I recently discovered this amazing (in my opinion) program, which is a great way to build your site!
When I first "got into" website creating I thought that Content Management Systems were the best thing ever. However I soon discovered that they are for the most part not very flexible. You are limited to the things you are able/unable to do. Plus its not "your own". I don't know about you but I really wanted to create something amazing without utilizing the easy way out. I was getting frustrated, I knew basic HTML and PHP but not enough to make a site from scratch, so what could I do?
Well it wasn't long after that in which I discovered Textpattern. This is an amazing program! Like a Content Management System, this allows you to enter in your content in a "web-based" form. But this is much different than any Content Management system. Unlike the traditional CMS this enables you to control your site easily and have complete control, but it makes it easy. Heres how it works:
It allows you to install a pre-made template or make your own. Once installed (or created and uploaded) you have complete access to the files (meaning you can edit all of them) in the admin control panel. This unlike CMS's does not come with a built in Login System, which again (i feel) is a good thing. It allows you to make the site yourself easily.
Anytime you want to make a page, you don't just click a button type text and hit "create" like traditional CMS's. You actually have to work with some code but it makes it easy!
This thing is jammed packed with really cool features (with plugins availble!). I've not even breached the surface of this awesome tool. Stop listening to me, find out for yourself: TextPattern
