Questions about the site

How do I become a member?

Simply click the "Register" link in the Log In form on the left and create a user account. After you fill out the form you will receive an e-mail with a link to activate your account.

Why do I need to register?

Battlewagon.net has many interactive features, including a message board,  guest book, the ability to comment on photos, create and post a user profile, and even upload pictures to you own photo album. Unfortunately,  there are some out there who would take advantage of these features to post spam or otherwise clutter things with useless information. Registration is simply an attempt to make it a little more difficult for these types to mess up the site.

Why do I need to my e-mail address to register?

To prove you are a real person and not a spam generating program. Your e-mail address will not be posted on the web site or disclosed to anyone else. It is only used to send your account activation message. If you are still concerned,  I would suggest creating a free e-mail account with yahoo, hotmail, google, etc. specifically for things like this.

What's in it for me?

In addition to the interactive features mentioned above, some photos will only appear if you are logged in.

How do I comment on photos?

When you are logged in, click the "item action" menu under any picture and select "add comment". 

How was this site built?

This site uses the Joomla open source content management system.  Joomla is an off-shoot of the Mambo CMS and is a MySQL and php based web site building system. The photo album pages use Gallery2 from Manalto, which is another open source project. A bridge component is used to tie Gallery into Joomla. In case you're wondering how far I've taken this open source thing, I'm editing this page in my Firefox browser on my PC which is running version 6.10  Ubuntu Linux.