Creating a Joomla 1.5 site from scratch

[steve]

I created our schools website 3 years ago with joomla 1.0

 

I'm now looking to rebuild it from scratch with joomla 1.5

 

While I know I could use the excellent edugeek template, I'd like to try and build the site from scratch - I've not got much else to do this xmas.

 

So far I've tried the following extensions:

 

AllVideos by JoomlaWorks

 

ChronoForms

 

Plugin Googlemaps

 

Attachments for content articles

 

Extra Vote

 

Which extensions do you use and would recommend for our new site?

(These must be free for non-commercial sites)

 

I'm looking for a decent gallery, a calendar solution and anything else that you can recommend.