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xtreme View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Sep 20 2008, 11:44 AM Post #1
W.R. Private Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 20-September 08 Member No.: 1,179	Hello friends, I need help to create a website where a user can sign in and submit their articles. Other users can read, rate and comment the articles. Every user can have a profile where they can manage their submitted articles and view ratings, feedbacks and comments. Administrators should be able to manage articles and categories etc. Which CMS platform is well suited for this kind of sites? It would be great if the cms contains the following features like web2.0 with light code, high security, highly customizable and flexible with lot of support. How to design, How to start? how much time would it take to launch the site? are some questions in mine. I already own a domain and hosting account.

adamblan View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Sep 20 2008, 03:44 PM Post #2
W.R. Private Group: Members Posts: 32 Joined: 1-August 08 From: Lake Tahoe, CA/NV Member No.: 1,097	Check out Joomla! - It has tons of free templates & mods that should give you what you want & takes less than a day to set up- allow extra time if you plan to create your own template (how much extra depends entirely on you) -------------------- aBlank Web Design

sypher View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Sep 20 2008, 06:22 PM Post #3
the owner3r Group: Administrators Posts: 1,531 Joined: 4-April 06 From: North Wales, UK Member No.: 4	Yeh most of the major CMS's fill your needs If you have the time though I highly recommend trying to build it on your own. Its a great starting point. We can help you through the process too. -------------------- sypher design - North Wales Web Design \| Latest Work: - Celtic DEA CSS - Cant See Sh*t

xtreme View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Sep 20 2008, 11:01 PM Post #4
W.R. Private Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 20-September 08 Member No.: 1,179	QUOTE (sypher @ Sep 21 2008, 05:52 AM) Yeh most of the major CMS's fill your needs If you have the time though I highly recommend trying to build it on your own. Its a great starting point. We can help you through the process too. Great idea! Designing a new cms would be very exciting for me. But I am not a good programmer. I just know HTML, little CSS and little bit of javascript. I dont think this will be easy for me.

haku View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Sep 20 2008, 11:39 PM Post #5
日本語 Ninja Group: Staff Posts: 646 Joined: 21-September 07 From: Yokohama, Japan Member No.: 616	On that note, you will probably want to use a pre-built CMS. I have heard CMS made simple is quite easy to use (it had better be with a name like that!), and is good for people who know nothing about coding. I haven't used it myself, though I spent some time flipping around their site. I am a Drupal guy myself, but its got a fairly steep learning curve to learn. -------------------- Jaypan Dudes Japan

xtreme View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Sep 21 2008, 04:23 AM Post #6
W.R. Private Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 20-September 08 Member No.: 1,179	how about using joomla. Right now I am using wordpress.

adamblan View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Sep 21 2008, 05:12 PM Post #7
W.R. Private Group: Members Posts: 32 Joined: 1-August 08 From: Lake Tahoe, CA/NV Member No.: 1,097	QUOTE (xtreme @ Sep 21 2008, 02:23 AM) how about using joomla. Right now I am using wordpress. How bout it? In my experience, Joomla = Drupal; either would be a good choice. -------------------- aBlank Web Design

haku View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Sep 21 2008, 11:26 PM Post #8
日本語 Ninja Group: Staff Posts: 646 Joined: 21-September 07 From: Yokohama, Japan Member No.: 616	I've heard a fair bit of bad press about joomla, though I've never used it myself. Some complaints were that its bloated, and not that easy to use. Drupal is not that easy to learn, but very easy to use once you get the hang of it. Here's an article with some reviews of some popular CMSs that can maybe help you out. -------------------- Jaypan Dudes Japan

xtreme View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Sep 25 2008, 09:54 AM Post #9
W.R. Private Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 20-September 08 Member No.: 1,179	Ya haku, After checking every aspect of Joomla and Drupal, I am going for Drupal. There are some security issues about joomla, moreover the links of Joomla are not search engine friendly. SEO is more important for me. So Drupal is best in my opinion.It takes some extra time for developing website using drupal but I have started the designing process. Wud like to take your suggestions during the designing process.

haku View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Sep 25 2008, 01:29 PM Post #10
日本語 Ninja Group: Staff Posts: 646 Joined: 21-September 07 From: Yokohama, Japan Member No.: 616	I've got a pretty solid handle on drupal, so feel free to come back and ask questions as they come up (a couple at a time please! More than that is overwhelming). I would strongly recommend picking up a book on drupal. I learned a lot from this book myself. It's a really good step into using the admin screen of the program. If you know php and want to do some customizing, then the same company puts out a book on module development. -------------------- Jaypan Dudes Japan

xtreme View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Oct 10 2008, 02:10 AM Post #11
W.R. Private Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 20-September 08 Member No.: 1,179	Thanks, Haku. Its time fot me to create a theme for my drupal site. I have a loyout drawn on a paper. I will draw that layout in photoshop also. I dont understand how to start the next step to theme design. Any kind of help?

Steven Gardner View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Oct 10 2008, 04:40 AM Post #12
W.R. Corporal Group: Members Posts: 148 Joined: 17-September 07 From: Fife, Scotland Member No.: 607	My advise would be to try Textpattern and get yourself Textpattern solutions book. This CMS software is well built and produces clean code with complete control over every aspect. The community is very strong and committed to developing the software. I myself am learning the in's and out's of Textpattern in prep for building my own site and future sites. Cheers Steven

cool sam View Member Profile Find Member's Posts	Dec 13 2008, 02:49 AM Post #13
W.R. Private Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 19-September 08 Member No.: 1,178	How to make a website: The Design Process - After the planning stages of your website development, you can move on to actually building your website. * Website Creation Tools - Choosing a website page editor that is right for your needs. * Using a Custom Web Site Builder - One of the easiest ways to make your own website is with a website builder. * Good Web Page Design - Using appropriate layout, navigation, and graphic design can help portray a professional image for your website. * What Does A Logo Do? - What to consider when building your logo. * Organizing a website - How to make a website that is organized logically. * Web Page Design and Navigation - Plan the navigation of your website before you start building your site. * Home Page Design - Tips on how to set up your home page so that it is pleasing and logical to your visitors. * Meta keywords advice - By targeting profitable keywords for your individual pages, your content pages will achieve higher rankings. * Meta tags optimization - Including good a good title, as well as meta description and keywords tags can help you reach higher search engine rankings. * Website content positioning - By adding subdirectories, you can group related pages together and make your website more logical to your visitors and easier for the search engines to spider your website. * Adding Content Pages - Adding focused content to your website will produce results for your website, both through sales and traffic. * Writing Content For the Web - People read copy on the internet differently than they do printed material. The following tips to help you write your content so that it actually gets read.

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