For several months now I've been hinting that we have a major geographic domain name to launch on Joomla.

Well, life got in the way ... the Joomla training classes became really popular, we had other sites to launch and almost everyone we work with is having a baby this year.

So, although its missing a lot of features that are currently unpublished and being worked on, its time to soft-launch AppalachianTrail.com. The A.T. is huge, running all the way along the eastern side of the U.S.. It starts in Maine, up by the Canada border, and finishes down in Georgia, about an hour north of Atlanta.

Over the last few years I've become obsessed about launching websites on the very best domain name we can find. Why? Almost without any effort people already posting in the forum and commenting on articles. The site gets around 300 visitors per day simply because of the name. Even an SEO guy likes a little head-start ...

We've used Kunena for the forum, Jomsocial for the community, sh404SEF for the URLs. jReviews, K2 and MyBlog aren't far from going live.

So, let us know what you think of the site and if you have any trail photos or questions you'd like to share, come and join the site!

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Joseph LeBlanc

September 04, 2009

Nice site! I need to get out and do some camping again

Steve Burge

September 04, 2009

Me too, Joe

One big downside to being a web person ... you end up writing about stuff rather than doing it.

Don Moore

September 10, 2009

Steve - looks great. Couple of questions - what template did you use and what log in form, love the look and feel.

Don Moore

John Terpening

September 10, 2009

Have you been 'squating' on that domain for 12 years, or did someone make a bo-bo and let it lapse?

...seems like some prime Internet real estate; very nice!

Steve Burge

September 10, 2009

Hi Don

Its SolarSentinel from Rockettheme. A custom template is in the works, along with the aforementioned jReviews, K2 and MyBlog.

Hi John

That's probably a good topic for a new blog. I'm a huge believer in getting the best domain name for any business we launch so we invested in this one.

Sean Cook

September 14, 2009

Cool site Steve. Hey, how about some video too? Have YouTube account for the site and post some videos or start a video sharing system on the site? Just some thoughts...

Steve Burge

September 14, 2009

Hey Sean

Certainly can. We've got Jomsocial on there and we'll probably turn on its video feature shortly.

Bryan Smith

October 29, 2009

Just watched a good AT movie. I think it was called Southbounders. You should check it out!

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