Family Portal

4 posts by 2 authors in: Forums > CMS Builder
Last Post: September 7, 2010   (RSS)

By ginger - September 7, 2010

Hi,

I recently purchased CMS Builder for a client's site, and even though I've barely scratched the surface with CMS Builder, I'm liking what I see and I'm considering using it for a family portal type site, but I'm not sure if it's the right tool. If it is, will the core CMS Builder suffice or will I need the membership plugin. My requirements, at least to start with, are:

- Entire site will be password protected.
- Address book that family members can edit and add to.
- Family members can submit news articles and attach a photo gallery to their article.
- Possibly user comments on article pages.

Is CMS Builder a good fit for this?

I originally thought I would just use .htaccess to protect the site with one username and password, but with a lot of different people submitting content I'm thinking that I need to know who is submitting what, so I'm guessing each person/family will need an account.

Would I be able to do this with the core CMS Builder, or would I need to purchase the membership plugin?

Thanks!

ginger

Re: [ginger] Family Portal

By Jason - September 7, 2010

Hi Ginger,

It sounds like CMS Builder would be an excellent fit for this. The membership plugin would be a good idea as it can be used to password protect any or all of your pages. It also makes it easy to keep track of which users are creating/editing which records.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Hope this helps.
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Re: [Jason] Family Portal

By ginger - September 7, 2010

Thanks Jason.

I know I'd need the Membership plugin for user comments, but wouldn't regular user accounts in CMS Builder give me what I need otherwise?

Thanks again!
ginger