My project is to create a basic social networking site, where users can submit their own stories and rate them (much in the same way as digg). This is a one time deal, and I would not need to re-use any of the code.
Would I be best suited using a framework such as CakePHP (I've heard they slow down considerably with large websites) or would I be best coding everything from scratch?
Thanks for any input.
P.S. If I want a custom home page based upon the network the user belongs to, should I create a basic template that selects the information I want and displays it based upon the networkid of the user?
Thanks.
