Do I need a CMS?
It would be awesome if someone could help me out here.
I am looking to build a site for someone that requires a paid membership to access more detailed information. If more explanation is needed, basically the website will have a list of names of contacts, and in order to view their profiles and contact information you have to pay for membership.
Basically I need a push in the right direction. I know html/css and I have set up a few websites, including a commerce solution based on Zen Cart.
Is this something I could do with some kind of CMS (drupal, etc)?? I have no experience with a CMS kind of system, and Im not exactly sure what they can do and what kind of experience is needed to use them to set up the kind of website Im planning on making.
Thank you very much for your time - any suggestions/input are appreciated!
Will
teammatt3 posted this at 01:58 — 30th June 2006.
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I think you would need one. Are you looking for a free CMS or are you willing to buy one? If you haven't already, check out opensourcecms.com. You can try out all the good open source ones. You may find one that fits.
If I was in your shoes, I would buy a license to use WSN Links (my favorite cms of all time) and customize it to fit my needs. It has a built in paid membership thing, and it's a directory so you can organize the list of people into categories. I think the license cost is 100 bucks now, it keeps going up
. When I got it it was like 40.
willjoe86 posted this at 12:54 — 30th June 2006.
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Thanks for replying. Is there an open source CMS thats similar to WSN Links?
teammatt3 posted this at 15:27 — 30th June 2006.
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There is one that you can get for free, it's called PHPLD, but it won't serve your purpose too well. PHPLD is only meant to be a link directory, nothing else. It is really difficult to modify and the templates are really hard to change. You can download a copy at http://www.phplinkdirectory.com. The download link in on the left side navigation under latest version.
cnun posted this at 10:02 — 3rd July 2006.
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i don't think phplinkdirectory is a good solution for the above question. Willjoe86 need the kind of solution that can let people purchase membership and can get more information after become the member. phplinkdirectory is likely to be a link directory, that's all.
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jamestcs posted this at 15:59 — 2nd October 2006.
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hmm... is cube cart or oscommerce ok ? although it is a shopping cart, but i think can be modified to suit your need.
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cpsitesaver.com posted this at 18:09 — 2nd October 2006.
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You can probably do this with Xoops.
pnelson posted this at 19:08 — 3rd October 2006.
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Many of the open source CMS combine with a shopping cart. I am using Joomla! with a modified version of OsCommerce, which also combines wiht Drupal.
It would be easiest for you to find a web hoster who preinstalls both for you
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