December 6, 200817 yr I haven't worked much with CMSs - I tend to build most web apps from scratch, other than integrating the odd forum or setting up an online store. However, what if I wanted a site to have: a. an online store with secure checkout b. a discussion forum c. an image gallery (which could be part of the forum) d. a series of custom informational pages e. a blog f. the ability to bolt on some custom functionality by writing my own code (e.g. a particular kind of competition or league) and I absolutely, positively, had to have all this integrated so that users got access to everything with 1 login? Is there a CMS out there that will do all that (possibly by adding various plugins I guess)? Even better, is there an open source PHP-based CMS out there that will do all that?
December 6, 200817 yr There are several CMS's that should left you accomplish this - Joomla and Drupal spring to mind as well as Expression Engine - all 3 have fully open code so you can tweak to your hearts content.
December 10, 200817 yr Author Expression Engine isn't free for the kind of functionality I need... Joomla doesn't have a good or stable enough online store plugin... Drupal looks amazing. Fiendishly complex, but amazing, especially with the Ubercart add-on I shall allocate a few hours a week to getting to know it. Thanks for the tip.
December 10, 200817 yr Expression Engine isn't free for the kind of functionality I need... You didn't say you didn't want to pay for something
December 11, 200817 yr Author No worries I'm just not accustomed to the words "open source" and "please pay here" on the same web page... seems a bit wierd somehow.
December 11, 200817 yr Try Wordpress. I know it's a blogging platform, but it can be extended to do everything you list above and best of all it's free.
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