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Template club

Templates which are easy to configure are important for giving a site a professional look, which is semi-unique at a good price. The Joomla/Mambo community is supported by some very professional template makers who charge an annual fee that gives access to many high quality templates. Each comes with source graphics and explanations about how to reconfigure. I would rather obtain templates of this quality this way, than pay between $20 and $100 for one.

More than boy meets girl

Although Dolphin is very configurable, there are some fixtures under-the-hood which are firmly related to dating. I don’t want to make dating sites: I want a site that enables networking between anyone who might want to meet with like minded others. I have evaluated various software solutions for this, some paid, and some free. So far, Dolphin comes closest to what I want, but I can’t get rid of the lonely hearts flavor!!! Can the software developers?

Groups

Hi, I think Dolphin is superb, but it could be more so with a facility where members can start their own group with other members. The group would have a profile page like a member, and its own blog, orca area and uploads of audio / video etc. The main difference between a group profile and an individual  member is a public “sign” that this is a group, and a list of subscribed members.

So, for a site that is dedicated to people who write/make/act in short films, a group would consist of members who work together, and the group might host the videos made by that group. It could suit any community whose members collaborate or are specially interested in an aspect of the community’s wider subject matter.