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LOL i wish i could tackle it with such a laid back manner. But prolly it would get much easier than what it seems to me now as i start learning. You guys have been a great help. And oh, i did have a clear requirements of what my site is suppose to do so i guess that itself its a good start already? Anyway, thanks again guys. Will be back should i need help =) and hopefully the day will come when i can actually start contributing to the community. Cheers.

Just so i have a better idea, how tough would it be to allow a registered user to comment on a specific post? As i have got no PHP and MySQL knowledge yet, i thought of it very generally and it seems to me it is a very tedious process. I would first need to create a database to store all users comments. Then, to create a comment form, follows by a whole lot of verification processes. And then presenting an update of the page (a page with a newly submitted comment). Are there any existing tutorials where i can look into them first? At least i have some rough idea. At the moment i'm more concern about the database design as it would be something i could not 'see'. I do not know how complicated the codes would be for the comment form. Thank you all =)

Thank you black.horizon for shedding some light on me =) From the positive feedback i received i think i would go ahead with the project and start writing my proposal in the next 24 hours. You guys here have been a great help. And i would keep that in mind - start understanding user registration/login first. Thanks all again. Would be back should i have any more problems or ideas to share =)

I will not want to publish the site first, and i wouldn't know if it would be publish at all. The website would be mainly for the FYP purpose. My PC would be the webserver itself. So in that case i reckon i do need an SMTP server? And oh, ur site looks great =) Thank you frost110 for your reminder. The thing now is, i'm too new to this i do not even know what security concerns i would need to look into. Probably these?: 1. moderating comments 2. user password recovery Hmmm, i dont really understand these security issues.

Thank you again. I think i have gathered necessary information for now. The following weeks/months would be self-study on PHP and MySQL. But will need to setup my rig properly 1st though. Might need to check with you guys again should i bump into difficulties setting up my PC. Anyway, still considering which webserver i should work on. WAMP might be a good setup. Thanks for the suggestion. At the moment i'm more worried about implementing the newsletter module. There's a tutorial about it i see in the main page, i checked it out but obviously i couldn't understand a thing now LOL. Looks like there's a lot to be done. Understanding the rudimentary of PHP and then MySQL. Looking foward for the challenges ahead though. By the way, have anyone here done similar website that offers features i mentioned? Would be glad if i could talk to you directly. I could be contacted via MSN or Yahoo! Messenger at zc_squash@yahoo/hotmail.com Bunch of thanks!

Ok just an add-on. I know i do need something like an smtp server for the newsletter to work. Any tutorial on this? And also, because i will have to demonstrate the final outcome to my supervisor, how do i actually transfer everything (all the neccessary files like the database, configuration of webserver, etc) from my PC to the one in my Uni for demostration purpose? Sorry for all the beginner's questions but i do want to clarify everything first before i commit myself. It is afterall a 10-month project and i do not want to give up doing half way =(

Speaking about security, i thought of letting it loose at the moment. Prolly when i have set it up completely (in the sense that the newsletter, registration, etc thingy working flawlessly) i would consider about security. But anyway what im speaking of here is i will leave all the comments unmoderated at time being. What other security concerns you suggest i look into? But before all these, may i know what do i need to configure beforehand? I know i need a webserver which i have not choosen yet but a friend of mine recommended Abyss Server as it is easier to be configured. I'm running Windows XP SP 2 and i have Firefox as my default web browser. And i do have plan to use Dreamweaver as my editor. Any better suggestion? Kindly just point me to a link would do. Thank you for the quick replies =)

Hi all, Truth to be told, i'm as new as new can be to PHP and MySQL. So new that actually i haven't build any PHP website. I have adequte knowledge of HTML and i've done programming in C and currently learning Java on my own. Also i do have experience with SQL. I have given an option to suggest any title (so long it is approve by my supervisor) and build a website using PHP and MySQL. Since i have got no knowledge about PHP and MySQL, i'm unsure if the topic i'd suggest is plausible or not. Anyway i have this on my mind: I wanna build a site that contains news, reviews, previews, etc of numerous topics like Games, Music, Sports, etc. Underneath the hood of this site i would wanna build a Content Management System that allows users registration, sending newsletter upon request, adding comments to news or reviews and maybe some other functions. What do you experienced PHP and MySQL coders think? How hard would it be? I'll have to learn from scratch really. And the project is to due 9-10 months from now. I guess that's ample if i were to really work my butt off. Any comments would be greatly appreciated. By the way i think i'm in the best site to start learning PHP and MySQL =) Cheers.