David B

Hi All I am working on a project to support and combat human trafficking (which is so horrific and happening right now, so i decided to do what i could do help). it is for an organization whose primary language is Spanish. I am leaning spanish but found it difficult to understand..and though to myself wouldn't it be great if it was in english to raise awareness also the look and feel for the site is little outdated. Effectively i would be taking content from this site and http://www.fundacionmariadelosangeles.org/esp/psicologica.htm and provide an overhauled UI and some new functions like view missing girls and report missing girl. Once the site has been developed it will be handed over to someone in the organization to run. I have been looking at a couple of options, initially looking at writing the site by myself...but now looking at CMS solutions like wordpress and drupal. I am really new to this so would am getting advice from experts before getting started...My background has been in Java programming - mainly server side and with SQL. I enjoy programming but don;t want to reinvent the wheel. Kind Regards David

Thanks guys that's been so useful. If i did this in php i'd be reinventing the wheel ...is anybody good at graphics and UI with HTML5/CSS, i have another project which i am working on too. get in touch people.

I have been mainly a server side Java developer for almost 10 years now. I have done very little with front end technologies. But have found my self a challenge...I am looking to redesign a site for a charity (it helps recover victims from human trafficking - a horrific trade!)...I'm learning Spanish and the site is only avaiable in Spanish and a little outdated so i thought i'd revamp it and provide it in english and spanish...this is the site http://www.fundacionmariadelosangeles.org. The content will more or less be the same.. Anyway i'm been thinking to do this Java would be overkill... I have been dabbling with PHP/CakePHP, my design/css skills aren't that great. I have read there are many templates these days and have read about wordpress. I will require a process to report missing people/girls so would require a upload process and maybe a small database..I also want to use CSS/HTML5 and make it very pleasing to the eye...How would you recommend I start this project, any tips with design, multilingual, content management etc, would be greatly appreciated..I'm looking for the simplest solution that's easy to maintain by the charity once it's developer. Look forward to your thoughts Kind Regards David B