I want to design a web portal that is scalable and capable of handling large database.Only admin should be able to upload any file from time to time.Can u suggest some tool or any code that i can reuse. Reply needed urgently, Thanx.
I've testet Wordpress, Joomla 1.5, Typolight and Drupal 5 for a medium sized site.
Wordpress is a problem, because You have to hack the code and then every update with dozens of plugins ... you are updating, fixing, updating, fixing...
Typolight has a really beautiful and good backend, but only some functions. So it's more a framework, but if You're good in PHP and SQL - give it a try.
The newer Joomla 1.5 has now a backend, that is a backend and great URLs. For me, You should start with it, when Your special features are covered.
My site runs with Drupal, because Drupal grows just so far as it is required. Quite good. And fast.