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These are the main CMS programs that provide a customizable back end for a website, all have database access built into them, all use PHP, and almost all of them are free (but their add ons are not free) --<br />
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List<wbr />_of_conten<wbr />t_manageme<wbr />nt_systems<wbr /><br />
<a href="http://www.joomla.org/" rel="ugc">www.joomla.org/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.drupal.org" rel="ugc">www.drupal.org</a><br />
<a href="http://www.wordpress.org" rel="ugc">www.wordpress.org</a>&nbsp;or com<br />
<a href="http://www.opensourcecms.com/" rel="ugc">www.opensourcecms.com/</a><br />
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comaprative articles --<br />
<a href="http://www.quevin.com/blog/2008/06/best-26-cms-by-category.php" rel="ugc">www.quevin.com/blog/2008/06/best-26-cms-by-category.php</a><br />
<a href="http://www.siteground.com/best_cms_tools.htm" rel="ugc">www.siteground.com/best_cms_tools.htm</a><br />
<a href="http://www.packtpub.com/article/best-php-open-source-cms-award-final-drupal" rel="ugc">www.packtpub.com/article/best-php-open-source-cms-award-final-drupal</a><br />
<a href="http://www.webmasterworld.com/content_management/3287961.htm" rel="ugc">www.webmasterworld.com/content_management/3287961.htm</a><br />
<a href="http://www.nonlinear.ca/seo-cms/" rel="ugc">www.nonlinear.ca/seo-cms/</a><br />
ww.mybestcms.com/
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Yeah but don't I have to completely use their system for everything. &nbsp;For instance, I can't just use their back-end interface with my own database tables and my own front-end, I have to completely buy into their system right??
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The choice is yours, between 2 extremes equally valuable:<br />
- if you want &quot;just&quot; to broadcast a good content, then using a CMS is the best solution: sure you will have to cope with the restrictions resulting from your choice, but this is not a problem if it allows you an almost complete way to deliver &nbsp;your content<br />
- if you want to build a complete CMS...you can start that as well..<br />
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Using a widely used CMS will help you to save lots of time
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Hello everybody!<br />
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I have searched the internet a lot and cannot find good information. &nbsp;I am hoping I can get some advice on the best way to create a back-end interface to control database changes using for a website that uses PHP (i don't know if the PHP part matters).<br />
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Do you recommend I use HTML frames for the side navigation, or I use PHP templating to have the side navigation the same for all the different pages, or I just use HTML templates?<br />
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I don't know, any information or advice for the best way to create an interface for a PHP CMS is much appreciated. &nbsp;Thanks.
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Hello everybody!

I have searched the internet a lot and cannot find good information.  I am hoping I can get some advice on the best way to create a back-end interface to control database changes using for a website that uses PHP (i don't know if the PHP part matters).

Do you recommend I use HTML frames for the side navigation, or I use PHP templating to have the side navigation the same for all the different pages, or I just use HTML templates?

I don't know, any information or advice for the best way to create an interface for a PHP CMS is much appreciated.  Thanks.

Best way to create backend interface for a PHP website?

PHP is a widely-used server-side scripting language especially suited for web development, powering tens of millions of sites from Facebook to personal WordPress blogs. PHP is often paired with the MySQL relational database, but includes support for most other mainstream databases. By utilizing different Server APIs, PHP can work on many different web servers as a server-side scripting language.

HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the main markup language for creating web pages and other information to be displayed in a web browser, providing both the structure and content for what is sent from a web server through the use of tags. The current implementation of the HTML specification is HTML5.