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Limbo-CMS is barely a year old when I discovered it using a search engine. I was then looking for a simple content management system to be used in a community website. I planned to use Mambo but webspace limitations is a primary factor in the decision making. I have already started programming for said site when I stumbled into Limbo, then called Lite Mambo which I tried and effectively used it.
It was a success, I was able to create the website quickly and presented it into the community leaders who unanimously approved. I was really very happy and enthusiatstic then that as a sign of gratitude, Limbo Freaks, a Tribute to Limbo came into being. Limbo-CMS saved me much time in the creation of the website.
A year ago, the Limbo-CMS was despised, most experienced webmasters called it a buggy CMS. But for a newbie like me, it was great, it has given me much of what I needed. Text database, file manager, guest book, and other good add-ons were provided into the download package. The support though, was very minimal, forum members is just a few hundreds with only about less than 20% are active. Almost every member knows anybody then, discussions was so interactive and beneficial to Limbo and its community. It was also that time that I decided to make Limbo Freaks a Limbo-CMS support site.
The buggy release 1.0.2 was bit by bit becoming the stable release that it is supposed to be through the inputs of the forum members. There are no add-ons available except for the integral modules and components shipped with the release 1.0.2 package. Limbo Freaks has started creating add-ons based on forum members request. And time have evolved since then that Limbo Freaks owns the copyrights for some of the most used add-ons for the Limbo-CMS. Limbo Freaks also played an active role in the creation of the Limbo Wiki.
This was the start of a passion to support the Limbo-CMS despite not earning any single cent from this activity. That is the truth behind it. This is not my main source of living, I have a good paying career in the oil and gas industry. Web design is just a hobby to make my dull moments passed by for me and at the same time share some ideas to help aspiring webmasters learn the trade. The numerous ads that you are seeing in Limbo Freaks is just a means to make the site self-supporting, thus by just visiting Limbo Freaks you are already helping the sustenance of this website.
This month, Limbo Freaks is celebrating its one year anniversary. I just feel very happy that Limbo Freaks lasted a year. There are ups and downs, like the Limbo-CMS that it was supporting, Limbo Freaks was also despised. As the saying goes, it is just difficult to please everybody. I am aware though, that there are a number of promising webmasters out there that find Limbo Freaks as a good source on information, add-ons and tutorials alike, about Limbo-CMS. I would like to take this opportunity also to thank the Limbo Forum contributors and supporters of Limbo Freaks, Konstantin Tarasov (KVT), Pimmetje, Key, Vasile Rusnac and to many others whom I am not able to mention.
In its sophomore year, I wish Limbo will still be able to support Limbo-CMS the way it has performed in its first year of existence. With the upcoming release of a better, more secure, faster Limbo-CMS 1.0.5, Limbo Freaks will be releasing more tutorials, documentations and add-ons. I wish that the viewership of Limbo Freaks will become wider this year. |
