[Pussnboots]

Okay, I offered my assistance once already. Take it or leave it, but I will not offer again.

[FS |HSO|RaideR]

FS-CMS is a "from the ground up" CMS in PHP and MySQL. it Took Kalish and I about 1 year solid hobby dev + 1 year light dev. In order to get it to the state its at now.

I strongly suggest for new comes to use a out of the box CMS... we could not do this, but you can :D

[Pussnboots]

Great suggestion!
I'm working on mine right now.. I call it PUMA. Currently my front page and many backend admin features in phpbb3 are part of my Puma CMS system. I've got a long way to go to even think about releasing it. I agree with Raider though... Try using a CMS system like, Joomla, Wordpress or if you want to pay money you could pay for a vBulletin license. (vBulletin is VERY VERY user friendly with more options than a cheap date. It's just expensive.

If you really want to learn though, the best way is through reading. I've got books on top of books. They are expensive books, but well worth it. I have no formal training beyond trade school of Information Systems Technology. Everything I know I taught myself and asked many MANY questions.