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Modular Web Site

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:52 am
by ed209
I'm planning a web site which I think should be modular. I say 'modular' although I don't actually know if that's the right description.

At the centre of the site will be a login area for users to manage their details, site preferences and other general user admin stuff.

The site is for artists so I will also build a gallery manager.

In addition to this core functionality, I want to be able to create add-ons. I have an idea of what I want for the launch. I also have future ideas for a later date but I also want to cater for ideas I haven't had yet.

An example module may be a CV section. Create a CV, email it, download as PDF etc or maybe add a basic blogg.

I can manage to wedge this functionality in as I think of it, but I like the idea of creating these as stand alone apps that integrate into the main site. This makes it easier to outsource too.

Where can I find out about doing this, are there rules I need to follow? I've read this post viewtopic.php?t=17430&highlight=design+modular but I got a bit lost in it...

Any help appreciated.
Thanks,
Ed.

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:22 pm
by Christopher
You might be better off using an existing CMS and creating modules that don't exist or modifying existing ones to suit your purpose. What you are trying to do is not that easy to do well.

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:32 pm
by ed209
I have considered that, I've tried a couple. I was just looking PHP-Nuke but I'm not sure if it would take longer to learn another site or create my own.

Any suggestion on a good CMS app?

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 1:35 pm
by Gambler
http://nengine.korsengineering.com/
My (kind of) CMS/Framework/Whatever. Quite good at many things, customizable, and made specifically to make module development easy. However, it doesn't have any (real) documentation so far. But I can write documentation if concepts of this system seem interesting to you. This is a system made primarily for internal use, so docs are far from the first priority.

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:15 pm
by Christopher
Check here: http://opensourcecms.com/

I have heard good thing about Drupal, exPublish, Joomla(Mambo) and Typo3