User modifiable webpage
 

Hello, friends

I saw a webpage the other day with the following characteristics:

It was a webpage about properties (houses, apartments, etc...) and it had a control panel where users could add different properties with a code and a picture. Once the user finished adding the information, the webpage is modified automatically with the new data. The new property appeared with the name, the code and the picture in the properties list.

How can i do that?

A wiki?

No, it wasn't a wiki, but maybe it could work. Where can i get a code for that?

It's called a content management system, or, for short, a CMS. There are many.

Here's a video demo of one (a Django plugin) that I've had recent success with:

django-cms: Friends don't let friends use Drupal.

A wiki is a type of content management system.

What can i do when i have already created my site? i have all the HTML documents, images folder, ccs document, etc...

If i use a CMS i have to create all over again, right?

Basically, yes... but you can use lots of ready made templates or themes (if you don't mind using other people's designs) or create your own theme for a particular CMS.

Sorry for so much questions, i'll try to be more straight.

Can i do something that looks like this on a CMS?

http://www.hbn.cl/

You can create almost any website. It's just a question of creating an appropriate template/theme.

Not with wordpress, all the templates i've tested look like blogs.

Well, because Wordpress it predominantly a blogging platform. Try other CMSs.

How about Django? can Django do it?

Sorry, i can find any tutorial for Django, they just teach me how to install Django an nothing else. How can i create my site and all that stuff?

Seriously?

Official tutorial:

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/intro/tutorial01/

"Getting Started with Django":

http://gettingstartedwithdjango.com/

And if you don't like either of those, then honestly, server-side scripting isn't for you. You should hire someone to get this done.

I wouldn't use Wordpress for this, but you can write your own Wordpress template and make it look like anything you want. Including specifically "this": http://www.hbn.cl/

From my cursory inspection, that looks like a classic CMS use-case. The content is visible to the public, while some 'owner/administrator' has a back door access to update the content. Other than a simple e-mail contact form, I didn't see anything where the public user modifies the content.

--- rod.

I was investigating and i think Joomla can help me a lot. It appears to be easy to use and it has templates that actually look like websites instead of the "blog-like" used in Wordpress.

@TheNbomr the section of the web i gave in example that is modifiable is where the properties (houses, buildings, etc...) are listed with their picture and data. A user with priviledges can enter a "control panel" where he can upload a new property with it's respective data and picture filling a form.