Joomla and other Free Templates

[gder03]

Are Joomla templates suitable for poker sites? I want to have lots of ads and offiliate links etc.. A typical affiliate site. My other content would consist of poker articles, site reviews, forum, etc..

Are other non-Joomla templates suitable for theses kinds of sites?
I don't want to hire a coder because I dont have the funds. Mainly I want to find a free template online and edit it.

If you know any good free templates that work well for affiliate sites, please share.

I'v been running around in a circle for about a month, figuring out how to get my content up.

[jharri26]

I dont see why it wouldnt work. I am using Joomla/Mambo on my poker site at www.route66poker.net if you want to take a look. I took an existing free template and changed it around to fit my needs. There are some nice commercial ones but the free ones need a little coaxing. Its also pretty easy to do a template if you want to. There are tons of module out for banner ad management and other stuff too.

[losercore]

I used Mambo on all my earlier sites. I love it. If you get a good template you are set. Sometimes it hard to find a template with both, everything you want, and looks good.

It's worth getting a template design since you can get a really noce mambo/joomla designed for under $100

[gder03]

Originally Posted by jharri26

I dont see why it wouldnt work. I am using Joomla/Mambo on my poker site at www.route66poker.net if you want to take a look. I took an existing free template and changed it around to fit my needs. There are some nice commercial ones but the free ones need a little coaxing. Its also pretty easy to do a template if you want to. There are tons of module out for banner ad management and other stuff too.

wow. that is a great site. It looks very original (unlike many joomla sites). what kind of coding did it take to customize your site? css/html/and php?? B/c that site very nice! Looks very proffesional.

[jharri26]

Thanks for the compliment. I have been working hard at it. I've just been using basic coding to change it around. css/html/ and a little php. I am not familiar with php as much as I work with dotnet all day. However with Joomla once you get your template set all you need to do is plugin content. If anyone has thoughts on what content I am missing on the site to cater more to tournament players let me know.

Thanks