--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Markus Sandy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Looks like you are using Joomla and blip.tv to power your site. How > do you like using that combo for a vlog? > > Anyone else using Joomla? > I have been using Joomla for about a year now to run my website http://hestakaup.com. I wanted to have a "coffee table" kind of video blog rather than a chronologically linear one that I felt forced into with blogging software. Joomla allows me to have a menu driven platform in which the visitor can make selections without going into archives. Everything is right there on a menu tree.
Also, I wanted to intermix video with text. I use vPIP to embed my Flash videos so they appear without any promotional materials or prompts, particularly at the end of the video. That was a problem with blip and vimeo. Some of videos run for more than 20 minutes and others for less than 20 seconds. I needed to be able have have them start right up and stream at 500 kbs. Http://hestakaup.com is definitely not a "show". I think of it as a video book or magazine. Maybe it's actually a vlog... It has a very narrow niche which allows me to explore some issues at some depth. Joomla has a learning curve, but it works well as a CMS. Stan Hirson http://hestakaup.com
