Posted by The Natural Philosopher on 11/30/07 16:16

Tim Streater wrote:
> In article <1196424926.55726.0@iris.uk.clara.net>,
> The Natural Philosopher <a@b.c> wrote:
>
>> WTF is it?
>>
>> like most of these wonder tools, you find the site, and it tells you
>> lots of stuff that you don't need, but the main questions:-
>>
>> what is it?
>> where does it fit on my server? (debian/apache2/php5/mysql) etc.
>> why should I want to use it?
>>
>> go unanswered...;-)
>>
>> Its Friday. Free for all discussion. Any input on what its good for,
>> where its broken, how to integrate it with an existing website etc welcome.
>>
>> I know so little, I don't even know what questions to ask ;-)
>
> A Content Management System (CMS) allows you to create a website with a
> certain style/look to it, without you needing to know anything about
> html (or PHP).
>
> Typically, you use the CMS via a browser, in fact. Suppose you are a
> franchising outfit. You might want your franchisees to all have websites
> that look very similar; so you provide a CMS to them all. So,
> frinstance, the CMS might have a popup where you enter your location. It
> will then build a frame of the home page for the target website
> incorporating some text like "The WIdget Co Outlet in <location>" with
> some graphics. You might then have another popup where you can create
> sections for your website, with some content in each that you specify.
> As you create each, you can from time to time click on (say) "create
> website" and go look at what you've built so far. And so on.
>
> Ebay has a built-in mini-CMS for when you are selling stuff. You input
> all the crap like photos of the object and text about it, and it then
> lets you preview how your item-for-sale will look when you actually
> click "Sell".


Right. So given all th data I want to display is in a prexexistent
database, (MYsql) it ain't a deal of good to me really?

I wanted something top do screen design fast, grabbing data via PHP
commands where necessary for drop down menus etc etc.

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