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I'm looking for a CMS I can embed inside an already existing php website. Basically I just want something that I can make blog posts from and then those blog posts will show up inside my website's content div. I'm really not looking for anything too fancy but don't really want to hack wordpress. Suggestions?
Wordpress isn't that bad an idea for this: You can access WordPress content from within a PHP application on the same server by including the WordPress bootstrap. You can then list and/or fetch the blog entry / article / page you need.
See e.g. this SO question and especially this one (Galen's top voted answer shows the whole process of fetching a page.)
You could use Osmek's free account. Osmek integrates easily into an existing application since its centrally hosted and requires no database setup. Check out this video http://osmek.com/video
Disclaimer I work for Osmek, so I am biased. But feel free to ask me any question.
Joomla makes it about as simple as possible and will leave room for the day a client calls up and asks for a more advanced feature. Installation into a folder is something pretty common, too.
There are multiple options which are prepositioned for embedding. Most promising seems "PHP News System" http://phpns.alecwh.com/, though I haven't used it and cannot qualify it much. But it claims the embedding process is just a single php call, which still sounds acceptable.
If you want just a blog, I'd recommend Serendipity over Wordpress. Firstly because of the better security track record, and second because it specifically has a switch for embedding it within an existing layout; so unlike WP doesn't need as much workarounds.
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Heyy, I'm wondering what would be ideal for creating a website like : http://either.io, I'm not sure if i should make the website from scratch using html/css/php/js etc or use something like Wordpress. Im competent in html/css/php/js however Im not sure if it'll be a waste of time to do it this way as it seems obsolete. The website will have a database, and i also want users to be able to make accounts and submit content to the website, will Wordpress be able to do these functions and if so, will it be easy to manage the database? Also if there is anything else to use, I would love to hear. So for the general question :/ I really didn't know where else to ask! Thanks in advance.
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Also i was look at ruby on rails, would that also be a valid option? Thanks
Definitely you should use any CMS (such as Wordpress) for an simple project because there are quite a lot of solutions, components and community support.
Go to custom php(or any other language) project when CMS can't fully cover your planned functionality
For what you describe the website you need to create is simple enough, so Wordpress should make all the job you need. You don't need to build the wheel again.
I recommend you to start by reading Wordpress.org to check the documentation, what you can do with it and how it flow works.
But basically it provides you user authentication and content management, so you should be all set.
If you are creating a static site not carrying much data, html css is better. But if you need to store lots of user information it is better to go with wordpress. Any kind of powerful website can be created using wordpress provided having knowledge in php.
Notable websites using wordpress:
1.IBM Jobs
2.Newyork times
3.Forbes
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I'm trying to create a similar sub domain for my website for videos -http://media.futuremoneytrends.com/index.html
The main website (https://www.futuremoneytrends.com/) is made with wordpress, and it seems this media version is made with bootstrap.
Realistically, I could make this with bootstrap and some custom code and what not, but the tricky thing is that my employer needs a simple CMS to use like WordPress to add video's, but as I've been trying to make one, its notoriously hard to manage to create nice video layout that will function in a similar function as youtube, or more specifically the media.futuremoneytrends.com website.
So knowing that this subdomain is made with bootstrap, and the main domain is made with wordpress, I found some resources online that I can link up my two website to use the same database. Therefore, he can still use the same website and the video's will be uploaded to bootstrap.
Now the coding question
After all that background knowledge, how would I pull information from a wordpress CMS with a website that DOES NOT use wordpress at all (my custom subdomain)? I can't wrap my head around how to do it?
As I think this is one of the only routes I can think of. If there is another alternative I should consider, like possibly just creating a custom php CMS being an easier route, I'll consider that.
Any related resources would be incredibly useful.
They have a cookie called melody_device. It is highly probable that they are using PHP Melody CMD.
This site shows all the site with that cookie
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Which is pretty much the same..
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I'm currently using a very simple CMS which I coded myself in PHP and mysql. It's main purpose is to add news articles and reviews. I've had some issues with security at times and uploading images. Would it be fairly simple to implement something like Joomla to my static existing html pages which are coding linking to my database?
Any help or nudges in the right direction would be appreciated.
Depending on exactly how complex your site is, what your plans for the future are, and whether you'll ever have any collaborators, you might want to avoid Joomla. It's a very big, complex piece of code, with a lot of features. Joomla assumes a lot about your site, adding weight which may be unnecessary. For example, Joomla will always create a session, using its own database storage, whether you require sessions on your site or not [*].
If you want something a bit more lightweight, take a look at Perch or Kirby. Both are excellent, simple applications for web content management.
[*] Caveat: I am not a very experienced Joomla user (have been using 1.5 for about 6 months), so take the details of what I say with a pinch of salt, but bear the general point in mind.
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I have this plan to create my own portfolio website and it has been bugging me for two months already. the portfolio is like any typical portfolio - intro, services, contact, blog but i plan to make it from scratch with or without a CMS/Framework. i have already planned bunch of how it works in diagrams, pseudo-code scribbles
but how do i start? should i start as a static website and work my way into the JS, PHP and SQL or should i drop the interface for later and do the other way around by doing the back end actions first?
Build front to back. Start with the navigation as it tends to be the pivotal area that the site revolves around - most of the personality of the site tends to end up in the header as well.
By starting there, you will find yourself creating an ID/Class convention, and starting to code the foundation of your more intense and interesting scripts.
I've built quite a few sites in my time and I have found this is the most natural progression of things, but of course, everyone is different.
Building the back-end first is an invitation for trouble if you ask me.. start with practice and apply theory rather than starting with theory and trying to realize it.. its like walking up the down escalator!
Build it like any other website. There's nothing wrong with using a framework or CMS platform for your own site. If you're any good, you'll hardly have time to dedicate to your own site so using an off-the-shelf package and then designing the site on top of it may be a good idea.
Both.
If you have designs (photoshop? drawings) you might want to finish them of (basing, slicing, whatever you want to call it) as basic HTML. Now you have a static website (non functional) just for the design)
Another tier for your site is the framework/basics (your own or a ready made) that need to work.
And in the end you pour the design over the framework, sit back and watch the money come in :P
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The wordpress is such a great tool. I'm wondering if it will be a problem to start adding sections at some point, nothing to do with the blog, just sections for the site with different functionality ( say a database of searching stuff ) perhaps also incorporate and let user reistered through the word press database with the other featues in the site?
What should I need to know for this? will it be OK?
Some firm knowledge of PHP will allow you to write your own Wordpress plugins,
see this (Wordpress: Writing a plugin) page for more information.
There is also a 5 minute video tutorial about writing your first plugin which can be found here
You should try PodsCMS as a way of expanding on top of your vanilla Wordpress install. It's got a great interface, great tutorials, and the developers are always more than willing to help.
You can literally do just about anything with PodsCMS, especially with a good working knowledge of PHP and WordPress' workflow.
I've found the Wordpress plugin Magic Fields really useful for adding cms style features on Wordpress Pages. It may give what you want.
You can modify the wordpress pages if you want it integrated in the blog, or add new things on other pages.
Are you asking if you can use the wordpress login info for other sections of your site?