Custom PHP?

[Dilip]

I have a project where I like to update the original post with small ( say one paragraph ) text content occasionally . I thought using forum software would be a good choice. But I am thinking of it more like a blog but with small updates that do not qualify as new blog posts.

How good will it be if I create each post in PHP as a page and update it manually for every new addition? I am not sure what if it grows big. Will it be a mess to manage everything?

PS: I will not be using a database at all.

Your suggestions are welcome.

 

[Cedric]

If I understood correctly... You want a one page website(?) where you occasionally update the content of that one page. I'd personally write it in HTML then.

 

[Dilip]

HTML would be nice. But styling will be hard. Also, I will have to add Bootstrap in every page I make.

I am trying to create a blog -ish project, but instead of new posts, I get to update the original one.

 

[Old Nick]

A simple WordPress installation will be fine for that. No theme just a blank page updated via backend.

 

[Dilip]

I am using WordPress now. Trying to find a lighter solution. The main factor is that I do not have a few paragraphs in each update. So I will not be able to make a new blog post where readers can have enough. But if I update an old post, no one will know that there is an update.

Say I am talking about a news and there is a one-line development about it, my chances of updating it so that readers can notice is very less in WordPress. Unless I create a new blog post.

 

[Old Nick]

HTML would be nice. But styling will be hard. Also, I will have to add Bootstrap in every page I make.

If you get skills with Bootstrap then it’s easier to stylish the page, but why you want to introduce PHP in this simple project ?

Or maybe this project is also a sandbox ? 😊

 

[Dilip]

PHP because I will be able to keep a header.php and footer.php among others. So that I will not have to add the code again and again.

I know Bootstrap, not great, but I will survive

 

[Cedric]

HTML would be nice. But styling will be hard. Also, I will have to add Bootstrap in every page I make.

I am trying to create a blog -ish project, but instead of new posts, I get to update the original one.

How do you mean styling will be hard? CSS and HTML go hand in hand.

 

[Dilip]

Styling will be hard for me unless I use a header.php with Bootstrap.