Build your Website With CMSMS

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.

Install WampServer 2.0 bydownloading 'WampServer2.0f.exe' from 'www.sf.net', once installed, visit 'localhost/' from browser for information on modules that are installed.	Download 'cmsmades imple-1.5.2-full.tar' file from 'www.cmsm adesimple.org' and extract this file at 'c:\wamp\www'.

Create MySQL databse by visiting 'localhost/phpmyadmin/'. Here write the name of database under 'MySQL localhost' and click on 'Create' button.	Create an empty 'config.php' file at 'c:\wamp\www\ cmsmadesimple-1.5.2-full', and start installation by visitng 'localhost/cmsmadesimple-1.5.2-full/install/'.

During installation in step four, wizard asks for 'Admin Account Information'. This is the information required to login into the back end of web site.	when asked for database information, enter user name of database as 'root' keeping rest of information as shown.

This is the interface for making changes to the web site, visit 'localhost/cmsmadesimple-1.5.2-full/admin' and login using administrator user name and password.	This is the actual website created using the CMSMS package, this site is located at 'localhost/cmsmadesimple-1.5.2-full'.