Hi, folks.  I'm about to build a new site and am an amateur.  I've built only one CMS site before http://www.flyfishtalk.com (used the Fire template and love it).  I mention the skill level here because it might influence your answers.

The site is going to lean heavily on a forum, photo album, community builder, calendar, and if possible something like Groupjive.  I've definitely chosen the Populus template. 

I used rocketlauncher to put the 1.5 version up but haven't touched it yet.  Now that I consider these needed components I'm wondering....

Am I better off switching to the 1.0.x  Joomla version?

I know I mentioned a specific template a lot but am thinking this post is more general since it's basically about components integration.  Any wisdom is gratefully received.

Diane

Don't worry about not using 1.0x it's still a really good release and comes with a lot of extensions.

I still use it most of the time for my customers sites unless they "just" need a small site with information and file handling. The administration area in 1.5 is a lot better though, but oh well

Another thing good about 1.0x is that there are a lot of good tutorial videos out there for newcomers to Joomla, great to link to those if members / customers got questions.

Diane, I am waiting for more extensions to become compatible before using 1.5 myself - 1.0.x works just fine for me for now!

Cheers