Anyway I dont seem to be getting anywhere, the site looks dull and I need something that will take the articles that I write and make them look great on the site.
With iJoomla Magazine you can choose from several layouts to make your site looks good. Try with different settings.
Everything should be Search Engine Friendly.
You can set this from Joomla! configuration. Anyway, you can use JoomSEF.
ALL users should be able to submit articles to selected sections and I (admin) have to approve them before they go live.
Check this extension:
JP Submissionary.
Ideally all articles have a 'click to discuss this artivle in the forums' link.
You can add this manually.
Does IJoomla integrate with Virtuemart in any way?
What kind of integration do you need?
Can registered users be AUTOMATICALLY emailed a summary of the weeks articles and forums posts etc as an update?
You can use iJoomla Magazine´s newsletter. But this this doesn´t work automatically and you would have to add the forum´s threads manually.
I wont have 'issues' of the magazine it will be one constant issue, is that ok?
Yes, no problem with that.
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