: Help with a CMS for content only not display Hello I'm trying to make some kind of tool for an school website, what I need to do is to make students take a test and according to what are

@Speyer207

Drupal can help you achieve exactly this, with its inbuilt user types, permissions, content creation kit and rules module or workflow.

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@Annie201

I would use WordPress and have tests as a custom post type with questions as another custom post type related to the test custom post type.

Within the question custom posts you'll have custom fields, one field would store the correct answer to the question.

Another custom post type to store user settings, this being separate from the user object. This cpt has a custom field relating it to the user ID.

Lastly another custom post type (CPT) to store results of questions and tests, you can store test completions, and questions correct in a serialized array, or json array for easy access.

Now on the front end use a conditional that would check what tests the student has taken and passed by checking the CPT storing the test results. If they haven't taken any test display test 1's questions.

Use AJAX / jQuery to check the answers, once they've passed a test completely the conditional would display the next test or set of questions.

Teachers could have their own customized front end displaying all students, the tests they've started, completed and questions answered correctly/wrongly etc. You can store really every question answer they submit, datetime and see their progress.

It's really quite easy using WordPress, it's just a matter of figuring out the student and teacher work flow exactly to get the CPT and CF's setup.

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@Gail5422790

Since CMS's comprise a huge variety of options, it sounds like what you're thinking of implementing is an educationally oriented CMS (often called LMS's), e.g. Blackboard, or Moodle.

Moodle is an open-source option specifically designed and supplemented to work for class user dynamics, and with a host of tools that may answer you problem. As a CMS, you would set this up as a sub-domain most likely to maintain your otherwise html-based site.

Your hosting provider will likely have relevant instructions on making a sub-domain or simply a directory sub to the root for you to install the LMS in.

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