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[genozider]

I was learning how to make a forum that can show different section of tutorial . I can do designing but not scripting .
depthcore.com i want to make something like this if anyone could teach me how but Im a PHP retarded.

[pelicansfly]

yea, it would be a good idea to check out the PHP section..theres bunches of tutorials..

[Pax]

God, on Mar 4 2007, 07:12 AM, said:

Besides, making something like depthcore with someone of your experience would take a long amount of time to do.

Start small.

Even with a large amount of experience, it would take a while.

Start by learning development theory and learn to think logically. Development is an odd blend of creativity and super logical thinking. It takes some practice to get good at it, but stick to it and start developing your own apps and it wont take long. For your learner projects, build things that you could use in a forum or tutorial database website. Things like user registration and login, PM system, shoutbox's and dynamic image galleries are all good places to start.

[genozider]

Hmmm... Just to ask another question ..
I got dreamweaver, do i need any other other software to script a things like user registration and login, PM system, shoutbox's and dynamic image galleries?

[Pax]

Setting up a server on your computer would be very helpful. Saves the cost of web hosting, and lets you test everything locally which is great. Other than that, a program like photoshop would be good if you want to make things look pretty. But for straight up php development, dreamweaver will work wonderfully. I'll go ahead and assume you have a browser to view your php files in as well

Check out wamp5 (i think its called) to install a server on your computer. Its pretty simple. Post here if you have troubles setting it up.

Make sure you read up on some programming logic though. Its very important to get that down before you dive headfirst into things. Think of it as taking the steps to get ready to do somthing. Like, you dont go snowboarding in your tighty whities, right? You take the 30 minutes to suit up with all your gear, and it makes for a much better day on the hills, even though its 30 minutes shorter.

[genozider]

hmmm ok ...
I have photoshop and im quite good with it
I got a free host (sponsored by my friend )

But i dun understand how the MySQL works.
I read up on some tutorial about MySQL but the explanation is not clear (or maybe im too stupid)

Edited by genozider, 06 March 2007 - 04:41 AM.

[Pax]

MySQL is a database...basically a big table that holds data for you. You use your php to add more data to the database, or to retrieve data from it. Most of the stuff you see on p2l is from a database: user info, forum categories and posts, private messages and more. Basically anything you create that is a web application will require some sort of place to get its information from. A database is usually the best bet.

Its probably best if you just work locally, using something like wamp, and then when you are finished an app, upload it to your host and put it in your portfolio or something like that. There should be some simple mysql tutorials here on p2l that could help. It'll teach you how to connect, and query the database, and what to do with the information that your query returns.

Hope that helped ...

[genozider]

It helps alot lol
I can't make my own localhost coz my bor will strangle me alive lol
He don't like it if i host my things so i have to use other host