Joomla! version: Joomla! 1.0.10 Stable
Template: Custom Built Templates x 7
Additional Extensions (Components, Modules, Plug ins): Artsbanners, Joomap, ReMOSitory Ext, WyziwygPro, Extended Menu and JD Wordpress
Custom Development: Adjustment on HTML of some core components:- login module, search module, weblinks and user elements.
Other Features: Hard work
Three (at least) specific areas of my site that I'd like feedback on (design, code, graphics, etc.): I am looking for feedback on the brochure site approach, the validity of the code etc, and how better to optimise the wordpress component as it is quite difficult to use.
Additional Comments: I wanted to post something about my own site, http://www.infinitimixedmedia.com, as it has been a lot of hard work in the making and I have probably encountered and solved a lot of the problems other Joomla newbies may be having with similar sites.
Basically, I wanted to take advantage of this great content management system, but didn't want the portal type look that a lot of the templates provide. As a web designer though I was able to build custom XHTML frameworks and slot in the components like any other templates. There are 7 templates in total with different layouts, assigned to different sections. I made one of these a safety net template called 'toolbox' and this is the default, so if I add any new components or it does something I am not expecting, it is still laid out nicely.
The main problem I encountered though was the formatting of the content, no matter how I styled it, the content didn't seem to get further than a smartened up version of the default. I bought and integrated WysiwygPro, so that I could add my own custom XHTML code snippets to the content and style them externally, and in this way I am actually templating the content as well. Worth every penny.
For the additional navigation banners I have used artsbanners, which is great as I could create separate locations and had better control over the display of the banners. Please note though that there is a typo in the HTML of the component of 'widht' instead of width which causes an error when trying to validate. But it is simple to edit when you know it is there.
I use the core random image module on the front page in a div that floats over the main content, to make it feel different every time (well, 7 times really) you visit.
The portfolio is just a series of images in their own content item, completely stripped of any other code.
The blog part was quite difficult and is still a work in progress. It is powered with JD-WP which integrates Wordpress, some of the features are cut down, but it still enables me to connect to the blogosphere... It is cobbled together with a combination of XHTML template, the JD-WP component, the JD-WP sidebar component and some junky code that is thrown in as I go, which is kinda how most blogs evolve anyway.
The downloads section is reMository Ext, which I found to be a lot better than the orignal as it allows you to set your own users groups, this way I can give different clients their own downloads folder...
The FAQs and contact forms are standard with some tweaks and the demo space is just a static content item.
I am happy to receive feedback and any direct questions to ask how things are done, I found out information and help from other people when creating this site, and feel it is only right to pass on some knowledge to other people down the line.
Oh yeah, before I forget... I also added in JooMap for the site map, which is brilliant and works really well with Google's new webmaster tools, and will be adding this to every Joomla! site that I create from now on.
- people are reticent at commenting anyway (except me, and my inclusion in the class "People" as the Mods may tell you, is tenuous at best 
Yeah, you had me worried there - thought I had managed to upset somebody.
