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[sjoerrigter]

Hi,

I use CMS MS a lot to create simple website's for small companies. Now I have an idea for a website wich is a bit more complicated featuring user generated content. I wonder if i can realize my idea using CMS MS. I hope so, becouse CMS MS is a verry good CMS in my opinion, and finding en exploring a new CMS takes much time.

This is my idea: I want to create a website where visitors can create teir own page on the website. They have to leave their name, adres, email, telephone, etc. and write content for their own page. Before the new page is placed, I want to recieve an email to confirm that the content is legal and apropriate. Also, all visitors should be able to place a reaction on the pages.

-  Is this realizible with CMS Made Simple?
-  Wich modules should I use?
-  If it is not possible, wich CMS does support these features?

Thanks in advance!

[Richardo P]

Hey,

I've recently completed a project that had similar ambitions to this that had to be toned down slightly.

The simple answer is yes... well... kinda, maybe... errr.. but not easily.  CMSMS isn't really designed for this kind of site, but it can be bent into shape slightly.

Front End Users (FEU) and Custom Content (CC) is an immensly powerfull combination that your definately going to need to use

• - FEU allows users to register on the site
• - CC allows you to control how a page is generated dependant on if a user is logged in or not.

I've heard Form Builder and Form Browser are a powerful combination

• - Form Builder, perhaps you could use this to make the forms that users use to update pages (really not sure)
• - Form Browser, perhaps you could use this to make the pages you want display the content submitted by forms (really not sure)

I'm reasonably sure you could handle the comments feature using the comments module (NO WAI YES WAI ) but you may need to get your hands dirty with php and smarty to intergrate precisely how you want.

Hope this helps

Richard

[sjoerrigter]

Thanks for the awnser Richard,

I think I should install and experiment with the modules you sugested. It looks pretty promissing. I hope I can get a professional result with relatively low costs this way.

Why should I get my hands dirty on yhe comments module? can't I use the standard comments on every page that is created by insterting the tag into my template?

Sjoerd

[Richardo P]

Why should I get my hands dirty on yhe comments module? can't I use the standard comments on every page that is created by insterting the tag into my template?

I dont know that you will, its was just an assumption I've never actually used the module.

Richard

[Pierre M.]

May be the Events Manager could help too to build the workflow.

Pierre M.