I need to implement a web forum. I’m still deciding which among the following open source forums to use:

PHPBB3 - so heavy for a simple forum

Vanilla - very minimal feature

SMF - promising features but I haven’t experienced implementing

Fireboard with Joomla – so heavy that I still have to install complete Joomla CMS just for a forum

I haven’t decided yet. But this site, http://www.forummatrix.org  helped me a lot in the evaluation.

Johan Janssens was recognised as CMS Most Valuable Person for during the PACKT 2008 Open Source CMS Awards.

CMS Most Valuable Person is a new feature of the Open Source CMS Award and is designed to recognise the contributions to projects made by individuals that often go unnoticed. – http://www.packtpub.com

Johan’s contribution in Joomla 1.5 code and architecture is indeed very valuable for the improvement of the popular CMS.

Honestly, I am not convinced to use Joomla in my web projects until version 1.5 was released. Big thanks to Johan and Congratulations! You are the most deserving person to receive the award.

Got the news here: http://blog.joomlatools.org/
For the the official announcement visit http://www.packtpub.com/