The Content Management System
It's time for the nerdy entry. Behold the nerdyness of Alexander Radsby! The University has made me a programmer, but I guess I'll stick with designer anyway. But it's beyond my control now...I've decided to write my own Content Management System with CodeIgniter for PHP. (More of that below)
I'm growing kind of tired of the current systems out there, I don't like the look of the interface and it's more complex than it has too be. I always tried to use Wordpress for all my new projects, but it was way too time consuming.
So I'm making a CMS that has the basics: news/posts, pages, user management, categories, file browsers, file uploaders, templates. Basically a slim version Expression Engine.I will also make a couple of extra helpers/libraries for tour dates and that stuff (if I'm making making a band site). The only thing I need to think about is how to hook on these modules.
Lots of work to do, but it will be a great project before I attend Hyper Island.
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