Hi flosky Thanks dor the advice, I'm going to look into cakePHP more and see how customisable it is, and if its easier to understand than Elgg Mark
On Sep 22, 1:14 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Mark, > > I can't answer all your questions, but the following: > Does cake have a steep learning curve? No, you can get a simple site going in > minutes and just take it from there. > Can u make custom queries in cake? Yes, in any cake Model Class u can do the > following: $this->query($myQuery); > > Hope that helps a little bit. > -flosky > > mark kelly <[email protected]> schrieb: > > Elgg and cakePhp are similar in my opinion. They are both MVC > frameworks. Elgg, out of the box, is a social network engine. But it > can be customised to do anything. We're customising our site with Elgg > to work as a standard ecommerce site. > > The reason why I ask is that Elgg is not easy to get used to. There is > a very very steep learning curb. Plus, the database uses an EAV model > rather than a relational database model, making it slower and more > confusing in my opinion. > > I was wondering would we be better off changing to cakePhp, or even > building our own framework? Is there a very steep learning curve with > cake? Are there performance issues, as there are with Elgg? Can you > design your own database tables and write custom sql with Cake? With > Elgg, its very highly recommended that the database not be touched or > custom sql written.. > > On Sep 22, 4:39 am, "Yves S. Garret" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > That's not a very good comparison. This is what Elgg is: > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgg_(software) > > > It's a social networking engine, but CakePHP is not. Could you narrow down > > your comparison? > > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 7:38 PM, mark kelly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi > > > My team have been using Elgg to build a social commerce site. We have > > > all found it confusing and slow. Additionally, the database uses an > > > EAV model, totally different to what we've all been used to. > > > > How does cakePhp compare to Elgg? Is it fast? Easy to use? > > > > Thanks > > > Mark > > > > -- > > > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials > > >http://tv.cakephp.org > > > Check out the new CakePHP Questions sitehttp://ask.cakephp.organdhelp > > > others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected] For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/cake-php > > -- > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video > Tutorialshttp://tv.cakephp.org > Check out the new CakePHP Questions sitehttp://ask.cakephp.organd help others > with their CakePHP related questions. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
