Joomla Fork? or Elxis Fork?

[hollowificator]

Hello, I have been using joomla for over 5 years now. I just came to find elxis, and I must admit, there are features that I like about it.
Security maily, I am considering to move over 60 sites to port over. I must ask, is joomla a fork of elxis or... the other way around?

Here are some other questions:

1. Can joomla templates be installed on elxis?
2. How about their components and mods?

Thanks

[Coursar]

1. J1.5 templates not compatible with Elxis template system.
2. J1.5 extensions not compatible with Elxis, J1.0.x extensions are not recommended for using with Elxis.

You can make J1.5 templates & extensions compatible with Elxis manualy. Visit Wiki.


Elxis isn't Joomla fork.

[apkoutsou]

Actually, both Joomla and Elxis are forks of mambo, which is no more supported. Elxis since version 2008.1 was entirely rewritten, moved to php5 and mysql5 and took its own way far from mambo and joomla!

Most templates shall work (with a little tweaking), but extensions must be ported to Elxis, even if they seem to work, mainly for two reasons:
1. first of all, security; Elxis standards are the best you can find in an open source CMS (flood protection, XSS and SQL injection attack protection, CSRF prevention and many more), and Joomla extensions hardly seem to reach them, and
2. most Joomla code is very badly written... I started porting an Event Calendar from Joomla and I ended up writing the whole thing from scratch...

Also many Joomla functions does not exist in Elxis platform and Elxis has introduced new functions...

Nevertheless, we are here to welcome you and help you move to Elxis, porting any extension you may think of!