Need for a CMS, ... I have no php knowledge ( or little )

Hello Everyone,


Currently I am working on a school project. And I need to create/use a cms behind this design, www.dikkop.com

At first I wanted to go for Joomla, but it seems it's harder then I have thought. Now I thought of using wordpress as it's easier to skin, as far as I have seen right now.

I know how to use php includes, but that's about it. I need people who aren't capable of html/css etc to add pages to our website! I first thought to just make sort of my own cms by using a lot of php includes, but it does not allow me to make pages and use wysiwyg. So I am asking for your help.

Should I learn how to make my own cms behind it.

Or should I use some cms software, if so which one is easiest for skinning!

Thank you ahead,


Klaas Koopman

 

joomla is very easy to template. you can use NVU if u didnt want to do it by hand in like 5 minutes

 

NVU? what is that?

 

Klaus, I agree Joomla/Mambo isn't simple to use and everyone has their preference. It's like ice cream some like vanilla, some like chocolate, it is all just ice cream. Thats the same thing with CMSs -- some prefer one while others prefer another, they are all CMSs just different flavors. So with this in mind, there are many flavors available -- Joomla/Mambo isn't your only flavor choice. I suggest you review several systems to see which one works for you and your situation, see OpenSourceCMS.com.

I personally have installed and used all the major choices, my preference in PostNuke. It is flexible, easy to skin, and very very customizable. If you have any specific questions I'd be happy to help.

Best Regards,

Vanessa

 

NVU is an open source editor.....you can create quick joomla templates in it....the code is pretty good but not as good as hand written of course.

 

I heard someone who said drupal is quite well, what do you all think?

And Vanessa ( my name is Klaas not Klaus haha , but it's okay ) I agree, a cms cna be different for everyone, have you seen the design I have made on www.dikkop.com. Do you think it's easy to use postnuke for it?

 

Hi Klaas, sorry -- looked at your layout and it will be simple to set up in PN. There are a couple of similar layouts you can use as a guide when creating your theme too.

BTW: What part of the Netherlands are you in? I have been to Amsterdam a couple times and loved it. I hope to be going to Germany in August for a conference and would like to take a side trip to northern Europe and Norway to see some relatives.

 

Go with Joomla , the best CMS around.

 

Would you be able to help me out, cause I am not great at learning from tutorials, better at learning through people!

And I'm at the top of the Netherlands, Friesland. And yes I can speak Frisian.

Where are you from? I'm going to london next week for a trip myself

Obviously you haven't read my thread...

 

You can always try snews .... http://www.solucija.com

You can see it in action here : http://www.iollo.com

You can use existing design you have now and make it work in five minutes !

 

wow that sounds just like what I need. Thank you for the resource! Are you using it yourself, if so, do you like it? And what do you dislike about it?

 

I use it on www.historyexplorer.net and www.iollo.net .... I like it very much only thing that i a minus is that it don't come with meta tags by default, but you can mod it ... here is the mod http://www.solucija.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=637

If you mod it you will have no omitted results in google. You can check that with my two sites ... history site has omitted results and iollo not

Otherwise this is very good and very quick cms. What I like is that you only insert 3 tags into your template and you are ready for production

 

but you have a very simple design. Would something like this work on a design linke mine on www.dikkop.com ?

 

without a problem ... for links just put categories and menu_items .... where content is just center tag etc....

You can see how it goes here : http://www.solucija.com/home/using-snews-with-a-css-template/

 

Look at this desigs made with snews :

http://www.design4.ltd.pl/
http://www.free-css-templates.com/
http://www.brauck.nl/snews15/01/index.php

 

okay one more question before I am going to try it out, does it have the possibility of having every member who is a member of the cms, to have their own blog? or page?

 

Not yet ... but in version 1.5 will have member system .... It would probably be easy to asign each member where he can blog ... check out solucija.com forum

 

You can do this easily in Joomla

 

yeah I heard, but i'm having problems with getting the design coded in joomla! I even have the dreamweaver plugins, but I just don't understand it?

 

if you PM me or email me the desing I will see if i can help you out