Creating a website: What's a good website kit to use?
by Jason Swearingen · in General Discussion · 08/10/2005 (3:18 am) · 7 replies
I'm looking to redo my website, and would like to hear what you think is a good template to start with.
I was thinking of using one of those asp.net starter kits, but i see some pretty nifty sites out there that use other technologies.
Also, what's a good software for community fourms? I would like something asp.net, though i know some nice php packages exist.
I was thinking of using one of those asp.net starter kits, but i see some pretty nifty sites out there that use other technologies.
Also, what's a good software for community fourms? I would like something asp.net, though i know some nice php packages exist.
#2
Most of the time when I do a new web site, I just stick with PHP, PEAR, and Smarty. For the more complex projects on servers running PHP 5, I've been playing with PRADO. It borrows a lot of the concepts from ASP.NET and Tapestry and rolls them into PHP--no more mucking about with page state by hand.
Anyway, for ASP.NET, definitely try working with the starter kits. Last time I looked, they covered a lot of frequent tasks and were pretty well designed compared to some of the other junk out there. I can't speak to any specific forum software for ASP.NET, though. All of the implementations that come to mind were all custom-created (or very modified?) for their own sites.
08/10/2005 (4:22 am)
A side effect of Nuke's popularity has been more exploits than I can count, though I don't hear about them as much these days.Most of the time when I do a new web site, I just stick with PHP, PEAR, and Smarty. For the more complex projects on servers running PHP 5, I've been playing with PRADO. It borrows a lot of the concepts from ASP.NET and Tapestry and rolls them into PHP--no more mucking about with page state by hand.
Anyway, for ASP.NET, definitely try working with the starter kits. Last time I looked, they covered a lot of frequent tasks and were pretty well designed compared to some of the other junk out there. I can't speak to any specific forum software for ASP.NET, though. All of the implementations that come to mind were all custom-created (or very modified?) for their own sites.
#3
Martin
08/10/2005 (5:24 am)
I'm running my site with the Mamboserver. Well suited for small sites. Very easy administration and lots of add-on's are available. It requires PHP/MySQL/Apache. It has an web-based installer and within a few minutes and your site is set up. Different themes for skinning your site are also available.Martin
#5
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Sorry its PHP and you wanted ASP - but check it out if you're flexible on that.
08/10/2005 (11:25 am)
I use e107 (www.e107.org) and love it :)[edit]
Sorry its PHP and you wanted ASP - but check it out if you're flexible on that.
#6
08/10/2005 (12:13 pm)
Great, thanks for the 411 guys. I will probably use an asp.net starter package for the "main" part of the site and if i need a fourms, i'll use phpnuke for that (though i heard about all the exploits, which is a concern) 
#7
08/10/2005 (1:46 pm)
Mambo is highly customizeable. I've installed it for two clients over a year ago and both seem to be running fine.
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