How to build Website with CMSMS?

BANGALORE, INDIA: Web CMS or content management system is a software that runs on web server to help you create and manage websites.

CMSMS is an open source package built using PHP that enables building websites for small organizations. It makes building of web pages simple with clear separation between layout code and content code, and there is clear abstraction for editors, designers and administrator, making their work simple.

In this article, we would show how easy it is to install and develop a web site using CMSMS. We have used a Windows XP machine to get a feel of this software. We have used 'WampServer' for installation that can be downloaded from 'www.sf.net'. This package contains 'Apachi', 'PHP', and 'MySQL' required for CMSMS.

Download 'cmsmadesaimple-1.5.2-full.tar' from the link given above and extract it in 'c:\wamp\www'. Now create a database. Go to 'localhost\phpmy-admin' and click on 'Create' button under 'Create new database'( we named it cms).

Create a blank 'config.php' file in 'c:\wamp\www\cmsmadesimple' folder which will act as configuration file. To start installation of CMSMS, visit 'localhost/cmsmadesimple/install' from browser, select language and click on 'Submit' button.

There are seven steps involved in installation. Once finished, visit 'localhost/cmsmadesimple/admin' for back end work while localhost/cmsmadesimple/' is the actual website crated. Modifying and managing content is very simple. Simply visit 'localhost/cmsmadesimple/admin' and login using user name and password that were created during installation.

It is recommended to delete the 'Install' folder from 'c:\wamp\www\cmsmadesimple' for security of this Web application. All in all, installation and usage of this package is very simple, with modular design that enables addition of more features if required.