[Using PHP in fanlistings?]

man never did I think I would find my self on a forum asking for help. =_=; but then again, years back when we created ‘fanlistings’ we didn’t use php =_=;; cursed thing.

Recap of my experience with php: 0%

Today is the first day I ever considered tackling it...not thinking it would be as hard as some of the things I have had to learn on my own. That was a stupid opinion. I’m making a fan listing for an online gaming simulation community. And while looking for codes that would automatically submit applicants, approve, etc. Update member numbers so I didn’t keep having to go (767 + 52 =...you get the point XP ) I came across [a href=\"http://scripts.indisguise.org/\" target=\"_blank\"]http://scripts.indisguise.org/[/a]

Steps taken so far:
1. Downloaded Enthusiast 2
2. Uploaded Enthusiast 2 to my domain (JF-studios.com <—hosted by yahoo). Enthusiast 2 instructed me to create a new sub category on the main index (or at least that was my understanding) So it looks like this: [a href=\"http://www.JF-studios.com/backend\" target=\"_blank\"]http://www.JF-studios.com/backend[/a]
3. I’m then instructed to open up [a href=\"http://jf-studios.com/backend/install.php\" target=\"_blank\"]http://jf-studios.com/backend/install.php[/a] where apparently I’m supposed to make changes in [a href=\"http://jf-studios.com/backend/config.inc.php\" target=\"_blank\"]http://jf-studios.com/backend/config.inc.php[/a] and for the most part it makes sense. But where it starts to throw me off is here in bold:

[i]Mostly it's just the stuff in bold. Tho I’m sure as soon as I get past that hurtle, I will be back here asking more questions on the rest of the stuff. Pretty much I got a month to sort this all out ><;[/i]

<?php
/******************************************************************************
Your backend directory; do not forget the trailing slash
******************************************************************************/
$backend_dir = 'backend/';



/******************************************************************************
Type of listing (i.e., 'fanlisting' or 'hatelisting', or 'clique', etc)
******************************************************************************/
$listing_type = 'fanlisting';



/******************************************************************************
Disable country field, enable affiliates, show sorting in drop-down
******************************************************************************/
$disable_country = false;
$enable_affiliates = true;
$sort_dropdown = true;




/******************************************************************************
Password you will use to log into the admin system
******************************************************************************/
$set_password = 'password';



/******************************************************************************
Fanlisting information
******************************************************************************/
$owner_name = 'My Name';
$fanlisting_title = 'Fanlisting Title';
$fanlisting_subject = 'Fanlisting Subject';
[b]$fanlisting_email = 'username@domain.tld'; [!--coloro:#FF0000--][span style=\"color:#FF0000\"][!--/coloro--]<--my email here correct?[!--colorc--][/span][!--/colorc--]
$fanlisting_url = 'http://localhost/scripts/Enthusiast'; [!--coloro:#FF0000--][span style=\"color:#FF0000\"][!--/coloro--]<--do i put my host..www.JF-studios.com or do i put the link of the fan listing*[!--colorc--][/span][!--/colorc--][/b]

[!--coloro:#FF0000--][span style=\"color:#FF0000\"][!--/coloro--]*the fan listing is still hosted on the JF-studio domain, but I purchased a domain name for it (thecelticrose.org) should I jsut put [a href=\"http://www.JF-studios.com\" target=\"_blank\"]http://www.JF-studios.com[/a] or shall i put the EXACT url for the fanlisting? [a href=\"http://jf-studios.com/CelticRose/VHRfanlisting.html\" target=\"_blank\"]http://jf-studios.com/CelticRose/VHRfanlisting.html[/a][!--colorc--][/span][!--/colorc--]


/******************************************************************************
[b]Database variables
$db_server - server your MySQL is installed in, usually "localhost" [!--coloro:#FF0000--][span style=\"color:#FF0000\"][!--/coloro--](I'm not sure what they mean by this, I never downloaded anything called MySQL and not sure what that even is. what do they mean by 'local host')[!--colorc--][/span][!--/colorc--]
$db_user - username you use to connect to your MySQL installation/account
$db_password - password you use to connect to your MySQL installation/account
$db_database - database your fanlisting uses (MUST BE PRESENT DURING
INSTALLATION) [!--coloro:#FF0000--][span style=\"color:#FF0000\"][!--/coloro--](huh? Database...you mean JF-studios? I tried some varriations to see if I got any results, and I keep getting "Cannot connect to the database")[!--colorc--][/span][!--/colorc--]
$db_table - the table within the database for your fanlisting [!--coloro:#FF0000--][span style=\"color:#FF0000\"][!--/coloro--](another one of those...huh?)[!--colorc--][/span][!--/colorc--][/b]******************************************************************************/
[b]$db_server = 'localhost';
$db_user = 'username';
$db_password = 'password';
$db_database = 'databasename';
$db_table = 'fanlistingtable';[/b]

[!--coloro:#FF0000--][span style=\"color:#FF0000\"][!--/coloro--]*same as the above. NOt sure where to put here.[!--colorc--][/span][!--/colorc--]


/******************************************************************************
Sorting fanlisting members
$fl_sort - sorts members via the same database column name specified
$show_sort_field = allows display toggling of the sort field
******************************************************************************/
$fl_sort = 'country';
$show_sort_field = false;



/******************************************************************************
How many fans are shown per page in the list
******************************************************************************/
$fans_per_page = 5;



/******************************************************************************
Where links open (value of TARGET attribute in the A tag).
******************************************************************************/
$link_target = '_blank';



/******************************************************************************
Addtional field variables:
Set $additional_field to true if you would like to have additional fields;
Add as many $additional_field_names[] as you want/need, single-quoted
(should also be the column name of your field in the database, all
lowercase (automatically title-cased in the site));
******************************************************************************/
$additional_field = true;
$additional_field_names = array();
$additional_field_names[] = 'fieldone';
$additional_field_names[] = 'fieldtwo';



/******************************************************************************
URLs of various pages in your fanlisting.
******************************************************************************/
$list_url = 'list.php';
$update_url = 'update.php';
$join_url = 'join.php';
$lostpass_url = 'lostpass.php';



/******************************************************************************
Spacer for affiliates list, optional.
I.e., if you want them to be separated only by a space, leave it as it is;
if you want affiliate to be listed on each line, set it to '<br />'
******************************************************************************/
$spacer = ' ';



/******************************************************************************
Default width and height of affiliate images, optional.
This is commented by default (no value). If you use one image size for your
affiliates, uncomment (take away the '//' before each line) the lines below
and plug the correct values in the variable.
******************************************************************************/
//$default_width = '88';
//$default_height = '31';
?>