Hi
I've been working on creating a CMS after years of using WP and learning very little h'ttermil. I mean, I can CTRL B and keep googling how to make a clickable image.
Then I, like I guess most, went through many a slowwwww cheap hosting system and without marketing budgets, took a long time to realise the reasons why my sites were getting little to no feedback from people.
--- the first caveat : And so in the end I realised I would like to compile with the help of AI where needed, a CMS system and encourage ways of using such a system to help people make more creative and one off site designs without needing to know how to write the different things that need to be written.
--- And the extra caveat of making sites function at speed, erm, as fast as possible.
--- And another extra caveat, to provide these systems and solutions, as cheap as possible, free where possible and without catches and ties that you can't get out of later down the line without severe headache.
The intent of the CMS is to create a base engine to function intact and the heavier lifting to be (if needed) farmed out to high quality services that cost little to nothing and if you upscale and or become a success needing massive support systems tp provide, they don't all of a sudden cost crazy money.
The last wordpress I built, I ended up using AI to help get plugins and locate services that meant I could strip the entire site into two parts; the engine and the heavy files. The engine remains on one of the best budget friendly places I could find and the heavy files exist on a cloud service that is entirely free until you hit a massive amount of success and then costs are pennies. (which is where you should reach a point where you have monetised funding that cost - that factor is not part of this reason for me to be here)
My own site now runs as fast as any multi billion dollar site and currently costs me less than the price of a week of morning coffees on the way to work, per year of hosting. (Not here to promote that service) but I have gone from often 2-10 second page loads for nothing special content wise, to split second page loads. And that is without using the CMS I am building.
The CMS is intent on streamlining along with the quality of those services. It will have the ability to work with a database and security. It will also be functional with AI support in and out. I am writing a system so that AI can connect without API, manually and/or not so that even those who know nothing except what they want to achieve, can achieve it.
Right now I am on the third complete rebuild of the entire system, happily running tests and gaining ground toward a first endpoint where I can think about sharing it with people who would be interested in trying it and would consider giving feedback.
The system will be 100% free. There will be ways to add external paid services to it, but the system itself requires no payment for anything in and of itself.
As for AI inclusion, there is no plan intended to tie to any company. A user can use any AI service that can work with the system and that should be any AI that is capable of helping write basic html css etc.
I am using GITHUB but I am not an expert in doing so. I am using the minimal services and a paid AI connected directly to the git to deploy fixes and new solutions etc. I am in my 3rd month of the project and quite happy with progress so far. I even asked AI where I should bring this project to a public palce where it owuld be best placed and one of the 5 places suggested is right here at DEVTO.
On a personal note : Please go easy with me as I am on a rebound from very dark places and I am a wear my heart on my sleeve kinda guy. I am experienced in various things and over 50 years old with 17 qualifications. I am just like a human being and I wish you all a wonderful life.
Thanks for reading.
MY first question is : I have no real idea how to use this site as I am fully new to it. Any suggestions on what I do next with what I am doing here, would be welcome.
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