vibins — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 23:14:36 +0000

Quote: i don't think anything but IE can display it right.

If thats true you must be doing somthing wrong. IE has horible css compatiabiltiy. The best thing to do is design for firefox the tweak it for the other browsers.

What do you mean style sheets not accepted only on very old browsers.

dASH — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 21:26:34 +0000

demonhale wrote: First if you really need to do this right the first time, Hire a web Developer...

Secondly the Link you suggested uses Zymic's Templates... Well... Templates might make somebody in the forums cringe...

lol why's that? i'm going to have to make my own anyway-- i don't think anything but IE can display it right. i love style sheets because they make the sites look so much better, but hate them for not being universal.

demonhale — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 03:35:56 +0000

First if you really need to do this right the first time, Hire a web Developer...

Secondly the Link you suggested uses Zymic's Templates... Well... Templates might make somebody in the forums cringe...

dASH — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 00:30:34 +0000

thanks, guys, for the help. i'm checking out the links now. while i do that, here's a more in depth explanation of what i'm looking to do....

what i want the site to look like:
http://www.filmfanatix.com/index2.php

this is how i would like things to operate:

-- i want my staff (5 of us, maybe more in the future) to be able to use the login area to upload film reviews. i also want my staff to be able to login in order to upload their "staff feature" articles which also can automatically index themsevles by date of upload
-- i want the film reviews to be searchable, as well as alphabetized (without me having to do it manually). actually, anything on the site can be searchable.
-- i want the main page to operate like a news-type blog: i post the updates/news, but anyone can comment back on it
-- i want the film reviews to be able to have a comment section as well. like a mini forum (sort of like at aint-it-cool-news.com)

... and that's it i think.

now, is this impossible to do? is there anyone out there who could help me out, or point me in the right direction? i *really* want to get this done, and now that i've provided a layout, i'm sure ya'll can get a better idea of what i'm looking for.

JeevesBond — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 16:15:42 +0000

Well if you're looking for a blog format you could install some blogging software, Wordpress is a popular choice, as is Movable Type.

These will not be as feature-rich or give you the level of organisation that a fully-fledged CMS will. In fact, this might be a good option: Drupal, this doesn't seem too complicated, but it's more structured than an average blog application.

Sorry for being a little vague, but there are so many options available! Hopefully you'll be able to look at these and make a decision based upon your requirements.

Busy — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 10:29:06 +0000

CMS like postnuke, phpnuke etc often have control functions where as you choose which sections you want displayed. Even if this function is not complete enough for you, you could dive into the code and remove (comment out would be safer) the bits you don't need/want.