Just hit up elance or another freelance site, or if the site has actually been down for months, and thus probably not even indexed any more, move it to a better platform.

Joomla is a huge pain in the arse, wordpress would 99.9% be likely to do anything joomla can, is way more developer friendly, and has a billion free resourses available and way more experienced developers.

Hi,

Can you post more about your problem?
I've done lots of websites with Joomla and know my way around it very well. Actually all the websites I make now are based on it.

Seb.

Lol, too bad...
A few months ago I had to build a community site (I've made two more since then), I had to choose between JoomSocial and Community Builder... I picked CB. So I have absolutely no experience with JoomSocial.

How far along with this project are you - are you 100% committed to jooma?

I know im biased as a wp dev, but my point about their being a ton more resources and experienced wp developers is true.

I take it you have a detailed project map and wireframe for the site? Because even the best developers will stuggle with vague instructions.

My partner - who builds websites but doesn't have time to build this one - is pretty sure we can't do what we need to do in WP.