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O.P. (coding) a php cms
i've been looking into creating my own cms.... i've looked at a few premade ones, like cutenews and one absorbation made and sent, but for one reason or another, they just don't seem to work or suit my needs... i wanted to code my own content management system, i call it this rather than a 'blogging system' because it is precisley not a blogger and is only for managing content, although i do want a commenting system.
I want to code a system that will add posts to different areas of my site dependant on a catagory i specify it as.... for example...

i have three types of 'news'... 1st type: "news", 2nd type:"recent_deviations", 3rd type: "fav_deviations".

from this, i would want to be able to define the three areas in which my news would appear, using different includes for different catagories... something like
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<?php
$category=news;
include("cms/show_news.php");
?>

and then using the following where i wanted another catagory to show....
code:
<?php
$category=recent_deviations;
include("cms/show_news.php");
?>

and then ontop of that maybe using templates even to define what the different news would appear as, ie, for the news i would want the title and actual news to come beneath as well as the time it was posted and by whom, but then problem would occur when i wanted to update my "recent_deviations" and i only wanted the content to show, which would simply be a link to a recent deviation rather than a title, when it was posted etc etc.

It all sounds very complicated and no tutorials i've seen go anywhere near as complicated as this, which is what i need... And after all, i've limited to no php knowledge.... So, does either anyone have a link to a good site that could explain how i could code this (not just php.net :dodgy:), or could anyone teach me?? Failing that, anyone know of a good cms that could handle all of this? And i mean a cms, one that does all that i have explained? Thanks for any help you can give... :happy:
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RE: (coding) a php cms
It seems you are trying to completely reproduce cutenews...:S
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RE: (coding) a php cms
Well... CuteNews (u've tried it) can be very editable, especially with some php coding. I use it.
When it comes to makeing your own CMS, it's not done in a second. For a safe stable, u'll need lots of time to accomplish this. :)
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It seems you are trying to completely reproduce cutenews...:S
meh, maybe, ive not gone that far into cutenews, i ran into problems when running it and it doesnt work and the cutenews forum sucks at helping, so i decided to code my own, that way i'll get an idea of what my code is actually doing and actually help myself in the future....

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Well... CuteNews (u've tried it) can be very editable, especially with some php coding. I use it.
When it comes to makeing your own CMS, it's not done in a second. For a safe stable, u'll need lots of time to accomplish this. :)
as for the time.... i've just finsihed my exams here in the UK... i've got 2 months of boredom to kill.... i'm thinking of randomly biking down to shropshire for a couple of days i'm that bored... this would be a more than constructive use of my time i think...

well, does anyone have a starting point atleast?? Maybe a simple system i could code and then further add the to code as i learn more to make the system better... humm...

EDIT: fixed some typos

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U could take a starting point with a guesbook. Then edit it from being look-a-like guestbook to a, well... cms?
That should be quite simple, but do u want to use database or flat-files?
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U could take a starting point with a guesbook. Then edit it from being look-a-like guestbook to a, well... cms?
That should be quite simple, but do u want to use database or flat-files?
well... i'd prefer to use flat text files to be honest... but either way... im saving up for hosting which comes with 80 mySQL databases so.... :tongue:

EDIT: but im not too sure what you mean 'look alike guestbook' :S how does that relate to a cms??? :S

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U could take a starting point with a guesbook. Then edit it from being look-a-like guestbook to a, well... cms?
That should be quite simple, but do u want to use database or flat-files?
well... i'd prefer to use flat text files to be honest... but either way... im saving up for hosting which comes with 80 mySQL databases so.... :tongue:

EDIT: but im not too sure what you mean 'look alike guestbook' :S how does that relate to a cms??? :S
well, I have guestbook system which has login, etc...
By switching u would have a sort of publish tool, but u would also be able to change the posts. also with smilies. Just to change some few (hehe) lines, ad u have a publisher with the same features lika guestbook. Only that the guests can't sign it. But, that wouldn't be a comment system. :)
It could be a very startpoint of a CMS.
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oh cool.... meh, i'll toy with that idea and create my own guestbook... what about tuts for like just creating a simple cms... anyone got any links to any good ones??
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WordPress? but that's more kind of blogger... hmm... still cutenews, if u don't get it working, I could give u a hand. :)
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RE: (coding) a php cms
Creating a news system is a great way to learn php. I highly suggest mysql and not text files, which is what you want. But give hmaster a call he has a very ncie system, and I bet he will give you a clean version to use if you ask nicely (he uses .txt files) :P.
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