Which CMS for this site

[markbrown4]

Hi,

I need a cms that can manage the content on a site I am currently developing.
Here are the two templates that would be used:
(2 column)100percentcare.com.au/development/telecare/why.htm
(1 column)100percentcare.com.au/development/index4.html
All the pages would be variations on these lists and main content sections.

I've made a primitive CMS before to make updates on a page by page basis, which I could repeat for this site - but I'm hoping there is a package available that could manage this sort of template - and allow for extra page creation and more flexibility..

I have good knowledge of PHP and MySQL so I should be able to manage that side of it if need be.
What are my options?

Thanks for your time,

[Derek Sheppard]

It's a simple design and most current CMS's will be able to handle it. I'd look at Wordpress. Joomla will easily work, but seems overkill for what you need.

[docquesting]

I would like to add to this by asking how a person would implement wordpress to manage content on individual pages? Especially on a custom template xhtml and css coded.

[markbrown4]

I would like to add to this by asking how a person would implement wordpress to manage content on individual pages? Especially on a custom template xhtml and css coded.

Yeah I need a little help understanding this as well, I have used wordpress as a blogging tool but have not modified the template. I didn't know wordpress could allow for multiple templates..

100percentcare.com.au/wordpress/ -> What now ?
I'm going to be messing around with this today tying to figure it all out so it will likely be broken when you visit.

[markbrown4]

Well hey, what do you know.. I got this working after all.

I first created a new theme uploaded the different sections header sidebar footer and the CSS and images.
I'm sure there is more than one way to accomplish what I was after but I got my menus dynamically created effect using pages and subpages..
Here's the Sidebar script

<div id="main_content_right">
<ul id="right_nav">
<?php 
if(wp_list_pages("child_of=".$post->ID."&echo=0")) { 
  wp_list_pages("title_li=&child_of=".$post->ID."&sort_column=menu_order&show_date=modified&date_format=$date_format");
} 
else { 
  wp_list_pages("title_li=&child_of=".$post->post_parent."&sort_column=menu_order&show_date=modified&date_format=$date_format"); }
?> 
</ul>
</div>

Well this has been a very interesting learning experience, thanks for the direction Derek.

I like Wordpress!

[Derek Sheppard]

Well hey, what do you know.. I got this working after all...

Well this has been a very interesting learning experience, thanks for the direction Derek.

I like Wordpress!

Congrats (and you're welcome)!