Advice needed Please

[Abyss_Rover]

Hello everyone. I have been told that PHP, javascript and html would be needed for this. So I am here to explain and ask your advice.

Since being severely disabled in a car accident, I am trying to make use of what I have left. I would like to use my knowledge and try to help those who want to get back to work. I will give my time for free but the cost of using council premises must be paid for, albeit heavily subsedised by the benefits department.

I will need a single page. It will need a datepicker (so I am told) where students can see what days are available and then select their chosen dates and complete their details. Then, the system will make some calculations and send me an email with the details that I can add to official paperwork and email on, to the student, the benefits department and the local council. I would also like to be able to "log in" to the page, to put the details in myself and still to send me the email with the details, as before.

Should I explain everything I am trying to achieve, in one post, or can someone advise me as to which parts need which code and make separate posts in the corresponding threads?

I am trying to study as much as possible and am finding this forum a great help. But, a little help or guidance in the right direction would be great.

Thank you, in advance, for your help

[ignace]

You can learn HTML here:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/learn/html

 

You can learn CSS here:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/learn/css

 

You can learn JavaScript here:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/learn/javascript

 

You can learn PHP here:

http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/php

http://www.phptherightway.com/ (continued)

 

Start off with HTML and CSS, then continue onwards to JavaScript, try out jQuery. Then finally learn PHP.

Edited May 28, 2014 by ignace

[Frank_b]

Allright, sorry to hear that you had a car accident. In your case i should start with the design and not with the technical details on how to post a form and send an email.

 

So to start creating your page with the form you can use HTML and for the design you can use CSS. from both there are plenty tutorials on the internet and i think you don't really need to buy a book.

In this design just forget about the datepicker. instead of this just make two input fields with HTML like any other basic inputfield. Later you will learn to use javascript with the JQuery library (or another library) that has a ready to use datepicker.