So I'm thinking about building my own CMS along very similar lines as CushyCMS and Perch. The gist of it would be specifying areas in the website code that are editable, and then these can be clicked on in the admin section and edited.

 

What I'm looking for is any ideas or advice on how to get that kind of functionality. Or if there's an open source solution that I could modify, that works too.

 

Cheers.

Im taking a rough guess here (very sorry if im wrong) but the impression im getting is that your more fo a designer than a developer?

 

If thats the case and your after developing your serverside coding skills... If this is the case I'd suggest you take something like wordpress/cushty cms etc and pull it to pieces... edit the code, create your own template etc. You'll soon get a broader understanding of how a CMS works.

 

In fact if youve never written a cms yourself but your SS code is upto par do the same thing to understand how things are working then have a stab at it yourself!

 

Sam

I have just finished the templating system for my CMS. It's effort. Don't try and go from scratch unless you have a fair bit of experience. I had never done a templating system before, so it was a little slow for me. But it's very easy to do and you will be pleased with the results you get.