Hard to believe, just a few short months ago, all eyes were on Phil DeKoker to help us with Step One in our Site re-design: Migrate from Joomla 1.0 to 1.5. Ewww, ick. Ahhh, sweet memories. A BIG thanks goes out to all the folks who helped bring the new site to life. No, it's not done yet, and yes, we know, the JomSocial Community area still is rather a trainwreck from a usability standpoint, but overall, the new site is fantastic!

Without all the volunteer help from Robert Nowak, Joe Scarry, Mike Carson, Phil DeKoker, Kendall Cabe, Justin Kerr, JB Vanover and Monty Ksycki (photos going live next week), this thing wouldn't be where it is right now...

We're now ramping up "Phase Four" with re-engineering the usability of the Community Area, including JomSocial and our Forum. Our goal is to fully integrate (seamlessly) the JoomlaChicago Social Network, Forum, Blog and Commenting. There's some really, really cool software we got our hands onto that you're going to love!