# Cms question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cms-question/190119>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [June 8, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cms-question/190119 "2006-06-08T19:10:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Denise032](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Denise032](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Denise032)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cms-question/190119/1 "2006-06-08T19:10:24Z")

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OK I’m a little new at this but here goes…

Why is it that most CMS’ are written in PHP/ASP or other scripting languages? Can a CMS (that doesn’t need a DB) be written in plain old HTML?

I’m trying to learn more about them and then build or at least learn how to build one with [opensourcecms.com](http://opensourcecms.com).

thanks :nerd: