Deciding on a CMS

[mpls51]

I am fairly new to php and want to get started developing a dynamic website. I was hoping someone could suggest which content managment system I should use that is secure, well developed and fairly simple to learn. If you could also suggest some good books on CMS I would appreciate it.

 

Thanks

 

[PHP Monkeh]

A CMS is usually designed so you have the least amount of input in order to get the website working (i.e. you don't need to know HTML, PHP or anything) so I don't think that would be the best start for you to get learning PHP.

 

You should start learning PHP directly from this site, or any other tutorials you can find on the internet (there's thousands).  Once you start managing the basics of strings, arrays and loops, start learning about combining PHP and MySQL (working with databases).  This way you can start to write your own scripts, such as news post scripts and shoutboxes etc (these are what CMS's are made of).

 

If you just installed a CMS and wanted to make a site, all you'd be doing is editing text in a field and letting the CMS do all the work!  Not the best way to learn, and they're not the best source code to look at either.

 

Post any questions or troubles you're having with learning PHP here and we'll help you on your way !

[AndyB]

http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/ might be the fastest start.  It's definitely easy to learn.

[joshgarrod]

www.e107.org

 

free really easy to use cms with plugins etc available.