Suggestions for PHP/SQL CMS

Managing and distributing data to the right people

[thegnu]

I've got a client who's building a website for her construction business. She wants to create a members section of her website for her contractors, supers, and clients.

What she needs:
1. Track contact info and licenses (numbers/exp.) for her contractors

2. For her contractors:
a. Provide a job list
b. Provide the correct forms and progress report on a per job basis
c. Provide the ability to make notes.

3. For her supers (a sub-class of contractors):
a. Basic job management rights, ie check off job progress.
b. Make notes

4. For her clients:
a. Provide a list of all contractors on their job.
b. Provide a progress report with notes.

What would be ideal would be a software application that would provide easy customizability that already has user management.

Do you all have any suggestions?

[coopster]

Well, that is neatly specific, but I have no idea of any canned packages that do just that. We mostly roll our own code here, thegnu. Meaning we write our own code and help each other out in this forum. The best advice I could offer would be to search some of the open source sites such as sourceforge, freshmeat, hotscripts, etc. If you can't find anything, it's time to roll up your sleeves ;)

[thegnu]

OK. I'm sure most of it's going to have to be customized. I just was wondering as far as getting something that's customizable.

I was looking at Tiki CMS, and all of their modules use a language called smarty, so I've been looking at that, trying to figure out whether I'd rather figure THAT out, or continue with PHP.

I'm also at a place where I'm not sure it's something I want to do, because I'm not really sure my client knows what she really wants. And I'm not heavy into web work anyway. So it's a choice I'm going to have to make.

Ack!

[Stu_Rogers]

You may already be aware of this site but thought I would post it anyway...

[opensourcecms.com...]

A very comprehensive list of the best open-source content management systems with free demos to enable you to check their functionality and user-interface before you download/install.