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Templating System/CMS

Discussion in 'Content Management' started by THT, Dec 15, 2005.

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    This is what im looking for:

    A system where it can pull the content from a database, apply a template and show the html page.

    Now i can use a CMS for this, but generally they are too complicated and dont give me the flexibiility i need
    (I dont want WYSIWYG editors, or all things designed to make it easier)

    For any blogger users, their custom templating is EXACTLY what i want.
     
    THT, Dec 15, 2005 IP
  2. THT

    THT Peon

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    bump as im now > 500 posts
     
    THT, Dec 16, 2005 IP
  3. THT

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    Does this not exist or did i not explain myself?
     
    THT, Dec 20, 2005 IP
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    One way you can do this is by using php files instead of html. (I think you can also use html files and use SSI includes but it is probably alot easier with php) Just write a php include statement pulling the content from the database. Dreamweaver has some nice features to help setup pages like this.

    Of course if you also want URLs, title, keyword and description meta tags pulled from a database it gets a little more complicated.

    The other approach would be to start with a basic CMS like Mambo or Wordpress and disable or comment out all the features you don't need.
     
    donnareed, Dec 22, 2005 IP
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  6. fsmedia

    fsmedia Prominent Member

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    You could check out smarty, as seen above, or you could check out Wordpress. If you're mainly looking for a system that will let you pull content and then use a themeing system, this may be a good solution for you. I use smarty on a couple of my sites, but they aren't as content specific as the other sites I use Wordpress for. Wordpress has a lot of flexibility, so it's at least worth looking into as a solution for your needs. Best of luck.
     
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    Yeah thanks - someone suggested smarty on another forum... its exactly what i was looking for...
     
    THT, Dec 28, 2005 IP
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    yeah... but i do have programmiong experience and a CMS will mess about with my code and make it horrible..

    Smarty is what i want
     
    THT, Dec 29, 2005 IP
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    I would recommend the Joomla CMS. It will allow you to grow if you need to and its pretty easy to use.
     
    Compass, Jan 2, 2006 IP
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    I agree with Compass. Joomla is a good one if you intend to use the database.
     
    xiva, Apr 26, 2007 IP
  11. excellence In Databases

    excellence In Databases Guest

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    joomla is by far the best
     
    excellence In Databases, Apr 29, 2007 IP
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    For what you are looking for you are hard pressed to beat pagesetter/postnuke.

    The Database, the php code and the templating are completely isolated.
     
    max101, Apr 29, 2007 IP
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    Try Templatelite?
     
    xeit, Apr 29, 2007 IP
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    Smarty is another good framework
     
    xeit, Apr 29, 2007 IP
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    Joomle is very good in the four frame works
     
    Aurelius25, Oct 14, 2011 IP