Newbie Needs Advice...

**BRH3** · Jul 17, 2008, 17:38

I would like to design a site with the same functionality as "gametab" website especially RSS Aggregation on homepage. However, content would be unrelated to the gaming market.
Looking for advice and any suggestion as to how to build? Can this be done with any opensource CMS? etc. Thank you!

**Nick Burd** · Jul 17, 2008, 18:22

check out Joomla.

Let me know if you need help. Im always happy to help. lol

**BRH3** · Jul 19, 2008, 07:16

Thanks Nick. I'll keep you in Mind.

**htpc** · Jul 19, 2008, 09:22

Nick's probably right, Joomla would be the best option. I don't like the look of gamertag though. It looks cluttered and outdated.

**Sudhiru** · Jul 19, 2008, 10:15

right.. Joomla is the best option..

**dgroves** · Jul 19, 2008, 10:22

I'd agree with that, just don't forget for a beginner building your own theme (if you decide to) can be a bit of a mouthful.

**david_mac** · Jul 21, 2008, 04:27

It can be tricky but Joomlas manual is a god send and has all the info you need to tailor your site to your needs.

**Rexibit** · Jul 21, 2008, 17:13

I personally wouldn't use Joomla! The content management system is not user friendly, and even less so for someone designing the site.

**dgroves** · Jul 22, 2008, 10:57

Originally Posted by Rexibit

I personally wouldn't use Joomla! The content management system is not user friendly, and even less so for someone designing the site.

What you do instead then?

**Rexibit** · Jul 22, 2008, 11:05

Before I began learning PHP, I used PHPNuke or Wordpress. I tried Mambo and Joomla and found them very hard to manage. Now, I develop my own CMS.

**eautocad** · Jul 24, 2008, 13:27

I hope your planning on being different or better than gametag...

**blwire** · Jul 25, 2008, 00:35

I love the spam at the forum on the bottom lol

**james_littler** · Jul 25, 2008, 03:10

cuyahoga is a good one and particularly easy to use (well i thought so anyway)

**fliply** · Aug 11, 2008, 12:06

Wordpress = quick learning curve
Joomla = longer learning curve

If you have a test server and want the whole shabang, go for joomla

I am a wordpress avid user, but recognise the strength of joomla for more complex sites

Good luck

**ditch182** · Aug 21, 2008, 08:21

I would probably go with Joomla over WordPress. I've recently fallen out of love with WP, so I'm using Nucleus for blog development.

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