Re: [PHP] Manual Coding vs. CMS Systems

On Aug 28, 2008, at 5:17 AM, Auto-Deppe, C. Haensel wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> And again, a slightly off topic subject for you all from yours
> truly :o)
>
> I have a "customer" (helicopter company) who is willing to give me
> some free
> flights for a small website.
>
> Now, I have been talking to my sister in law who is a designer (note:
> designer, not coder). She said I should be using Joomla or something
> of that
> sort and change it to fit my needs.
>
> I, on the other hand, am more into using my own code, starting with
> the
> first "Hello World" and ending up being a full fledged CMS with just
> the
> functions the customer needs. I have a lot of code in my code database
> already, so it would be a lot of copy and paste and a bit of coding.
> I think
> the whole thing will take about 60 work hours.
>
> I am into hand coding, to be honest. Using Joomla or other CMS
> systems is
> fine, but I want this to be a nice point on my CV if I ever need to
> get a
> new job. And, most important to me, it _feels_ much better to have
> it done
> from scratch all by yourself, doesn't it?
>
> So, I would love to hear your opinion on this. Sorry for being a bit
> off
> topic here as this is not 100% coding related, but I _had_ to get some
> feedback to backup my position ;o)
>
> Cheers!
>
>
> Chris

Hi Chris,

I have used Joomla and wordpress as CMS's before on different sites.
Both have worked great for the purposes of the sites. The company that
I freelance with uses them as a base on almost all the sites that they
work on, and then I come in and clean it up a little... valid XHTML/
CSS section 508 compliance, things like that. What I'm trying to get
at (And please keep in mind I still haven't had any coffee this
morning...) is that hand coding everything is great I do all my own
hand coding for my projects. But there is nothing wrong with using an
established base if it suits your needs.

And from a freelance standpoint, there are alot of jobs available for
CMS customization, so some experience in that, might help get some
jobs for the future.

Good luck!


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