Hey everyone!

This is my first non-introductory post here (so hello!), and I'm hoping this community is able to help me with a general query that - as yet - I haven't been able to find an answer to. Long story short, I'm considering making a website that is based around articles, such as reviews, news stories, first-impressions, and that sort of thing. Ideally I'd also like to have comment systems and some form of user interactivity (like user profiles and the like). For examples of the sort of website I mean, look at the likes of Kotaku, IGN etc, only on a smaller scale. I considered a forum as a set-up, but it's not exactly what I'm looking for.

Basically, I'm clueless about the articles prospect of the site, as I assume making a new page for each article would make a massive (and clunky) site.

Any help, or even directions anyone could give would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks everyone!

Regards,
Jehuty.

An article based site is probably a more easy to understand concept than you're making out. The key is to use either a blogging system such as Wordpress, Moveable Type or Statamic, or if you plan to extend the site in time perhaps a content system such as ExpressionEngine or Craft maybe a better fit. Either way one of these systems will do what you want.

Sounds like a job for Wordpress to me. Which as a Joomla designer isn't easy for me to concede!

I'd have to agree with the Wordpress suggestions. It's an incredibly powerful blogging platform with a huge community, although when first starting with it it can be confusing. If you really want to get the most out of it and learn some great time-saving tips, I would say to sign up for the free trial at teamtreehouse.com (just remember to cancel it after the 29th day!); they have many courses on Wordpress, from entry-level to advanced, you could build the site as you go along with the videos. There is one there for Buddypress too; a social networking extension that could probably help with your user interactivity requirement.
I've been coding for Wordpress for some time and I think it would meet your specification nicely.

Good luck!

with wordpress,you can work easily .Go with it and enjoy your work .

But remeber don't get too much confused witn many views.