[ak_russ]

Hello,

I am in the process of putting together a database driven community website, I would appreciate some help/guidance on the following matters:

1. Currently I have basic html skills. I have hosting space but am struggling to get the web applications onto my space and configured properly - things like content managment modules/messageboads/ menu scripts etc

Is there a good online/offline reference source for beginners? Can anyone advise me on this? Is it a case that I should leave it to the pro's?

2. If I do work with a professional are there things I should be looking out for, can anyone advise me on this please?

Any other input/advise would be greatly appreciated - this of course wont pay for your beer, but I have a sound business plan and a relatively open market in which to grow so money may come later.

Thanks, Alan

ak_russ AT hotmail DOTCOM

[snaip]

There are tons of Open Source community driven CMS. My fav still remains PostNuke.com. Easy to install, and tons of modules to customize your site...

Good luck!

[ak_russ]

Thanks for getting back to me. Yeah, I have found no end of great stuff to download, but I really need to understand how to get them running on my webspace etc, do you know of any online web tutorials that can talk me through the very basics from a first timers point of view..

[mousegu]

The programs should some with documentation on how it install...

[kvnband]

Right, always always always look for a README in the script. Then, to install them, it is usually a matter of

Upload the script to your webspace (You know how to do that I assume)
Create the database if needed
Run install script

And that's it

Don't know of any tutorials, but hope that my post helped a little
Kevin

[4n7hr4x]

http://www.sitepoint.com