The first thing to consideris who will be using and updating the CM system, 2nd is How much power will your CM have? Will the system simply index pages and sort/display content in a logical order. Or will you have a system that allows the user to design templates on the fly. Most content management systems do not allow easy "design" of pages, the bulk of that is done in an editor of your choosing and then pasted into the CM. This is the easist to build but not that flexible on the user side. The best way to do this on a level that is not out of reach to all but the best is to build your template as includes. and store the url for the include files in a database. This is a quick wayt to get going. NOT The best, but workable. The content is also kept in a database and"included" and defined in your templates and database. NOTE* include files for query and display as url includes
Much sample code is a the macromedia cfml support page Good luck! Don -----Original Message----- From: Mark Woods [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 10:57 AM To: CF_OpenSource Subject: Re: content management have a look at sourceforge.net, there are a few open source CF CMS projects there. (well, most are really site management systems, but that seems to be what you're after) >To be honest, I have not yet built a CMS app and would appreciate any >help or advice on approaching the design and build. > >Users would have the ability to create: > >new areas, new pages, use a choice of templates to build pages, etc > >Regards > >Shaun ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
