Building a content management system

Shicky · 18 Oct 2010 at 15:34

For a project I have to develop a radio station website, already I have a massive list of things I want to change and do. Upon reviewing all the e-mails etc I have noticed at the very end they say this:

More than anything obviously, we want a functioning and lasting website, so an important requirement would be for a relatively easy ability to maintain the website through a fully content managed system.

Essentially I have just freaked out, surely building a CMS is a huge job? Or because its meant for just the one website it's relatively easy?

Can anyone give me an idea of time it would take? Just developed in php isnt it?

Shicky · 18 Oct 2010 at 15:45

Problem is this is my university final year project, I thought taking a web related project was a bit weak in the first place as it will only offer so much in terms of 'showing off my skills.' So if I was to use wordpress, even if I created my own theme and everything....it looks a bit pants for a computer science student, no?

*Its my final year project but will be used by the university radio station when complete.

Shicky · 18 Oct 2010 at 21:19

Seems a simple CMS will not be as daunting as once thought at least if its targetted at this individual website.

I really have no clue about this but will obviously delve into it. What sort of development time am I looking at here? Should I look to develop the basic functionality of the CMS so I can create the website through it, adding features as I need them?

Shicky · 30 Oct 2010 at 22:12

Can anyone recommend any books on this topic?

Shicky · 31 Oct 2010 at 00:26

Thank you for the tutorial link fabienO. Funny enough Mr^B I considered Ruby straight away once I was given the project. However I have zero experience in it and have a bit in PHP, MySQL etc. I think it would be a bit too risky to attempt taking in a new language on top of all my other work, or would it really simplify things?