Any PHP gurus out there?

[PupnTaco]

Don't know if this belongs here or in the Marketplace - mods, feel free to move if necessary.

I have a web site I've designed and have been updating for a few years for a buddy of mine (Good New Music). It's composed entirely of static HTML pages. There are essentially only two page layouts: the front page and a review page.

I've been trying for a year now to get this converted into a PHP-driven site with the following goals:

1. Make it easier for my friend to update himself via a web-based back-end page, with set fields for him to type in the relevant data - which would then populate a database and build pages.
2. Have each field assigned a certain CSS style for the text display.
3. And (if possible) allow visitors to search the database and pull up each review of a certain artist or genre, etc.

A friend of mine helped start the PHP process, then flaked. I do this site for my buddy for free, so there's no budget - but I'm open to bartering my services in exchange to finish this task. (See my portfolio at 3rd Eye Design.

If I'm out of line, tell me... I haven't worked with many programmers so I don't really know the extent of what's involved and I want to be fair about this.

Thanks!

 

[JJ07]

Have you tried any of the open source Content Management Systems? Like Joomla.

I create custom CMS's, but they come at a price. Im working on one for a client at the moment, the company i work for also has its own system that i helped build.

If your not going to spend the money use an Open Source CMS. I wouldn't bother doing it yourself unless you know exactly what you are doing because you could end up creating security problems you don't even know about.

 

[PupnTaco]

Joomla looks like a possibility, thanks for the tip.

 

[big_malk]

I wouldn't claim to be a be a PHP guru, but I would like to be a PHP programer when I leave college. I've made a few websites (StandbyGames.com is probably the most ambitious), but before I leave college and try to find real work, I'd like to have a bit of a portfolio to show what I can do.

What you described didn't sound too complicated, I'd be happy to continue where your friend left of?

 

[Joe Bannon]

I'm a PHP guru, but I'm pretty busy with my band now.