Educated opinions pleeez
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 4:19 pm
I'm a freelance web designer who has realized that he'd better get with the 'dynamic' side of things (or he will soon be the starving freelance web designer
)
I'm looking to build a website for the local chamber of commerce. They don't need a blog, but they will have monthly announcements and they do have a database for their membership listings. My question is this..."what is the best way to go about this?"
I've spent a fair amount of time, looking over WordPress and Joomla tutorials and I'm not real thrilled with the idea of learning another WYSIWYG. I already have a cost effective way of building HTML/CSS pages, but should this be the way things are going then I will adapt accordingly. However, I am of the opinion that for a chamber of commerce, the full CMS system might be overkill. That's an amateurs opinion.
In the future, I may use a 3rd party shopping cart for small business e-commerce, but I certainly do not see myself ever doing anything on the enterprise level.
My current PHP skill level is beginner. I really only use it for navigation and contact forms, but I have no issues expanding my skills.
So which is it? For immediate concerns, do I go direct php to database, or should I learn WordPress or Joomla?
I'm looking to build a website for the local chamber of commerce. They don't need a blog, but they will have monthly announcements and they do have a database for their membership listings. My question is this..."what is the best way to go about this?"
I've spent a fair amount of time, looking over WordPress and Joomla tutorials and I'm not real thrilled with the idea of learning another WYSIWYG. I already have a cost effective way of building HTML/CSS pages, but should this be the way things are going then I will adapt accordingly. However, I am of the opinion that for a chamber of commerce, the full CMS system might be overkill. That's an amateurs opinion.
In the future, I may use a 3rd party shopping cart for small business e-commerce, but I certainly do not see myself ever doing anything on the enterprise level.
My current PHP skill level is beginner. I really only use it for navigation and contact forms, but I have no issues expanding my skills.
So which is it? For immediate concerns, do I go direct php to database, or should I learn WordPress or Joomla?