php cms

Hi

I've been told i should learn php to use for a cms for http://www.free-online-games-player.co.uk, i think i should too.. but what i've read about it so far.. sounds quite complicated..... is there an easy way to do this?
thx

You could make one very easily that would look nice

PM me and I can setup a mock db for it

will using a php cms effect my seo?

It depends what CMS you use, some have a SEO friendly extensions so that SEO is not sacrificed.
My advice, Joomla
Me and my partner have created around 4 Joomla sites and there is a lot of variability within the CMS.
It may be a hard thing to get your head round at the beginning but updating websites are so easy once set up!

Craig

my host has got dotnetnuke installed, any idea if this is any good?

do you think it would be a good idea for me to use joomla for my site? should i set it up before making the site look the same etc as the index.html ? should i use it to do this? would it be easy to get dreamweaver to do this? would joomla effect the internal linking of the site and thus effect seo? am i looking in the wrong places for awnsers to these questions?

If your planning to do web design in the future and you are doing this site for yourself with alot of time to spend on it learn php/mysql and make the cms youself.

Why? because it will help you in the future when you need to use those skills. You cant do free CMS's for every site :P

It's quite tricky for a beginner as you have to work with mySQL Databases with queries and quite advanced codes, nevertheless it could be simple. You would need to think of the security though.

well, i've decided to just use the templating system in dreamweaver for now.
It's taking me a bit of time for the whole site, but at lease i'll be sure of the internal linking structure. i'll learn php another day!