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Written by jason , on 25-02-2008 05:21 I enjoy your blog too, thanks. After reading my comment, I realized that it was much too harsh. For that, my apologies. My problem is this:     1. Virtuemart is a phenomenal shopping cart... contrary to your post. You mention that the design doesn't fit well with your site. The development behind Virtuemart is completely separate from the design. If you're building a shop for a client, then it's better to assume that your design work will include virtuemart design.     Also... Shape5 is good, don't get me wrong. But it almost seems like you're plugging them... TemplatePlazza, Gavick, Joomlart, Rockettheme, etc. all have great shopping cart templates too... arguably better than shape5.    2. Joomla as a blog. First off, I use Wordpress for openjason, which I love. But I have about 5 or 6 other blogs that use Joomla!, which are just as great as WP. For pinging, it's a 10 second install to get that functionality. Check it out here: http://extensions.joomla.org/component/option,com_mtree/task,viewlink/link_id,3075/Itemid,35/    3. I'm not quite following you on the user groups post. There are several ways to handle this... for Joomla 1.01x - you can install JACL, rokaccess, and several other tools to accommodate. Of course you can build your own, but if you're looking for a quite fix, these work great. Now, keep in mind that I'm not really understanding what you're saying (on item #3), but I think I got the jist.    4. Two-level hierarchy. I struggled with this one a couple of years ago. But now, I believe it to be better... Why? Well, it's easy.... there's no reason to have more. See, the categorization of Sections,Categories, and Content Items are really for the back-end admin... Most people build out there content architecture thinking that's how they'll deploy it to the user. Well, that's just wrong. Let me give you an example. I can create create several sections... for instance, "joomla," "wordpress," and "drupal." 3 sections, right? Now, on the main page of my website, I may not want to link to any of these individual sections.. but rather, I want to create a link called "CMS Technology," that goes to all 3 CMS platforms. I simply setup a link that includes all these sections, I then name it "CMS Technology," ... done. So, I've essentially created a link to hold 3 sections, grouping them together. Following me? In a weird way, you're using your menu items to create a tier higher than Sections...     All in all, good post though..