Disigning my website
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 11:01 pm
I hope this is the right forum - I couldn't decide.
Ok, I have a website in the works. It's a Tolkien-information site. It has a pretty simple design. I have a very poor model online that I will present just so you get the idea:
http://www.landofrohan.com/index2.php
It's just a prototype now.
I'm going to have some main sections (i.e. The Books, The Movies, Games, Media.) These will branch into sub-sections or pages. I'm going to have a lot of pages, so instead of doing it all manually I thought there might be a way to automate some aspects, so I can better control the links in the sub-sections. I looked into CMS, and tried out Mambo, but it really isn't what I want - it's too much like a portal.
I only know enough about PHP to use the "include" function, but I can learn. I do know enough about XHTML and CSS to work fluently (don't go by that link I posted!) and I've done major work on a VB template.
So my questions is this: What's the best way to make my site easier to work with? Perhaps using some PHP, or maybe finding another CMS, or just ignoring all that and do it the old way - manually?
I hope you can understand this! Thanks!
Ok, I have a website in the works. It's a Tolkien-information site. It has a pretty simple design. I have a very poor model online that I will present just so you get the idea:
http://www.landofrohan.com/index2.php
It's just a prototype now.
I'm going to have some main sections (i.e. The Books, The Movies, Games, Media.) These will branch into sub-sections or pages. I'm going to have a lot of pages, so instead of doing it all manually I thought there might be a way to automate some aspects, so I can better control the links in the sub-sections. I looked into CMS, and tried out Mambo, but it really isn't what I want - it's too much like a portal.
I only know enough about PHP to use the "include" function, but I can learn. I do know enough about XHTML and CSS to work fluently (don't go by that link I posted!) and I've done major work on a VB template.
So my questions is this: What's the best way to make my site easier to work with? Perhaps using some PHP, or maybe finding another CMS, or just ignoring all that and do it the old way - manually?
I hope you can understand this! Thanks!