I never used any Content Management System (CMS) to develop a website. I am planning to use CMS to develop my new site www.GPShacks.com . I think I can learn CMS as I develop my site. Since I have no previous experience whatsoever with CMS, I not sure where to start. I guess first step would be selecting a CMS. I hope you guys can help me with this…. I like to select a CMS which learning curve is not so steep and I will able to do following things with other common website stuffs: - Add information/articles about GPS technology - User guide - Tutorials - Products review - Add a user forum ** - Downloads area ** - Article/products review/News submission option by USER ** - In future, Amazon affiliate or selling GPS products ….etc. I hope you get the idea….Please let me know which CMS you think best for this types of website. Also let me know if you think CMS is not a right option for me. Please don’t suggest anything JUST because you like one or use one. Look at the requirements I am looking for and give your honest opinion... Thanks,
There is not a whole lot to learn with them. You need to download a few install them and play around. When i first delved into the market I went through about 20 odd. In the end I settled with e107 which suited me perfectly and helped me learn how to code as well. The most popular are Joomla & Mambo E107 Nuke (post and php) I also here xoops and drupal are quite good. butin all too many of them are over complex for what many need and I didnt want to have to teach my team to use something too complex which is why e107 was my choice. It all about what feel right for you though so I encourage you to try a few first
Drupal can certainly handle what you've outlined there, though it might not do much to meet this requirement: In any event, it was recently upgraded to version 4.7, and the ecommerce module is still being ported. Many high profile sites use Drupal (like the onion), and you can find examples through drupal.org. I'm just afraid there isn't a whole lot to get a newbie jump started. It's not impossible (I did it with no background in either CMS's or PHP/MySQL and now to part time development work with it), but it is a fun challenge. I believe drupalecommerce.com is an attempt to help out people new to Drupal or considering using Drupal. You might check the link there at the top of the page "Should I Choose Drupal?"
Most of the above scripts are excesively featured and hard to manage if you are new to content management systems. I would suggest something simple to start, let's say CMSimple with most of the features you need http://www.cmsimple.dk