Make own CMS???
Hi!
Im working on a webmaster resource site and i thuaght it would be neat to use a CMS so its easy to update and so on. But i dont now how. I want to learn! Is there any good tutorials or can someone here help me? I DONT want to use PHP-nuke or something like that.
/Ben
kb posted this at 16:32 — 18th September 2004.
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Good choice!
First things first, do you know any programming languages? PHP would be suited best for your needs.
After that, what you're looking at is a database drive website, preferably using MySQL, with a different table per page. Depending on your needs, you could have as few fields per table as "header" "body".
Each page will have to have a connection to this database, or a cached page, so the information will get displayed.
As far as the CMS, what you need is an "admin" area, which might work as follows:
1st Page: Displays a list box with all the pages to be edited, and a "next" button
2nd Page: After choosing the page to edit, it grabs the data, puts it in the textboxes and areas, for editing. Press "Finish" to submit.
After all, it's really all up to you. I hope I was helpful.
A teammate posted this at 20:02 — 18th September 2004.
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I only know a little PHP but i can learn more if i need.
kb posted this at 21:13 — 18th September 2004.
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Do you know any other languages? ColdFusion? ASP? Perl/CGI?
A teammate posted this at 07:32 — 19th September 2004.
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no. Maybe i can learn if i need?
kb posted this at 14:42 — 19th September 2004.
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Definitely. Learning is always a start
Ok, you're gonna wanna to start with:
Building Db Driven Websites
It will give you an idea of how to build the site, and create the CMS.
Troy1960 posted this at 12:17 — 1st October 2004.
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Not knocking learning one bit but if you look at Hotscripts.com there are 510 CMS scripts. You might be able to get away using one of those.
fdy posted this at 19:48 — 1st October 2004.
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Plus, you can take a look at how they did it and learn from that too! Books that definately helped just looking on my shelf at a few right now:
PHP/Mysql for Dummies: Janet Valade
Matt Zandstra's Teach Yourself PHP in 24 hrs
Build Your Own DB site/Php Anthology - all from sitepoint.com
Good luck!
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