Content Management System

[ronnieweb]

Hello,

I am developing my first website for a client (charity) and all is going well so far. However i have not planned ahead and have recently been told by the client that they would like to be able to update the site (articles only) through a web based user interface.

Now, i have had a quick search on google and have found the term Content Management System and seen that there are open source versions available but they seem to overcomplicate things as all my client wishes to do is add text.

My question is, what languages are needed to create a very simple custom CMS that could be used in this scenario?

I'll just point out that i am doing this project free of charge as it will hopefully be the first part of my portfolio and i am learning things all the time. For instance I guess i should have gathered the user requirements in more depth at the begginning. Oh well i'll know for next time!

[KDLA]

You'll need to find out what languages your web host's server supports. That will determine the programming language you'll use.

[ronnieweb]

Thank You KDLA, i will look into it.

[EvLSnoopY]

I'm interested in looking at your work; could I get the url?

[ronnieweb]

Certainly. I will upload the latest version of the work within the next few hours and then post the url here.

I would certainly welcome any constructive criticism as this is my first project.

Thanks for showing an interest.

[leopold79]

You can do all that with PHP and you will also need a MySQL database on your server... If your client only wants to add text and nothing complicated then coding a cms for that should be fairly simple.

Google on "php mysql database tutorial" and i am sure you'll find a good one!