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Posted by ahl
ahl
1,935 Points

Review site?

Hi.

I'm wanting to create a rewiev website, with focus on diffrent game hosting companys. But I'm not sure what kind of software I will need.

It should function like this:

Companys have the option to signup, when they do, they will need to write a short description about themself, and the title of their company. When they have written this, they should automaticly be added to a list, of all registered companys.

Then customers of the hosts, should be able to go to the companys site, and write a rewiev. They should be able to give the company starts, in different categories, and write a short rewiev...Do anybody know, if this is able in a CMS or through raw code?

Thanks *Sorry for my bad english.

5 Answers

Afrah Hassan
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Afrah Hassan
Courses Plus Student 2,611 Points
Afrah Hassan
Afrah Hassan
Courses Plus Student 2,611 Points

Hi Adam,

you can do this by using rails application or php, which can happen through raw coding.

i hope I answered the question

good luck Afrah

Oliver Hough
Oliver Hough
6,153 Points
Oliver Hough
Oliver Hough
6,153 Points

You could use a CMS such as MODx to build this or if you wanted more control over everything then start coding away in either PHP or Ruby on Rails. I would use a MYSQL database behind everything (or go further and take a look at Percona).

Hope this helps!

ahl
ahl
1,935 Points
ahl
ahl
1,935 Points

Thanks for both of you're answers. I don't think I have enough knowledge about PHP or RoR to create it myself - so I will look into the CMS'es you suggested Oliver.

Thanks!

ahl
ahl
1,935 Points
ahl
ahl
1,935 Points

Oliver: Is this something you're able to help with? I haven't really used MODx before.

Oliver Hough
Oliver Hough
6,153 Points
Oliver Hough
Oliver Hough
6,153 Points

Its only something I have played around with I don't have extensive knowledge on using it. Best idea would be study some basic HTML, CSS and PHP so you can better understand what the CMS can/can't do for you, again some exposure to MYSQL would be a benefit.

The MODx website has a great community and now-a-days has extensive documentation and a whole load of code snippits that you can just drop it.

If MODx is a bit 'scary' looking than there are alternatives such as Drupal, Joomla or even WordPress