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: Should I design and then look for a CMS or vice versa? I am currently designing an e-commerce site, and unfortunately my PHP is garbage at the moment so open source CMS's are out of the

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I am currently designing an e-commerce site, and unfortunately my PHP is garbage at the moment so open source CMS's are out of the question. I am debating between Joomla and Big Commerce and as the title states I am unsure of whether to build first or try the CMS first to see what limitations I will face.

I couldn't find any previous questions on this site, forgive me if this is a stupid/commonly asked question.

Thanks for any feedback

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@Ogunnowo487

If I were you I'd take a look at a few CMS programs, design a concept in photoshop or whichever program you use to design. After acquainting yourself with a CMS you like, take a look at how the inners work. Understand how said CMS template system is laid out. From there adept your concept maybe use the default template and edit it to match your concept design.

Most CMS softwares use some sort of template parser which is useful when creating a te

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