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Sat, 12 March 2011 19:09

Michael Vilain
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In article <weydnXr2IPUhdufQnZ2dnUVZ5rudnZ2d(at)giganews(dot)com>,
"Robert Crandal" <rcranz143101(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex(at)attglobal(dot)net> wrote in message
> news:ilehhp$fem$1(at)news(dot)eternal-september(dot)org...
>>
>> You will need some type of server-side language, such as PHP, Perl,
>> Python, Ruby on Rails or any of a dozen others. You will also probably
>> want a database, so you'll need to learn SQL and a database such as MySQL.
>>
>
> Does that mean I need to buy an actual "database"? Or, do databases and the
> MySQL language typically already exist on most servers?
>
>>
>> Since you have no experience in server-side programming, I would recommend
>> you get one of the CMS's which will do much of that for you. There are any
>> number around (but discussions/recommendations for which to use is beyond
>> the scope of this newsgroup).
>>
>
> I've never heard of a CMS before. What is it? Is it sofware that I need
> to buy?
>
>
> Thank you for your help!

CMS = Code Management System

Drupal and Joomla run on top of a LAMP (Linux+Apache+MySQL+PHP) platform
most often found by web hosting companies. If you're setting up your
own server, that's the software you install. It's all free. These
sorts of systems are designed to remove the need of a programmer to
create content. You _can_ write code and run it on the sites, but you
better know what you're doing otherwise the slightest mistake will bring
the entire site down.

Wordpress is also a CMS but meant for single-user blogs (articles and
comments posted by anonymous or logged in users). Drupal and Joomla
allow for entire communities to function within their frameworks. The
types of things you can put on pages is much more diverse than text and
graphics.

Drupal and Joomla are pretty resource intensive. Last time I checked,
most of the smaller web hosting companies didn't support it officially.
I chose A2Hosting because they supported Drupal which has all the
features you outlined plus modules you can install to extend it further.
Bluehost also supports Drupal but they're a Mormon-based company and I
made the political decision not to support them. YMMV.

Joomla is programmable, but if you want templates or other extensions,
you have to buy them from various 3rd-party providers. Drupal has a big
developer community.

Wander around Wikipedia (also a CMS) and read up on the topic. There
are a bunch out there.

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		newbie question By: Robert Crandal on Sat, 12 March 2011 00:17
		Re: newbie question By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 12 March 2011 01:16
		Re: newbie question By: Twayne on Sat, 12 March 2011 01:58
		Re: newbie question By: P E Schoen on Sat, 12 March 2011 02:50
		Re: newbie question By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 12 March 2011 03:22
		Re: newbie question By: Robert Crandal on Sat, 12 March 2011 03:43
		Re: newbie question By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 12 March 2011 04:42
		Re: newbie question By: Michael Vilain on Sat, 12 March 2011 19:09
		Re: newbie question By: The Natural Philosoph on Sat, 12 March 2011 19:25
		Re: newbie question By: Twayne on Mon, 14 March 2011 16:07
		Re: newbie question By: Derek Turner on Sat, 12 March 2011 10:10
		Re: newbie question By: The Natural Philosoph on Sat, 12 March 2011 11:40
		Re: newbie question By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 12 March 2011 13:22
		Re: newbie question By: Twayne on Sat, 12 March 2011 19:10
		Re: newbie question By: The Natural Philosoph on Sat, 12 March 2011 11:36

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