Why dont you try Joomla, Drupal, and the other cms products in Fantastico. They interact with MySql automatically and the theme sites may provide you the base to work with if you can deal with html/css. They provide a little more flexibility than the cart systems
One of the needs is to be able to read it easily. Green on Green makes it hard on the eyes to try to see what is happening. Try looking at other combinations to increase the contrast between the background and the characters
Think about it, Drupal has more flexibility. I expect the roars of the Joomla supporters to kick in here. I have tried them both and found Drupal more intuitive.
Fantastico has its uses. Because it is set up within the C Panel, a lot of the work connecting the database is often done for you. Maybe we all need to be prepared to invest the time to learn how to do these things properly rather than expecting it all to be done within a couple of minutes. I...