Links to other websites are no one way route. They should be a give and take. So I will check all websites in the next days, if the link back to mamboportal.com. If not, they will be removed from the list.

Furthermore I will release a Partner Module the next days. Mamboportal.com Partners will be listed in their own category and will have a button link in the module. To become a partner you will have to do the same for Mamboportal.com and use the same Partner module with a link back to my site.

I have begun to reorganize Mamboportal.com. First of all the website has been changed to the official terminology from the Mambo 4.5 roadmap. This means themes is replaced by templates and I splitted up the news between modules and components.

A second step was to make the content parts of Mamboportal.com (forum, downloads, etc..) only available for registered users. I won't accept any Anonymous talking rubbish about my work any longer. If you want to profit from my work on this website, just register and you can use the site as always.

In the next days some more changes will follow. I will blow up the article base a little bit, so stay tuned....

While visting the official Mambo site today, I saw an announcement about mambotemplates.co.uk. Miro and Mambotemplates.co.uk have teamed up and you can win 6 month of free hosting. This announcement on the official page gave Mambotemplates over 70 guests online at the same time.

I bring daily news about Mambo to the community for weeks and nobody from Miro has ever contacted me about anything. For me this is a sign for the commercial background and interests of Mambo. Maybe it will never be really free. It makes me really sad the Miro pushes some pages and on the other hand people are saying my templates are looking like some ugly WindowsXp desktops.

Am I fighting against windmills???

Robert Castley informed me about the following:

A new forum has been launched at http://www.mamboserver.com. This forum replaces the old forum found at http://www.mamboserver.com/LoudMouth2002, so please update your bookmarks/favourites.

We have moved over all existing user accounts that were register for the old forum as of Monday so you will be able to login and use your existing username and password. We will also be moving over some content from the old forum over the next week or so.

You can still visit the old forum at http://www.mamboserver.com/LoudMouth2002, however, please DO NOT POST in the old forum as we won't be monitoring it from now on. We hope this new forum serves you all well and brings some of the features many of you have asked for :-)

All the best,
Mambo Open Source Development Team.

It's just one month ago that mamboportal.com opened up for public. In this first month of service we had...

• over 50.000 Page Impression.
• more than 5.000 Visitors.
• over 4.250 Downloads.
• more than 50 Userregistrations.
• over 90 Forumposts.

We supplied to our users...

• 60 News about Mambo.
• 60 Files to download.
• 21 Weblinks to other sites.

I just want to say thank you to you all who made mamboportal.com to what it is. I will keep on working hard for making it better and better...

I heavily updated the filebase today. These are the changes:

• Updated the Download component to 1.10 b1.
• Converted all files to ZIP archives.
• Added a Mambo Languages section.

With the new Download component all of you can rate or post comments to files.

I always get asked about how to release a theme, module or component on mamboportal.com. This is no problem! File contributions are always welcome. The way to publish on this site is pretty easy:

1. Make sure your script / theme is working on actual Mambo Version 4.0.12
2. Write a small install document for the users.
3. Pack all needed files to one Winzip file.
4. Send an E-Mail to This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it and attach the file.
5. Please include your correct name, your sites url and if running a demo url.
6. Give me a day or two to check it all, upload it and publish it.

A new website is born called MamboTemplates.co.uk. This site is currently under development and will host Mambo themes in the future. You can get a first impression at:

• Website Link: mambotemplates.co.uk

I have reorganised the Download Section. It's divided into four subsection. These are:

• Themes: This is where the Mambo designs, called Themes, are placed.
• Components: Here you can find Components, which appear in the main menu and have their output in the content area.
• Modules: New blocks for the left or right side, called Modules, are stored in here.
• Addons: All extra things about Mambo will be placed in here.

On the official Mambo website a new article can be found on the history of Mambo. It's very interesting and it's worth a read. You can found it here:

Weblinks provides you with links already. Next we will begin to fill up our Downloads for you. After that we will answer your question and compile a nice FAQ. To provide you all with the latest news, please register and send in your latest news about Mambo.

Your sincerly
Arthur Konze