Blog site with some PHP/MySQL bits...

[Matmulder]

I'm currently putting together a website which will basically be a reference site, with PHP/MySQL coding doing the work for people to look things up. However, I'd also like to include a blog element on the front page for news.

I'm unsure whether to go with some CMS/Blog software (Wordpress being my choice) to offer the blog/news/forum aspect, then code some PHP/MySQL into it for the database lookup...

Or...

Build a basic HTML/PHP site, with a forum (vBulletin/IPB) then have a blog plugin for the front page?


I know the latter option gives me more flexibility, but its bringing together 3 different elements, making crossover a little more complicated. The former is easier, but I'm unsure how easy it would be to integrate my PHP/MySQL code into a Wordpress site while making it look....unified? No experience with Wordpress....

Any pointers?

 

[fishfishfish]

I'd go with the Wordpress option, personally. Wordpress is robust, secure, well documented and extensible via plugins, so it should easily do what you want. Any additional functionality you can try developing yourself. It's relatively easy to build Wordpress plugins, compared to some other platforms.

 

[Matmulder]

Cheers, just installed and having a play...