girrl88
12-18-2006, 07:05 PM
Hello. I am preparing to build a website that I'll be using for research. Because of the specific requirements that this project has and my lack of skills, I'm debating using one of the free CMS programs that come with my web hosting to help me manage this project. (gotta love Fantastico!) :D
Now, because of my complete lack of experience I'm having a terribly hard time making a decision. I'm really hoping that someone can give me a bit of guidance here. These are the features that the site must have -
- Ability to issue new surveys and questionnaires approximately once a month. And a reminder of some sort to prompt the members to keep up with the questionnaires.
- a forum & PM messaging
- I'd also like for the info gathered to be compiled in a user-friendly way. Ideally I'd be able to search specific questionnaires' responses or search the whole database depending on my needs.
Does CMS sound like a good choice for my needs or is there a better way to approach this?
Now, because of my complete lack of experience I'm having a terribly hard time making a decision. I'm really hoping that someone can give me a bit of guidance here. These are the features that the site must have -
- Ability to issue new surveys and questionnaires approximately once a month. And a reminder of some sort to prompt the members to keep up with the questionnaires.
- a forum & PM messaging
- I'd also like for the info gathered to be compiled in a user-friendly way. Ideally I'd be able to search specific questionnaires' responses or search the whole database depending on my needs.
Does CMS sound like a good choice for my needs or is there a better way to approach this?