tcornell05

Hey guys! I'm new to the forum, but I'm making this post because of my sincere frustration with PHP right now. I love web development and I do have a passion for it. Right now I'm working on a personal portfolio, and I would like for it to be all created from scratch using HTML, CSS, Javascript, and PHP. I want to have a basic Home Page, About, Portfolio, and Contact page. I want to have an admin section to log in with. I want the public to not be able to do anything but view whats on the pages I want the admin to be able to edit whats on a page with some sort of WYSIWYG box The reason I want to take my own approach instead of using wordpress, or drupal; is because I'm really looking forward to furthering my education and feel it would be a good experience. I've made basic login systems, and CRUD systems in School. But never have I done one with my own project. I have all of the HTML done, and the layout of the site (design aspect) complete. But whats next?what should my database look like? My Question: Where do I start? If this were you, how would you do this? I'm really looking for someone to help draw this out for me and tell me how you'd approach this. Your help is sincerely appreciated.

I'm fairly new to php. I have been going to school for 2 years for "web development." I do enjoy working with php and learning new things with it, my question is for people who have been around it along time, professionally and can give me their honest answer. I have confusion whether to make websites from scratch, or whether to just use some CMS like drupal or wordpress.. Do you professionals typically use CMS's or just make your own with php and work from there? Say I'm making a website for a friend where he can upload pictures of his photography and artwork, only he will be frequently logging on to upload pictures to the "gallery" or to edit his "about me." Would something of even that simplicity typically be used with a CMS or from scratch? Just confusion on what is the best approach. Thanks for your help! Tyler