Hello Brian,
thank you for your detailed reply. I appreciate your taking the time to explain so much.
I didn't interpret that first review as negative in any way, it seemed bablanced to me - but there may be some back story I am unaware of as regards motives. But I shouldn't worry, as a newcomer all those reviews sound good.
I am not a developer and don't see any immediate reward, financially, in my sitebuilding activities so I am looking at the expense on the basis of a 'hobby' which is why I am so cautious. And $100 is alot of money to me, and seems alot - but perhaps my inexperience shows in my evaluation.
I was beginning to think that the Mambo kit might be a good alternative, due to its cheaper cost and the fact that I am not committed to either platform yet, but you haven't really recommended that. So perhaps you don't think that's such a good idea?
I have spent the last few days reading all I can find on Mambo and Joomla and, unfortunately, much of what is avaialble is not very coherent - there are a couple of good online tutorials but they are limited in what they instruct. And the bundled 'help' is pretty limited too.
I am currently pulling apart a couple of templates to see how they work but it is a long process and my php is not great.
From my, beginners, point of view there doesn't seem to be too much difference between the Mambo and Joomla templates so I guess I was hoping that the Mambo kit might help me enough to be able to figure out the Joomla stuff by myself after learning Mambo.
Of course, you are the expert and author here so I am sure you would see it differently.
Thanks again.
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