I have a dilemma on how to start making a website I want to build. Options so far are to use a CMS such as Joomla/Drupal or start it from scratch.
Points I have in mind:
For CMS
Previous experience with CMS (without modifying actual files)
Quick
Great variety of plugins and templates
Against CMS
Might look cheap
Advantage of working with a designer if built from scratch(good for experience)
will be flexible
My background:
I am a student studying computer science altho I do not have a great experience with web building ... just made few simple ones (altho when it comes to design ... im an absolute newbie). Therefore it would be good to gain experience to work side by side with a designer ... but this can be costly? and making the website can be time consuming ... so is this worth it? Also ... how flexible can a CMS be? i.e. how hard is it to manually customize it?
Any suggestions are welcome. Also feel free to include other options other than building from scratch or using CMS. Used libraries such as JQuery in the past ... and loved it ... any similar libraries you guys knw abt?
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newtonrealman
Dear readers,
I have a dilemma on how to start making a website I want to build. Options so far are to use a CMS such as Joomla/Drupal or start it from scratch.
Points I have in mind:
For CMS
Against CMS
My background:
I am a student studying computer science altho I do not have a great experience with web building ... just made few simple ones (altho when it comes to design ... im an absolute newbie). Therefore it would be good to gain experience to work side by side with a designer ... but this can be costly? and making the website can be time consuming ... so is this worth it? Also ... how flexible can a CMS be? i.e. how hard is it to manually customize it?
Any suggestions are welcome. Also feel free to include other options other than building from scratch or using CMS. Used libraries such as JQuery in the past ... and loved it ... any similar libraries you guys knw abt?
Thanks a bunch!
Kind Regards,
Newton
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