Help with blog or Content Manager

Hi
I´m designing a site for some guys who want to update it almost every day.
It´s mainly text, so I figured a blog would be ideal for them. I want to use
php, so my usual blog would not be an option (moveable type). I tried with
b2evolution .. but then, i can´t create my own template. Then nucleus,
which lets you edit the template (called actually skin), but has a lot of
includes and stuff I don´t want to use. I´m used to create my own template
.... then I just add the blog tags where I want them to appear.

Now I´m thinking about using a content manager system .. a nuke flavor ..
but a really simple one, all I need is:

- 3 or 4 categories of text articles, which need to be updated by ppl with
no computer experience.
- A poll .. also editable by ppl with no computer experience ..

any suggestions??

Sorry for my english ..

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"MALdito" <maldito@webbasica.com> wrote in
news:c78fhl$un68$1@ID-122517.news.uni-berlin.de:

> Hi
> I´m designing a site for some guys who want to update it almost every
> day. It´s mainly text, so I figured a blog would be ideal for them. I
> want to use php, so my usual blog would not be an option (moveable
> type). I tried with b2evolution .. but then, i can´t create my own
> template. Then nucleus, which lets you edit the template (called
> actually skin), but has a lot of includes andff Iff I don´t want to
> use. I´m used to create my own template ... then I just add the blog
> tags where I want them to appear.
>
> Now I´m thinking about using a content manager system .. a nuke flavor
> .. but a really simple one, all I need is:
>
> - 3 or 4 categories of text articles, which need to be updated by ppl
> with no computer experience.
> - A poll .. also editable by ppl with no computer experience ..
>
> any suggestions??

Why not simply write one yourself ? Personally, I'm a perl programmer,
but PHP can do the same things - mix it with MySQL and you've got your
own CMS.

The articles DB would look something like:

dbid
title
authorID
subtitle
category
content
expirydate

a separate table to store author bios and links, etc, and have the CGI
serve it all up in a searchable, sortable manner. Auto-archiving by date
and so on.

> Sorry for my english ..

Your English is better than many who post here regularly, so you've
nothing to apologize for

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"Marc Bissonnette" <dragnet@internalysis.com> escribió en el mensaje
news:Xns94DF87614C7Ddragnetinternalysisc@207.35.17 7.134...
> "MALdito" <maldito@webbasica.com> wrote in
> news:c78fhl$un68$1@ID-122517.news.uni-berlin.de:
>
> > Hi
> > I´m designing a site for some guys who want to update it almost every
> > day. It´s mainly text, so I figured a blog would be ideal for them. I
> > want to use php, so my usual blog would not be an option (moveable
> > type). I tried with b2evolution .. but then, i can´t create my own
> > template. Then nucleus, which lets you edit the template (called
> > actually skin), but has a lot of includes and stuff I don´t want to
> > use. I´m used to create my own template ... then I just add the blog
> > tags where I want them to appear.
> >
> > Now I´m thinking about using a content manager system .. a nuke flavor
> > .. but a really simple one, all I need is:
> >
> > - 3 or 4 categories of text articles, which need to be updated by ppl
> > with no computer experience.
> > - A poll .. also editable by ppl with no computer experience ..
> >
> > any suggestions??
>
> Why not simply write one yourself ? Personally, I'm a perl programmer,
> but PHP can do the same things - mix it with MySQL and you've got your
> own CMS.
>
> The articles DB would look something like:
>
> dbid
> title
> authorID
> subtitle
> category
> content
> expirydate
>
> a separate table to store author bios and links, etc, and have the CGI
> serve it all up in a searchable, sortable manner. Auto-archiving by date
> and so on.
>
> > Sorry for my english ..
>
> Your English is better than many who post here regularly, so you've
> nothing to apologize for
>
Actually, you are right, I should do one myselg. . one thing though .. I
can´t code. I´m a designer, and even though I´ve been reading some books on
the subjetc (tips are welomed!), I´m still a real newbie with the whole
thing.
These guys are in a hurry .. so I need the simpleest csm around... any idea?

"MALdito" <maldito@webbasica.com> wrote in
news:c78m77$12tgt$1@ID-122517.news.uni-berlin.de:

> "Marc Bissonnette" <dragnet@internalysis.com> escribió en el mensaje
> news:Xns94DF87614C7Ddragnetinternalysisc@207.35.17 7.134...
>> "MALdito" <maldito@webbasica.com> wrote in
>> news:c78fhl$un68$1@ID-122517.news.uni-berlin.de:
>>
>> > Hi
>> > I´m designing a site for some guys who want to update it almost
>> > every day. It´s mainly text, so I figured a blog would be ideal for
>> > them. I want to use php, so my usual blog would not be an option
>> > (moveable type). I tried with b2evolution .. but then, i can´t
>> > create my own template. Then nucleus, which lets you edit the
>> > template (called actually skin), but has a lot of includes and
>> > stuff I don´t want to use. I´m used to create my own template ...
>> > then I just add the blog tags where I want them to appear.
>> >
>> > Now I´m thinking about using a content manager system .. a nuke
>> > flavor .. but a really simple one, all I need is:
>> >
>> > - 3 or 4 categories of text articles, which need to be updated by
>> > ppl with no computer experience.
>> > - A poll .. also editable by ppl with no computer experience ..
>> >
>> > any suggestions??
>>
>> Why not simply write one yourself ? Personally, I'm a perl
>> programmer, but PHP can do the same things - mix it with MySQL and
>> you've got your own CMS.
>>
>> The articles DB would look something like:
>>
>> dbid
>> title
>> authorID
>> subtitle
>> category
>> content
>> expirydate
>>
>> a separate table to store author bios and links, etc, and have the
>> CGI serve it all up in a searchable, sortable manner. Auto-archiving
>> by date and so on.
>>
>> > Sorry for my english ..
>>
>> Your English is better than many who post here regularly, so you've
>> nothing to apologize for
>>
> Actually, you are right, I should do one myselg. . one thing though ..
> I can´t code. I´m a designer, and even though I´ve been reading some
> books on the subjetc (tips are welomed!), I´m still a real newbie with
> the whole thing.
> These guys are in a hurry .. so I need the simpleest csm around... any
> idea?

I'm sure someone in this NG will have a suggestion. IIRC, PHPNuke is
recommended quite often. Me - I have no idea, I build all my CMS' from
scratch (well, I use my own code base, obviously) - I like to make the
solution fit the need, instead of forcing the need to fit the solution

As for learning materials - pick up an O'Reilly book on MySQL management
and programming - that mixed with a strong PHP or Perl background will
get you going right quick



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Looking for a new ISP? http://www.canadianisp.com

MALdito wrote:

> Hi
> I´m designing a site for some guys who want to update it almost every day.
> It´s mainly text, so I figured a blog would be ideal for them. I want to use
> php, so my usual blog would not be an option (moveable type). I tried with
> b2evolution .. but then, i can´t create my own template. Then nucleus,
> which lets you edit the template (called actually skin), but has a lot of
> includes and stuff I don´t want to use. I´m used to create my own template
> ... then I just add the blog tags where I want them to appear.
>
> Now I´m thinking about using a content manager system .. a nuke flavor ..
> but a really simple one, all I need is:
>
> - 3 or 4 categories of text articles, which need to be updated by ppl with
> no computer experience.
> - A poll .. also editable by ppl with no computer experience ..
>
> any suggestions??
>
> Sorry for my english ..
>

Hi Maldito,

I've been looking for this most of the afternoon ... couldn't remember
the name of it. Take a look:

NukeLayout PHP Class. Object Oriented, Layout Template. NukeLayout PHP
Class is a class that allows you to develop web pages that look and feel
like PHPNuke. ...

nukelayout.sourceforge.net/

HTH,
Judy
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In article <c78fhl$un68$1@ID-122517.news.uni-berlin.de>,
"MALdito" <maldito@webbasica.com> wrote:

> Now I´m thinking about using a content manager system .. a nuke flavor ..
> but a really simple one, all I need is:
>
> - 3 or 4 categories of text articles, which need to be updated by ppl with
> no computer experience.
> - A poll .. also editable by ppl with no computer experience ..

I don't know about the poll...but I was searching for something simple
for adding content. I think it was brucie who suggested looking at
news scripts. I found cutenews <http://web.langame.net/air/> to be
just what I needed. It's a php script. (They were having ISP problems
but you can download from that link)

I am not a programmer--it was simple to set up and fit right into my
template. It's easy for users to log in and add content using their
browser.

Hope that helps. If not, check out other news scripts hotscripts.com
or the like.

Audry

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"MALdito" <maldito@webbasica.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
> I´m designing a site for some guys who want to update it almost every day.
> It´s mainly text, so I figured a blog would be ideal for them. I want to
use
> php, so my usual blog would not be an option (moveable type). I tried with
> b2evolution .. but then, i can´t create my own template. Then nucleus,
> which lets you edit the template (called actually skin), but has a lot of
> includes and stuff I don´t want to use. I´m used to create my own template
> ... then I just add the blog tags where I want them to appear.
>
> Now I´m thinking about using a content manager system .. a nuke flavor ..
> but a really simple one, all I need is:
>
> - 3 or 4 categories of text articles, which need to be updated by ppl with
> no computer experience.
> - A poll .. also editable by ppl with no computer experience ..
>
> any suggestions??


SitePoint has a program called Editize. I don't know how well it works, tho.
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