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I am working on the MMSblog component by Jens-Christian Skibakk. The new version of the MMSBLOG component will now use the standard Joomla content tables instead of using its own bespoke table. This is a significant improvement as it means plugins will work with the blog content, standard tools can be used to edit and submit the content from the front end as well as the administrator backend.

The old table structure was also limited in the fields that it had available and these have obviously been extended by the use of the content table structure. The old table and links will be retained for SEO purposes as will the old link, it will just be moved to a more inaccessible location. 

Another benefit of using the standard Joomla content tables is that SEF tools work on the content by default whereas getting SEO tools to work on the MMSblog component was tricky and required extra work. It was easier just to convert the MMSBLOG component to work with Joomla a little better.

The work is not yet complete but only partially so, resulting in this blog page. The MMSblog tool currently posts into a section and category named BLOG though this should be configurable manually soon.

The end result will be a blog tool that can be used by sending articles by email directly into Joomla as per the old tool but with far greater flexibility.

Keep an eye out here for the updates, I will make them available as soon as they are in a workable and usable condition.

Please note this change is to enable the MMSblog component to work with Joomla 1.0/Joostina 1.2.

Joomla 1.5 - There is already a version of MMSBlog that does exactly this for Joomla 1.5 it is MMSBLOG 2.3.2 . Also, for your consideration there is an offering called Powermail. This is a commercial version of MMSBlog that was rewritten for Joomla 1.5. It is better, more secure and supported but it costs money, however that cash is collected for the blind so your money goes to a good cause!

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