I am pleased to announce that version 3.0 of my "main" site, www.groja.com, is now online.

This version is based on the joomla! content management system. Most importantly, it allows advanced users to post their images to the site's content area. It also allows unregistered visitors to store profiles and images as cookies, so that they do not require an account to see their grojas.

The fact that it is online does not mean work on the site is done! It does mean that the tasks that require the focus of my full-time efforts are now complete. There is still a lot of work to be done, but I can do that work part time.

The bottom line is, right now the site has enough content for visitors to see my vision, and enough functionality that visitors can see images of their own personalities. Here is an overview of the site's functionality:

• The front page gives you an overview of the site.
• The "View" option displays the grojas of several people, many of them famous, along with a short description of each.
• The "Draw" option is the heart of the site - I have spent years working on these programs! This option is an original joomla! component that allows you to see your groja, after inputing your personality profile in any one of a number of different ways.
• The "Blog" option includes a lot of general information about the site, such as how I came up with the questions used in the groja quiz. This page also includes some formal documentation detailing how I the designed the site.

For a complete list of what is new in this version, see this article about what has changed in version 3.0. To learn what the earlier versions were like, see this article about the evolution of groja.com.

So what are you waiting for, go check it out already!

In other news, I want to ensure readers that I am not going to abandon the site I have worked the hardest on, www.groja.com.  I have prepared a list of concerns I have about the site, and in due course will consult with people more knowledgeable about intellectual property issues.  

For now, it must suffice to say that site is the reason I'm using joomla! instead of something like wordpress for this "blog."  And if that doesn't make any sense, well there's no reason to expect it to, just stay tuned....