Joomla/Mambo - can you host?

[CR8]

AAAAGH - wrote a whole long thread but my Log-in timed out before I posted!

I have 3 small sites that I want to have hosted using Joomla (ex Mambo) - can you guys do this and how difficult is it to set up?

I'm not a techy so please keep it simple!

Thanks.

[AndrewT]

It should function just fine but you are entirely responsible for installing it and setting it up on each account.

[CR8]

Thanks Andrew for your reply.

Hmmm - how complicated is it to set-up Joomla? I did manage to set-up Mambo on my home PC, but I would have no idea what to do if something goes wrong.

Have other novices set up Mambo/Joomla on your servers?

Concidering my lack of knowledge, should I rather go for a host where Joomla is pre-installed?

I would appreciate your view.

[ChrisTech]

You should be able to ask other users in our forums for help, if they have set it up. I'm unfamalir with the software, but if you are as well, I suggest you install it somewhere, and take some time to "play with it" to learn some of the stuff it does.

You can have all the information out there, but if you haven't done something before, you can still mess it up. Err, someone I err, know, was once updating his invision forums, and he, err, well, ended up destroying the sql database (and loosing a forum of 3k members and about 15k posts), and he didn't have a backup, and he learnt his need backup lesson, as well as his lesson to try new things on a dev. account. *hangs head in shame*

[Buddha]

You should be able to ask other users in our forums for help, if they have set it up. I'm unfamalir with the software, but if you are as well, I suggest you install it somewhere, and take some time to "play with it" to learn some of the stuff it does.

You can have all the information out there, but if you haven't done something before, you can still mess it up. Err, someone I err, know, was once updating his invision forums, and he, err, well, ended up destroying the sql database (and loosing a forum of 3k members and about 15k posts), and he didn't have a backup, and he learnt his need backup lesson, as well as his lesson to try new things on a dev. account. *hangs head in shame*

Move over I'm sure I need to join you.

Getting it installed is only a minor problem, keeping it up to date is the big one.

[dammitjanet]

Mambo is a real doddle to install, its when you want to get different templates on and differnent modules and you find that the dumb sob who coded such-and-such module hard-coded his colors or somethat as dumb as that so it only looks good on white background templates...

...or the ones that release a module with a mjor bug, its the only module out there that does the one thing that your client needs, and he still hasn;t fixed it for 9 months (true story) I had to fix the bug myslef and it was so popular im still getting requests for the patch.

I love Mambo/Joomla as a CMS, its my favorite out of all the OSS CMS systems, but like everything else community created, its hard to hang your reputation on something that you have no control over. If you have little or no experience of PHP coding, then I'd stick to the better supported modules.

[Klaassh]

There is also the Mambo (stand alone server). This comes with Mambo already installed but is great for checking out your skins and mods before going live with them.

[dis1531]

Install Mambo via cpanelx, then install Joomla! and convert, maybe.

I'm also interested in running Joomla! I've already got a Mambo 4.5.2.3 site, installed via cpanelX - scripts - communities/forums -Mambo. It sets up the database and the site mostly ready to go. I had previously created a Mambo website a year ago, decided to reinstall instead of update, then saw that the core developers ran away to form joomla! I plan on following.

I am about to try converting over to Joomla! Will see how it goes....
Some links for you to look over:

"The following instructions outline a few ways to migrate your existing Mambo 4.5.2 site to Joomla! 1.0."
from
http://help.joomla.org/content/view/818/181/
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"Can I use my Mambo database for Joomla! ?

Yes. Joomla! 1.0 will be able to use a Mambo 4.5.2 database. It's likely that Joomla! 1.1 will be able to use a Mambo 4.5.3 database but at this stage we cannot be certain. " from

http://www.joomla.org/index.php?Itemid=44&option=com_faq&catid=7#FAQ20

anyone know if cpanel has any plans on creating a joomla! install?
~Franko

[mambolicious]

hey guys, i came across this cool chat plugin for mambo sites, http://www.userplane.com/webchat/

[Frank Hagan]

Mambo is a real doddle to install, its when you want to get different templates on and differnent modules and you find that the dumb sob who coded such-and-such module hard-coded his colors or somethat as dumb as that so it only looks good on white background templates...

...or the ones that release a module with a mjor bug, its the only module out there that does the one thing that your client needs, and he still hasn;t fixed it for 9 months (true story) I had to fix the bug myslef and it was so popular im still getting requests for the patch.

I love Mambo/Joomla as a CMS, its my favorite out of all the OSS CMS systems, but like everything else community created, its hard to hang your reputation on something that you have no control over. If you have little or no experience of PHP coding, then I'd stick to the better supported modules.

I find I just can't use any of the CMS software out there for this very reason. Its just not very good, even if its "excellent" for the genre. All of it is crap.

[Buddha]

Originally Posted by dammitjanet
Mambo is a real doddle to install, its when you want to get different templates on and differnent modules and you find that the dumb sob who coded such-and-such module hard-coded his colors or somethat as dumb as that so it only looks good on white background templates...

...or the ones that release a module with a mjor bug, its the only module out there that does the one thing that your client needs, and he still hasn;t fixed it for 9 months (true story) I had to fix the bug myslef and it was so popular im still getting requests for the patch.

I love Mambo/Joomla as a CMS, its my favorite out of all the OSS CMS systems, but like everything else community created, its hard to hang your reputation on something that you have no control over. If you have little or no experience of PHP coding, then I'd stick to the better supported modules.

I find I just can't use any of the CMS software out there for this very reason. Its just not very good, even if its "excellent" for the genre. All of it is crap.

I agree. I find you pretty much have to fork most CMS development projects to use them. If you have multiple clients using CMS you can wind up with multiple development projects - all going in there own directions. Not a good situation for a solo-developer like myself. I'll stick with my own code.