Joomla 1.5 Hack + Components Modification

Joomla 1.5 components incl. SOBI2; AcajoomPRO + mods needs adjustments. Incl. hack of core. ## Deliverables Aim 1. SOBI2 Categories -> Subcategories -> Entrys should be made visible in the CSS Suckerfish Tabbed Dropdown Menu System of my template. - - - Aim 2. SOBI2 Categories -> Subcategories -> Entries should be included by AcajoomPRO for sending newsletters to subscribors about new entrys. INCLUDING possibility to choose the creator of the entries itself, in case he publishes some new entry in future. Important facts about filter process: Fields defined in SOBI-Field-Manager, should serve in the frontend as filter for subscribing to newsletters. ! (Including Radius Distance Search Module from SOBI) Example: Subscribing to category a -> subcategory a, in town/region/postalcode OR subscribing to publisher x in town y. - - - Aim 3. Defining fields for creating of entries in front-end and therefore SOBISearch: I. When; today - tomorrow - weekend (Fast orientation for user) II. Time of the day; from-till (maybe open-end time) III. Date; from - till** ** - - - Aim 4. Corretly activating mod_metamod with bought GeoIp-City from MaxMind. Depending on a user-ip it should show banners/advertisements depending on the city/region. I´m not sure which component/module would be good for that... need advice! Note for all the above mentioned: Registered users with different acces-levels, will be coming from CB or jCommunity Thank you for your time.