We at WebsGold understand one thing.  Planning.  If you plan out your website from the very beginning for future growth and expansion, when the time comes, such expansion can be done with minimal effort and expense.  It is best to have the components installed from the beginning then add them later.

From our experience with websites running Joomla! CMS, with proper communication and planning we can recommend the proper installation in the beginning.  So let's take the time to plan from the beginning.

Let us start with the back end core features and components. We see a majority of problems come into play, when a site tries to expand later additional core components such as photo galleries or video delivery. Will you site have special registration and/or subscription requirements? The problems do not come in that the additional components being installed, but in the integration of the components between each other as well as the permission/subscription/membership system integrations.  It is advisable if your site will be using such content now or in the future, to install the components from the very beginning.

We all know how important Search Engines play in traffic to our sites.  Why not set up your site from the beginning to be Search Engine Friendly.  This will help in your ranking and eliminate the major problems that you can run into with Joomla! and SEO, as in duplicate content problems, unfriendly URLs, and the real disaster -- the same title and meta tags on each page.  Optimize each content page for the search engines from the beginning, it pay off in the long run. We have teamed up with Getseo.biz just for this purpose.

Do you think Joomla! and/or Community Builder user management alone will suffice.  Think again and think hard.  With a great subscription management component (AEC) that can handle both free and paid subscriptions, headaches can be eliminated.  Imagine trying to add subscription management at a later time.  Yes is it easy to do, but once you start restricting content based upon htaccess and group level, rebuilding and incorporating your user/password system can become tedious work.  Avoid the bottleneck now by installing the appropriate system and enabling the proper protection from the beginning. WebsGold is the contract support for AEC .

There are many more issues that come into play, such as blogging tools, administration tools, and permission and group levels.  We advise you to addresses the possibilities of these needs from the beginning and do the proper planning with a professional design/installation team, like WebsGold.

Just look at what we will provide in some of our preplanned installations :

Major Programs:

• Joomla! CMS - Version 1.0.15 or 1.5.3
• OpenAds - Openads is a hugely popular ad server designed for web publishers. It gives you the tools you need to make the most from online advertising.
• phpMyVisites - powerful open source software for websites statistics and audience measurements.
• TinyWebGallery - php based gallery that is extremely user friendly, does not need a database (uses xml files) but still has all the features you should expect and much more.

Third Party Components (Not all are compatile with Joomla Version 1.5.3):

• AEC Subscription Management - allows you to offer paid memberships. It works together with major components (like CommunityBuilder and JACL) and supports several major payment gateway. (Server must meet requirements).  WebsGold provides technical support for the AEC component on a contractual basis and when we install htis great componet for you, we will register you at GlobalNerd for support on this component.
• JACL - create new user groups and/or new access levels. It also enables you to assign multiple access levels to user group to make your website items' view access more controllable.
• Community Builder - extends the website user management systems and allows to manage those users. Key features include: extra fields in profile, enhanced registration workflows, user lists, connection paths between users, admin defined tabs and user profiles, image upload, front-end workflow management, integration with other components, like PMS, Newsletter, Forum, Galleries.
• Community Builder Picture Administrator
• Community Builder Advanced Search
  
• FireBoard Forum - It is a powerful and stylish forum component. for a well deserved content management system, Joomla!. Read on to find out about the cool new features introduced.
• JIM - simple PMS and offers: - button or tabs in front end - send mail (or not) on new message
• joomlaXplorer - File and FTP  Manager. It allows you to edit files, delete, copy, rename, archive and unpack files/directories directly on your server; Browse Directories & Files - Edit, Copy, Move and Delete files - Search, Upload and Downloading files - Create new files and directories - Change file permissions (chmod) and much more.
• Acajoom - A mailing system for Joomla designed with ease of use and robustness in mind.  Acajoom can handle an unlimited numbers of newsletters with an unlimited number of subscribers in just few clicks.
  
• Seyert - The first and still unique video component for Joomla is of course Seyret.
• sh404SEF rewrites Joomla URL to a more user-friendly format (SEF URL or URL rewriting); It works with or without .htaccess file. Title and meta tags management : automatic tags, or manual for every page. The built in security feature is also excellent.
  
• Xmap - Xmap allows you to create a map of your site using the structure of your menus.
• JV-Link Exchanger - an advanced, feature rich link/banner exchange directory component for Joomla content management system.
  
• MojoBlog - an integrated blog application for the popular CMS joomla! and developed around the just as popular blog platform Wordpress.
  

There is a full suite of modules and plug ins also installed:

• Module CB Connections
• Module CB Gallery
• Module CB Login 
  
• Module Live Users Pro
• Module Comprofiler Moderator
• Module Comprofiler Online
• Module New/Random/Popular Users
  
• Module Header Image
• Module HTML
• Module JIM
• Module OpenAds
• Module Letterman Subscribe
  
• Module shCustomTags
• AllVideos Plugin
• ModuleBot
• Seyret Related Modules and Plug Ins
• MojoBlog Related Modules and Plug Ins
• xMap realted plugins
• JV-Link Exchanger Related Modules and Plug Ins