Which CMS? Or should I just use HTML/PHP myself?

Tican

Tican

Tican

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Hi all,

Currently using e107, but it doesn't have the features I really need.

Basically I have a website ( www.metalmayhem.org ), which is going to be full of reviews for unsigned bands who play in a local Metal club! And have downloads of their music (which all bands so far have agreed too!)


So I need something which is easy to create new pages for the non technical minded reviewer on the site :p

So in the menu have "Reviews" then click and has seperate entries, the current site looks horrible and isn't easy to use for the end user.

Is there a decent CMS which will make it look good? :p

Just re-read that and it doesnt make much sense.

Something like this http://www.lastbroadcast.co.uk/music/c/unsigned-band-reviews/
 
The question is do you need all the features of a CMS, if not can they be stripped out, if not then i think it's better to make your own site.

Some simple PHP, with HTML & CSS would work fine i think, use some basic includes and you can create a very functional website with ease.

Does the site need user interaction, such as comments, forums, etc... if so then a CMS is going to be a lot easier.

Last one i used was www.dragonflycms.org

I use to create themes for it once upon a time.
 
Yes, the site does require user interaction (comments, forums, one login fits all type affair)

Dragonfly looks good, will have a mess with it :)
 
DJ Binks said:
Yes, the site does require user interaction (comments, forums, one login fits all type affair)

Dragonfly looks good, will have a mess with it :)
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Quite a lot of stuff included you might not need though, has a few webhost requirements such as mysql database (last time i used it) and php, etc...

I would guess you have that already though since you're using e107 which i did try once before, had a play around and couldn't customise as easily so i gave up.

Dragonfly is pretty easy to modify or at least it was last time i used it, and it's pretty quick. It was (quite a long time ago) based on phpnuke, but it's matured much much further since then and it's more secure and faster.

Still might be overkill for what you need.
 
It looks brilliant for what I need, and I am sure, as with most CMS', that I can disable the things I don't need (or hide them).

Is it easy to do themes for it? Thats one thing that annoys me with most other ones is I can never find a decent theme, or have 30000000days to make one :p
 
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