I do a lot of work on Joomla, but am not using it for a vlogging platform.
http://k9disc.com / http://pawsitivevybe.com I have some embedded video and such, but it's more of a magazine kind of concept. Stan, I've not been to the site in some time, but I'll be checking it out. I'll have to hit you up privately to check in and see what's up. Welcome to the group, Dina. I'll be checking out your site. Good luck! Cheers, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://blogtalkradio.com/k9disc http://pawsitivevybe.com On Nov 22, 2007, at 8:23 PM, Stan Hirson, Sarah Jones wrote: > --- 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 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
