500 credits answer a couple of easy questions

[John Klyne]

I am offering 500 credits to the one that can best answer my questions....I am also going to rep everyone that tries.

My company wants to create a site that is as close to http://www.fool.com as it can be.

Not necessarily with that content, but the actual CMS the site is using....
Tell me the CMS they are using and you're one step closer to getting the 1000 credits. I think it is Joomla but I am not sure.

Next I would also like the name of the discussion board program they are using, maybe a link to where I can get it would be better. ...the link to what they have is....here (too long to post it here).

My last question is....
What do you think about a site, that lets EVERYONE criticize

everyone/law/country/president/economical decision or anything else out there?



Okay, please stick to these small rules...

when you answer these questions, please do your best with it, as the person who I think answered it to the best of their ability will get the 500 CREDITS.

When you do answer these questions...please let them be answered in one post, not 2 or 3 or whatever..I want it easier for me to see who won the credits.

the sooner I get this information, the sooner I can start adding more to the company site....and the sooner maybe you the winner will get the 500 credits.

Thankyou.
Hope I get help with these ASAP.

[withambition]

I'm assuming that they designed everything themselves or had it custom-made by some one. Depending on how many users are active at the site, I would participate in the discussions. I understand that all websites must start out rather small, but if it's advertised well, it would probably flourish.

[Wizet]

1. With major companies like that (or at least I think that it is a company) I don't think they would use other people's cms. They would create their own cms to make them look "professional"
2. Same answer for number 1.
3. I don't think it would be good because if that were to happen there would be a lot of flaming and cursing. And next thing you know your x10 account could be terminated (if that is possible).

[John Klyne]

1. With major companies like that (or at least I think that it is a company) I don't think they would use other people's cms. They would create their own cms to make them look "professional"
2. Same answer for number 1.
3. I don't think it would be good because if that were to happen there would be a lot of flaming and cursing. And next thing you know your x10 account could be terminated (if that is possible).

-1. with a company who has me trying to run their online operations...they don't want to waste money....possible to tell me what would be good for it though?
-3. criticize everything...site's ideas...would be heavily moderated...with posts having to be approved before being posted...or I'll have to get someone or myself to fix the profanity filters and such

[ShadowmasterX]

1.) I agree, it would be their own type... but for a person with you, it would be Joomla!
It is very close to joomla, but i have no proof that it is.
2.) Joomla i think has this kind of thing, maybe you need a bridge...
If you want it to have a forum under the heading WITHOUT redirecting completely, then Mambo is the answer because Joomla has no more bridges, they cancelled all bridges with all the forum types (SMF Phbb3 etc.)
3.) Lets see.... you would need a large amount of people in the first place, and I would suggest starting off with a largely big topic, and as people come along, add more and more, do not just start off with a whole bunch of things, it will seem too much for the members... simplicity first!

Within strict guidelines, it should be okay, just the amount of traffic should be the problem!

[Soki]

They are using Joomla, but removed the link at the bottom and had a custom made template from here.

Same goes for the Discussion Boards module, they got custom one here.

I used to go on their site a LONG while back (for stock market game in HS) and they used a different template (one that was already created for free) that was from Design Joomla. I know this, because there was a Design Joomla link at the bottom before (you must have one if using the free tempaltes).

Hope this cleared things up.

Btw, he is asking on what they used, not what to use.

[xav0989]

And keep your discussion in the permitted language... it has already given me a suspension...

[ShadowmasterX]

-1. with a company who has me trying to run their online operations...they don't want to waste money....possible to tell me what would be good for it though?
-3. criticize everything...site's ideas...would be heavily moderated...with posts having to be approved before being posted...or I'll have to get someone or myself to fix the profanity filters and such

... isnt what that he meant? by -1?

[Soki]

... isnt what that he meant? by -1?

Yes, but that was before I posted and he hasn't seen my post yet.
Meaning that he first just wanted to know what they were using, but he thought wizit was right (not trying to be rude).

[ShadowmasterX]

oh ok i get it.... well i was kinda adressing both =/