Thread: CMS from scratch

Alright guys, here goes a pretty tall order to fill.

Basically I decided to finally put together a personal site, for now it's just a static page ht-design: your dreams are our playground, but I wanted to create a great well rounded portfolio site.

I have 2 major obstacles to get past though:

1. I haven't picked up any PHP or SQL coding in almost a year, so I'll almost be relearning all of it.

2. I wanted to create a CMS framework that can serve 2 purposes. Firstly to make it easy to update my site and most of it's contents and secondly to be a framwork that can work on any future sites I work on for either myself or my freelance clients.

I was wondering if anyone could suggest a good online tutorial or walkthrough that could help me sort things out in a way that I won't turn around a few months and say, "damn, I forgot that detail".

I also wanted to put a Twitter feed on the page. I know this all a huge order, but I will be forever greatful and if you ever need assistance in the Design areas... I can help

Thanx in advance

Thanx for the reply Richyrich.

As far as building my own CMS I reckon I can do it with PHP, no problem. I wanted a tutorial though, because although it's almost the same as using an existing framework, it makes it easier for me to use it in the future, because I've picked it up and structured it from the ground up myself. The already built frameworks confuse me a little, probably due to inexperience, but I'm not sure how they're structered and where all the info is.

If I could get a good Joomla or other framework tutorial, that helped me to organise the ideas of how it's built that would be great.

In terms of PHP, I reckon I can pick it up again in no time

Great one mate Thanx!!!