Crash course of modern website development

Question

CMS

Imagine that I am "300 years old and crawled out of the darkness."
The last time I made a website, when the layout was made with tables, css was new, such a zoo of cms did not exist at all, and the only way to access the Internet from a phone was through wap. Content editors were made from scratch, well, etc., the picture is clear.

And now I need to make a website that meets modern standards. Without fancy interactive — a small “business card” with news, a product catalog (not a store), etc. To make it accessible from now popular mobile devices.

And of course, we need the ability to update materials (news, etc.) for people who are far from web technologies.

The essence seems to have not changed - html, css, js. But many interesting tools have appeared to facilitate the work. However, since I did not follow their development, it is not difficult to get confused in them, and the process of orienting in them can be delayed.

Apparently, you need to get acquainted with some easy-to-learn cms (which one?). Do I need to get acquainted with the css-framework (what are css-frameworks for?..) or is it already in cms? I heard a beautiful combination of "adaptive layout" - what is it, how is it, is it necessary? I am familiar with jquery, the thing is convenient, but in this task, apparently, it will not be needed.

In general, I ask for some set of materials for study, guidance in the right direction, advice. Not academic, I don't plan to make websites all the time (thus, I promise not to take bread from respected colleagues :))), but enough for this task.

Answer 1

I believe that CMS Wordpress is suitable for your task .
It is very easy to use, and also has a number of advantages:
- a clear interface of the content management system,
- a huge community
- a large selection of plugins to expand functionality,
- a large selection of both paid and free templates.
The minimum task for you is as follows:
1. Download and install CMS
2. Find the required template on the Internet, or buy, for example, here
3. Install the template, the necessary plugins and configure.
4. Fill with content.
5. PROFIT!
In order for the site to be displayed correctly on mobile devices, you can go in two ways:
1. Make a mobile version of the site on a subdomain. For example, find a template for wordpress, sharpened for mobile devices. When accessing from a mobile user, the user will be redirected to the subdomain of the mobile version of the site.
2. Use adaptive layout , more precisely in your case, find a template using this technique. Thus, the user will correctly see the current site, without being redirected to a subdomain.
Thus, the site can be made without knowing all the intricacies of the CMS itself, programming, jquery and everything else.
For a more detailed study of it, you can study the documentation .

Answer 2

Wordpress is mainly for blogs, joomla is better for this task, I think