full CMS with php cake

[son.of.the.morning]

I want to build a CMS system using php cake. I want pages to be created dynamically rather than have a set of static pages calling data dynamically. Is this going to be a complex operation using php cake? 

[trq]

Far too vague a question to be answered simply.

 

CMS's can be very simple single content areas drawn from a single database field or quite complex page builder built from complex data structures.

 

Also, we have no idea how good of a programmer your are either with php alone or with cake.

[QuickOldCar]

I tried phpcake a very long time ago, I found the tutorials to be not that hard to understand.

 

Try following the tutorials at the left here, or try this blog tutorial.

http://book.cakephp.org/view/1528/Blog

 

Once you get the Model-View-Controller methods down, you will find it easier as you do more with it.

 

You can have a dynamic site with no static pages using procedural or object oriented php without a framework such as cakephp,zend.

Use of include() for files,pages or templates along with css style, dynamic content to display based on different php code.

 

You can make this as simple or as difficult depending on your skill level and future goals.

You may also want to look into using a template engine such as smarty

[AGuyWithAthing]

Cake PHP uses an extraordinary amount of memory from my experiences with it and would advise the use of Code Igniter instead unless you have a lot of resources to throw at the server(s). Basically to answer no it would not require much work to develop a CMS as all you would need to do is use an Authentication module along with a simple content system with something like a WYSIWYG editor to make it user friendly.

[son.of.the.morning]

Thanks for you replies people, got more than enough help there!