Base for a full-site development

Jean-BaptisteGaume

Hello,

I've developed a website for an university association that help student, but I'll not be able to maintained the code in few months.

So I'm looking for an alternative that is strong.

In fact I've developed my site with Meteor.js/Blaze, but I'm not sure about the futur of this technology, and anyway develop all from scratch is impossible.

What I have developed is :
- rank system, custom inscription with activation code, inscription with .csv
- lesson editor(using ckeditor)/viewer with export to pdf but I'll remplace with a pdf reader because all people prefer word
- QCM exams editor(using ckeditor)/viewer with export to pdf using phantomjs
- forum with my own bb editor with Latex support (but a WYSIWYG will be better!)

What I need to develop :
- result system that draw the note of the student, and a graphic with all note of exam
- interactive QCM

So what I'm thinking to do is develop extensions to flarum :
- inscription directly on the site with paiement method or need to be validate by a moderator
- Upload pdf of lesson only for moderator (so a hidden page).
- result system
- etc

What about the reliability of this project on flarum ?

luceos

Jean-BaptisteGaume it's the same discussion as the one related to Wordpress. Initially meant as a blogging tool, it now is serving many other types of sites.

Flarum, by default, is meant to be a discussion board. But the power of extendability it holds would allow it to be used as much more. The question is, does the extension exist or do you have the skills to write it yourself. Personally, if you would ask me this question, I'd go for the Laravel framework or use an existing CMS based off of it, like OctoberCMS for instance. But then again, you would need to write lot of code yourself.

jordanjay29

I think Flarum might fit the role of your forum well. There's even an old defunct Latex extension you might be able to revive.

If you're willing to create custom pages for the various functions you need, like the result system, direct inscription, exams, etc, you could probably use Flarum as a base. Likely you'd need to borrow and modify elements of the existing methods to post and view posts to use as lesson editors and exam responses.

I agree with luceos that a CMS like October might work better. Not only do they now have an extension builder, which could help structure an exam or lesson editor extension for you, it's built for a page-first site, rather than a discussion-first site like Flarum.

Ultimately, no method is going to be devoid of a lot of coding on your end. You may wish to look into education-specific software to help jumpstart it. Software like Moodle may not have the most pleasant UI or UX at, but it has a lot of what you're already looking for.