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[BrandonT]

Looking to finally add a real homepage to my general gaming site and trying to decide between the two. Iso input on pros & cons. Sorta like Wordpress but couldn't find any templates I liked. With Joomla I liked all the extras it had. Or If you have a better recommendation I'm open to suggestions.

Edit: Not all that great at website building but ok...

[Michael]

BrandonT, on Jun 12 2009, 02:34 PM, said:

Looking to finally add a real homepage to my general gaming site and trying to decide between the two. Iso input on pros & cons. Sorta like Wordpress but couldn't find any templates I liked. With Joomla I liked all the extras it had. Or If you have a better recommendation I'm open to suggestions.

Edit: Not all that great at website building but ok...

I've only worked with Wordpress and it was several months ago. It's easy to setup and like joomla has a lot community support. This may have changed since I last used wordpress, but joomla seems a lot more powerful in what it can do, it a full blown cms rather than just a blog. Depends on how complicated you want your website to be I guess. Is it just a few pages or a full blown website with downloads system, reviews etc...

[GaVrA]

Well the best thing you can do for your self is to see what you really need. If all you need is that one extra home page, i would really sugest usging IPB Portal...

[BrandonT]

I thought about just using portal as homepage but still unsure.

I tried joomla again and found templates I liked but they would never end up the way I expected lol.

Also just got done doing wordpress and ended up with this - http://www.thegamingsurge.com really basic but works for now.


Having difficult time getting somethings I like

[Michael]

I'm just setting up a website for local town nearby. And found this to be a good guide: http://www.cmsmatrix.org/

[BrandonT]

Thanks Michael. I ended up just doing an html page and guess It turned out half descent lol - http://www.thegamingsurge.com/

[GaVrA]

You can do that with IPB portal...

acp->look & feel->edit template html->ipb portal->csite_skeleton_template

that is like index.html that you have now...

it is much logical to use this then to have seperate html/css/etc...

here is mine new home page which will be finnished very soon:

http://www.crtaci.in...ex.php?act=home

simple but it really helps to use ipb portal(or any other portal mod for ibp hehe)...

Edited by GaVrA, 17 June 2009 - 07:46 AM.

[Sara Martin]

That is totally depends on the need you feel.If you feel that this is very important then you should go for it.

[jamies]

Yes, it depends that which one fulfills your! needs. In addition to the basic use, each CMS may have some unique features of its own. so choose the one that suits you.