Yo peeps here's Kensai! I've came up to the decision of building up my own site! Yap! I'll start working on it by next week. It's not a little project... it's gonna be big! For now, here are what I wish to include in it...

1- A weekly philosophy (philosophy is related to anything btw) article on different subjects with simple language. It'll be about usefull philosophy that can be applied in everyone's day living (For those that know me well you know how deep I am into philosophy ^^). I expect to get emails about this so I'll probably do a maddox-like hate email section... not as vulgar though hehe.

2- A JK2 (plus JA when I'll have it) academy with online lessons. It'll be named Kensai-Do (Way of the Divine Swordsman) JK2 Academy. For those that also know me well, I had a 50 players academy back when I was in OmNi clan ^^ I love teaching and helping people out. I had a 100 hours program from those student pass by... long but once done the guys were war machines ^^ I might start this school again if I get the support one day ^^
I'll also try to include videos of training sessions I'll be doing later.

3- Asian culture-related section,animes,martial arts,samurais...etch ^^

4- A forum of course! Philosophy section, Training section and Anime (W00t XS) section.

5- I'm also thinking of kinda having it built up as a community... Having other people also included in the website... people I trust and I wish to write in to speak as well on things they like ^^

I wish to have your comments and suggestions REALLY MUCH ^^
Don't be shy at all to tell me what you guys think! I want honesty and reality... no lies ^^

Once it'll be over I'd be hell happy to have your support to do some publicity ^^

Well, this depends on what you are trying to do.

If you're looking to write your own code, take a look at some portal systems and draw from what others have done. Then design your site and keep hacking until it is what you want it to be.

If you're looking for quick deployment of content, use a portal system.

I recommend E107 www.e107.org

Other include:
Invision Power Board
PHPBB
phpWebsite
Nuke (and all the various flavors)
* I don't recommend the Nuke line due to MANY security flaws in the code.

All have good points. Most have portals or can be modified to be portals.

I like e107 because it has most everything you'll need out of the box. It also has a good selection of plugins.

I currently have the following running on my site (this is a partial list):
Web Pages
Server Stats
News
Articles
Reviews
Forums
Private Messaging
Email
Polls
Virus Alerts
Java/Flash Games

Check out the following examples:
Graycypher Main Site - phpWebsite *Warning: Old Content

Graycypher Games Portal - e107 *Warning: Old Content

Graycypher Forums - phpBB*Warning: Old Content

Digital Gaming eXtreme - e107 mod

-=R|P=- Clan Site - e107 theme example

Hope this helps!

--Deacon

Yea, take Deacon's advice, after all he built a new PC. Im not familar with website publishing/making. My dad, know a lot about computers an html, and stuff like that. So all I can do it wish you luck on your quest.
Aurora

Thanks a lot with the tip ^^