At first I thought it would be grueling. At first I thought the steps would be very complicated. At first I thought that a novice like me would be intimidated by what I had to unlearn and the new commands I had to become skilled at. 
Yes, I have learned to mambo. Not the dance though. But the content management system (CMS) that is as simple to use as making a cappuccino. You don’t need any html background whatsoever to manage a mambo-powered blog. Although if you have been using blogger and wordpress all your bloglife you need some kind of a paradigm shift. Sidebars are simply called left and right in mambo. You can install components as zip files without having to unzip them. You can customize any part of the page (header, footer, banners, menus, body, etc) in three clicks or less.
Mambo proclaims itself as "one of the most powerful Open Source Content Management Systems on the planet. It is used all over the world for everything from simple 
websites to complex corporate applications." And I have to agree that mambo is indeed easy to install, simple to manage, and reliable.
I installed mambo last Sunday evening in my new subdomain. I have decided to create this subdomain because I wanted to have a page that contains only my podcasts and other podcast-related items. I will still maintain the main domain as my blog-and-podcast site.
And thus I invite you to my all-fresh mambo-powered podcast subdomain http://podcast.stephencuyos.com. You can also go there by clicking on the “podcast” button on the top menu of this page. I would really love to hear suggestions from you to make it better.
Gospel Acclamation of the Day: "My only glory is the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, which crucifies the world to me and me to the world." (Ga 6:14)
This was what i clicked yesterday! Great subdomain, kinda cool! Amazing priest you surely are, Stephen. Indeed! So what are the advantages of becoming a member here? Care to tell? Thanks and power up more!
Ness, I am still new to mambo and I’m still exploring what it can and cannot do. So far what I know is that when you register, your name will appear everytime you log-in and when you make a comment and sign the guestbook your name will also appear instead of just the word “guest”. I have the feeling that there are still things you can do when you are logged in. But for now, that’s all I know. Keep exploring though.
you think i could shift from blogger to mambo? i am planning to use mambo on one of my blogs, will it be difficult, father stephen? (is it ok if i just call you stephen?)
Hi Bing,
In order to use mambo you must have full control of your domain. That means you must have access to the cpanel and the database of your domain. If you use blogspot.com or other free blog servers, you can never do that. You have to have your own domain.
Because I wanted to have full control of my blog, I decided to buy my own domain name (www.stephencuyos.com). There are good packages out there, but I think the best is found in the Philippines. Ploghost gives you 75MB of webspace and 2gig of bandwidth for only 75 pesos a month. Can you believe that?
Yes, it’s true. Only for 75 pesos a month and you have full control of your blog and you can have your own domain name like http://www.warmstone.com. And you can have unlimited subdomain names like http://bing.warmstone.com or http://thoughtsinverses.warmstone.com. I tell you it’s unlimited. You can even invite your friends and family members and blog under your domain. And you can install any blog programs of your choice – wordpress, b2, phpnuke, mambo, etc.
I suggest you find out more about it by visiting their site (www.ploghost.com).
By the way, I am not a sales rep of ploghost. I’m just a satisfied customer.
Hi there Father Stephen, this is my first time to browse your website. And I am impressed that a priest such as you can write about new technologies, social media and even an advocate for open source software. That’s pretty awesome!
Have you tried joomla or wordpress yet Father Stephen? What can you say is the best commercial CMS?