Develop own CMS?

Dave!

Hey folks,

Just wondering does anyone know any good websites/tutorials that detail how to create and develop a content management system for a website?

Preferably in PHP/MySQL.

Cheers

fasty

Don't do it unless you have to.

Customise something like Wordpress or use an application framework like CakePHP as a starting point. I've used CakePHP for a few sites and it's the business.

CakePHP have a 'recipes' section on their site that tells you how to make a blog, which would be a good starting point to a full blown CMS.

conorcan2

Creating your own CMS can be a useful learning experience because it'll help you get an appreciation of the issues involved with implementing advanced CMS's that you mightn't otherwise get from using pre-coded packages.

I used this book, back in the day(!):

http://www.amazon.co.uk/PHP-MySQL-Website-Programming-Solution/dp/159059150X/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

The knowledge you will need when creating a CMS is covered by most beginner/intermediate level books, so if you are looking at it from a learning experience then pick up a good book and practice.

As the previous poster mentioned, if you are looking for a real-world solution rather than a learning-experience then there are a few tools to help you with the work.

A Google search turns up a few tutorials.

Dale Parish

http://www.php-mysql-tutorial.com/wikis/mysql-tutorials/content-management-system-cms-using-php-and-mysql.aspx