This is a really nice milestone to start something new on. Hiveminds Magazine has reached 5000 members now after being online for 3 years and 33 weeks. I am going to take the site into some new directions by building on a marketplace for content management systems. I am also establishing developer networks for learning the insides of the more popular PHP content management systems.

It seems that more and more consultants and others are using finished CMS's to create websites. But they are having a difficult time finding good trustworthy web developers that know these systems. What the Developer Networks and Marketplace will do is bring together the commercial aspects of this trend. Developer's will be able to gain more knowledge and at the same time use that knowledege to become more lucrative. Buyers will feel more confident about hiring developers and purchasing software.

Now how this is all going to happen is still liquid. I am fleshing out some ideas and coming up with new ones along the way. I also am looking for as much input as possible from other communities and individuals. So hang out a bit and watch the construction, or the train wreck as it happens.

Miguel Arca is the 5000^th user. He does not have the official user id of 5000 because of administration and spammers. But I am going to see what I can do to fix this and maybe getting nice t-shirt made up for the occasion.

Happy Publishing!

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