I wanted to take a minute to recognize someone who's helped this site tremendously by his graphics skills. From the very first logo to the latest designs, synaps3 has done all the work for the site and consistently impressed.

If you'd like to hire him for your own site then I suggest you hit the forums and pm him nicely. He's not cheap, but the quality is as good as the service. And you can see just how good that is when you look around this site.

You can now use just one login for both the Wiki, the Forums and the Blogs. If you have either an existing account on the Wiki or on the Forums you can now access both locations with the same login. This is just one more change we're making to let you get more out of the site.

Check back here soon for some dramatic changes that you'll really like.

Pros: it works, simple to use and install, shows users on both wiki and forums as active

Cons: seems a bit pricey for a mod, some technical knowledge required (not newbie friendly to install)

Verdict, 5 minutes on their site will tell you if you need this. If you can handle the install (or know someone who can) then go get it. It works!

ps, we're using this software on the Overclocking Wiki. No free trials or promotional compensation was given. I just like it. 

Pro’s: It works, the price is right, and the integration is smooth, support seems decent.

Con’s: The documentation stinks, you’ve got to play ‘guess the setting’ to get it up and running.

Bonus: There’s only a couple of settings.

Recommendation: Buy!

So, Joomla is pretty, functional and useful. I’m still hoping for my dream module, a proper mediawiki interface. For this site there’s so much that revolves around the wiki and not having access to it through Joomla is a problem. I’ve looked at a ton of options and talked to a couple of designers and there’s a couple of ways to possibly make this work without a proper module without looking too hackish.

MamboWiki, I can hear you saying it now. Well, I say its nearly useless.

Its 4 versions out of date and hasn’t been in development for quite some time. That represents a security hole big enough to drive Larry Ellison’s ego through. To make things worse, I’ve got an existing MediaWiki install with quite a bit of data tha isn’t DB compatible with the older version in MamboWiki. Please, someone update that plugin.

So, for the time being I’m going to have to extend my search in other directions, possibly other CMS’s to try and locate a well supported option. I just see so much potential for migrating the site to Joomla. If only MediaWiki would cooperate.

Could this demonstration be the future of user interfaces? It is revolutionary, but how practical could it be?

Come discuss with us on the forums! Thanks to Wheelie for posting this link on the forums!

Wheelie, one of the moderators in the forums, is going to shave his head for children’s cancer research. Overclocking Wiki is stepping up to the plate and matching the largest donation made in Wheelie’s name up to $100. So, if you’ve been looking for a place to spend that income tax refund, why not donate some of it to a good cause?
If your too cheap to do that, at least DIGG THIS so someone else can contribute.

Wow…

What a sophisticated RTS. The interface is beautifully crafted and so functional. The depth of control that alone gives is significantly higher. Than you start adding the advanced features like full dual monitor support. Thats awesome. I love the unit ferrying feature of the transport. And how you can have such a mountain of units. Make no mistake, this RTS allows larger battles than any I’ve seen before. Definately a proper successor to Total Annihilation. You know, I’ve got all my TA, CC and TA-K disks still and I’ll hang on to them for some time to come… Nicely done, Chris Taylor.