What exactly is Custom Coding criterion?

[PatJameson]

I say go for it! Build it locally on your computer and see if you can get it working nicely. The worst that will happen is that you find out that it's too much. At that point you've lost nothing and have hopefully learned quite a bit in the process. This is the mindset I had when creating MORT's CMS.

Here's a few things you should consider:

What language are you going to write it in? Do you have a relatively cheap host that supports that language? We use Python and the webpy framework on a VPS from vpsunlimited.com using the CentOS operating system (Linux).

Who will be managing the content of the website? Are they proficient enough to use HTML and CSS to make pages? If not, will you need some kind of graphical interface? We merely edit the html/css/js/user accounts/etc of each page. Our content manager knows enough about those areas to handle it perfectly fine. If the content manager that will be managing your content doesn't know anything about those areas, I suggest making them learn! It's a perfect time to have people expand their knowledge.

Let me know if you need any help!

-Pat Jameson
MORT Team Captain/Programming Captain/MORT11.org's CMS creator