Bman.
04-20-2009, 11:07 AM
Morning all-
I have decided to kick off a webpage & forum for me and my cronies. I thought to myself, how hard could it be? Many years ago I had taken a stab at a personal webpage using nothing but HTML and Notepad - fast forward to today, wow - things have changed!
I am looking for an overview of what I am seeing today and how it works together. I am confused on even the fundamentals on what is running what that I can't even begin to make decisions on where I should start making a site. Domain name, check. Hosting, check...(Windows or Linux?). From there it stops.
I am note sure if I should do a HTML site... or a CMS site... or wait, is CMS just a way to mange the flow on HTML? PHP & MySQL...maybe CMS creates PHP? ... do I even have HTML if I use a CMS template from a source like Joomla?
Super confused. Is there a site that will layout what's what in the world of web development of today? It seems that the options are all over the place that I could spend months learning something that is on the way out.
In short I am trying to develop a website that has:
1) Managed Users
2) Calendar of events
3) A forum
4) A image database
I have been considering buying a Joomla 1.5 template and slapping it up, but that's about as far as I know where to go. Any advice to point me in the right direction is greatly appreciated. I need a chart that shows...client side (x / y / z)...server side (a / b / c).
Benjamin.
I have decided to kick off a webpage & forum for me and my cronies. I thought to myself, how hard could it be? Many years ago I had taken a stab at a personal webpage using nothing but HTML and Notepad - fast forward to today, wow - things have changed!
I am looking for an overview of what I am seeing today and how it works together. I am confused on even the fundamentals on what is running what that I can't even begin to make decisions on where I should start making a site. Domain name, check. Hosting, check...(Windows or Linux?). From there it stops.
I am note sure if I should do a HTML site... or a CMS site... or wait, is CMS just a way to mange the flow on HTML? PHP & MySQL...maybe CMS creates PHP? ... do I even have HTML if I use a CMS template from a source like Joomla?
Super confused. Is there a site that will layout what's what in the world of web development of today? It seems that the options are all over the place that I could spend months learning something that is on the way out.
In short I am trying to develop a website that has:
1) Managed Users
2) Calendar of events
3) A forum
4) A image database
I have been considering buying a Joomla 1.5 template and slapping it up, but that's about as far as I know where to go. Any advice to point me in the right direction is greatly appreciated. I need a chart that shows...client side (x / y / z)...server side (a / b / c).
Benjamin.