On Sunday 15 April 2007, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
On Sun, 2007-04-15 at 11:09 -0500, dwain wrote:
I am taking the plunge in the deep end here. I want to set up a server and begin learning how to use a cms. There is a project I want to do and I know I'm way behind the 8 ball with what I am looking at. I know nothing about php, mysql or js, but I am willing to learn. I have begun to collect books on the subjects, but I'd like to get things set up on my machine first.
If you are starting completely from scratch I'd, instead of LAMP, look at something like Mojoportal (a .NET CMS, runs on Mono/Apache/SuSE). Since you are acquiring a completely new skill set might as well pick one as maximally portable/marketable as possible.
Now cue the horde's of LAMP minions to tell you this is heresy... :)
What all do I need to install to begin this journey besides the basic php5 and mysql?
Very little.
-- Adam Tauno Williams Network & Systems Administrator Consultant - http://www.whitemiceconsulting.com Developer - http://www.opengroupware.org
Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm not really familar with .net. This server will be a test ground for something along the lines of wordpress. That's what my current host supports, so I'll have to do the lamp thing. They run a linux server, apache 2.? and php5. So again, what do I need to install besides the basic apache, php5 and mysql to run wordpress? Modules, etc. that I would need. Dwain Dwain -- Dwain Alford http://www.studiokdd.com/ "The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression." Wassily Kandinsky