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Discussion forums, comments, blog type sections

While CMS (content management systems including joomla, drupal, etc) can provide this feature, this will never be enabled for public or private activity on our site for reasons including but not limited to:

It simply is not the place for it, especially the public access website content

Unfortunately, there exist other "not recommended" venues for that thereby making duplication silly

Rarely, does anything beneficial yield from open online discussion and feedback forums. Instead there is a significant risk of placing commenters subject to Grand Lodge sanctions regarding such activity (refer to Grand Lodge social media edict).  In short, we simply are not going to do it here.

 

Website

Joomla! 3.x provides the core of this site. Joomla is the world's second largest open-source CMS (content management system). Version 3.x delivered, for the first time, what is called fluid or responsive template capability. This type of template provides the ability for browser viewers to dynamically resize their browser page size (within limits). This contrasts significantly to fixed type page templates which cannot be resized at all. Additionally, fluid/responsive pages are more conducive to display on mobile devices vs almost impossible to effectively view fixed page displays.

The template used for our site is a responsive custom design. While many templates can be found free of charge, most are a horrid fixed size type that deliver significant waste of user screen real-estate with excessive and useless borders along with typically annoying static background images.

 Sites implemented using Joomla include:

eBay Barnes & Noble General Electric Guaranty Trust Bank
IKEA University of Alabama Holiday Inn European Union
Royal Scottish
   National Orchestra
Southeastern Massachusetts
   Community Wind Symphony
Sony Pictures Piedmont College
     Fine Arts

 

  Joomla extensions & plugins (not all are free) in use at our site include:

AARA User Migrate
Add User Front-End
AKEEBA Backup
Articles Anywhere
Articles
Date2-Date/Time Display
DOCman
Include

 

JCE Editor
       • Caption
       • File Manager
       • Fullpage
       • IFramees
       • Image Manager Extended
       • Media Manager
JEvents
Mailcow
MemberHomePage