Great Forums You Have Here! I have a Question... (CMS)

Hey Ryan

Mmy understanding is that the best of these involve PHP. You might try posting over on the server-side scripting board:

http://www.webmaster-forums.net/forumdisplay.php?forumid=1

Administrator Hensler, for one, may be able to offer you some valuable guidance.

I'm sure there are ready-to-use systems, but if you're going to be selling sevices to clients, I think you should try to learn what you can about the relevant programming. Fortunately, PHP is supposed to be fairly straightforward, although I certainly don't have a mind for that sort of thing mmyself. :alien:

I would recomend you find or purchase a CMS (content management system). I'm developing something similar now, and they really are hard to create. Lots and lots of planning, lots of coding, lots of bugs, and lots of headaches.

The only CMS I've played with is PHP-Nuke. Each person has their own needs and expectations, so I recommend to read about what's out there and installed/test the ones that sound like the closest to what you need.

http://hotscripts.com
http://resourceindex.com

http://www.noahgrey.com/greysoft/

No.... Greymatter is not supported anymore.

pmachine.com would be the best bet. With some fine-tuning, moveabletype.org is also an excellent light-weight CMS that does heavy duty.

Another good one is siteworkspro.com
I use it on my site (see articles link in sig).

If you buy a CMS, you'll have to pay for a seperate license for every website you run it on, which could end up costing a lot. You could pass this price on to your client, I suppose. But what if they want you to make some small changes? Then you're stumped!

However, if you learn the language and build one yourself you can charge your client for the CMS license as well as the design. You make a lot more money this way, which is the name of the game

WOW! Thanks for all of the replies everyone...you do not know how much this means to me, especially since I am planning on starting a business. You guys are geniuses.

Quote: Another good one is siteworkspro.com
I use it on my site (see articles link in sig).

I looked through all of the CMS that you all showed me, and I was certainly impressed with Site Works Pro! I mean, it is INCREDIBLE! And, by the way, Keith, you have an incredible website and thank you for showing that to me.

BUT, I have a REALLY important question for you Keith. I noticed that SiteWorksPro uses templates for the web design - how easy is it to create/edit your OWN template? I would like to create my own template because I do not like relying on a template-based designs, especially if the design has to meet the clients specific requirements (which is ALWAYS the case of course.) So, how easy is it to create you OWN template?

Quote: Mmy understanding is that the best of these involve PHP. You might try posting over on the server-side scripting board:

http://www.webmaster-forums.net/for...y.php?forumid=1

Thanks MMI, I'll be sure to post out there as well (btw, you have a great website too.)

Quote: Fortunately, PHP is supposed to be fairly straightforward, although I certainly don't have a mind for that sort of thing mmyself.

LOL! Yeah, I know what you mean - I usually depend on downloadable FREE scripts when it comes to PHP. But, I know I should learn it myself...which I plan on doing soon, but when I find the time of course.

Quote: The only CMS I've played with is PHP-Nuke. Each person has their own needs and expectations, so I recommend to read about what's out there and installed/test the ones that sound like the closest to what you need.

http://hotscripts.com
http://resourceindex.com

Thanks Mark for the advice - and thank you for those useful links as well. I checked out those website and there are A LOT of goodies there - really great stuff!

Thanks again everyone for the help, I really appreciate it!
Ryan