A rate my (something) site, how to go about it

[Megaross]

Well I had this fantastic idea down the pub about a week ago, everyone loved it. Theres a popular internet fad at the moment I want to cash in on, based around a certain inanimate object, I've done some very basic market research and now I'm ready to get cracking.

Only problem, I haven't designed a website since I was 15, and back then it was photoshop and notepad to sling them together. Html, very basic php.
And to be fair they were alright websites.
And since then I've done C++ and Visual Basic at college so i've got a basic concept of how to put things together.

Trouble is, nowadays it's all changed, theres interactive stuff and things you can install and god knows what else. So does anyone have any advice about how I'd go about this.
A mate of mine was saying about some sort of thing you could install and run and then sling your own design onto it that'd work really well and save me loads of time.

Anyone got any insight to this modern web design business?

[ultimatehandyman]

Do a Google search for Joomla, it is a customisable content management system which might be what you are looking for.

It is open source and is php based.

[SteveOC]

I played with Joomla briefly - and the only thing I would stress is that it it needs to be installed on a web server - be it local or remotely hosted - which is something new to me if not to others.
If you already have web hosting your provider may already offer this or help you with it.

I installed it locally under WAMP or XAMPP or both (I forget which as as I have them both installed) as it allowed me to work offline where I have no BB access, and not have to pay for hosting.
It also works with LAMP and MAMP (for Linux or MAC only folks who want alternatives to XAMPP).

http://www.joomla.org/

Steve O.

[Megaross]

Cheers guys, I'll look into it

[fabianess]

Spam removed - RichAndo

[thescruff]

Good bit of spamming fabianess.

The mods are aware of the scam.

[Rich-Ando]

ty scruff

[inspire]

wordpress sites are pretty easy to modify and make look good and there are loads of plugins for it most hosting packages have it on the easy install

[SteveOC]

I had forgotten about Wordpress - it was the reason I first installed a Wampserver, to have a play with it.
Seems ideally suited for a blogging style site, but I found it limited and hence went and looked at Joomla.

I might try and fire it up and take another look - if I get a minute.

Steve O.