tomdelonge

i'll make this quick. i'm hoping to have my site display the url like so: website.com/aboutus/ rather than website.com/aboutus.php basically, i want the addresses to end in a slash and not have file extensions. i've seen this on many site, and i like it. i know how to do it a simple way. index.php is always displayed at the root, so i could just have a bunch of folders named "about us" and "contact us" and then have index.php files in all of those. however, that would be confusing; i'd probably end up with about 10 - 15 files named index.php. if worst comes to worst, i'll have to do it that way. any ideas on how to do that in a better fashion? thanks!

Is there a way to upload the .ttf file? And then use it? It's just a really rare font; and I'm not quite sure how to use it. Is there a way to link to it so that the user's browser doesn't need it already? Thanks for any help.

I've got a word list that is not alphabetized (yet). What do you recommend? Should I put the words into tables by letter (say, table "A" has all words that start with "a".) Or will having all words in the same table be just as fast? I'm going to write a little php script to put the words into a database. Would it be better to have them alphabetized before putting them into the database? (I'm talking speed wise). On my website, if a user selects "b" from the menu, then all words that start with b will come up alphabetized. Of course this will be complete with pagination (I have about 60,000 words). Also, I'm not set on a wordlist. If anyone knows of a larger dictionary like one, let me know. I searched for about an hour and couldn't find any large ones in an open format (one I can use, rather than an application using). So, basically, give me your ideas on how I should organize it; For the best processing speeds and such.

Thanks for the help. Yeah, I'll probably let the admin control the template then; That sounds good. With regards to the subdomain question: I would think you could create them dynamically, but even if you can't, that's okay. I'll have very few of them (maybe 30-50) and They'll only need to be started one at a time every few days. I don't understand subdomains that well. How do they work with the file system? How do you get your cms (A simple one I'll make) to interact with them? The filesystem thing screws me up. Maybe someone knows of a good tutorials? Or a simple explanation?

I have recently read two books on Php and MySql. I understand the basics, and can get simple things to work just fine. I just have a few questions, regarding a particular website I plan on making. 1st) How do you make dynamic subdomains? I want subdomains to be created automatically (or when I submit a form). Some web hosts offer unlimited subdomains, but each on has to be added via their User Interface. Is there only particular web hosts who allow subdomains to be created dynamically? Can anyone give me some specific ones? I don't want to use a dedicated server; I don't want to spend more than $10 or $15 per month. Also, what kind of functions do I need to use to accomplish this? 2nd) I understand some of the basic ideas of a simple cms, but how do I make things extremely customizable? Do I have forms on the backend that dynamically change php files? And how do I do that? For example, suppose I want the administrator to change the background color of the website. Say it's green and they want to change it to blue. Do I dynamically change the css file? How would I do that? Or is there some other means to accomplish this. If you need a better explanation, just ask. Thanks for your help.

I don't know if modular is completely the right term. At any rate, I've just started learning php and mysql, and I believe I understand the basics. I want to design my own content management system. Believe me, it will be extremely small. I've worked a little with Joomla, but I want to make something more specific to my needs. I will have a backend and a frontend, and I want to let the backend control the layout. I don't really understand modular design completely yet (except that each piece is self contained and reusable), but I'm just hoping to get some ideas on how to handle layout. I understand basics of CSS, but I have yet to understand how to handle layout that can be changed through the backend. On another post I read, it said to have each module have a anchor or id of some sort that would enable the larger numbers to appear on top. So if I had a login module and a menu module both on the left column, and the login had a value of 4 and the menu had a value of 3, then the login would appear above. I know it's a lot to ask, but perhaps someone could go into detail on how to accomplish this. Let me know if you need anymore details. (Remember, this question is more about the css than it is the module or php, but you can throw some of that in if you want). Thanks for any help you can provide.

I am just starting to learn php and mysql. I am wondering how many databases one needs on their website. It's one website. I plan to have a lot of information on it. Users will have accounts. Now, I don't understand a lot about databases, but do I even need more than one? Does it speed up anything to have them separated (Is it hard on a search or something when it has more records in a database). And, if I should have more than one database, how should I separate them? Should I have one with user account profile information, and one with records of website analytics? I wouldn't know how to separate them the correct ways. If you need more details to answer this question (I figured it was general enough) Just let me know. Thanks for any help you can offer.