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How would I go about implementing a simple CMS?
I mean, nothing fancy at all. Mainly just having the ability to enter new text into my site (add new pages too, possibly) from other PCs. And to make it easier in general to run it - general blog / newsreel type things.
What's the easiest and simplest way to do it?
I mean, nothing fancy at all. Mainly just having the ability to enter new text into my site (add new pages too, possibly) from other PCs. And to make it easier in general to run it - general blog / newsreel type things.
What's the easiest and simplest way to do it?
"pop"
That's what I used to use.
But I want freedom. I want to understand the workings... In a similiar way to why I choose not to use Dreamweaver and it's ilk, Notepad all the way.
Plus I always sketch designs on paper first. Better that way to straighten out the design...
But I want freedom. I want to understand the workings... In a similiar way to why I choose not to use Dreamweaver and it's ilk, Notepad all the way.
Plus I always sketch designs on paper first. Better that way to straighten out the design...
Nimco wrote:
> (don't be afraid to use
> a pen and paper and sketch out a site plan)
Yay, finally, someone else who hasn;t abandoned the "pen & paper"
Probably already mentioned, but have a look at Movable-Type
[URL]http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/[/URL]
Touted mainly for Blogging, but easily used as a CMS
Same as Text-Pattern
[URL]http://www.textpattern.com/[/URL]
> (don't be afraid to use
> a pen and paper and sketch out a site plan)
Yay, finally, someone else who hasn;t abandoned the "pen & paper"
Probably already mentioned, but have a look at Movable-Type
[URL]http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/[/URL]
Touted mainly for Blogging, but easily used as a CMS
Same as Text-Pattern
[URL]http://www.textpattern.com/[/URL]
Sooo, sooo, sooo scary.
I shy away from PHP, generally due to a lack of understanding of the principles and so on.
CSS I get - property {selector:attribute}.
But the rest is gibberish.
I shy away from PHP, generally due to a lack of understanding of the principles and so on.
CSS I get - property {selector:attribute}.
But the rest is gibberish.
Think about what exactly you want the CMS for? I'll assume you are after a very basic model where you can manage articles on a web site.
On the backend, you want to be able to add, edit and delete articles. On the front end, you want users to be able to view the articles by date published, search the articles for keywords, and a table of contents which lists all the articles. In the middle, you need somewhere to store the articles which will allow the user to do the things above.
A very simple model might be where you would use a MySQL database for example, and store all the articles in a table. You may choose to have 4 fields in the table - ID, Title, Body, Date Published.
On the backend, you need to code web pages that can add information to the table, call information out of the table to be edited and updated, and delete information from the table.
On the front end, you need to code a script to extract information from the table in different formats - titles and dates for a TOC, title and body for each article, title and body for a search, titles by date for the home page, etc etc.
It's then just a case of mapping all this out (don't be afraid to use a pen and paper and sketch out a site plan) and working through the coding stage by stage. The code itself is fairly straightforward - just running MySQL commands via PHP and echoing results to the browser for the most part.
If you need any more advice, feel free to ask.
On the backend, you want to be able to add, edit and delete articles. On the front end, you want users to be able to view the articles by date published, search the articles for keywords, and a table of contents which lists all the articles. In the middle, you need somewhere to store the articles which will allow the user to do the things above.
A very simple model might be where you would use a MySQL database for example, and store all the articles in a table. You may choose to have 4 fields in the table - ID, Title, Body, Date Published.
On the backend, you need to code web pages that can add information to the table, call information out of the table to be edited and updated, and delete information from the table.
On the front end, you need to code a script to extract information from the table in different formats - titles and dates for a TOC, title and body for each article, title and body for a search, titles by date for the home page, etc etc.
It's then just a case of mapping all this out (don't be afraid to use a pen and paper and sketch out a site plan) and working through the coding stage by stage. The code itself is fairly straightforward - just running MySQL commands via PHP and echoing results to the browser for the most part.
If you need any more advice, feel free to ask.
Hm, see if any of these tutorials are to your liking then:
[URL]http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/PHP/Content-Management/1[/URL]
Many tutorials on there to create news systems and such.
[URL]http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/PHP/Content-Management/1[/URL]
Many tutorials on there to create news systems and such.
Used to know a tad of PHP.
Now it's mainly CSS / xHTML...
Now it's mainly CSS / xHTML...
Coin wrote:
> What's the easiest and simplest way to do it?
Write some code to do it. :)
Theres no short answer and you dont give much information about your current level of knowledge so difficult to point you in the right direction. Try [URL]http://www.sitepoint.com/subcat/php-tutorials[/URL] and have a read of the tutorials, theres at least one there that covers the basics of creating a CMS. It might be place for you start (assuming you want to do it in MySQL/PHP)
> What's the easiest and simplest way to do it?
Write some code to do it. :)
Theres no short answer and you dont give much information about your current level of knowledge so difficult to point you in the right direction. Try [URL]http://www.sitepoint.com/subcat/php-tutorials[/URL] and have a read of the tutorials, theres at least one there that covers the basics of creating a CMS. It might be place for you start (assuming you want to do it in MySQL/PHP)
How would I go about implementing a simple CMS?
I mean, nothing fancy at all. Mainly just having the ability to enter new text into my site (add new pages too, possibly) from other PCs. And to make it easier in general to run it - general blog / newsreel type things.
What's the easiest and simplest way to do it?
I mean, nothing fancy at all. Mainly just having the ability to enter new text into my site (add new pages too, possibly) from other PCs. And to make it easier in general to run it - general blog / newsreel type things.
What's the easiest and simplest way to do it?