bassa Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Hello! I wasn't sure where to put this, so I thought I'd post it here as it seemed appropriate enough. I'm looking for some good advice on how to approach this assignment I've gotten my hands on. So, here's the deal! My case is that I need to create a new website for a small company that I'm working for. I'm skilled enough with (X)HTML, CSS, graphics design and all that, but the website needs a Newsletter as well as a discussion Forum and an associated Blog. Also, some other functionality will be added to mostly improve commercialization/marketing of the website as well as Accessibility, Usability and some Social Bookmarking and stuff. Now, adding a PHP forum and a WordPress blog is sorta straightforward enough since I plan on just linking to both of them from the main website unto their own separate sub-domains (ie., forum.mywebsite.com and blog.mywebsite.com) and simply installing WordPress and phpBB, respectively. My problem will likely be how to add the Newsletter feature? Right now, they have a website done with TYPO3 (an OpenSource CMS) and a newsletter module associated with their template (a default template that doesn't show off their company brand, whatsoever, which is what we also want to change, of course) and it seems to work fine. However, I'm fairly certain that using TYPO3 is far too much "over-the-top", and I also don't believe I even have the time to get to learn how to use TYPO3 as it's pretty huge. Right now, though, I'm digging into Drupal to see how it works. Up until now, I've been using Dreamweaver and hand-crafted designs and CSS which works like a breeze for me, but I'd like to have a decent Newsletter implemented, and I need some kinda database stuff added for that. Is it possible to get decent and free Open Source newsletters somewhere? I've tried searching, but haven't found much yet. Anyway, hoping to hear some thoughts! Thank you! Cheers, Bassa Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/194050-new-site-with-various-php-functionality/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamatomic Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 I would recommend using wordpress for the whole thing. While a lightweight compared to other more mature CMS's it has quite a few modules for it and will probably do all that you need. Check out the plugins and see if it has what you need: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ HTH Teamatomic Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/194050-new-site-with-various-php-functionality/#findComment-1021081 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassa Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 Yeah, I actually think I'm gonna do that. Seems like the most logical approach what with the content I have in mind for the website. Anyway! Anyone knows the best approach when using WordPress? Build content first, then customize the design and theme? Or is it easier to customize a theme first, then add content at your leisure? Cheers, Bassa Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/194050-new-site-with-various-php-functionality/#findComment-1023490 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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