HTML / PHP Advice

denacopoliez · 21-May-06, 12:44 PM

OK so here its is... I am going to undertake a website, 88shadows and I have seen a need here in the Hampton Roads Area that needs to be filled. I will explain more later but I want to make a webpage on the bleeding edge of codeing but i have to admit that it has been a while since I have written anything. So here is my Question... What sources and books should i snatch up on HTML and PHP to make this the best or should i look at other code? let me know people.... I NEED help on this one!!

Morion · 21-May-06, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by denacopoliez


	OK so here its is... I am going to undertake a website, 88shadows and I have seen a need here in the Hampton Roads Area that needs to be filled. I will explain more later but I want to make a webpage on the bleeding edge of codeing but i have to admit that it has been a while since I have written anything. So here is my Question... What sources and books should i snatch up on HTML and PHP to make this the best or should i look at other code? let me know people.... I NEED help on this one!!

I'd be glad to help you out . What will be the purpose of this website? You might want to evaluate if even need PHP for the site before you go out and drop your hard earned cash on an expensive book.

As for resources there are thousands of HTML tutorials on the net and you should pick up on it quite quick. If you want a book theres one called Creating Web Pages with HTML by Patrick Carey. It was a textbook I used last year in college but its pretty short and it covers HTML, CSS and Javascript all in one book. I didn't buy the book for PHP though... php.net seems to be the place to go for php stuff though.

post_break · 21-May-06, 01:36 PM

Can someone move this to the coding forum?

What style of website will this be? Forum, standard, media, barebones? I have a free host I can show you to get started if you dont want to start paying for hosting.

haynes · 21-May-06, 04:14 PM

I cant help you on the books but check out www.w3schools.com. Its where i learned

**if posting links is spam sorry just go ahead and edit the post

**

denacopoliez · 22-May-06, 10:31 AM

Ok so what you guys are telling me is that PHP may not be the way to go... the web site will be a list of of all sorts of stuff that will be updated on a regular basis and will most likely have a forum. I want it crisp and clean but with a bit of "shock and awe" to it

post_break · 22-May-06, 11:07 AM

Im sorry I dont help people who use colored text.

Haha Im just messin. Um you can get all of that with html, it just depends on how you set it up.

What is the website going to be?????

Morion · 22-May-06, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by denacopoliez


	Ok so what you guys are telling me is that PHP may not be the way to go... the web site will be a list of of all sorts of stuff that will be updated on a regular basis and will most likely have a forum. I want it crisp and clean but with a bit of "shock and awe" to it

If you want the help your going to have to get into some specifics.

denacopoliez · 22-May-06, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Morion


	If you want the help your going to have to get into some specifics.

OK so the website is going to be a listing of all of the events in the hampton roads area because to date there is no suck web site that my wife or i can find... we want to be abel to list and cross list all of the events that are going on in the area for at least as far into the future as 6 months...

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Originally Posted by post_break


	...What is the website going to be?????

We are looking at our options right now...

Twizted · 22-May-06, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by denacopoliez


	OK so the website is going to be a listing of all of the events in the hampton roads area because to date there is no suck web site that my wife or i can find... we want to be abel to list and cross list all of the events that are going on in the area for at least as far into the future as 6 months... We are looking at our options right now...

Personally I would say PHP or ASP would be the best bet... Just my humble opinion though....

haynes · 22-May-06, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by denacopoliez


	OK so the website is going to be a listing of all of the events in the hampton roads area because to date there is no suck web site that my wife or i can find... we want to be abel to list and cross list all of the events that are going on in the area for at least as far into the future as 6 months... We are looking at our options right now...

you could do Lists (done in html/css) Or maybe even a calender (php)

^RUmeY_- · 24-May-06, 12:12 AM

If you are going to be using php i'd higly recommend using mySQL but it depends on your host/servers abillity's. You could store the events in sql and get the php to extract it on to the page, it depends how hardcore you would like to go personaly xhtml is fine. If you dont want anybody stealing your code then simply echo the html.

e.g.

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	< ? php echo " < title > Template 03< / title >\ n"; echo " < / head >"; ? >

sorry about spaces wont output otherwise

DLoney · 26-May-06, 04:03 PM

I would say to go with PostgreSQL for your database... but thats just me.
MySQL works well for lots of people (or at least it does now)...

To tell you the truth I think you might be looking at doing things harder than needs be.
If you could give us some more info, and maybe an rough photoshop layout, we could help you more...

PS: from the sound of it, you might want to look into using some good old RSS...

denacopoliez · 03-June-06, 05:47 AM

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Originally Posted by DLoney


	I would say to go with PostgreSQL for your database... but thats just me. MySQL works well for lots of people (or at least it does now)...To tell you the truth I think you might be looking at doing things harder than needs be.If you could give us some more info, and maybe an rough photoshop layout, we could help you more...PS: from the sound of it, you might want to look into using some good old RSS...

Well i bought a few books yesterday and i am going to try (emphasis on try) to work on a wepage just to break it down and see what i can do... i dont know if i am up to this task but we will see what happens... post ing updates as i go..

4x0n · 03-June-06, 06:33 AM

I've read that recently people have been getting tired of PHP, with each new version it gets worse and worse. But the better alternatives are Ruby and Python. Here are some links for more info:

www.python.org
http://www.rubyonrails.com/

Frameworks:
http://nitroproject.org/ (ruby)
http://www.djangoproject.com/ (python)
http://www.turbogears.com/ (python)

It's just too bad that I couldn't post before you bought those books.

21-May-06, 12:44 PM		#1 (permalink)
denacopoliez Apex Tech Fanatic	HTML / PHP Advice OK so here its is... I am going to undertake a website, 88shadows and I have seen a need here in the Hampton Roads Area that needs to be filled. I will explain more later but I want to make a webpage on the bleeding edge of codeing but i have to admit that it has been a while since I have written anything. So here is my Question... What sources and books should i snatch up on HTML and PHP to make this the best or should i look at other code? let me know people.... I NEED help on this one!!

21-May-06, 04:14 PM		#4 (permalink)
haynes Apex Techie Lite	I cant help you on the books but check out www.w3schools.com. Its where i learned if posting links is spam sorry just go ahead and edit the post Last edited by haynes; 21-May-06 at 04:20 PM..

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post_break I Drive A Mac	Can someone move this to the coding forum? What style of website will this be? Forum, standard, media, barebones? I have a free host I can show you to get started if you dont want to start paying for hosting.

22-May-06, 10:31 AM		#5 (permalink)
denacopoliez Apex Tech Fanatic	Ok so what you guys are telling me is that PHP may not be the way to go... the web site will be a list of of all sorts of stuff that will be updated on a regular basis and will most likely have a forum. I want it crisp and clean but with a bit of "shock and awe" to it

22-May-06, 11:07 AM		#6 (permalink)
post_break I Drive A Mac	Im sorry I dont help people who use colored text. Haha Im just messin. Um you can get all of that with html, it just depends on how you set it up. What is the website going to be?????

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DLoney Apex Master Tech	I would say to go with PostgreSQL for your database... but thats just me. MySQL works well for lots of people (or at least it does now)... To tell you the truth I think you might be looking at doing things harder than needs be. If you could give us some more info, and maybe an rough photoshop layout, we could help you more... PS: from the sound of it, you might want to look into using some good old RSS...

03-June-06, 06:33 AM		#14 (permalink)
4x0n Proud New Daddy	I've read that recently people have been getting tired of PHP, with each new version it gets worse and worse. But the better alternatives are Ruby and Python. Here are some links for more info: www.python.org http://www.rubyonrails.com/ Frameworks: http://nitroproject.org/ (ruby) http://www.djangoproject.com/ (python) http://www.turbogears.com/ (python) It's just too bad that I couldn't post before you bought those books.