ralphie

I am working on creating a website for tutorials (mainly photoshop). I have created my own layout that i would like to use in photoshop. what i need to do now is find a cms to use so i can manage the site once i put it up. i am pretty unfamiliar with content management systems so i need some advice.
here is a very basic layout of how my site looks:



ive been looking around a little and have noticed that you need templates for a cms. I need something that I can use so I can use my own custom layout. Im not that experienced with coding to begin with so the easier this is to do, the better (unless I get someone to do it for me).
I would also like to put a forum on my site. So i need something that I can easily add pages that include a lot of text and images.

some tutorial sites so you can kind of get the idea of what im making:
http://www.pixel2life.com/
http://www.photoshopbuddy.com/
http://good-tutorials.com/

If anyone needs more info I'll be glad to share it with you. I just don't know what I need to share and what I don't when it comes to cms's.

Thanks for any input!

Dan

The CMS isn't made for you.. you have to customize it to be how you want.

ralphie

yes i know i have to customize it myself. i was just wondering what anyone thought would be a good cms for me to use. something like joomla, e107, mambo, phpwcms, etc. im not sure if any of those are better for what i am trying to work with or which would fit my needs the best. i will often update my site and add additional pages to it as time goes on so i need something to make doing that easier. ive seen that you can download templates for all of the systems and i dont want one that is going to cause a lot of trouble if i try to make my own template. im still open to suggestions.