I decided this week to give Joomla a shot. If you're not aware of Joomla, it's one of a couple open source content management systems that will allow you to build a website without spending any money. It's build on MySQL and PHP and leverages modules and extensions to allow you to plug and play on many modules. In general, the modules are written by various programmers around the world. Many are free, some are at a small cost. It's great if you want to create you own blog. That's how I came across it.

My current project is to launch a site on a town in Mexico called San Miguel de Allende. If you haven't been before, I recommend you check it out. Think of a small artist colony with great food and perfect weather. Now think of the town in Mexico, but not on the beach. There you have it! The town has become quite popular with Americans. Many are retiring there, in fact.

Well, enough about Mexico. Check out the site if you are curious what 4 hours and Joomla can get you. Please don't focus on the graphics or design... that part of the project clearly hasn't had any focus!