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Hi all,

I always get a smile on my face, when someone posts 'can Joomla do it' in the title. Yet, this time it's me who needs some advise.

I'm very much not new to joomla, have been building +10 sites, which is not a lot, granted, but I'm not a pro webdesigner. I always liked the power of joomla, and its extensions are simply impressive. Yet, this time I'm not sure whether Joomla can do the job.

Main features I'm after: a bit like 'sourceforge', when creating a project the users get a forum, file storage system, gallery, chat... In other words: users who register can create a project and by doing so their account is linked to the project which includes some kind of project profile, a basic task manager, a basic file repository, images... So in a sense a 'project management' tool, yet user friendly and quite some features.
I don't need a 'management' software such at dotproject, there's no need for a big soft where users are 'project' managers. It's more an end-user, social collaboration thing. So a simple forum (for which they can set permissions), a message board, a file repository system, a gallery, a calendar, profile... with permissions yet very user-friendly.

My 'joomla' solution: get project fork (the superbundle)
Install Community Builder and sync with Project Fork
I prefer joomla, since it allows me to develop the site and when I don't have time, it's not all too hard for less tech minded people to take over for a while. Drupal and e.g. Typo are very good as well, yet demand a bit more of the developer/maintainter IMHO...

Couple of questions:
- would that be hard to install/set up?
- will the release of joomla 1.6 change much about the site (permissions...)?
- Would it be hard to e.g. control the permissions on each of those modules. Say a top-down permissions system stating that no template is viewable unless the project leader decides it is...?
- Can a project profile be extended with additional fields (e.g. website link...)?
- Would it be hard to integrate with e.g. facebook accounts?
- Would it require the superbundle in the first place?
- Should I look at collaboration systems (e.g. bricolage, Alfresco...?

Wow this really good question and I also like Project Fork extension but since Joomla 1.6 is still in Alpha release we expected a lot of change that will come for 1.6 so better to keep in touch with the updates.

No response so far, so I presume that Joomla isn't capable doing so.

Ok, on to another CMS.