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We need to create a site with member management, member profiles, dues, donations, etc. - and CiviCRM seems like a great match for that. But I'm not clear on how the member profiles integrate with other Joomla! extensions, if at all.
If we set up a forum on the Joomla! site using Agora, for example, can user postings there by linked to their CiviCRM profiles?
On a CiviCRM profiles, can there be a button to contact the member (without displaying their email address) that leads to a contact form?
How much of 'community builder' feel can we get with CiviCRM? If users can create their own profiles, can we also have tabbed profiles? Friends lists? Or if we install community builder in addition to Civicrm, is there any type of integration available? We don't want people to create one profile in CiviCRM and another in CB.

Thanks

Okay, but then assuming we don't use CB - how much can we 'fake' using only CiviCRM, and how much customizing will we need

is there anything built in for a messaging system between users? such as link on a member profile button to contact the member (without displaying their email address) that leads to a contact form?
If users create their own profiles, can we also have tabbed profiles? Friends lists? some basic 'facebook' type features incorporated in the profiles

Thanks,
Tamar

We dont use CB, so cant really answer the question very well.

I think if you want most features from CB, integrating might be a better option than "faking" the features into CiviCRM.

lobo

I'm thinking on possibly taking on some level of civi-crm integration, Joomla registered users and Civi-crm contacts/memebrs. I don't want it to be hack so both can be upgraded properly as needed. Does Civi-CRM can an area where I can load custom PHP modules and modify civi-paegs?

Sincerely,
Mike

check

http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Customize+Built-in,+Profile,+Contribution+and+Event+Registration+Screens

for template changes. Also most/all of your php code will/should be in a joomla module/component right? You can also use civicrm's "hook" feature to extend/modify a fair number of civicrm properties, check:

http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/CiviCRM+hook+specification

note that in joomla, there will only be one civicrm hook definition and it will be called: joomla_civicrm_pre, joomla_civicrm_post, joomla_civicrm_buildForm etc

The one think which might still be a hack is how to load the php file that contains those definition. Ping us on IRC and we can figure out a solution

lobo

Thank you. I'll review and get back to you.

Sincerely,
Mike