I been trying to do is create my own CMS and Portal system. and well that's not going good at all. Some part of it work and some parts don't work.

I'm looking for a CMS System that has the following options.

Portal System
Forums
Blog
Uploads and Downloads section
Support Ticket Manager
Articles Section
Photo Gallery.
Content Manager

The only one I can find that close to what I'm looking for is OcPortal. It's just the support for it sucks. So well I need to try and find some help with the current project I'm working on or find a CMS System that has the options I need with better support. Any Gals, Guys, Don't tell me about Wordpress and the other ones all so, They are not what I'm looking for.

Joe

    bigjoe11a;10989001 wrote:

    I been trying to do is create my own CMS and Portal system. and well that's not going good at all. Some part of it work and some parts don't work.

    This is to be expected. A CMS is far more complex than most people imagine.

    bigjoe11a;10989001 wrote:

    ...So well I need to try and find some help with the current project I'm working on or find a CMS System that has the options I need with better support. Any Gals, Guys, Don't tell me about Wordpress and the other ones all so, They are not what I'm looking for.

    So... you're willing to use an existing CMS, except that you don't want to hear about it because they're "not what you're looking for"?

    Here's how I see the situation (and please don't be offended: I'm not attacking):

    You should look for an existing CMS. To get all of the features you are looking for, you'd probably need to get several add-ons and/or create one or two. This means you'd need to spend some time examining how the CMS (whichever you choose) works, and learning how to mess with it successfully. This is certainly not a "quick fix," but it's quicker (and more likely to be successful) than trying to finish the one you're building yourself.

    The alternative would be to hire someone who has the necessary experience/expertise.

    I don't see "getting help" as a practical solution to a problem of this scale:

    --getting help from the community basically means that everyone offering advice has no clear understanding of the "Big picture." So, unless you're running into only minor problems (and from the frustration you expressed in your post, it sound like the problems are not minor), this "help" is likely to introduce more problems than it solves.

    --getting a dedicated team together is more practical, but -obviously- you'd need people with more expertise than you have. This means that your project may become their project, at which point you should have just hired someone and avoided the stress. If the people who join your project are of similar abilities as you, then you'll all be running into the same problems anyway, and all that will have been accomplished is that you now have "underlings" to blame for everything.

      Thanks trag, That's what I would like to do is find another CMS project that's all ready made that has the options I wanted. It's just as I said, The only one I can find is OcPortal and the support on it sucks. If you come a crossed any thing like that Please Let me Know

      Joe

        traq 🙂

        I know you said "don't say WP," but are you sure WP won't work? A quick glance at their plugin search page finds stuff that fits most of the categories you mention, depending on what you mean by "Portal System."

        I don't use WP (or other CMSs) much, so I'm not really the person to ask about customizing them. But if I were you, I'd also look at Drupal and maybe xoops (I have used Joomla for bigger projects, and I didn't like it much. But other people do). I like concrete, but I don't think it has the capabilities you're after, plus it gets a little slow as projects get larger.

          traq;10989028 wrote:

          traq 🙂

          I know you said "don't say WP," but are you sure WP won't work? A quick glance at their plugin search page finds stuff that fits most of the categories you mention, depending on what you mean by "Portal System."

          I don't use WP (or other CMSs) much, so I'm not really the person to ask about customizing them. But if I were you, I'd also look at Drupal and maybe xoops (I have used Joomla for bigger projects, and I didn't like it much. But other people do). I like concrete, but I don't think it has the capabilities you're after, plus it gets a little slow as projects get larger.

          Thanks, How ever, Yes I did and I'm sorry it sucks. Even with all of those add on's. It still doesn't look like a Portal System. See I portal system is like the Portal on a forums section. Is has blocks that are predefined and custom blocks. Like I said before there's too much missing. So the add on's are fine. Just too much is missing or the add on's they do have don't have all of the options. You should down load http://ocportal.com/start.htm Ocportal and you tell me. I still haven't fount a thing that match's to it. (YET)

            I'm still not exactly clear on what you're looking for in your "portal system." Do you mean something like phpbuilder's home page - a "jumping-off" point for the rest of the site - or something like a user-specific home page, where they can include blocks with whatever content they prefer?

            I looked at the ocportal page you linked. Did you notice that there is a new website for the project, which was updated as recently as this July?

            I tried out the demo. It feels a lot like VB, though obviously not built exclusively around forums. (Honestly, the design seems a bit dated in that respect.) The source code seems well-documented. I'll try it out if I have a day free.

            BigJoe11a wrote:

            Yes I did and I'm sorry it sucks.

            no need to apologize. I don't like most CMSs anyway. I prefer building from scratch (or, more accurately, from my own framework). keeps things lightweight.

              traq;10989038 wrote:

              I'm still not exactly clear on what you're looking for in your "portal system." Do you mean something like phpbuilder's home page - a "jumping-off" point for the rest of the site - or something like a user-specific home page, where they can include blocks with whatever content they prefer?

              I looked at the ocportal page you linked. Did you notice that there is a new website for the project, which was updated as recently as this July?

              I tried out the demo. It feels a lot like VB, though obviously not built exclusively around forums. (Honestly, the design seems a bit dated in that respect.) The source code seems well-documented. I'll try it out if I have a day free.

              no need to apologize. I don't like most CMSs anyway. I prefer building from scratch (or, more accurately, from my own framework). keeps things lightweight.

              Thanks, Trag, See I rather have my code in my own frame work as well. It's just the project I been working on and the PHP advance coding that I been adding is way over my head. The bad thing about it that I suck when it comes to HTML and Style Sheets. Here take a look at the project I have been working on.

              http://toppersbbs.dtdns.net/mapnet

              This is the PC on my localhost that I do all my setting up and crap like that. I'm still looking into some thing that's all ready made. So That I won't have to do this. and There's nothing out there with the options I want. I rather add them in my self. I been looking for some one to help with the style sheets I just can't a ford to pay for it. and that's what every one wants is $$$$$$.

              Any way. A portal system has blocks and crap like that, That you can add content too and add links. or a menu and/or just information about your web site. That's all it is. You have have top blocks. center blocks and right and left blocks. It's what you see on some of the forums sections that you see. If you go here

              http://www.df-barracks.com

              and look at that page. That's a portal that your looking at.

              If you think of a portal system that does have all the options I want. PLEASE let me know.

              Joe

                Forgive me for stating the obvious but if you like the system that Delta Force Barracks are using, why don't you use the same as they do? http://www.tinyportal.net/

                  Emma;10989061 wrote:

                  Forgive me for stating the obvious but if you like the system that Delta Force Barracks are using, why don't you use the same as they do? http://www.tinyportal.net/

                  Thanks, You have to under stand it's not going to be a part of the one in the link. The project I'm making is for my localhost pc. and I run some other kinds of server off of it and one of them is a web server. That's what this project is for. It's just going to have a lot more options then any else I have fount and played a round with

                    You may have noticed Firefox and Wordpress plug ins often lag behind the main app updates

                    A CMS that does all that you are asking is going to be a big project and a big CMS will have the above problems and worse.
                    So coupled with the fact that combining the different items (forum/blog/cms etc) can be done in different ways .. you are hoping for rather a lot to find something that is just right.

                    Your best bet is find something close and adapt as needed

                      bigjoe11a;10989065 wrote:

                      Thanks, You have to under stand it's not going to be a part of the one in the link. The project I'm making is for my localhost pc. and I run some other kinds of server off of it and one of them is a web server. That's what this project is for. It's just going to have a lot more options then any else I have fount and played a round with

                      is there some reason you can't use tinyportal on your local machine? their site says it runs on top of SMF, which is a decent CMS (I've heard good things about it, anyway, never tried it myself).

                        I work with WordPress all the time for clients and with plug-ins you can do pretty much anything.

                        If it's "missing" something, why not write put your efforts towards filling in the gaps? Write a custom plug-in or template file. You can make WordPress do anything.

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