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Need advice - starting new community site

by eamo
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I'm looking for any advice from seasoned designers on a site I'm about to develop.

It's simple concept where schools (about 200) can register their contact details and upload content and a description. The details are uploaded and a webpage with those details are displayed.

I'm not sure whether it best to use wordpress, joomla or just develop from scratch...

Any comments welcome
#advice #community #site #starting
  • Profile picture of the author mtmjohn
    I'm not a design expert. But I suggest you use wordpress as the platform. It's very easy to install and very customizable.
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  • Profile picture of the author allenjohn
    Hi - Sounds perfect for ning.... regards Allen
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    • Profile picture of the author eamo
      Thanks allenjohnm - ning looks really good for this..
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  • Profile picture of the author tonydyt
    Depends, use wordpress if you dont have big plans with the site, if you do have big plans i would suggest a custom script, ( in case you want to sell you site later )
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  • Profile picture of the author KeshaSparks
    Hey its great to hear that you are coming up with a site to designers but you have mentioned that you'll be getting in data from other sites well I feel you should try avoiding this as this is gonna hack ur site down...cause copying matter from other websites is an offense for which you may be caught for violating the websites rules.
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    • Profile picture of the author eamo
      Originally Posted by KeshaSparks View Post

      Hey its great to hear that you are coming up with a site to designers but you have mentioned that you'll be getting in data from other sites well I feel you should try avoiding this as this is gonna hack ur site down...cause copying matter from other websites is an offense for which you may be caught for violating the websites rules.
      ?? I think you misread my post completely....
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  • Profile picture of the author KeshaSparks
    Hey I do admit that i must have mentioned something thats in a way does'nt related to the topic but its not that I've replied to completely to some off topic I just replied to what I read in your forum..
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    • Profile picture of the author joebel
      I prefer to use Wordpress, it's really user friendly and there are lots of tutorial all over the internet so even beginners can manage a wordpress site.
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