Posted by Chaddy2222 on 11/27/07 07:07

On Nov 27, 1:55 am, ja...@graftechnology.com wrote:
> I find myself building websites all the time and I am thinking I
> should have a starting point template so I don't have to waste time re-
> creating something I have already created in the past.
>
> Just want to make sure I am doing it right. I am fluent in HTML,
> XHTML, CSS, PHP and more and want to know what the best way to build a
> starting point template is? Right now I have one index.php file that
> links to an external css file and includes a head.php and scripts.php
> file (head is for doctype, title, etc and scripts is all scripts)
>
> Is this the best way to do it?
>
> Also, I think I'd like to learn a php templating engine so I can make
> my sites very easy to tweak in the future without having to re-create
> all pages. Is this a good idea? I have been looking at Smarty.
> Thoughts?
>
I use PHP includes for nav and footer content.

> Also, I am looking for a SIMPLE CMS solution. As a developer I'd like
> to define what fields, etc I'd like to use the CMS for and then have
> it spit out PHP/mySQL code that I can put into the site and administer
> the content from a user-accessible web portal. I have looked at
> Drupal, Mamba, XOOPS, etc but they all look like whole-site solutions.
> I really want a content/sections based solution.
>
Perhaps look at a blog type engion?.

> Sorry for so many questions! Just looking for some feedback! Thanks!

Well, Wordpress is perhaps a good enough solution for the content
management stuff or you could just use PHP includes for that as
well.
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Regards Chad. http://freewebdesignonline.org

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