Have looked at core joomla and have a project which requires some clarification to assess suitability:
1. Can a type of user have access based on group membership (for example) to a range of profiles? E.g. user1 has paid subscription and can review/access a range of other profiles (user2, 3, 4 etc).
2. Can user2 opt out of being included in group/search based on criteria
3. Can access to profiles/groups/records be restricted by subscription criteria ?
More generally...
Are the any specific issues with having template build considered? We are looking for a quite elegant / cool design which I think will need external development.