php cms

[onlinegamesplayer]

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

[lesleindotcom]

You could make one very easily that would look nice

PM me and I can setup a mock db for it

[onlinegamesplayer]

will using a php cms effect my seo?

[craig]

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

[onlinegamesplayer]

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

[onlinegamesplayer]

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?

[sypher]

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

[Dan Williamson]

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.

[onlinegamesplayer]

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!