made it look like a nice article table of contents. Also, most menus you see are coded into the template. It makes Joomla quicker, puts less strain on the server because normally, each link would be a query.
     
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