PHP Newbie - free script recommendations?

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guitmanjo
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PHP Newbie - free script recommendations?

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Hi folks, I'm new around here. Hope I picked the right place to ask this.

I described on another forum a concept I have for a website I would like to develop, and it was strongly suggested I use MySQL & PHP to accomplish it. Though I understand the general concepts, I'm a complete novice concerning this type of application, and so it was suggested I look for already developed free scripts to accomplish my goals. I'm a pretty quick study, but want to get off on the right foot.

What I'm trying to do is provide organized groups of people who use my products a place to post their group contact information, and potentially a calendar of their group's events, a gallery of their group's photos, and similar tools. I would also need to contact them either quarterly or annually, depending on how time sensitive their information is, and require them to confirm that their information is current in order for it to remain posted.

I would need to provide utilities where a new group could submit their info, and once approved by me as administrator, that info would feed data to a group specific webpage, and that webpage would then appear linked from a directory of these pages. Once a page is created, I would need to allow for them to edit or add info in a passworded area. With the exception of my review and approval of submitted info, I would need this to be totally automated in order to ensure it gets done.

I've found several scripts that appear to have some of the capabilities I want. But there are so many scripts out there, I am not certain where to start. Would anyone have a recommendation for which scripts I should be looking at and where they can be found?

Thanks in advance.
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phpNuke and other CMS type systems based off phpBB are all roughly good and provide many, if not all your wishes either off the bat, or with some additions of plugins.
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Post by guitmanjo »

Thanks Feyd, I appreciate the recommendation.

I'll download the trial and check out it's features.
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