Dizkus

I want to be able to add my own content on pages. What module do you recmomend.

(new to this whole PN thing)
BTW my website is hansoff8.is-a-geek.com

Since you asked, you might want to read up on a few articles I have written. The main article acts as an introduction and contains links to other articles, each focused on a different aspect of PostNuke. The goal of the articles is to take someone through the steps of installing PostNuke and learning how to use the core features that come with it to get a website up and running.

The modules that you use to create your site will depend in part on what you want to accomplish. If you are focused on publication of articles and related material, then the core PostNuke system has those features built in already. If you are looking to have community type discussions in forum format, the PNphpBB2 forum software will handle that. The possibilities are endless, so you as the website author must define what it is you seek to accomplish and then look for the tools to make it happen.

I have an article on my site that lists all the resources I have used to build it from. This is not a complete listing of all modules available for PostNuke, it is only what I use. I keep it updated as I add new features so it should be pretty current as of right now.

Hope this helps you out.

Thanks, but i am wondering how do i make my own heading with my own content under menu. Basically like a website page.

Well, your own content will come in the form of whatever you input in the stories, sections, and topics areas. When a user selects the story or news item, it opens up and becomes the webpage while leaving the menu navigation so they can access other parts of your site.

For instance, if you go to my site, the homepage has a menu on the left, stories in the middle, what is called a block on the left above the menu headed up Categories, on the right is a block for the weather, a block under that to login or register for the site, and in the center above the stories is something called Announcements.

The Announcements is a module called MultiImage. It randomly displays images and text that I have uploaded to the site using the module to organize it all. The Categories block on the left will display all articles within the selected category you click on. The Weather module will display the weather for the default location of Nashville and let you select your own local if you register for the site so when you login your local weather is displayed.

Perhaps my desription isn't the best in the world, but I hope it does help. Maybe the best way to describe it is that PostNuke, and other CMS systems, use programs to provide functionality that you would otherwise spend many hours working on achieving on your own. By using a combination of the core PostNuke system and modules from third parties, you can provide a wide range of functions and features on your site. You are then able to focus on providing the content that these programs will dispaly for you. What may help is this group of aritcles that I have written. The focus of this set of articles is to describe in general what a CMS system, Content Management System, is and how it can help a website developer out.

I hope this helps.

no well i mean, having a module. I heard of content express. Can anyone recommend soemthing like content express?

I see now what you are asking for.

Well, there is PagEd for one option.

Another would be Pagesetter.

And of course there is the one you mentioned Content Express

Hope that helps get you started. You may also want to go to the PostNuke Modules Site and do some searches on keywords like content or other terms to see what else might be out there.

I am wondering what i coudl use to make sectiosn like about the product, about me, etc. What would i use? One of those?

For those who already have designed web pages with regular HTML edfitors and merely want to integrate them, there are pagewrappers like PostWrap and NukeWrapper. It depends on your needs, how customisable the pages need to be. Then I suppose it's a matter of trying them out and see what suits your needs.

At this point, downloading, installing, and working a bit with each might be the best way to determine which one of the alternatives will best fit your needs and desires. You could go to the home sites of each, investigate if any demos are avaiable on the site, or possibly ask questions there pertaining to the particular module.

Hope this helps.