Best website platform

Pakistan
October 16, 2007 12:21pm CST
i have been looking into the easiest and powerful way of developing my personal website. I used only HTML, HTML + CSS and now I am onto PHP and MySQL, which, of course, will include HTML and CSS. But this is now harder for the layman to understand. Its good that I have had some experience in my A'Levels of C++, Oracle and MS Access, I do understand and can easily work in these environments. The setting-up of Apache, PHP and MySQL was a bit of a drag (EasyPHP fixed that). So, I am looking for a software or code generator that will give me minimum codes required to make it. What I want to incorporate in the site is friends' accounts and a contact page that only these members would be able to see (all membership must be approved first by me). Extra features like email to me when I new request is made would be helpful. If you can help me in the code or provide a link to a software/code generator, it will be really time-saving. I have to study for university, too.
1 response
bongkarpasang
@bongkarpasang (1377)
• Indonesia
15 Mar 08
hi, you meant a content management system which enables you to only bother about the contents and less for coding? there are a lot of CMS out there which support php and mysql. mostly they are used for blogs but as far as I know, if you are planning to build a website (more than blog), Wordpress would be a favorite pick for blog engine, however Joomla or Drupal would be a favorite pick up by most PHP learners who want to build a website (and not a blog). for those who have mastered PHP, they might choose Drupal because it gave them better performance, not to mention that it is Search Engine Friendly characteristic. Joomla is less search engine friendly, because the URL is difficult to read by search engines. however, for the new comers, who are new in PHP, perhaps they would choose Joomla, especially because Joomla has a lot of professional ready-templates you can download and use, more than Drupal. Drupal is robust, but mostly people say that the templates are still fewer than other CMS. good luck.